Self-Love, Healing and Choosing Joy: One Woman’s Story of Starting Over

Some conversations just leave you smiling the whole way through, and this was definitely one of them.In this week's episode I’m joined by the wonderful Ami Yeasmin @ami_bisbrooke_artisans. If you already follow Ami online, you’ll know exactly what I mean when I say she brings so much joy into the world. Her energy is infectious. But behind that joy is a story of resilience, heartbreak, healing and learning to truly live in the present moment.Before COVID, Ami and her husband were running a thriving sourdough bakery together after leaving their previous careers. Life was busy, exciting and growing quickly. But in a short space of time everything changed. Her marriage broke down, and soon after Ami was diagnosed with cancer.What followed was one of the most difficult periods of her life.But it also became the beginning of something new.During her recovery, Ami began thinking deeply about joy. Not the big, once in a lifetime kind of happiness we’re often told to chase, but the small everyday moments that remind us we’re alive. The kind of joy we can choose, even when life feels messy or uncertain.One symbol that carried her through that time was a pair of red boots she promised herself she would wear when she was strong enough again. Those red boots eventually led to something unexpected… dancing.What started as a spontaneous moment dancing in public after cancer treatment has become Ami’s way of spreading joy and reminding people that it’s never too late to express yourself, take up space and live fully in the moment.This conversation is honest, uplifting and full of beautiful reminders about self-acceptance, forgiveness and learning to shine as you are.​Ami’s journey from teacher to running a successful sourdough bakery• The impact COVID had on their lives and relationship• Navigating separation later in life• Receiving a cancer diagnosis and the emotional toll of treatment• Letting go of people pleasing and learning true self-acceptance• Why Ami believes joy is something we can choose every day• The story behind her red boots• How dancing in public became a powerful act of healing• Why shining as yourself gives others permission to do the same“When you shine from the source of yourself, you give other people permission to shine too.”If you enjoy this episode, please do share it with someone who might need a little reminder that joy can still be found, even in the most unexpected places.Keep being fabulousRachel x