My Cathartic Book Experience

Date 15 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Writing my first book has been a deeply cathartic journey, one of the most meaningful things I’ve ever done. The words have come naturally, as if they were always waiting to be written. Writing has the power to heal, offering ...
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Protecting Animals and Wildlife

Date 8 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
I have always been passionate about animals. I learned about empathy through my struggles with a disability I didn’t know I had. My affinity with animals has come through a difficult life. I see a lot of their mental and emotional ...
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Opening New Doors

Date 7 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
As one door closes another door opens. As a child, I never thought about that. My life had been mapped out for me from the minute I was born. I was expected to marry and have a family. University wasn't an option, nor ...
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Autism and Hypersensitivity

Date 3 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
I find it completely incomprehensible that I am still having to work out how I present, my physical, mental and emotional disability. At the age of 46 when I first found out about cerebral palsy, I thought hypersensitivity was ...
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Our Starting Point

Date 30 September 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
To be able to find and work through a cerebral palsy and autism diagnosis, there needed to be a change in attitude from me. Our starting point towards mental and emotional healing, is where we find out about ourselves ...
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My Irritations

Date 26 September 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
I remember being in the car and my father telling me I wear my clothes well. To me it sounded rather odd, but I took it as a compliment, it wasn't often you got compliments. Scoliosis I never knew I had scoliosis. The idea that I ...
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Trust and Truth

Date 23 September 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"As a child, I didn’t know what trust or truth was, but I don’t think you do when you're small. I didn’t stop to question trust or truth, but I do remember thinking they must have been in place. Looking back there was no trust or truth ...
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Making Sense of my Symptoms

Date 21 September 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"I continually live and deal with anxiety because I have autism. The anxiety I have creates panic and the panic I feel, I don’t always have control over. Time alone is the only time my mind feels clear—a space to reflect, to make sense ...
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Child Neglect

Date 19 September 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Since I started my blog 9 years ago, I haven't talked about my child neglect in detail and unless as the child you look at each situation independently of another, it’s not always easy to understand that what you have ...
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Others Working with Me

Date 11 September 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
It is important I can work around my autism, which means others need to understand what I deal with and work with me. With a non-diagnosis I never understood that's what it was. I was simply expected to conform with everyone ...
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Personal Success

Date 9 September 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"As a child, growing up I never thought about success or whether I would become successful. I learned very early on what my parents' expectations of me were. I've probably said this before, but it was expected that ...
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Irritated and Angry

Date 6 September 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"As a child, I carried anger – an irritation that continually simmered beneath the surface, sparked by the unspoken injustice. I lashed out with words, my only way of making sense of what I couldn’t understand. I was ...
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