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Writer – The CP Diary Author – Cerebral Palsy ‘A Story’ Spirituality, Healing and Me and Survival: The Covid Years 'Time for Change' Published by Clare Christian The CP Diary https://www.thecpdiary.com

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A Lyor Boone quote - The CP Diary "Winning isn’t always victory — some battles cost more than they’re worth."

Today's feature: 'A Lyor Boone quote' By @TheCPDiary

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20.10.2025 10:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A quote by Erich Fromm - The CP Diary "Erich Fromm’s quote, “Greed is a bottomless pit.” This piece explores how greed never ends until you end it – and how peace has a chance to catch up when you stop reaching for more."

Today's feature: 'A quote by Erich Fromm' By @TheCPDiary

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#thecpdiary #feature #ErichFromm #quotes

16.10.2025 06:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Me too. The world's messed up. We all should be doing more to 'think about people' and the planet. Generations not yet born will be relying on what we leave behind.

12.10.2025 06:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Diane Keaton - R.I.P.

11.10.2025 19:22 — 👍 1475    🔁 201    💬 46    📌 24

Loved her! May she rest in peace.

12.10.2025 01:04 — 👍 22    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

We need to separate the artist from the art while they’re alive –history keeps proving the cost of waiting until it’s too late.

12.10.2025 06:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover? | Peter Thurlow

12.10.2025 06:34 — 👍 28    🔁 14    💬 6    📌 2

All the greats are 'going'. But not just the greats, those with humanity, integrity – a force for good, Diane Keaton.

A few days before her Jane Goodall. Never forgotten, society has big shoes to fill. RIP.

12.10.2025 06:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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An Antonio Porchia quote - The CP Diary "To live is to leave traces, to exist so deeply in someone’s world that even absence speaks your name."

Today's feature: 'An Antonio Porchia quote' By @TheCPDiary

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12.10.2025 06:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Jane Goodall: A Reflection on Living the Message - The CP Diary "We admire kindness, yet forget to live it. Inspired by Jane Goodall’s legacy, true change begins with empathy."

Today's Article: 'Jane Goodall: A Reflection on Living the Message' By @TheCPDiary

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#thecpdiary #blog #JaneGoodall #A #Reflection #on #Living #the #Message #LiveYourMessage #AuthenticLiving #PurposeDrivenLife #ValuesInAction #LeadByExample #MakeItReal

07.10.2025 08:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In Healing Ourselves, We Heal the World - The CP Diary "Discover reflections on healing after Covid. The CP Diary offers calm, perspective, and guidance to choose compassion, courage, and inner peace."

Today's Article: 'In Healing Ourselves, We Heal the World' By @TheCPDiary

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"We’ve all carried trauma in some form, though some of us more deeply than others. Covid was not just a..."

#thecpdiary #blog #In #Healing #Ourselves #We #Heal #the #World #SelfHealing #HealingJourney

19.09.2025 08:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Quiet Echo - The CP Diary "A personal reflection on grief after twin loss – living with absence, trauma, and depression, and the ongoing journey toward healing."

Today's Article: 'The Quiet Echo' By @TheCPDiary

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"Twin Soul Loss – Grief After Twin Loss
In December 2025, it will be 3 years since I lost my twin – the deepest grief I’ve ever known..."

#thecpdiary #blog #The #Quiet #Echo #TwinSoulLoss #TwinLoss #Grief #GriefandLoss

18.09.2025 11:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A quote by Les Brown - The CP Diary “Don’t outsource your identity. Reality is shaped by what you accept, not by what others impose.”

Today's feature: 'A quote by Les Brown' By @TheCPDiary

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#thecpdiary #feature #LesBrown #quotes

04.09.2025 09:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Resilience and Strength: My Journey in Books - The CP Diary Memoirs on disability, spirituality, and survival. A journey of resilience, strength, and clarity through life’s challenges.

Today's Article: 'Resilience and Strength: My Journey in Books' By @TheCPDiary

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"Life is full of challenges we cannot control, yet it is within those very challenges that we often discover our greatest strength..."

#thecpdiary #blog #Resilience #Strength #My #Journey #in #Books

01.09.2025 14:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What Brexit Teaches Us About Self-Sabotage and Decision Making - The CP Diary "Discover what Brexit reveals about self-sabotage, truth, and decision-making, and how these lessons can transform your personal growth."

Today's Article: 'What Brexit Teaches Us About Self-Sabotage and Decision Making' By @TheCPDiary

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#thecpdiary #blog #Brexit #Selfsabotage #Decision #Making #BrexitBlunder #BrexitFail #PoliticalChaos #BrexitDisaster #SelfInflicted #Unnecessary #BrexitMess

30.08.2025 06:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A Neil deGrass Tyson quote - The CP Diary "The irony of distrusting lifelong experts: scientists, historians, journalists, while embracing a reality-TV figure with a record of dishonesty, and what this says about our relationship to truth."

Today's feature: 'A Neil deGrass Tyson quote' By @TheCPDiary

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#thecpdiary #feature #NeildeGrassTyson #quotes

27.08.2025 07:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today's Article: 'Tinnitus: How Trauma and Stress Affect It' By @TheCPDiary

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"Understanding the Trauma and Stress Tinnitus Connection – and Finding Relief..."

