I have always been a highly moral person, but since I started The CP Diary, it has become my moral compass, a ticket to better health, a better path, a journey that allows for a bigger picture of how we can live a life in a more peaceful existence.

The CP Diary isn't just for me, it's for others who also want to understand for themselves how to live better lives. I’m never really sure what I am going to write about until I start the process and that depends on what I'm dealing with at the time, or which past experience is bothering me.

Even though I’m into my 6th year, my  blogs still feel fresh and if I were writing for the first time. I wouldn't want to be without it now.

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 “A journey”

  1. I think we have total control over very little in our lives, which makes our journey mysterious and complicated at times. But your writings have put us in the drivers seat and steered us in a more positive, moral direction.

    You have humanized our conditions and you've made us bigger than our problems. Keep writing and we'll keep reading your message.

    1. Awww thanks Tim. I think we have more control over more things than we think we do, but where we have little to no control, we often have the strength to carry us through.

      I intend to keep writing for as long as I can. I believe together we can all triumph where once we had little hope.

      I am pleased that you get something out of The CP Diary too.

  2. The last few years have certainly been a roller-coaster of a ride for you, but one which you have steered and will continue to steer well.

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