63. Louise Bennet - Her POEMS Captured Her Cancerous Journey and Now Coach Us About Life!

A Journey With Bernie & Chip

Episode 60 will tell you the story of a girl, who was sexually traumatised between the ages of 11 to 13. It will explain how her experience inspired a constant feeling that the world was unsafe. The only way, that a teenage Louise Bennet could cope was to combat that feeling by becoming EVERYONE'S PROTECTOR. The problem was that Louise's friends and romantic interests didn't want a Protector. Consequently, her relationships often ended in strain, stress and struggle. She even blames the demise of her young marriage on her overprotective ways, although she is thankful that her married years gave her a most precious daughter. Instinctively, Louise knew that this trauma inspired behavior was suffocating her life. Little did she know that it was in fact destroying her cells. That's what Louise believes. Louise was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. As the photo shows, it has already taken her right mammary.

Yet, her response to this arduous, chaotic and painful journey has led to her discovery of her higher true self. She is now a person driven by love as a purpose. In episode 60, you met an ANGEL OF JOY already on the pathway to becoming a liberated person ... and there of course lays the paradox.

The learnings from that episode were profound, but little did we know that virtually her entire adult journey has been documented in the form of brilliant, graphic, extraordinary poetry and prose. Each poem extraordinarily captures the state, the fight, the light that Louise was experiencing in that moment. Each poem is a precious gift describing life in that moment. The learnings encapsulated in Louise's writings are powerful and potent.
This is a unique episode, in which a young woman shares her most private writings, so that you the listener may discover wisdoms without encountering the potential torment that has intruded Louise's life. Still, the miracle needs to be understood. Why is it that Louise doesn't it see as an unworthy intervention? Her cancer is welcome, as it sheds the trauma of her past leaving her to see the beauty and the love that truly defines her.

If you would like a copy of Louise's extraordinary anthology of poems heard on this podcast plus an understanding of what she was teaching us, then simply text Bernie on [phone] or email him on ... [e-mail].
Lachlan 'Chip' Huddy ... [phone]
Louise Bennet ... [phone]