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Chemotional Rollercoaster
by Glynn Chambers
Glynn's a psychologist, a dad of young kids, and in a recent plot-twist, he's got cancer. In this podcast he talks through the highs and lows of the hard stuff in life, starting with his cancer diagnosis and treatment, and the emotional rollercoaster of it all. Joined by his Chemotional support person and producer, Rose Paton, and the occasional guest, this podcast is honest, funny, raw and often unexpected. Join the ride! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Ep42: Season Two Wrap UP
It’s nearly Aussie summer. Which means it’s time for cricket, beaches, and sensible sun protection. It also means we need a break. In this episode, we look back at what was season 2, and the giant year that was 2025…finishing treatment, getting results, and learning to live a new normal on the...
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Ep41: Weapon of Ass Destruction (Part 2)
Today is the second installment in the story of cancer legend, Julia Henderson - the woman who named her cancer. In part two, Julia continues with her honest look at herself. She talks more about her perfectionism, her struggles with self-compassion, and honestly questions if she deserves…
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Ep40: Weapon of Ass Destruction (Part 1)
Ever named a tumor? Today’s guest did! Julia Henderson, an honest and humorous cancer legend, joins us for part 1 of her story of rectal cancer. Julia doesn’t hold back. She tells it like it is. She talks about Mum guilt for being sick, conflicting medical opinions and having to choose for…
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Ep39: Into the Deep
In this episode, Glynn opens up about his latest visit to the oncologist—those nerve-wracking check-ups that stir up big emotions and “what ifs” about cancer coming back. He gets real about the rollercoaster of living with uncertainty, and we dive into what “deep remission” really means. Along…
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Ep38: Fertility, Hair, Cancer. Part 2
This episode is part two of our discussion with Emily Grant; a story about how far into your life cancer can reach. Emily is honest about a whole bunch of things including the impacts of losing her hair, and why trying to keep it was so important to her; facing life without children due to her...
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Ep37: Fertility, Hair, Cancer. Part 1
Picture this: one minute you are overseas, 35 years old, having a good time. Next minute you are home, tackling breast cancer, hair falling out in clumps, and making fertility decisions. Today’s episode is part 1 in a two part series with Emily Grant. This is a story that truly highlights just…
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Ep36: Mid season break
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Ep35: Survivor Guilt
You come through cancer treatment with your life intact, and then you feel guilt?! What an odd phenomenon. This guilt can be hard, uncomfortable, strange…and it makes some sense sometimes if we really mull it over. Maybe, it is designed to occur inside us for the good of humanity. In this…
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Ep34: Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
“Remember, be kind to yourself!” We’ve heard this a zillion times but what does this look like? How do we actually do it? Today we are diving into the world of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) with expert and Clinical Psychologist, Stan Steindl. Stan gives us the whistle-stop tour through CFT,...
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Ep33: Lisa Chesters MP - Cancer in Parliament
Imagine trying to help run the country and you get slapped with cancer. Lisa Chesters, elected as the federal member for Bendigo five times running, has faced this very scenario. Lisa was very generous with her time in sharing her experience of having melanoma in her eye—a very rare form of the...
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Ep32: High Five a Cancer Nurse
Nobody wants to be in the kids cancer ward. Yet, there are superstar nurses who choose to work there. Today we chat to one of those superstars, Michelle Edwards, who lifts the lid on what it’s like. The role is so much bigger than it seems on the surface and Michelle gives us the ins and outs of…
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Ep31: Cancer Muscles
Cancer in your 30s really sucks. Having it come back again sucks even more. Today we chat to Phil Mellen, the bloke who nearly cancelled his colonoscopy. Lucky he didn’t. Phil is a mega reflective, rational and pragmatic guy who still talks about his emotions. Glynn loves blokes like that! Phil…
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Ep30: No blank slates around here
“One issue at a time please!” If only this was possible in life. Here’s the rub: all people, everywhere, have issues they are managing…and then some people get cancer on top. Nobody enters the cancer journey as a blank slate. We all bring our past, our traumas, our relationships, our mental…
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Ep 29: Cancer, COVID & couldn't get home
We were all scared in COVID times. Fair enough. Well, now imagine living overseas in that time, with little kids, adding a cancer diagnosis on top, with a border to your home country and family support slammed shut. Today’s story is brought to us by Steph, a cancer legend, who lived this very...
