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 8 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Self-esteem issues

Self-esteem is a term used in Psychology to reflect a person’s overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own self worth. Self-esteem encompasses a…
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Date 7 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Writer's block

I’ve got lots that I want to write about, but nothing’s coming out. I think they call it writer’s block. I’m taking a rest from…
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Date 6 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Think first

Have you ever spoken first then thought about what you’ve said after, then panicked when you realise that what you’ve said was the wrong thing,…
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Date 5 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

A positive story

Daniel’s experiences, of having been assaulted three weeks ago in Dundee, on his way back to St Andrews and coming back from the brink with…
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Date 4 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Self-acceptance/2

As children we never really take the time to think about ourselves, for some of us we’re too busy trying to find acceptance by those…
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Date 3 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Self-acceptance

Self-acceptance allows us to let go of the things we cannot change. It allows us to identify our strengths and celebrate our accomplishments. It also…
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Date 2 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

My thoughts for today

These are my thoughts today. Having been catapulted into a place I would never have put myself in, my family and I still have lots…
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Date 1 August 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Forgiveness

How many times have you walked away from a situation, waiting for someone else to apologise after crossed words? In the bigger scheme of things,…
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Date 31 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Accepting ourselves

I have written a blog, but not in great detail about how we are not always accepting of ourselves because others are less than accepting…
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Date 30 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

I'm back on the site

and rested...
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Date 29 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

My day

Walking around on holiday, I struggled with my Cerebral Palsy, as we spent most of the day out of the hotel. We went to Torquay…
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Date 28 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

This was inevitable

This was inevitable. We can't go through trauma and not expect to have to deal with stress. Through trauma and stress, comes illness if we…
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