My Emotional Struggles

Date 17 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I never really understood my emotions and why I struggled, until I’d worked through the process, starting with a cerebral palsy diagnosis. Although I was aware of some of how I presented as a child in terms of my emotions, I didn't ...
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More 'topical blogs'

Date 12 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
When I was growing up there was little in the media, including the environment, food and the relationship between food production and the environment, its processing and our links to food. It's incredibly important to ...
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Extra pieces of the jigsaw/2

Date 8 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
As a continuation from my ‘Extra pieces of the jigsaw’ blog, as part of the co-occurring conditions I get to deal with I can also add, the next items to my list. Symptoms of Sensory Processing disorder Children ...
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Extra pieces of the jigsaw

Date 7 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ll never know now because it’s way too late in the day, but it would have been that I would have had a little more to go on had my father and my consultants over the years discussed my disability and my presenting symptoms. You couldn’t make up what I’ve…
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My exercise routine

Date 3 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Growing older with cerebral palsy doesn’t come without its difficulties. Taking advice over the years from consultants who thought they knew what was best, like walking barefoot potentially hasn’t been the best advice. Although walking barefoot nowadays has a lot to do with earthing, (connecting to the Earth’s natural energy…
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What we take from childhood

Date 31 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child I learned very early on that we don’t have choices. That as the adult we get to choose, but we must choose wisely. We don’t get to choose how our parents bring us up, but we do get to choose how we use their choices to better…
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Understanding and Forgiveness

Date 27 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
In our early years we can’t know or equate what our parents emotionally deal with or why we get the life we get. Our experiences affect us We are only able to filter views through our own prism, we’re not mature enough that comes with age. But our early experiences…
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Lessons for all of us

Date 26 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
If like me you believe things happen for a reason and are meant to be then how I was born, my writing and my website were all meant to be. My lessons were to deal with my anger and to find the tolerance, empathy and compassion that were hidden within…
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Persistent qualities

Date 23 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Thoughts about my disability are never far away. I’m not sure how old I was when it became clear to me that even without my disability, I would have had little opportunity around an education and travel. I would have had to have had a different ...
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Facets of my Disability

Date 22 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The truth is I have never been properly assessed, but if I were to have been properly assessed and a percentage added as part of that assessment, I would estimate that I am 70% mentally and 30% physically disabled. Autism and Asperger’s Although I have never highlighted or thought about…
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Overcoming Barriers

Date 19 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Initially, we create and put up barriers to protect ourselves, but that can only work for a finite time, sooner or later we must take control. I’ve had to overcome barriers on my childhood: the neglect and emotional distress on a disability I didn’t know I had, has been my…
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How the body works

Date 14 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
My experiences always bring about a new thought process as part of the original experience. If I think it’s helpful because it brings about a new understanding or a new way of looking at a situation, I write about it. Being continually measured as a child, I was always being…
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