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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 24 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Tamsyn Muir

Something inspirational: “Anyone can learn to fight. Hardly anyone learns to think.” TAMSYN MUIR, Gideon the Ninth Muir's quote reminds us that fighting is not…
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Date 23 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Trauma and the Body: Understanding Isn't Enough

When the past shapes how we feel and respond We often think of trauma as something we remember, something that belongs to the past. The…
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Date 22 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Do You Have To Forgive?

Finding closure by letting go of guilt and responsibility that were never yours to carry Every child has a right to know who they are…
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Date 21 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Learning to Trust Your Intuition

Ways to Strengthen Your Intuition and Trust Your Gut Having been locked in my head for years, I began to notice, listen to and trust…
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Date 20 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

An Octavia E. Butler quote

Food for thought: “All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you.” OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, Parable of the Sower This quote reminds…
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Date 19 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Understanding I Didn't Have

Living With Cerebral Palsy and Autism Six decades of living with cerebral palsy and autism without the understanding that might have helped me make sense…
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Date 18 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Things We Want to Be True

On Belief, Self-Deception and the Difficulty of Accepting the Truth We like to think that believing something is the final step in a process. We…
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Date 17 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Healing Without All The Answers

Living With Unanswered Questions There comes a time when trying to understand your past means accepting that not everything will be explained. You can spend…
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Date 16 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Mother Teresa

Something inspirational: "I alone cannot change the world but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples." MOTHER TERESA A poignant…
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Date 15 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Pain of No Apology

When Words Fall Short and Accountability Never Comes Why repeated behaviour can hurt more than the original mistake, and why meaningful change matters more than…
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Date 14 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Tears in Heaven: Reflecting on Childhood, Loss and Grief

How music connects childhood experiences, personal loss and emotional wellbeing Music has a way of connecting us to emotions that words cannot always express. A…
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Date 13 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

An Arthur Conan Doyle quote

The things we see but fail to notice Food for thought: "The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."…
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