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 28 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Tired today

Do you ever get to the stage, where you’re so tired, you can’t think? My mind is literally drawing blanks today. I’ll be back on…
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Date 27 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Mentally & physically exhausted

On the whole, I manage living with cerebral palsy. It’s not something I have accepted, but I usually work around what I have to. Yesterday…
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Date 26 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

I've done as much as I can

In March 2009, after years of not knowing about a disability I was born with, I was finally diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. I needed to…
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Date 25 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Sleep problems

Sleep is essential for health. It helps with energy levels and moods. Sleep also helps with learning, memory, attention and concentration. A lack of sleep…
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Date 24 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Fitting in

How many of us living with a condition feel we fit into our lives with what we have to deal with, whether we deal with…
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Date 23 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

The emotional stress of living with CP

We can be positive and deal with our problems with fortitude and positivity, but even when we’re around people who are negative, we find ourselves…
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Date 22 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Out of it today

I’ve mentioned cerebral palsy brings so many emotions. For the most part I am normally focused, strong and determined to work through my issues, but…
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Date 21 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Exercise and Cerebral Palsy

People who have Cerebral Palsy are less likely to be able to exercise, which will increase their sedentary lifestyle. This may increase their risk of…
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Date 20 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Does one ever accept CP?

I have gone over this question in my mind so many times before, but like others with a disability, the answer to does one ever…
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Date 19 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

How a CP brain works

A friend of mine with cerebral palsy gave me this analogy. Imagine how difficult it would be to run backwards. This is the same for…
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Date 18 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

My first real blog

My story tells a little bit about me. My condition throws up so many feelings that I have to deal with and that’s what I…
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Date 17 May 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Why I started The CP Diary

So this is my first ever blog. As a child, I didn’t have any pre-meditated ideas about writing, in fact I had no clue as…
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