When There is No Trust

Date 27 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Trust is the backbone to any relationship, in all circumstances, but is especially important in families. It is what keeps families together. Growing up I never thought about trust. Instead I grew up with assumptions ...
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Understanding is Important

Date 25 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"Growing up, my physical challenges were evident – my bad leg and foot were visible for all to see. But what I didn’t know was that I also had scoliosis, autism, and a learning disability. These hidden struggles shaped my ...
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Stress Relief

Date 21 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
In our busy lives it's no wonder we deal with stress. We're taking less time for ourselves, always on the move. That said, with a healthier lifestyle we can find ways to reduce stress. These are my top tips to help with stress relief ...
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Feeling Good about Writing

Date 19 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"In my forties when I learned I had cerebral palsy and I started my writing career, I never associated writing with autism, or saw the intensity of how I write as an autism trait. I was depressed as a child. I never had any interests or ...
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Self-sufficiency

Date 17 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child growing up with a disability I didn’t know I had, I wasn’t self-sufficient. Self-sufficiency wasn’t on my radar, let alone part of me, or my life. Fast-forward and being self-sufficient is what I am. As a child, with no emotional support, I had to be self-sufficient ...
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Curiosity

Date 13 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"I was curious and eager to learn about what I presented with as a child. Being curious kept me interested, it kept me sane, it kept me going. I had a strong desire to learn about myself, I needed to know what was wrong with me ...
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The Whole Picture

Date 9 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Since I started my blog 9 years ago, it has been important for me to become acquainted with cerebral palsy and autism – my symptoms, to fully understand what I deal with – and to be able to place each symptom. It is also ...
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Autism and Vulnerability

Date 7 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"The way others react to how I present keeps shining a light on my vulnerability, making my neurological difficulties more obvious. It leaves me exposed, facing the raw edges of my symptoms – symptoms I now understand to ...
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Never Coming to Terms

Date 4 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"Growing up, and only finding out at the age of 46 that I had cerebral palsy meant I was left in the dark for all those years. When I think about my struggles and how long I went through those struggles, it's something I struggle ...
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My Bitter-sweet Life

Date 1 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"Life for me has been bitter sweet, bitter because I’ve had to fumble my way through the dark and sweet because mum telling me my birth was difficult, catapulted me into a new life. That was difficult. I don't think I will ever ...
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My Book

Date 27 June 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
After 3 years of completing my manuscript, it's become somewhat of an anti-climax, probably because I never thought it would happen in my lifetime – and as a result I have become more reflective. At the start of the ...
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Believing I was Normal

Date 25 June 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
I grew up knowing only about a bad leg and foot. That much was obvious because it was something you could see. Wearing skirts made it more obvious, because you could see me walk toe heel, and because I walked with a limp ...
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