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 27 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Make a call

Something inspirational: Does someone ever come into your mind that you haven’t spoken to that you’ve been meaning to ring? It could be an old-…
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Date 26 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

A tiring journey

Travelling to Devon didn’t seem like a long and tiring journey, but that’s possibly because I slept through most of it. Dealing with cerebral palsy…
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Date 25 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

My feelings today

Today has been the kind of day I’d like to forget. Between not sleeping and family stuff going on that I can’t change, I have…
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Date 24 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Trauma, asking for help

It may be that we have experienced trauma, but we aren’t sure or equate how we feel to trauma. We just know we’re not happy.…
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Date 23 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Trauma, grieving

Grieving is something we all experience in life and becomes easier when we understand. It is important to understand the grieving process and our journey…
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Date 22 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Symptoms of trauma

It’s not easy to know or recognize the symptoms of trauma (whether emotional or psychological). When we live with trauma we don’t always know it is…
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Date 21 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Trauma, risk factors

Various factors need to be taken into consideration when assessing the risks that surround someone’s vulnerability to trauma. Not all traumatic events will lead to…
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Date 20 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

What is Trauma?

To take some form of control back, we must do some soul searching on what we’re struggling with. Having struggled with trauma for most of…
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Date 19 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Trauma

Trauma can be a result of something that happens that leaves us physically and emotionally traumatised, which under normal circumstances wouldn’t be seen as a…
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Date 18 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Yesterday's thoughts

My negative feelings tend to come back when I do something that serves as a gentle reminder on what I deal with. Six minutes of…
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Date 17 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Tips to help us sleep

Sleep is such a common problem. We may think if there’s nothing on our mind, we will sleep, but issues with sleep go deeper. Our…
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Date 16 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

I'm back

I'm back on the site today.
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