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.
Seen, Misjudged, Rarely Understood For most of my life, I lived in the dark. Not because I didn't know I was different, but because I didn't yet have the understanding to explain why life always felt harder than it seemed to be ...
Some consequences aren't immediate, they're cumulative It's five months into four years through twin loss, and I've split another tooth. On its own, it's an ordinary event. But it's an event that made me stop and look back ...
How writing became more than a creative outlet When I started writing, I had no idea where it would lead. I simply needed somewhere to put my thoughts – a place to make sense of experiences I struggled to understand ...
I hope you have gotten some rest and maybe resolution of the pain your son is feeling. I always miss you when you're not around. I'm used to you being here and when you're gone it's noticed. I hope your Sunday is going well.
I hope you have gotten some rest and maybe resolution of the pain your son is feeling. I always miss you when you're not around. I'm used to you being here and when you're gone it's noticed. I hope your Sunday is going well.
Thanks Brian. I have gotten some rest and feel slightly better today! Thanks for being such a wonderful friend and for your kind comments here.
Glad your back and looking forward to your next post. Lisa
Thanks Lisa.