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 20 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Dental Trauma

Watching my twin's declining health for 6 months, is the reason I sustained dental trauma two months after losing her. Mouth injuries are common around…
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Date 19 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Tarred with the same brush

The CP Diary is made up of blogs on topics that speak to me, information that I have heard about, or read about, information that…
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Date 18 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

My Journey of Self-Discovery

Through writing and finding out late about a disability I didn't know I had led me on to a journey of self-discovery and healing through…
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Date 17 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Why It's Okay Not To Be Liked

We're human, we're social beings, we thrive around people, we all want to be liked. We pride ourselves on our ability to like and be…
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Date 16 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Lois Lowry quote

Something inspirational: “Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no bad…
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Date 15 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Growing Up With Unaddressed Anger

As a child I had an excuse for my anger. I grew up with a mental illness, and for me, struggling was the norm. It…
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Date 14 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Robbie Williams

Something inspirational: "I refuse to totally grow up. I've always been someone who says and does things that push politically correct boundaries." ROBBIE WILLIAMS
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Date 13 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

It's Never Too Late To Pursue Your Passions

In the pandemic, I have spent my time trying to motivate, not to do better and putting one foot in front of the other has…
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Date 12 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Talking about Facts and Truth

A message popped into The CP Diary inbox from a subscriber thanking The CP Diary for the love and support. I will always choose to…
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Date 11 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

All Burned Out

I continually lived with trauma as a child growing up with a disability I didn't know I had. With everything I’ve had to deal with…
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Date 10 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Another Brené Brown quote

Something inspirational: “Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us and…
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Date 9 November 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

The Importance of Mental Health

Mental health is important, but we insist on making other things more relevant, and more important. Since my twin died in December 2022, I seem…
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