Toxic Positivity: Why the Cup isn't Always Half Full

Date 21 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
“How do you stay optimistic with all that’s happening in the world?” It's a question I've been asked many times. I have always been positive, I’m not sure I would call myself optimistic, but I do recognise seeing my cup half full ...
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Twin Connections

Date 17 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
Losing my twin in December 2022, I am struggling, I'm not going to lie, but I am also comforted knowing she is okay, because I have seen the signs. I need to get myself physically well again. The trauma of watching her ...
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Writing is Hard

Date 16 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
When I first started writing for The CP Diary 13 years ago, it was a completely different world. It was easier to write about my thoughts and feelings and to introduce different topics to my blog so that my blog could appeal ...
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My Spiritual Grounding

Date 13 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
My spirituality, even as far back as a child has kept me grounded, humbled. Today it still does. I couldn’t write without it. It walks into the room before I do. I have never needed the material kind to keep me happy. Spirituality and ...
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Still feeling poorly

Date 9 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I hate where I am with my health since my twin passed away. Two months after my twin passed I was diagnosed with Eagle Syndrome then I developed a mouth ligament injury from the stress of her illness, which I have been struggling ...
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Trauma: The Loss of My Twin

Date 4 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
In the months leading up to my twin’s death there is no doubt I was constantly dealing with trauma. Losing my twin has had a profound effect on me. The mouth ligament tightness is everything to do with the trauma, her passing and the ...
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Why I Write...

Date 1 October 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
"Why I Write" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell detailing his personal journey to becoming a writer. It was first published in the Summer 1946 edition of Gangrel. The editors of this magazine, J.B.Pick and Charles Neil, had asked ...
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My Twin

Date 29 September 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I'm not going to lie, there is no talk of the pandemic being finished, and I'm finding life without my twin difficult. I never imagined my life would end like this or that I would have to learn to live my life without her. There isn't a ...
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We Need To Heal To See Others Healed

Date 25 September 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
“We need to heal to see others healed.” – Ilana Estelle Many of us may go through life and never heal, primarily because we don't think we need to. That's usually for others. But those who are not healed, will only see people through ...
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Mental and Emotional Health Blog

Date 22 September 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
The CP Diary is where I get to deal with my thoughts and feelings, it's a place where I get to talk about 'things.' It's a mental and emotional health blog. Brexit and Mental Health I’ve never been one to shy away from my ...
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Everything Has Changed

Date 18 September 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
With a disability I want to be able to go out like everyone else without the worry of being vulnerable. The pandemic has changed everything. It has changed all of our lives. Losing my twin in December 2022, has also ...
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The CP Diary is the Pinnacle of Health

Date 12 September 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
Pinnacle of health - "in humans, the extent of an individual's continuing physical, emotional, mental, and social ability to cope with his or her environment." - (Source: Britannicacom) The CP Diary is the pinnacle of health, of ...
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