As Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to an end, the world starts to move forward — but for those who’ve lived it, the healing continues quietly, long after the pink ribbons fade.

In this deeply personal solo episode, Amy shares her reflections on what it feels like when awareness month ends, when the noise dies down, and when you’re left to rediscover yourself in the silence that follows. She also reads her poem “Straighten Your Crown” — originally published in CURE Magazine — written during her own breast cancer journey after losing her hair, a moment that felt like losing herself.

This episode is for anyone navigating life after awareness, learning to find beauty, strength, and self-compassion in the in-between.

✨ In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• How October’s awareness spotlight can stir both gratitude and grief
• The deeper emotional truth behind losing your hair — and what it symbolizes
• Amy’s award-winning poem, “Straighten Your Crown”
• What healing looks like after the pink fades
• Gentle reflections to help you release, reclaim, and rebuild

💌 Mentioned in This Episode:

✨ Free Mini-Guide to Self-Reflection Download your free guide at www.chaptertwopodcast.com — a gentle journaling resource to help you slow down, reconnect, and write your next chapter.

🪷 A Few of My Favourite Things

These are some of the tools and comforts that helped me through my own healing and rebuilding journey. (affiliate links where applicable)

• 📔 Journals & Notebooks: Lined journal notebook, perfect for quiet mornings and late-night thoughts
• ☕ Cozy Comfort: I LOVE this leopard print sweater – I am living in it this fall.
• 📚 Books that Healed Me: The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

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