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Ep28: How to face treatment - Part 2 ACT
Make room in life for uncomfortable thoughts and feelings?! Has Glynn lost his mind?! Cancer treatment brings with it all sorts of challenging thoughts, feelings, urges and body sensation…and he reckons you can just let them be? This is part two of a mini-series looking at the different mental...
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Ep27: How to face treatment - Part 1 CBT
Last week on the show, Tannis McDonald — two-time cancer legend — shared a powerful piece of advice: try to embrace chemo, radiation, and other treatments not as something awful, but as something life-saving. Glynn had a similar experience with radiation. At first, he hated the mask that bolted…
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Ep26: Medicinal Donuts & Hot Doctors - surviving cancer in the 80s
Some people dance in the rain, others eat donuts on the way to cancer treatment. Is it possible for cancer treatment to make you feel like a better version of you? Probably not for all of us, but for today’s guest, Tannis McDonald, this was certainly the case. Tannis is a long-time cancer legend,...
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Ep 25: It should be me, not him
What’s it like when your adult son gets cancer? When the natural order of things is off. When it feels like it should be you, and not them. In this episode we hear from Maz, Glynn’s mum. She shares with us about her feelings along the way - what does it feel like to have your kid cop cancer and…
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Ep 24: How to make BIG decisions after cancer
Treatment is done…and life resumes. Big decisions all made for now? WRONG! Well, wrong for Glynn, anyway. Where does cancer fit in the picture once treatment is all said and done? Do you factor it into life moving forward, or do you kick it in the rear, try to forget about it and go about life as...
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Ep23: Kez Pell - Dad's fine... apart from his health.
What’s it like to be in your mid-twenties and have your Dad get cancer? Well, obviously, it sucks. But, what is it actually like? In this episode we hear from Kez Pell, a long time friend of Glynn’s, as she shares her journey of walking alongside her Dad through cancer treatment until his…
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Ep 22: An Update - life in remission
We’re back—fashionably late, but here nonetheless! In this episode, Glynn shares an honest update on life in remission, reflecting on his mindset and the ongoing balance between remission and the fear of recurrence. We also chat about the future direction of the podcast and offer some thoughts on...
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Ep21: Purpose - Do we really need a big, shiny goal in life?
Something good comes out of cancer? It certainly can if we see it that way. Cancer can be a sharpening stone for life’s purpose. It can show us what matters to us and what really doesn’t. And…what matters does not have to be the big achievements or the flashy glory soaked goals. For so many, life...
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Ep20: Wayne Bell - When a man gets breast cancer
Wait…men get breast cancer?! Who knew?! 1% of all breast cancer cases occur in men, and our guest in this episode, Wayne Bell, is in that 1%. Wayne talks us through the ins and outs of it all. How he discovered it, his treatment journey, some of the mental side of it all, and what tattoos he’s...
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Ep19: Trust - the cousin of Anxiety
Without trust in others, we’d be anxious all the time and everything would be a threat. The cancer journey requires a lot of trust in doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technicians. The stakes feel high, we feel vulnerable, and we often have to outsource our healthcare to folks we have very little...
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Ep 18: Baxter Hutchinson - When an athlete takes on cancer
Ever been 17 years-old, had a 12 hour brain surgery and then raised half a million dollars? One man has - Baxter Hutchinson. He’s a true cancer legend with a great story to tell. Baxter shares with us how an athlete approaches cancer treatment and all the messy side effects along the way. Through...
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Ep 17: The Results are In!
Was all of Glynn’s chemo and radiation worth it? Did it do the job? This episode is special - there’s nothing planned or scripted here. Glynn spoke to his oncologist about 90 minutes before this episode was recorded. He found out the results of the scan that looked inside and he lets us in on the...
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Ep 16: Scanziety
Scanziety - What a beast! Going through the scanning machine and getting the results can be a scary process. Some struggle with the machine itself - It’s a bit of a tight squeeze. Finding out results, well…that’s also a sobering reality to sit in; is the news good or bad? The lead up in the weeks...
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Ep 15: How to help someone with Cancer
Got someone in a crisis, and you don’t know how to help? Want to do something but you’re not sure what? This episode is for you. Here is the rub: we can’t always fix the issue/diagnosis, that's up to the health professionals. But as friends, we can help our mates cope by making our care active,...
