"Another back-to-back blog, but all for a good cause! Today, my website turns 9 years old – now heading into its 10th year of blogging – and I couldn’t be happier.

With each passing year, it gets trickier to find the right words to mark another milestone. But one thing that never changes is the reach of positivity. I know what my blog means to me, but as I celebrate today, I’d love to hear what it means to you too.

Thank you for the love, inspiration, and for being part of this journey – both mine and yours. Here’s to another year of writing, reflecting, and growing together!"

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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4 comments on “The CP Diary is 9 today”

  1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Huge congrats on your amazing achievement.

    Your website has become part of my daily routine - shower, breakfast and The CP Diary and I couldn't do without any of those three.

    The last 9 years have flown by and I am looking forward to the next 9.

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    1. Yes... it's part of my daily routine too, a part of my life for so long. It helps me put my world right, in a world that was so wrong.

      I wouldn't want to be without it now. Thank you!!

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  2. Happy Birthday Ilana! I believe I've been a member of this family for at least 7 of those 9 years. I'm mighty proud of that!

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    1. Thank you! I'm proud of you, of all of us. I love The CP Diary family. We've come a long way from where we started all those years ago.

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