#thecpdiary #blog #Tinnitus #How #Trauma #and #Stress #Affect #It #MentalHealth #HearingHealth #QualityofLife

26.08.2025 07:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A quote by Laurell K. Hamilton - The CP Diary "True love means protecting the one you care for, never being the source of their sorrow or grief. To love is to nurture, not to wound."

Today's feature: 'A quote by Laurell K. Hamilton' By @TheCPDiary

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24.08.2025 08:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Double Empathy: Autism and Relationships - The CP Diary "Explore the double empathy problem in autism and how communication differences impact family, workplace, and personal relationships. Learn how understanding both perspectives improves connection and ...

Today's Article: 'Double Empathy: Autism and Relationships' By @TheCPDiary

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"What is the Double Empathy Problem?
There’s a common assumption that autistic people struggle with empathy or simply “don’t get” others.

#thecpdiary #blog #DoubleEmpathyProblem #InclusionMatters

22.08.2025 05:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nine Minutes to Smarter Kids - The CP Diary "UNCG researcher Eric Drollette shows that just 9 minutes of exercise can help kids focus better and perform stronger in school."

Today's Article: 'Nine Minutes to Smarter Kids' By @TheCPDiary

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"Research shows short bursts of exercise can improve kids’ focus and learning in the classroom..."

#thecpdiary #blog #Nine #Minutes #to #Smarter #Kids #Short #Bursts #of #Exercise #Link #Movement #Brain #Function

21.08.2025 10:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A quote by Melinda French Gates - The CP Diary Something inspirational: “Optimism is a huge asset. We can always use more of it. But optimism isn’t a belief that things will automatically get better; it’s a conviction that we can make things bette...

Today's feature: 'A quote by Melinda French Gates' By @TheCPDiary

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15.08.2025 09:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A quote by Toby Mac - The CP Diary "Toby Mac's quote highlights the importance of self-awareness and honest support in recognising unhealthy behaviours and fostering personal growth."

Today's feature: 'A quote by Toby Mac' By @TheCPDiary

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13.08.2025 10:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Walking the Solid Line: Choosing Truth in a Shifting World - The CP Diary "A personal reflection on why integrity, clarity, and accountability matter, especially for those who find safety in truth. Exploring the role of honesty in building trust, reducing overwhelm, and cre...

Today's Article: 'Walking the Solid Line: Choosing Truth in a Shifting World' By @TheCPDiary

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12.08.2025 17:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Finding Strength in a Changing World - The CP Diary "Personal reflections on living with mental disability, grief, and change – writing through The CP Diary to process, heal, and connect with others on a similar journey."

Today's Article: 'Finding Strength in a Changing World' By @TheCPDiary

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The world has changed in ways I never could have imagined – Brexit, Covid-19 and with an overwhelming shift in how society...

#thecpdiary #blog #Finding #Strength #in #a #Changing #World #Brexit #Covid19

10.08.2025 13:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Helicopter Parenting and the Fear Beneath It - The CP Diary "A reflection on how control can hide behind the appearance of love and care in parenting, and the quiet grief that lingers when adult children choose to parent differently."

Today's Article: 'Helicopter parenting and the Fear Beneath It' By @TheCPDiary

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"Breaking Cycles and Grieving the Ones we Grew Up In
Control doesn’t always look like control..."

#thecpdiary #blog #Helicopter #Parenting #overprotectiveparent #parentingbalance #overparenting

09.08.2025 11:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A quote by Danny Alexander - The CP Diary "A journey through the chaos of madness to discover one’s true self – an exploration of inner turmoil and self-realisation.”

Today's feature: 'A quote by Danny Alexander' By @TheCPDiary

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#thecpdiary #feature #DannyAlexander #quotes

06.08.2025 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Are You Emotionally Healed or Just Avoiding Triggers? - The CP Diary "Are you truly healed or just unbothered in isolation? Explore real healing, boundaries, self-awareness, and emotional growth in this powerful reflection."

Today's Article: 'Are You Emotionally Healed or Just Avoiding Triggers' By @TheCPDiary

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"Exploring stillness, truth, and the quiet space where real healing begins..."

#thecpdiary #blog #Are #You #Emotionally #Healed #or #Avoiding #Triggers #EmotionalHealing #HealingJourney

02.08.2025 06:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Peach Cobbler Overnight Oats - The CP Diary "A peach cobbler overnight oats recipe that's perfect for summer. Easy to prep, full of seasonal flavour."

Today's recipe: 'Peach Cobbler Overnight Oats' By @TheCPDiary

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#thecpdiary #recipe #PeachCobbler #Overnight #Oats #desserts #sweets #homemade #sweettooth #soulfood

30.07.2025 08:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A quote by Matt Haig - The CP Diary "An empowering reflection on identity and resilience, reminding us that health challenges are experiences – not definitions. You may feel the rain, but you are not the rain."

Today's feature: 'A quote by Matt Haig' By @TheCPDiary

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#thecpdiary #feature #MattHaig #quotes

28.07.2025 08:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A Dr Keneilwe Mhlanga quote - The CP Diary "A powerful reflection on emotional resilience, honouring those who choose love and kindness despite the pain they've endured. Discover the true strength behind staying soft in a hard world."

Today's feature: 'A Dr Keneilwe Mhlanga quote' By @TheCPDiary

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27.07.2025 15:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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