Something inspirational:
“Honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.”
ELLEN DEGENERES
Read on »An Ellen Degeneres quote
19 May, 2019
Author: Ilana
Founder @thecpdiary - Writer, Blogger and Author. I provide advice on health related issues helping us take steps towards healthy living. A #mentalhealth blog
Growing up
Growing up is not only a journey of dips, twists and turns, peaks and valleys, but also mountains for us to climb.
What they don’t tell you about growing up is that not everyone has your back. There will be times when you will have to navigate your journey on your own. They don’t tell you how hard school will be …
Read on » 18 May, 2019
The CP Diary is 9 today
Another back to back blog, but all in a good cause. Today my website is 9 years old, into its 10th year of blogging and I couldn’t be happier.
As each year passes, it gets harder to think about something to write each time I pass another milestone. I’ve seen positivity reach far and wide, I know what my blog does for me, reaching another milestone today …
Read on » 17 May, 2019
More on ‘flat affect’
When I learn more about my disability, I learn more about myself and I’m still learning things about myself. I know I have flat affect. It is the result of unusual brain activity, slightly more complicated in my case, because my emotions are impaired through cerebral palsy.
One area of my brain that isn’t active is the one which is responsible for emotional response, in other words a function of alertness, level of distraction, vigilance, a direction of attention and stress …
Read on » 16 May, 2019
Altering your attitude
Something inspirational:
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
WILLIAM JAMES
Read on » 15 May, 2019
Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness week this year runs from the 13th to 19th May. It is important we are aware of mental health and mental health issues. Being aware is key if we are to have and lead healthy lives. Everything that begins to challenge our very existence has something to do with mental health.
Good mental health allows us to think, feel and react in positive and productive ways. Poor mental health means how we think, feel or react to situations will become difficult, in certain cases impossible …
Read on » 14 May, 2019
Intellectual arrogance
My disability was never given the time of day, talked about or aired as a child, suffice to say that’s how it has stayed, until I started my blog. The hard part for me was having to exist in an environment where my life around my disability stayed underground.
Without me keeping my experiences alive through my blog, my disability would never have been mentioned in my lifetime …
Read on » 13 May, 2019
Our impact on nature
Another back to back blog, this time addressing the devastating impact of humans on nature. A global report by the United Nations this week, states that one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction through the actions of humans.
The report is the result of assessment of 15,000 reference materials, and has been compiled by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) …
Read on » 12 May, 2019
A Matshona Dhliwayo quote
Something inspirational:
“Beautiful souls are shaped by ugly experiences.”
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
Read on » 11 May, 2019
Plastic Pollution
We now know that plastic is not only extremely harmful to our environment, but it’s extremely harmful: plastic is choking our oceans and killing wildlife.
Countries and cities around the world are banning plastic use and the call for the end of single-use plastics is at an all-time high. Companies are also beginning to implement measures to reduce plastic …
Read on » 10 May, 2019
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