Self-Awareness: Overcoming Labels

Date 8 May 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
A Journal Entry... You weren’t lost. You noticed things—little things most people missed. You heard more than they realised. You felt things differently, deeply, even when you couldn’t quite explain how or why. Then there were ...
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From Struggles to Strength: Lessons From A Life Less Ordinary

Date 4 May 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The CP Diary is more than just a reflection of my life. It's a platform designed to connect, inspire and empower those who are also navigating their own path. For those who follow my blog and know my backstory, thank you ...
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This Was A Life

Date 30 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
This was a life (A journal) Some days it still doesn’t feel real. It's raw, like I’m walking through someone else’s loss – watching it happen from a distance. But it did happen, I lost my twin. I still don’t know how to explain ...
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Sitting With Trauma

Date 25 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
I grew up in a time when parents kept their thoughts and feelings to themselves and as children we had no emotional support. No matter what they had been through as children, or young adults you never got to hear ...
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The Silence After You: Twin Loss

Date 21 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
I'm tired, sad and it's still not sinking in. Each day I wake up and carry on, but your absence is constant, and there’s a quiet heaviness. I still can’t quite get my head around the fact that you're not here. I go through the day with ...
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Writing to Inspire and Support Mental Health

Date 19 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
From an early age, I sensed something was different. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it – I couldn’t explain why things felt heavy. That knowing and a cerebral palsy diagnosis, became the starting point for everything ...
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Life After Loss: Living Without My Twin

Date 16 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
"I’ve only ever known my life as a twin. A twin-set. From birth, everything I knew and understood about life came through the lens of being one half of a whole. It shaped how I saw myself, how I moved through the world, and ...
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Navigating Life on the Spectrum

Date 14 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
I recently came across an article in my 'author magazine' where another author discussed writing with ADHD and how, despite growing awareness, there are still many who question whether it's real, or legitimate, and the article ...
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Living with Guilt Without the Picture

Date 11 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Growing up with something I didn’t know I had, meant I carried guilt, guilt that had no where to go. Without knowing the full picture, I am unpacking the guilt, as it's not my guilt to carry. With no accountability or ...
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Disabled, Not Broken

Date 8 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Living Life on 'My' Terms, Setting Boundaries and Finding Peace “No matter what was thrown at me, I never saw myself as a casualty of others' non-healing. I knew who I was from an early age, I was okay with me. Truthfully ...
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Loss of a Twin: When Half of You is Gone

Date 1 April 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The thing about being a twin, or part of any set means that you will always see yourself and your life that way. Since my twin passed two years ago, life is difficult and it is different now. Being part of a twin shaped my ...
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Coping With Soul Loss When You Can't Feel

Date 30 March 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Grieving a Twin Soul when you have Emotional Impairment is difficult – it's disorienting. Grief, which is often described as waves of sadness that comes and go is difficult. For some, it is an emotion that rises and falls ...
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