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Ep14: How I got through treatment
12 Rounds of Radiation, 6 Rounds of chemo, 8 months of treatment and 56 laxatives later, Glynn has finished cancer treatment. In this episode, he reflects on what he did well, some of his 'cancer stats', and what he’d do differently. And the most surprising thing? Glynn found treatment harder on...
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Ep13: Talking to Kids about Cancer - Part 2
So you’ve told your kids about your cancer. Now what? Who else in their life do you tell? Can the kids tell their mates? Do their teachers need to know? What other info do the kids need to know? Glynn and Jaz share the ways their parenting approach had to shift at times. They discuss practical...
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Ep12: Talking to Kids about Cancer - Part 1
You get cancer. How do you tell your kids? This is not a conversation that we typically learn in parenting courses. In this episode, Glynn and Jaz open up their playbook. They talk through the things they considered in deciding when and how to have this conversation with their own children....
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Ep11: Pain - How to cope when it hurts
Cancer often comes with pain in varying forms and this can be truly hard to deal with. Glynn had some nasty pain post-radiation that blindsided him, and he shares with us how this went (spoiler - not well!). He talks through the ways he didn't cope, and the ways he could have done things...
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Ep10: Intent - Let your values, not your cancer, run your life
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...
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Ep9: The Unknown - Cancer is a lot of scary unknowns
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…
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Ep8: Acceptance - Are we ever done accepting things?
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…
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Ep7: How to talk about Cancer
Found yourself not knowing what to say when someone has cancer? Us too! Is silence golden? Don’t wanna upset the vibe? Just come out and say what we think and feel? Should we check in again, or is that hounding? It can feel like a minefield. Now that Glynn is a man on the inside, he shares with…
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Ep6: Cancer at Christmas - Finding the Merry
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right?! This may not be the case if you’re in the midst of a cancer battle. How do we still wring some goodness out of this season if we are having challenging physical and/or emotional battles? Maybe you’re waiting for diagnosis, in treatment, or missing...
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Ep5: The Spouse - Same journey, different paths
Cancer, not in your body, so not your problem? Sadly, not when you’re the spouse. In this episode we hear from the very lovely Jaz, who is married to Glynn. We dive into what it is like to be on the sidelines, supporting, caring, and cheering him on. In truth, cancer happens to individuals and it...
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Ep4: Bonus! - Glynn’s Career, the extended cut
Episode four is a little early for a bonus episode, don’t you think? Well, you could say that, but there’s no rules! Rose was interested in talking through Glynn’s weird and wonderful career progression, and how it informs his current mindset. This is a career that has spanned four countries and...
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Ep3: Radiation - Got through it but didn’t love it!
Radiation, who knew it was tricky? Glynn sure didn’t. This episode looks at Glynn’s radiation experiences; how he took it cheaply and thought it was an easy process, only to find it was more difficult than he expected. We look back at the radiation process, and how thinking about Wayne’s World...
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Ep2: Diagnosis - What a Mind Bend
Diagnosed with cancer, eh? Yeah, it sucks. In this episode, we discuss how all this happened for Glynn. The process took some months, and was full of unknowns. We talk about ultrasounds, fine needle biopsies, CT scans, surgeries, and the day the surgeon drops the news on Glynn that he has...
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Ep1: Introduction - Climb Aboard the Chemotional Rollercoaster
Ever wondered what it’s like to have chemo? Maybe you are going through it right now, and want to hear someone else’s experience. In this episode, the very first Chemotional Rollercoaster episode ever, Glynn tells us all about it. He had chemotherapy just before hitting record. We first discuss…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Glynn's a psychologist, a dad of young kids, and in a recent plot-twist, he's got cancer. In this podcast he talks through the highs and lows of the hard stuff in life, starting with his cancer diagnosis and treatment, and the emotional rollercoaster of it all. Joined by his Chemotional support person and producer, Rose Paton, and the occasional guest, this podcast is honest, funny, raw and often unexpected. Join the ride!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Glynn Chambers
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Glynn's a psychologist, a dad of young kids, and in a recent plot-twist, he's got cancer. In this podcast he talks through the highs and lows of the hard stuff in life, starting with his cancer diagnosis and treatment, and the emotional rollercoaster of it all. Joined by his Chemotional support...
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