The Sunday Self-Care Chronicles - Newsletter Archives
Welcome to the Sunday Self-Care Chronicles — my weekly love note to breast cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and anyone learning to care for their body (and heart) after diagnosis.
Each Sunday, I share a mix of personal reflections, practical tools, and honest education rooted in both professional experience and lived survivorship. These aren’t fluffy wellness tips — they’re real-world, body-focused strategies to help you feel more informed, more supported, and more like yourself again.
You can browse by category, revisit your favorites, or start wherever your nervous system says “yes.”
Let’s make this less scary together — one Sunday at a time.
My Holiday Gift Guide for a Healing Body & Heart
My holiday gift guide: survivor-owned favorites, body-care tools I trust, and a few offerings from me that make beautiful, meaningful gifts for someone in breast cancer land (including yourself).
The Hug I’ll Never Forget - A Giving Tuesday Story
A Giving Tuesday special edition featuring Maria’s powerful healing story—and how the Pay It Forward fund helped make her care possible. This issue explores community, accessibility, and what happens when generosity turns into real transformation.
Let’s Talk About Cancerversaries (and Why They’re Not One-Size-Fits-All)
What we remember, what we forget, and why cancer dates often land differently—plus permission to mark them (or not) in your own way.
Spoiler: Your Body Doesn’t Care About Daylight Savings
Daylight Saving may snap your clocks into place, but your body? It does not care. This cozy, honest edition of the Sunday Self-Care Chronicles dives into seasonality, winter fatigue, and practical ways to support your post-cancer body when everything feels darker, colder, and slower.
Self-Care Tools That Make Life in Survivorship Easier
The “Best Of” self-care series finale brings it all home with hands-on tools and simple refresh ideas for body-based self-care. Perfect timing for a year-end reset—or anytime you need a little extra comfort and clarity.
Your Survivorship, Your Playbook
Part two of the “Best Of” series explores how your self-care needs shift through every stage of recovery—from diagnosis to long-term survivorship. Learn how to meet yourself where you are and tailor your care to fit your season.
Start Here: Your You-Shaped Self-Care
Part one of a “Best Of” series lays the foundation for real self-care after breast cancer—redefining what “normal” means now and how to design it for yourself. Includes two free tools to help you reconnect with your body and your needs.
When communication IS self-care.
A reflection on communication, individuality, and community—because healing grows stronger when we create space for honesty, safety, and trust.
The world is loud. Here’s your quiet.
When the world feels loud and your heart feels heavy, come back to what steadies you. This “Best Of: When Times Are Hard” collection gathers four reflections—on healing, rest, change, and calm—that remind us our bodies, like the seasons, know what to do.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: choose your own adventure
A “best of” on Breast Cancer Awareness Month—reflections on pink ribbons, the silent majority who choose privacy, and why metastatic breast cancer must be part of the story.
READER POLL: October is complicated. Let’s check in.
A quick check-in before October begins—two polls to share how you’re feeling about BCAM and what kind of support you’d like in your inbox this month.
Busy squirrel or cozy homebody?
A reflection on the fall equinox and the balance between external and internal seasons—plus an invitation to consider what kind of season you’re in right now.
The bubble effect: more balance, less stress
This week’s Sunday Self-Care Chronicles is about the importance of creating a bubble of calm—whether after a massage, during a quiet evening at home, or while stepping away from the noise of daily life.
Big news: I’m building The Body Empowerment Program—designed with you in mind.
A behind-the-scenes peek at The Body Empowerment Program—my upcoming group offering to expand breast cancer self-care beyond the treatment table.
My favorite feel-good emails (with zero cancer talk)
Two of my favorite email lists that have nothing to do with cancer—and everything to do with joy, ease, and a little inbox magic.
Reclaiming Freedom (and my passport) after cancer ✈️
This week’s Sunday Self-Care Chronicles is about reclaiming FREEDOM through travel after breast cancer—and how self-care can give you the confidence to feel safe and supported wherever you go.
What paragliding, yoga, and nipple-less breasts have in common.
This week’s Sunday Self-Care Chronicles is a heartfelt exploration of the five values that anchor my life and work after breast cancer.
From smiling at my nipple-less breasts with more acceptance than I ever had before, to paragliding as an act of freedom, each value carries a story—and an invitation for you to reflect on your own.
It’s a warm, personal reminder that healing is as much about what we believe in as what we do.
The new website is live—come take a peek!
This week’s Sunday Self-Care Chronicles is a celebratory look at what’s been quietly unfolding behind the scenes: the launch of my brand new website.
But it’s more than just a fresh coat of digital paint—it’s a reflection of how much my work (and my own healing journey) has evolved.
From a values-driven Philosophy page to a searchable newsletter archive, this issue invites you to explore, reflect, and maybe even rethink your own perspective on survivorship.
You don’t have to be who you were. You get to be who you are.
This week’s Self-Care Chronicles is a quiet meditation on change—featuring a poem that beautifully captures the truth that we are always becoming. If you’ve ever struggled to recognize yourself after cancer, this one’s for you.
