Exploring Emotional Silence: Naming What Was Always There

Date 12 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Personal Reflection on Emotional Processing, Alexithymia, and Neurodivergence Author’s Note This article is part of my ongoing writing about understanding myself and my neurology. It’s not medical advice – just my lived ...
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Growing Up in My Twin's Shadow

Date 9 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Losing My Twin, and Learning How to Build a Life That Isn’t Led By Someone Else As the second twin living with cerebral palsy, I grew up following rather than leading. It wasn’t a choice. And without the emotional support ...
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Cerebral Palsy Includes Emotional Impairment

Date 6 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
This is Neurological, Not Personal Staying true to myself – this is a difficult blog to write. Watching the film Some Like It Hot.Where Tony Curtis says he can't feel anything.For him it’s an act.For me, it’s real. Cerebral palsy is usually ...
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Quiet Goodness in a Noisy World

Date 4 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The Invisible Good As an author – and as a working writer – I think about this often, how easily genuine voices are overlooked in a world that measures worth in clicks. Where mental health and helpfulness are invisible ...
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How Disability Changes Our Story

Date 2 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The Unfair Judgment of Disability When anyone deals with a mental, emotional, or physical disability, they may get an unfair press. Dealing with a disability often means we're blamed for our behaviour, for how we are ...
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When Trauma Turns into Tinnitus

Date 1 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
An Exploration of what Remains, and How I'm Learning to Carry On Tinnitus can emerge after trauma, stress, or hearing loss. It’s also common among people who work in the building trade, with pneumatic drills, or in ...
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Why I Still Write: Finding Meaning Through Words

Date 25 October 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
A reflection on awareness, Virginia Woolf, the power of writing and making sense of life In her final letter to her husband Leonard, Virginia Woolf wrote, “I feel certain I am going mad again... and I shan’t recover this time ...
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A Space Built to Stand Still

Date 23 October 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
The CP Diary has always been about truth – not the kind that bends, but the kind that sits quietly and asks to be seen. Even when it’s hard to look at. Even when it’s hard to read. Some days I find it hard to write, to talk about ...
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Connection and Inspiration: Reflections on the Power of Writing

Date 19 October 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
A Personal Journey into how Writing Creates Connection and Inspiration Through The CP Diary, writing has become a space where reflection meets connection – where words begin to heal and inspire. When I write ...
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Quiet Traces: The Life My Twin Left Behind

Date 17 October 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Echoes of the Start Somewhere along the way, what my twin left behind is where I seem to have ended up – and it's not easy. We were both deep thinkers, but she was more forthright than me. She stepped forward, even when ...
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Learning to Make Peace with Not Having Peace

Date 13 October 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Finding Emotional Peace and Truth While Living with a Hidden Disability I used to believe that once I understood what was wrong with me growing up – once I finally had the answers about living with a disability – peace would ...
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The Dissonance of Living Without My Twin

Date 9 October 2025
Author Ilana Estelle
Learning to live in the space between what was and what remains Since losing my twin, I’ve struggled with mental health. The life I knew ended with her. What’s left doesn’t feel familiar. I’ve said it before; life after ...
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