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 13 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Quiet Work of Becoming

Learning to live with what has been, while making space for what is still unfolding What often comes next is not resolution, but learning how…
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Date 12 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

What Shapes Us

Some things become part of us before we ever begin to question them Sometimes you have to be honest with yourself. You know where you…
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Date 11 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Door that Never Opened

When Waiting Gives Way to Acceptance As a follow on from yesterday's Ivy Baker Priest quote. Some losses are difficult to recognise because nothing officially…
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Date 10 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

An Ivy Baker Priest quote

Food for thought: “The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.” IVY BAKER PRIEST…
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Date 9 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Ava DuVernay

Something inspirational: “I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk…
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Date 8 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Another Thomas Fuller quote

Food for thought: “He that flings dirt at another dirties himself most.” THOMAS FULLER This is a good reminder that when we speak badly of…
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Date 7 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When Silence No Longer Protects Us

How acknowledging childhood experiences can change our relationship with the past There comes a time when silence no longer protects. I have seen first-hand how…
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Date 6 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Depression is REAL

Healing, understanding and why empathy matters Dealing with depression is REAL. There isn't a lot of support out there and I don't think people always…
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Date 5 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When Understanding Doesn't Bring Closure

When healing comes without the apology I think one of the hardest things to accept is that the ending doesn't always come in the form…
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Date 4 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Henry Allingham

Something inspirational: "I don't mind if my future is long or short, as long as I'm doing the right thing. And as long as I…
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Date 3 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Your Past Experiences Don't Just Disappear

Why past experiences can influence mental health, coping patterns, behaviour and relationships The statement “Your past experiences don’t just disappear” reflects a simple but important…
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Date 2 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

An Orison Swett Marsden quote

Food for thought: "We make the world we live in and shape our own environment." ORISON SWETT MARSDEN What we put out into the world…
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