Roller Coaster Ride from Hell; the emotional journey when supporting a loved one with cancer.

I stopped a cycle being repeated last night.

I was walking around the house picking up toys, making sure the rooms were neat and tidy.  I was sorting out the washing between darks and whites, getting ready for Laundry day.  I cleaned out the fridge, looked at all expiration dates and tossed out what didn’t look right, didn’t smell right and didn’t feel right.  It wasn’t till I took the bins out that I realised I was living a day ahead.  Bin night wasn’t that night, it was the next day!

I thought if I had a shower (the first one since three days ago) it would help me feel clearer.  Instead, it drew me to my emotions.  I allowed myself to feel it.  I became scared.  As I was washing my hair, I could hear my daughter singing along to an Elvis movie.  I started to worry about her.  Then I realised again; I was thinking about the future.

It wasn’t till bedtime that something clicked.  It all came at once.  I dropped to my knees.  My head fell into my palms.  I waited there collecting my thoughts, my heart started beating harder and as I lifted my head,  I let out a roar.  With my mouth wide open, it was long, it was loud and it was deep.  The sound woke up my daughter and she gently sat in front of me, wrapped her tiny hands around me and let me cry it all out.

A hard moment at the hospital.

Last nights behaviour and feelings had nothing to do with living in tomorrow. It was all about unfinished business from the past. I recognised that cry. It was very familiar. I recognised those soft gentle hands of my daughter holding me. I’ve been here before. This is my marriage all over.

“You can’t expect a different outcome if you keep doing the same thing.”

My daughter reminded me of a friend to call but it was too late in the evening.  I wondered if there was a help line for what I’m going through.   And that’s when it hit me.  This is a repeated cycle.   This is what I do – I call for help.  Yet, I already know how to help myself.

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I’m a Holistic Lifestyle Mentor. I’m Yummy Mummy Podcast. I’m The Social Inspirer. I am Lisa Jane! I speak my truth and share my stories. I create a space for others to open up (when they are ready) to talk about their fears and their voids.

I guide so many people to express themselves and find clarity.   I guide single parents to embrace their new lifestyle.  I guide partnered people to connect with themselves when they want to leave.   I guide people to put themselves first, to live life on purpose and serve their values.  I’m a sounding board, I’m an educator and I’m an empath.

Lisa Jane expresses her stories with real heartfelt emotions.

My message in life is about unconditional love; to love all that is served to you.   And right now I do not love what has been served to me.

“My yin to my yang has been diagnosed with cancer.”

How do you love that news?  Well, patience is an avenue I’m very familiar with.  It’s the one behaviour I am becoming more successful at in all areas of life.  Another avenue is not being emotionally connected.  To feel is one thing, but to be connected to a persons feelings is another.

I’m an awesome researcher and my strength is needed for the man I love the most.  He needs me.  And I will do whatever it takes to get all the options served out to him on a platter.  Though, it’s up to him to decide.   Once he makes his choice, he needs his choice to be respected.  That’s the tough part for me because I know him well and he is easily influenced.   It breaks my heart when I see people being manipulated, lied to and confused.   Some of these people are only doing it to feed their own purpose; so to make themselves feel at ease instead of allowing the individual to just be present.

I’m also his co-parent, his best friend and the mother of his child.  My challenges may be different, though, they are just as great as his.  My strength in this is my ability to express my vulnerability publicly.

As I write this, I’m breaking the cycle. Instead of reaching out to a help line, I’m expressing myself publicly.  It allows you an opportunity to open up about your fears.  To help you look within yourself and see the strengths that you need to draw out to live a beautiful loving life.

A different way of doing things will offer a different outcome.   Change is in order; challenges will push you to guide you to grow out of the fear and into your heart.  The heart is where life wants us to be.  And life knows what’s best for us.  We just need to get out of our heads first!

Lisa Jane

I’m Lisa Jane – an aspiring humanitarian and a full-time human “being.” I’m a consciously aware parent making sense of the partner & lover aspects of my life.  Currently, I’m co-parenting with my former husband, we were separated for 5 years before applying for a divorce. It took the length of our marriage to cut the ties completely.  I have three fur babies, Little Miss, to which is a human, Koko Black, my placid miniature Poodle and Charli, my wild Cornish Rex.  With my time away from my former husband, I re-discovered my love for life and bridged the gap between my ego self & authentic self.  And so with this knowledge, I want to share with the world all my experiences of living a delicious life.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. 💚
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The Greatest Love of All

The relationship between my mother & I have always had its struggles. Though, since becoming a mother myself, I have become aware of the reasons why. I’ve been watching my mother closely and have come to learn she has always put my father first and then her children, leaving herself last. I had an innate knowing from a young child that the one person you must put first is yourself. Years of arguments lead me to disconnect from my family as they did not understand my train of thought. I spent many years looking within while living away from home. Those times away also gave my mother the opportunity to think about where I was coming from. She is learning to respect herself & to know her worth. With this, we are both creating deeper relationships with ourselves. We continuously are working on creating a relationship which is humble and deeper than ever before.

“Relationships with other people are true reflections of the relationship we have with ourself.”

What I’ve learnt from this is; if you are struggling with a person, look at the relationship you have with yourself. Working on yourself before working on the other person is the key to living a more peaceful life. When you look within and start to love yourself unconditionally, you change the vibration within yourself & then it will flow out and through them.  Ultimately, the greatest love of all is the love you give to yourself.

LJ 💐