Have you found yourself in the middle of 'Now What?'
Whether you are still in shock from hearing "you have cancer," are in the heavy center of treatment, or standing in its aftermath, wondering what comes after, there is a place where the old map vanishes.
You are navigating a landscape no one can truly prepare you for. You're told to "be strong" and "stay positive," but your heart is asking a different question: How do I find myself again in the midst of all this?
Life Reimagined: A Path to Radical Resilience.
Coaching and support for life during and after cancer.
I'm here to walk with you. When a cancer diagnosis changes everything, you need more than a medical plan. You need a plan and a path back to yourself. I help you navigate the fear and overwhelm, find your voice, begin healing the parts of you that the treatment doesn't, take an active role in your healing, and reclaim your life.
Hi and welcome
I'm Cynthia
I've walked this path...twice. I found myself in the middle of 'Now What?' in 2014 with a rare ovarian cancer diagnosis, and once again with a recurrent, metastatic diagnosis in 2023. When my own world was turned upside down by a diagnosis (and recurrence), I realized that all the treatment Western medicine has to offer doesn't help the 'Now What?' that we go through...the physical, mental, and emotional toll—at every stage of the journey.
I combine my lived experience with my training as a Certified Life, Health, and Radical Remission Cancer Coach to help you navigate your own journey. I use the Radical Remission 10 Healing Factors as our compass, but I bring the full toolkit.
I believe that cancer is a word, not a sentence. I believe that you are not a statistic or a diagnosis. Most of all, I believe that our bodies are amazing and we all have the capacity to heal.
A PATH TO RADICAL RESILIENCE
One Path, three entry points.
Each path entry is designed to meet you where you are—emotionally, physically, and practically.
Finding Steady Ground
by tending the mental, spiritual and emotional landscape.
When a diagnosis or a recurrence rocks your world, the priority is calming the Fire of Fear and stabilizing the nervous system.
Healing comes when your body feels safe to do so. On this part of the path, we use the social, spiritual, mental, and emotional Radical Remission Healing Factors, helping you move from a state of constant 'fight or flight' to a more grounded place of mental and emotional strength and empowerment.
Restoring a Healing Foundation
by strengthening the infrastructure of the physical body
A reimagined life requires a body that can sustain it. On this section of the path, we use the other three Radical Remission Healing Factors to supply you with the tools to rebuild, repair, and nourish your foundation. We honor the struggle and assault your body is going through (or has gone through) and give it the physical support it needs to heal. We explore sleep, stress, nutrition, and movement to increase strength, energy, and immune system health without overwhelm or rigidity.
Creating Your Path Forward
You are not what happened to you but whom you choose to become.
You've been through the fire and come out the other side. You have been changed by the journey. This is often the biggest 'Now What?' moment. Questions about identity, purpose, and meaning emerge. This is the metamorphosis moment. Using my Timefulness framework, we turn mortality from fear into a motivator. We don't just find your "new normal"; we find your "new extraordinary" by uncovering your new 'Coordinates' underpinned by a No Regrets philosophy.
WORDS FROM
Those I've walked with...
"I consider Cynthia Dano a blessing in my life. I am an ovarian cancer survivor, alive after a diagnosis in 2020.
Going through the life challenges of a cancer diagnosis, I confronted many issues I needed help with. What makes Cynthia so unique is her double certification, not only as a Radical Remission coach, dedicated to helping people access self-knowledge about the ten key factors of Radical Remissions, but also as a life coach. She has the ability to use whatever skill set will assist the client’s goals and desires. She can focus only on the ten key factors or expand to a life coaching approach. These combined skills suited me perfectly.
Cynthia has the ability to listen well and be aware of key moments, words or experiences that I used that pointed to areas of my life and feelings that needed deeper exploration. Many, I discovered, no longer served me well.
I highly recommend Cynthia Dano as a coach from the perspective of someone who has gained so much from our relationship."
-Katherine W.
CANCER SURVIVOR
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