The bigger picture

Date 27 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
If we were to think about the bigger picture and relate that bigger picture to everyone’s life and circumstances, where they are emotionally and why we think they’re behaving in a certain way, we would learn to be less critical and judgmental. We would however, get to see the bigger…
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Poignant memories

Date 26 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
I was grocery shopping the other day when I came across a mum and her three children. One child was very young, so was being pushed around in his pushchair and her other two children were walking behind her, messing around. The elder child had his arm around his younger…
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The Universal Laws

Date 25 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
I am not sure how old I was, when I began to understand the universe and its laws. Whether we believe in the universal laws or not, their laws are there to bring us back into line. It’s like a thread. It weaves its magic and works with us, whether…
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Psychological challenges

Date 23 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
I know that living with Cerebral Palsy has always had an effect on me psychologically. It’s not just a physical impairment, but it’s a mental one too. The problem is people’s understanding of what I deal with, how and why. I will try to piece together an explanation of what…
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Measured success

Date 22 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
How does anyone measure success, because success means different things to different people? Someone with a disability, someone dealing with depression will see being a success as just getting through one day. It’s difficult to measure success in its entirety, because there are so many different forms, so many different…
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Out of our depth

Date 19 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Some days we just feel equipped, other days we feel we could conquer the world. You know the feeling, when you can’t seem to lift your mood, you can’t see a way forward and you can’t work out what to do next. It usually comes about when you’ve got too…
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A short break

Date 18 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
I shall be away on a short break from today, back Sunday. I will still be posting to The CP Diary as usual, not sure what I’ll be posting yet… but stay tuned to find out.
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My on-going health

Date 16 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
My problems with illness are always potentially problems waiting on the side lines. Waiting too late to eat yesterday morning, not snacking early enough during the course of the afternoon because I was out and having to deal with more family issues added to my health problems. On going to…
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Set in our ways

Date 15 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
The younger we are the more open we are to change; the older we are the more resistant to change we become. The reality for all of us is that change will happen, whether we’re ready for it or not. How we perceive and adapt to change will always determine…
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A tiring week

Date 13 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m lucky that no two days are the same. My thoughts and feelings come and go and they’re never the same twice. Once I’ve got my thoughts out on paper, I don’t always remember what those thoughts are, which means I carry less stress. It’s been a long and tiring…
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The competitive life

Date 12 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
From the minute we’re born, we’re encouraged to be competitive with our siblings, our peers and to some extent in society too. We’re expected to conform, to compete and to win. I have never bought into the idea that it’s more important to win, primarily because it takes a few…
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Revisiting my education

Date 10 October 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Because I have lived with guilt for so long I have decided to write another blog about my education. As a child living with Cerebral Palsy, it was inevitable that I would struggle with school. Some of my struggles in class were mentioned in my school reports, but that’s as…
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