Walking with Intention

Date 16 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Sir David Attenborough's remind us to care for the Earth In a world also increasingly hungry for hope, some individuals stand out – not for loud gestures or grandeur, but for the quiet, steadfast way they guide us back to ...
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Fragments of Me

Date 13 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
I Built A Version Of Myself That Wasn't True When you grow up with an undiagnosed disability to you, not knowing the truth about yourself, you build your identity around fragments. I spent years building up the wrong ...
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Grief Doesn't End: How Others' Choices Leave Lasting Marks

Date 10 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
"Understanding how the decisions of others shape our emotional landscape long after the moment they pass" Since my twin died, I’ve been stuck in a constant state of fight and flight. Her absence isn’t something I grapple with ...
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Informed by Study, Shaped by Experience, Shared with Integrity

Date 7 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The CP Diary: Emotional Health, Spiritual Growth, and Holistic Wellbeing When I began The CP Diary, it was never with the intention of becoming an authority – it was simply my way of making sense of my life with a disability ...
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The Silence That Shaped Me

Date 6 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
"Living with a Disability I Didn't Know I Had and Reclaiming My Voice" Growing up without knowing I had a physical, mental, and emotional disability still haunts me. For decades, it sent an unspoken message that my ...
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Living With Depression and Twin Loss

Date 2 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
On Depression, loss and learning to move forward alone" For 15 years I’ve been writing about mental health from the outside – strategies, wellness, insights. But I never wrote about depression, because I didn’t ...
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The Shape of Difference

Date 31 May 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The Shape of Difference (A Journal Entry) You always knew you were different. Physically, visibly, undeniably different. With a leg length difference, walking toe to heel, dragging a leg that wouldn't follow properly ...
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The CP Diary is My Voice

Date 22 May 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The CP Diary is based on reflection, resilience, and raising awareness through words. When I started The CP Diary, I never imagined how it would take shape – not just for sharing cerebral palsy facts or personal experiences, but for ...
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I Thought It Was Just Me

Date 18 May 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
I Thought it Was Just Me (A journal entry) You thought it was you. You didn’t understand the muscle tone issue The leg length difference, Or the foot drop, Why heal toe was impossible, why stumbling was routine Or why ...
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The CP Diary: Navigating Life, Emotions and Mental Wellness

Date 15 May 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The CP Diary started as a personal outlet – a way for me to reflect on my thoughts, emotions, and life experiences that came with a very late cerebral palsy diagnosis. It would take another 10 years after that to get an autism ...
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Writing Through a Changing World

Date 12 May 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
This is a personal reflection on how, for me, writing has become more challenging in today’s world – shaped by social change, politics, and a loss of fairness and balance, since I started writing in 2010. But by doing what ...
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A Journey of Loss, Healing, and Self-Belief

Date 10 May 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
This is my journey through emotional triggers, quiet strength, and learning to believe in myself. Growing up with something I didn’t know I had, meant facing up to the fact that I'd have to life with mental health challenges ...
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