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 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

The Best Macaroni and Cheese

Ingredients: 200g Elbow Macaroni 250g pack Cream Cheese 125g grated Cheddar cheese 100g salted butter 3 tablespoons plain flour 500g semi-skimmed milk 100g jalapeno peppers,…
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Date 27 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

My Twin Loss: Healing the Grief

For anyone experiencing the loss of a twin, life can be a daunting challenge, when we’re left to pick up the pieces without our other…
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Date 26 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Dr Lucas D. Shallua quote

Something inspirational: “Organizations, companies or individuals without core values are exactly like a boat without an anchor; it can be easy tossed to and fro…
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Date 25 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Striving to Learn

I had to go through everything in order to learn" - Martin Scorsese Do you relate? I relate. Living with the struggles of living with…
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Date 24 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Challenges in Global Mental Health

In a world that is changed, my blog continues to describe, and spell out the challenges. Through my writing, I give the reader the facts,…
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Date 23 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by James Clear

Something inspirational: “Reading can teach you the best of what others already know. Reflection can teach you the best of what only you can know.”…
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Date 22 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Simple Fitness Tips

There are many great ways to optimise a healthy lifestyle. You can always combine your gym workout and take time to consider other activities that…
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Date 21 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Toxic Positivity: Why the Cup isn't Always Half Full

“How do you stay optimistic with all that’s happening in the world?” It's a question I've been asked many times. I have always been positive,…
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Date 20 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Poem About Living

I counted my years and found that I have less time to live from here on than I have lived up to now.I feel like…
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Date 19 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Kelli Wilson quote

Something inspirational: “Our biggest fear is not in expressing the truth but that we will be attacked or belittled because of our truth.”  KELLI WILSON
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Date 18 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Mental Health: Every Mind Matters

"I would enter into what felt to my 10-year-old self like a sort of dreamy uneasiness. I was completely out of touch with my physical…
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Date 17 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Twin Connections

Losing my twin in December 2022, I am struggling, I'm not going to lie, but I am also comforted knowing she is okay, because I…
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