Free to Choose

Date 20 October 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
Where someone does something and it continues to be repeated without an apology and you apportion blame, it means it's warranted. You wouldn't look to blame if those you were blaming weren't responsible for the decisions ...
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Healing from Emotional Abuse

Date 13 October 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
Do we ever really get over emotional abuse? I think we can, but that depends on the circumstances and why the trust is broken. Relationships are about trust Relationships are about trust, trust is the invisible ...
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Deserving Better

Date 8 October 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
I accept I deserved better, although how I got to this place is difficult. A Quote by Jim Rohn There is a famous quote by Jim Rohn, ‘If you don’t like where you are, move, you are not a tree.’ As the adult, however hard it is to call ...
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The 'Write Offs'

Date 4 October 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
The Channel 4 documentary two part series called ‘The Write Offs’ explores Britain’s low adult literacy rates, takes 8 adults, aged between 22 and 66, and puts them through their paces, exploring their issues in depth ...
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Silence and Solitude

Date 30 September 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
Even as a child I was alone with my thoughts, having to work things out. I didn’t know about cerebral palsy or autism back then. I have always been alone with my thoughts, but I could never have known then what I now know ...
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A Positive Slant on My Life

Date 27 September 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
Living through trauma isn't easy. No matter how negative my experiences or life was, it was important I didn't sugar coat those. In terms of my mental health, it was important I was able to stay present and positive. Positive Mental ...
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Push Through It

Date 23 September 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
Push through it, push through the emotional pain. I pushed through the pain of not knowing about my disability, or what that even meant, how it played out day to day. I pushed through the pain of not being able to talk about it in the ...
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My Autism Woes

Date 12 September 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
I was convinced I had something going on as a child. It was in my eyes, in my smile. My smile didn’t seem animated and where my siblings’ smiles were animated, my smile wasn't. It was something I kept going back to ...
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Independent thinking

Date 10 September 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
My father would often say I was the most independent thinking, the most kind and the most compassionate. But being on the autism spectrum and not knowing, meant I was alone with my thoughts twenty-four/seven ...
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Anxiety and Depression

Date 7 September 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
I have always mentally struggled, but having been diagnosed with autism by an autism specialist in January 2019, confirmed I deal with anxiety and depression. I knew I was anxious, but didn't know it was anxiety ...
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Covid Common Sense

Date 3 September 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
It's been 11 years since my cerebral palsy diagnosis. Knowing that I have a pre-existing condition and I am more susceptible to catching Covid isn't resting easy. Going out for Walks Going out for walks I feel more ...
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My Family Finally Together

Date 31 August 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
Having been in lock down for the last 5 months, being 'high risk' and with covid procedures in place, my family finally came home for the weekend. It was the first time we had come together since last Christmas ...
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