When cancer changes everything,
the question many women quietly ask is:
"Now What?"
Life Reimagined: Coaching and support for women navigating life during and after cancer.
A cancer diagnosis can shake your sense of stability, identity, and direction. 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, this journey can feel overwhelming and deeply uncertain.
As a two-time cancer survivor and certified cancer coach trained in the Radical Remission approach, I understand both the medical journey and the deeply personal questions that follow a diagnosis. I provide cancer coaching and survivorship support for women navigating the emotional, physical, spiritual, and life changes that follow diagnosis.
You don't have to navigate this alone.
Hi, I'm Cynthia. A cancer diagnosis can leave you feeling like you've been dropped into unfamiliar territory without a map.
I know this firsthand, having been diagnosed with a rare ovarian cancer in 2014 and again with a recurrent, metastatic diagnosis in 2023. Cancer affects the whole of us. When my own world was turned upside down, I realized that medical treatment doesn't help with the "Now What?"—the physical, mental, and emotional toll—at every stage of the journey.
Maybe that's where you are, too—searching for guidance on the emotional, physical, and lifestyle changes that follow diagnosis and treatment. Like me, I have found that many are also looking for ways to support their healing naturally alongside medical care, using nutrition, stress reduction, and mind-body practices.
I combine my lived experience with my training (Certified Life Coach, Health Coach, Radical Remission Cancer Coach, trained through the work of Dr. Kelly A. Turner, and Functional Nutrition and Nervous System training ) to help you holistically navigate your own path. I use the Radical Remission 10 Healing Factors as our guide, but I bring the full toolkit. Together, we focus on three core areas of healing:
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Finding steady ground amid uncertainty
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Supporting the body's healing foundation
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Reimagining what life can look like moving forward
Women I work with usually find themselves in one of three places on their path. Where are you?.
You don't have to figure this out alone.
"I believe that cancer is just a word, not a sentence. I believe you are not a statistic or a diagnosis. Most of all, I believe that our bodies are incredible and we all have the capacity to heal. "
A diagnosis may change the path we're on, but we still have the power to shape the conditions that support healing and resilience.
The Life Reimagined Coaching Pathway was created to be the map that was lost, helping you regain stability, naturally and holistically support your healing, and move forward with greater clarity and purpose.
One Path, three entry points.
Each is designed to meet you where you are—emotionally, physically, and practically.
Finding Steady Ground
When a diagnosis or a recurrence rocks your world, life can feel like the ground has shifted beneath you. Fear, uncertainty, and an overwhelming amount of information can make it hard to find your footing.
Healing comes when your body feels safe to do so. This part of the path is designed to help you regain a sense of steadiness during a time that can feel chaotic and disorienting.
Together, we focus on:
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emotional support and nervous system regulation
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navigating fear and uncertainty with practical coping strategies
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mind-body practices that calm the stress response
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using the social, spiritual, and mental Radical Remission Healing Factors to help 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
After the initial shock of diagnosis, many women begin asking a deeper question:
"What can I do to support my healing?"
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. Drawing on functional health principles and the research behind Radical Remission's healing factors, this part of the path focuses on strengthening the lifestyle and biological foundations that support the body's recovery and rebuilding.
Together, we explore practices around :
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nutrition and metabolic health;
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sleep and restoration;
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movement and daily healing habits;
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stress and toxic burden;
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energy;
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immune and digestive health; and
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joy!
Creating Your Path Forward
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.
Life after cancer often looks different from what it did before. This section of the path helps you explore how to rebuild life after cancer in a way that reflects what matters most now. We focus on the deeper questions of survivorship and on reimagining what comes next.
Together we explore:
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identity and life after cancer
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shifting priorities and values
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courage to make meaningful changes
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living with intention and fewer regrets
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Introduction to Timefulness framework, turning mortality from fear to a motivator
At the center of this work is one powerful question:
"Given what has happened to you, how do you want to live now?"
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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