The Sunday Self-Care Chronicles
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Hi, I’m Amy Hartl, BRCA1+, LMT, CMLDT
I’m a breast cancer survivor and an oncology massage and lymphatic drainage therapist with over a decade plus of experience supporting women in recovery and survivorship.
I write The Sunday Self-Care Chronicles from the intersection of lived experience and professional care — for those navigating life beyond a diagnosis and looking for grounded, body-based support that meets them where they are.
If you’d like to learn more about my work or my story, you can find that here.
We're taught that knowledge is power, but no one hands you much of it after a breast cancer diagnosis. In the second letter of my Six Fundamentals of Active Healing series, I share the exam-room moment that showed me how early the survivorship gap really starts, and why Context and Education is what stops every ache and twinge from spiraling into fear. Because when you understand what's happening in your body, a sensation stops being a threat and becomes information.