Breast Cancer Awareness Month: choose your own adventure
From the Sunday Self-Care Chronicles | 10/5/25
This week’s Sunday Self-Care Chronicles kicks off October with a “best of” on Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For some, October feels empowering. For others, it’s overwhelming. Most of us? Somewhere in the messy middle.
Two fundamentals of active healing—Identity and Community—are especially stirred up by BCAM. With that in mind, I’ve gathered a few past reflections as a choose-your-own-adventure.
This week’s issue touches on:
✨ Why pink ribbons can feel both comforting and complicated
✨ The “silent majority” who live with breast cancer privately, outside the spotlight
✨ Why metastatic breast cancer must remain part of every awareness conversation
Read the full email below - and if something speaks to you please feel free to comment, share, or reach out!
Hi sweet friend,
October is here—and with it, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
For some, this month feels like solidarity and visibility. For others, it’s overwhelming, exhausting, or even painful. Most of us? We land somewhere in the messy middle.
As promised this will be the only BCAM content that I share with you this year.
Recently, I’ve shared my evolving point of view, including what I believe are six fundamentals of active healing.
Two of these are Identity and Community:
Identity is about who you are after a breast cancer diagnosis—how your sense of self changes, how you make peace with a body that may feel different, and how you carry that forward.
Community is about connection—finding your people, whether that’s fellow survivors, close friends, or the quiet solidarity of knowing you’re not alone.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month touches both of these.
Since I’ve written a lot about BCAM in the past, I thought I’d gather up a few of my “greatest hits” so you can explore the ones that resonate most right now.
As you read, I invite you to notice how they look different through the lens of Identity and Community.
Think of it like a little choose your own adventure:
✨ Why Breast Cancer Awareness Month Feels Complicated
A reflection on why the pink ribbons don’t always feel like enough.
✨ The Silent Majority in Breast Cancer
Honoring the many who live with breast cancer privately, without ribbons or walks.
✨ Let’s Talk About Metastatic Breast Cancer
Because awareness month can’t just be about the survivors.
Take what you need, leave what you don’t, and know that however you’re feeling this October—you’re not alone.
Because, now and every October, I am always in this with you….
ps. If you’d like to dive deeper into my Six Fundamentals of Active Healing, you can explore them here.
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