In this episode of Assa Marra, Janine Ward shares a story that begins with the rejection of infidelity. While that may seem to be the story, it quickly becomes clear that it is only the gateway.
Speaking with striking honesty and openness, Janine reflects on the diagnoses, counselling and soul-searching that followed as she tried to make sense of a life that no longer resembled the one she had imagined.
As the conversation unfolds, it becomes clear that explanations can only take us so far. Whatever has happened, life still asks us to get up each morning, put one foot in front of the other and decide who we are going to be.
For Janine, that journey led her back to West Cumbria, the place where her story began. Today, she has channelled her lived experience into the charity Together We, believing that the chapters we would never have chosen to write can still become chapters that help someone else.
This is an episode about heartbreak, identity, healing and hope. It is also a reminder that while we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose what comes next.
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