About outside influences

Date 2 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Outside influences aren’t something we can avoid, neither are they always easy to adjust to, but the reality is that those outside influences will always have an impact on our children, which makes it difficult for us. Social development is something that affects us all as soon as we’re old…
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That heavy feeling

Date 26 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
I have that heavy feeling, the overwhelming feeling you get with all the trappings and responsibilities of life and all that life brings. From having no support, wishing life felt easier, knowing things would have come easier if I’d been given the right tools to ...
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Lessons and mistakes

Date 25 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Mistakes are as a consequence of the lessons we fail to learn. We need to understand our lessons, because without understanding, we will create more mistakes and will inevitably get caught out. Understanding your lessons means cutting down on your mistakes. Lessons learned equals less mistakes, equals a better ...
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Seeing differently

Date 23 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Anyone with cerebral palsy will know how hard it is to deal with the physical and the neurological side of the condition. As a child, I had problems learning, with feel and texture, none of which made any sense. I didn’t know about my neurological issues and I wasn’t believed.…
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We choose not to see

Date 13 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
As children, we live our lives without questioning our parents, siblings or our lives, their roles in our lives, however bad those roles turn out to be. We just assume that what they say is for our greater good. It’s only ever at that point when we begin to struggle,…
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Confirmation, a sign

Date 11 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Every now and again, something will come into our lives briefly as a sign to show that the universe understands, even if it can’t change things. Something happened, whilst I was watching ‘Gordon Ramsay Kitchen Nightmare show’ reality hit home that I was looking at my own life through the…
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Cognitive symptoms

Date 8 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s apt that my 1800th blog is about traumatic brain injury and The CP Diary was borne out of me discovering at the age of 46 that I had CP, brought about through a brain injury at birth. TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) is not tangible; you can't touch it and…
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Lost & labelled

Date 7 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s easier if we don’t have to deal with it, therefore she can’t know. That was my life, not knowing I had Cerebral Palsy for 46 years. As I began to grow and my struggles became more obvious, they were brushed under the carpet as if they didn’t exist. I…
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When it's right to assume

Date 4 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
I never assume. I ask questions then I know, so then I don’t have to assume, or live with an outcome I don’t want. But there have been two enormously difficult events in my life where I felt it was right to stand back and assume an outcome and not…
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The Universe speaks

Date 2 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Whether we believe in the universe and its laws is immaterial to the universe. The universe will always catch up with us on the things we ignore. The universe will always send out its signs, even if don’t understand how the universe works, or we ignore its signs. The universe…
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We need to change

Date 31 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
If others don't see an issue in their actions, they will never change. All we can do is change the way we see their actions. The deed doesn't change, but our actions to the deed will need to change, if they're not changing. For as many years as I spent…
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Rewriting history

Date 27 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
As some of us re-write history with one conversation, others will continually re-write history as a way of life. If you were to ask me what I did yesterday, I’d struggle to remember. My short-term memory is poor, but my long-term memory is excellent. I always remember conversations as if…
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