Ilana Estelle

Position:

Author & Writer

Awards / Certifications:

  • Dip. Counselling (OCODL)
  • Dip. Diet and Nutrition (Distinction) (OCODL)
  • Dip. Nutritional Therapy (Distinction) (OCODL)
  • S.N.H.S. Dip. (Stress Management)
  • S.N.H.S. Dip. (Psychotherapy & Counselling)

About the author:

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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Blogs by Ilana Estelle

Date 1 September 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Emotions & Expression

We all have different ways of coping and dealing with our emotions, conditioned through cultural experiences and upbringing, which both play a pivotal part. For…
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Date 31 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

New beginnings

Writing about what I’ve had to deal with means it would be inevitable that I would feel like this. I have had to work through…
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Date 30 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Boosting self-esteem

There are many facets to self-esteem. Children’s brains are like sponges, absorbing as much information as they can. The messages they get eventually turn into…
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Date 29 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Listening to our symptoms

We may not always be consciously aware of why our body experiences pain. Pain is usually a signal that all is not well emotionally, like…
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Date 28 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Just blah

It has been one of those days for me where I feel just blah, blah because I don’t know exactly what I feel, blah because…
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Date 27 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Emotional ties/2

Our daily lives, together with past emotions leave us open and more vulnerable to more stress and illness. For example, going through a divorce, problems…
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Date 26 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Emotional ties

Emotions and keeping ourselves emotionally and physically well means different things to different people, but perhaps it also means working towards a better lifestyle, with…
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Date 25 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

What I deal with

There is lots I have to deal with. I am still dealing with my fall from Monday, nursing myself from that but then having problems…
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Date 24 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

A new day

Always start your day by seeing it as a positive new day. Try not to see your new day as an extension of your previous…
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Date 23 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

My spiritual beliefs

Given my life experiences, I would have a right to be negative. However, instead of dwelling on the negativity, I have chosen a more spiritual…
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Date 22 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Where I'm at today

I know I have written about acceptance and closure before, but I’m questioning now, whether Cerebral Palsy is something I will be able to accept…
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Date 21 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Suitability of therapies

For any therapy to work successfully, it is important we match the issue to the therapy. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Can help with: Anxiety; Mild or…
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