A Different Slant on My Life

Date 1 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"My experiences, my feelings on how I got to this place will never leave me. I am not wittingly choosing to carry those, or spite those who have done to this to me, but ignoring a child who has a disability and special needs, isn’t ...
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Deep Understanding

Date 28 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"From around the age of 9 or 10, I was already putting some of the pieces of my life together, around my spiritual beliefs. We may have a deep understanding of our lives, from an early age, but we may not always be ready or ...
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My Fate Sealed

Date 25 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"As a teenager, I remember overhearing a conversation between my parents, talking about my disability after my father had spoken with a friend of his who was a medical doctor, and who had a severely disabled daughter ...
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Reoccurring Nightmares

Date 23 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Growing up not knowing what was wrong with me was my biggest nightmare. I had reoccurring nightmares going into and coming home from school everyday. Not being able to keep up with my peers, or school and feeling ...
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How the Universe Works

Date 21 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"The universe is instrumental in all our lives, it is something we need to understand if we are to have access and use it successfully. I could never have imagined as a child, the success I would have through a diagnosis at the ...
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Overcoming Anxiety

Date 16 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Although I deal with anxiety, and I choose not to be defined by it, I deal with autism, therefore it can be difficult to control. Anxiety is something I manage. Overthinking thoughts Maybe you were an anxious child who is now an ...
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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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