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Date 30 September 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

How to Navigate The CP Diary Using the Toolbar

How to Navigate The CP Diary If you visit The CP Diary regularly, chances are you read the blog of the day and then leave.…
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Date 22 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When Change Meets Reality

The difficult bit comes after the promises Politics never stops meeting its own headlines. A new leader arrives. A new government begins. A new set…
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Date 21 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Carl Rogers quote

Food for thought: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” CARL ROGERS Acceptance doesn't mean…
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Date 20 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The UK After Brexit: A Generation Asking What Comes Next

A look at the choices made and the questions that remain If it’s out there, you’ll find me writing about it. Brexit affected everyone –…
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Date 19 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

How Loss Uncovers Past Trauma

How losing my twin changed the way I understand my past It has been nearly four years since my twin died, and I can see…
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Date 18 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Another quote by Virginia Woolf

Something inspirational: “No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” VIRGINIA WOOLF Life isn't a race. There is…
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Date 17 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Everyone Has a Voice but Being Heard is Different

Reflections on equality, opportunity and being heard We often talk about equality, but equality isn't simply about being given the same opportunities on paper. Our…
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Date 16 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Life I Knew

Later Learning It Should Have Been Different I write to heal. I lived with a disability I didn't know about. It's not news, but looking…
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Date 15 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Sylvester Stallone

Something inspirational: “You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard…
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Date 14 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When Is a Hot Drink Too Hot?

Why Temperature Matters For many of us, a hot cup of tea or coffee is part of our daily routine – a morning ritual, a…
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Date 13 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Quiet Work of Becoming

Learning to live with what has been, while making space for what is still unfolding What often comes next is not resolution, but learning how…
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Date 12 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

What Shapes Us

Some things become part of us before we ever begin to question them Sometimes you have to be honest with yourself. You know where you…
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Date 11 September 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Door that Never Opened

When Waiting Gives Way to Acceptance As a follow on from yesterday's Ivy Baker Priest quote. Some losses are difficult to recognise because nothing officially…
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