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Date 28 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Golden Fig and Honey Oat Bake

Golden Fig and Honey Oat Bake "Adapted from a simple baked oatmeal recipe by Minimalist Baker" Refined – Sugar free Ingredients: 2 cups rolled oats…
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Date 27 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Carlos Santana quote

Food for thought: "The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of…
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Date 26 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

What Remains

It doesn’t always begin with you. That’s the first thing to understand. There are moments in your life where the ground shifts – not because…
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Date 25 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Electric Cars, Air Quality, and Health

A quieter, cleaner driving environment – and what it means for how our bodies feel There’s something deeply personal about the spaces we spend time…
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Date 24 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When Awareness Came Later in My Life

A late diagnosis at 46 brings clarity, self-understanding, and a new perspective on the past I stagnated for most of my early years. It wasn’t…
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Date 23 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

A philosophical insight expressed in an inspirational way: "The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all." DWIGHT D…
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Date 22 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Why Short Bursts of Exercise Still Count

Rethinking Exercise We’ve long been told that better health requires time – gym sessions, structured workouts, and strict routines. But emerging research suggests something simpler:…
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Date 21 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Learning to Live With What Doesn't Leave

A Space for What’s Hard to Explain Three years after losing my twin, and I am still learning how to live with what doesn’t leave;…
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Date 20 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Where Understanding Grows

A Shared Space for Reflection Over time, The CP Diary has become more than a place for personal reflection. What began as a way for…
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Date 19 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Hannah Arendt quote

A moral warning about passivity: "When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men…
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Date 18 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Making Sense of What I Wasn't Told

Where This Leaves Me The CP Diary will be 16 years old in May and for the first time I feel almost healed. It's a…
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Date 17 April 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Quiet Edges

Noticing What Doesn't Quite Sit Right There’s a quiet comfort in the spaces we move through each day, the familiar rhythm of coming and going,…
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