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Episode Synopsis
Welcome to another episode of The Mastering Life Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Paul Lowe interviews Cherri Forsyth.
Paul and Cherri discuss the challenges she has faced in her life and the lessons learnt along the way. Cherri shares her invaluable insights from health to healing and why the power of perseverance and being determined to never give up on something you truly believe in, is essential in life.
Life's champions emerge because they’ve learnt to let go of the pain from the past, but not the lessons learnt.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Paul: How did you ever survive without becoming lost?
Cherri: It’s a question I’ve thought about a lot and it’s a choice that you make, a choice to deal with the hardships and lessons from it, and not letting it overpower you. It’s a tough journey, but collectively as a family, we made a decision to overcome it and carry on living, a good life
Paul: Whilst you were ‘down on the canvas’ life dealt you another sickening blow
Cherri: Yes, I think of it like an earthquake; the aftershock of our marriage and the fact that my husband Mike could not deal with the loss of our daughter Kerry, emotionally; he didn’t know how to act and how to behave. He became excessively angry and volatile and I had to call on my resilience to get through it. Initially I put my own grief journey on hold so I could focus all of my efforts on our own relationship, I made the mistake of trying to walk Mike’s journey for him.
BEST MOMENTS
“Collectively as a family, we made a conscious decision to overcome the pain and suffering”
“I now had to adjust to a new normal but it was very empty and very heartbreaking”
“I really honour my husband in being able to speak about this.”
“Mike and I are very happily married and we’ve worked through all of the traumas and the betrayals, It was hard enough to lose a child and then my soul mate. But to not give up and to continue to love my husband, we needed to find a way to heal first himself and then our marriage. We are in now a much more honest marriage.”
“When hardship comes it’s a challenge you need to learn about, battle and be weathered by. As your soul is weathered more with each successive hardship”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819
Emerging From The Forest (Paul's Book): Paul Lowe - ‘Emerging From The Forest’
http://www.paullowehearts.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud. He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:
“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose.
Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.
We achieve this by:
Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.
Find Your Purpose – Make A Difference!
Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:
‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.
He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.
“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”
CONTACT METHOD
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.PaulLoweHEARTS.com
Facebook: PaulLoweHEARTS
Twitter: @paullowehearts
Instagram: paullowehearts
YouTube: PaulLoweHEARTS
Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155
ABOUT THE GUEST
Cherri Forsyth resides in South Africa and through her Life Vision coaching business, operates as a Peak Performance Coach; helping people become the very best they can be – in all areas of their lives.
As well as having a very significant track record of achieving results through her Authentic & Whole-hearted Living approach, she also specialises in ‘Journey Through Loss’ workshops.
Cherri is a truly remarkable lady and one that is the epitome of the resilience of the human spirit; having undergone the trauma of losing a child, adultery and dealing with crippling illness.
http://www.lifevision.co.za/
[email protected]
Paul and Cherri discuss the challenges she has faced in her life and the lessons learnt along the way. Cherri shares her invaluable insights from health to healing and why the power of perseverance and being determined to never give up on something you truly believe in, is essential in life.
Life's champions emerge because they’ve learnt to let go of the pain from the past, but not the lessons learnt.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Paul: How did you ever survive without becoming lost?
Cherri: It’s a question I’ve thought about a lot and it’s a choice that you make, a choice to deal with the hardships and lessons from it, and not letting it overpower you. It’s a tough journey, but collectively as a family, we made a decision to overcome it and carry on living, a good life
Paul: Whilst you were ‘down on the canvas’ life dealt you another sickening blow
Cherri: Yes, I think of it like an earthquake; the aftershock of our marriage and the fact that my husband Mike could not deal with the loss of our daughter Kerry, emotionally; he didn’t know how to act and how to behave. He became excessively angry and volatile and I had to call on my resilience to get through it. Initially I put my own grief journey on hold so I could focus all of my efforts on our own relationship, I made the mistake of trying to walk Mike’s journey for him.
BEST MOMENTS
“Collectively as a family, we made a conscious decision to overcome the pain and suffering”
“I now had to adjust to a new normal but it was very empty and very heartbreaking”
“I really honour my husband in being able to speak about this.”
“Mike and I are very happily married and we’ve worked through all of the traumas and the betrayals, It was hard enough to lose a child and then my soul mate. But to not give up and to continue to love my husband, we needed to find a way to heal first himself and then our marriage. We are in now a much more honest marriage.”
“When hardship comes it’s a challenge you need to learn about, battle and be weathered by. As your soul is weathered more with each successive hardship”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819
Emerging From The Forest (Paul's Book): Paul Lowe - ‘Emerging From The Forest’
http://www.paullowehearts.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud. He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:
“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose.
Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.
We achieve this by:
Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.
Find Your Purpose – Make A Difference!
Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:
‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.
He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.
“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”
CONTACT METHOD
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.PaulLoweHEARTS.com
Facebook: PaulLoweHEARTS
Twitter: @paullowehearts
Instagram: paullowehearts
YouTube: PaulLoweHEARTS
Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155
ABOUT THE GUEST
Cherri Forsyth resides in South Africa and through her Life Vision coaching business, operates as a Peak Performance Coach; helping people become the very best they can be – in all areas of their lives.
As well as having a very significant track record of achieving results through her Authentic & Whole-hearted Living approach, she also specialises in ‘Journey Through Loss’ workshops.
Cherri is a truly remarkable lady and one that is the epitome of the resilience of the human spirit; having undergone the trauma of losing a child, adultery and dealing with crippling illness.
http://www.lifevision.co.za/
[email protected]
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