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.
Something inspirational: "When our actions create discord in another person, we, ourselves, in this lifetime or another, will feel that discord. Likewise, if our actions…
"Be Who You Need" encourages self-reflection and growth; it suggests thinking back to times when you felt lonely and uncertain, times when you struggled to…
Dual Attachment Process and Its Implications When twins are born, they establish two essential attachment bonds. One with their parents and another with each other.…
It's heartwarming to see events like Children in Need where children are so well-supported by their families and communities. Watching the kindness and care they…
Something inspirational: "They will call you “crazy” because you are, because you were born with the gift of seeing things differently and that scares them.They're…
Invisible Obstacles: When Disability Becomes the Scapegoat
Anyone and everyone who lives with a disability, will be familiar with my stories, Mychaela's story. Living with a disability can be a difficult life,…
Choosing Empathy: A Guide for More Caring Connections
Wednesday 13th November is World Kindness Day – Changing the World with Compassion: Why Compassion Matters In this fast-paced and impersonal world, for many people,…
A nutrition expert has raised significant concerns regarding the 'carnivore diet,' a rising fad that promotes eating exclusively animal products and excludes all plant-based foods.…
In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Finding My Voice Through Writing
Living in a world that demands conformity, for anyone who grows up with an undiagnosed disability they will navigate a unique path, filled with challenges…
