How do you live a meaningful life when cancer overshadows everything? Do you just have to lie down and let the big C ruin it all? Glynn believes we often can still live lives with intent and meaning in them, amidst the pain, treatment, anxiety and unknowns. That’s what he is pushing for. He’s trying to go get his life.

In this episode we look at the notion of living a life directed by values; deciding the type of person we want to be, the qualities we want to embody, making choices on how to live these qualities out, and going for it. Glynn shares with us his top 8 values that matter to him, and walks us through some easy activities people can do to discover their own values for themselves.

We discuss some research in this episode about cancer patients re-appraising values. The link to this can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375419289_Reappraising_personal_values_in_cancer_Meaning-in-life_adaptation_meaningfulness_and_quality_of_life

We would love to hear from you if this episode resonated with you, if you have questions, or if you just want to let us know you’re listening. You can email us at hello@chemotionalrollercoaster.com

New episodes of Chemotional Rollercoaster are published weekly, on Wednesdays, Australian Eastern Time.

Lastly, Chemotional Rollercoaster is not a substitute for seeking one’s own professional advice. The strategies and skills discussed in all Chemotional Rollercoaster episodes are either what has worked for Glynn or his guests, specifically, or are things discussed in a general way. Anyone who is dealing with their own health issues, mental or physical, should seek their own professional advice on what may help to support them, uniquely. If anyone is struggling, and needs to talk, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Thanks go out to Rory Chambers, as always, for his music featured in this episode (info@rorychambers.com).

Chemotional Rollercoaster is presented by Glynn Chambers

Production, sound and editing by Rose Paton

Music by Rory Chambers ©2024 info@rorychambers.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Humans hate uncertainty! How do we sit with all the unknowns that come with a cancer diagnosis? What’s the disease? What will treatment be like? How long have I got? Will the disease come back? What is that random pain I have? Why is my nose itchy? The mental game of this is incredibly challenging, and something some people find equally as hard as the physical challenges.

In this episode, Glynn shares his recent dance with uncertainty as he has faced the unknown length of his life and his mind giving him some truly intrusive thoughts. He goes full ‘psychologist mode’ on himself and gives us a glimpse into his recent mental challenges and how he stepped through it. There’s a fair bit of Chemotional Intelligence in this one, as we look at bits of two therapeutic approaches and how Glynn has used both at different times. We also discuss breast socks, a cheeky 70 year old woman, and emotional gorillas.

We would love to hear from you if this episode resonated with you, if you have questions, or if you just want to let us know you’re listening. You can email us at hello@chemotionalrollercoaster.com

New episodes of Chemotional Rollercoaster are published weekly, on Wednesdays, Australian Eastern Time.

Lastly, Chemotional Rollercoaster is not a substitute for seeking your own professional advice. The strategies and skills discussed in all Chemotional Rollercoaster episodes are either what has worked for Glynn or his guests, specifically, or are things discussed in a general way. Anyone who is dealing with their own health issues, mental or physical, should seek their own professional advice on what may help to support them, uniquely. If anyone is struggling, and needs to talk, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Thanks go out to Rory Chambers, as always, for his music featured in this episode.

Chemotional Rollercoaster is presented by Glynn Chambers

Production, sound and editing by Rose Paton

Music by Rory Chambers ©2024 info@rorychambers.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Accepting cancer isn't easy. How do you accept something that hurts? Something that you don’t like and didn’t ask for? What does acceptance even mean? As we dive into the topic, Glynn admits to some of his misunderstandings and faulty assumptions about acceptance.

We look at two different concepts of acceptance - as a stage one can be in, and the moment to moment acceptance of our emotional experiences and thoughts. We also discuss what acceptance is not. There’s some practical wisdom in here, too, regarding how support people can help and encourage the process and the better questions they can ask. The reality is that the acceptance process is often an ongoing one with twists and turns in it, and friends and family can help a lot.

As always, Glynn gives us an update on how he’s going with treatment. Specifically, how the steroids have kicked his mood around and some of the things he’s done to cope. He also talks about where his mental goal posts are set at the moment.

We would love to hear from you if this episode resonated with you, if you have questions, or if you just want to let us know you’re listening. You can email us at hello@chemotionalrollercoaster.com

New episodes of Chemotional Rollercoaster are published weekly, on Wednesdays, Australian Eastern Time.

Lastly, Chemotional Rollercoaster is not a substitute for seeking one’s own professional advice. The strategies and skills discussed in all Chemotional Rollercoaster episodes are either what has worked for Glynn or his guests, specifically, or are things discussed in a general way. Anyone who is dealing with their own health issues, mental or physical, should seek their own professional advice on what may help to support them, uniquely. If anyone is struggling, and needs to talk, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Thanks go out to Rory Chambers, as always, for his music featured in this episode.

Chemotional Rollercoaster is presented by Glynn Chambers

Production, sound and editing by Rose Paton

Music by Rory Chambers ©2024 info@rorychambers.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.