The third Fundamental of Active Healing: why unattended scars keep tightening underneath, what radiation fibrosis actually does to your tissue, and how to find professional care that fits the body you have now — not the one you had before.

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.

This week's letter went out on a Tuesday, and that's the whole point. In the first of my Six Fundamentals of Active Healing series, I get honest about the difference between passive recovery and active healing, and why time and space are the place everything else begins.

My client asked her nurse about a painful condition. The nurse, also a breast cancer survivor, told her to be happy to be alive and go watch some YouTube videos. Here’s what I have to say about that.

I opened an email from my former cancer center expecting real survivorship support. What I found instead, and what I wish it had said, is the subject of this week's letter.

Last week ABMP published a full feature article about my work — and asked me the question I get asked more than any other: what does self-care actually mean after breast cancer? Here's what I told them, and what it has to do with something I've been building for you.

After 2 and ½ months abroad, I really believe that my body and I are in this together. And that I can live my life to the fullest, in my skin, even as I am now.

We rarely get to focus on one thing — not in life, not in survivorship. A reflection on bubbles, the sharp objects that pop them, and not letting your own self-care be the first thing you cut.

Nine years cancer-free, and of everything my diagnosis left behind, the risk of lymphedema is still the one that sticks with me most. Here's what living free alongside it actually looks like from a hotel room an ocean away from home — and why I believe your version of that freedom is just as attainable as mine, with the right context and education.

I feel braver than ever after deciding to bear my scars — literally — inside of As You Are Now: A Breast Cancer Self-Care Program for Real Life. This week’s email is all about realizing that brave is not a platitude in cancer land when you see it for what it really means.

After an accidental all-nighter in Paris, I found myself thinking about recovery — and how unfair it is that we expect our bodies to bounce back quickly from anything, including breast cancer treatment. Healing isn't linear. Here's what I mean by that.

I've been in Italy for four weeks now, and I spent the first one more conscious of my body — my weight specifically — than I have in a long time. It had nothing to do with cancer.

My foot recovered from the Gladiator Walk incident — but what stuck with me wasn't the ankle. It was how un-scared I was. And how much I want that for you too. I'm building something, and before I go any further, I need to know where you are.

What happens when cancer makes rest feel like something you have to earn? This week I'm writing from my pajamas, my fourth reheated coffee, and a Saturday I'm finally letting myself not justify.

This week’s issue explores the difference between reactive “panic sprints” and small, steady consistency. A tax-day confession turns into a reflection on proactive care — and why tending to your body (and your life) in little bits often works better than heroic bursts of effort.

This week’s issue explores what happens when survival is treated as the finish line — and what gets lost when quality of life is left out of the conversation.

A meaningful milestone: an early invitation into my free breast cancer self-care “starter kit.” In this week’s Chronicle, I share why I created it, who it’s for, and how it’s meant to support the often-overlooked “after” part of a breast cancer experience.

A look ahead at what’s coming this spring at As We Are Now — from new survivorship resources to body-based self-care offerings — and the deeper “why” behind this next chapter of my work.

Your body’s year-end review — minus the charts, stats, and pressure to “do more.” This reflection invites you to look back at the year through a body-based lens, focusing on what eased you, what changed you, and what creating more space makes possible. No resolutions required — just honest reflection on your own timing.