Heather Cooan · Oncology Nutrition Consultant, Educator, and Lived-Experience Mentor
food is love • real food is medicine • nourish yourself deeply
I take a data-driven, bio-individual approach that begins where most plans skip ahead, with nutrition and nervous system regulation. When stress has been running in the background for years, whether from a diagnosis, a demanding life, old patterns, or experiences the body never fully processed, it reroutes everything toward survival, and even the best plan cannot fully do its job. So we start there, and work outward across the whole of a life… mind, body, heart, and soul, taking inventory of what has accumulated and clearing the obstacles that keep the body from returning to itself. I call that Deep Nourishment™.
I don't teach from the other side of healing. I teach from inside of it. My own ongoing journey through vulvar cancer, Hashimoto's, lichen sclerosus, and complex PTSD hasn't just shaped my approach, it has given me the willingness to sit with people in the hard, unglamorous work that real change demands. No polished recovery story. No highlight reel. Just someone who knows what this work actually costs and isn't afraid to walk beside you while you do yours.
I am a double board-certified oncology nutrition consultant, Deep Nourishment Practitioner™, and lived-experience mentor. The common thread is consulting, in every direction this work runs. With the people my team and I support one-on-one at Soil to Soul Nutrition™. With the practitioners my partner Jen and I train to do it well through the Terrain Mentorship Collective™. With everyone listening to the Beyond the Prognosis Podcast™ teaching themselves to eat and live in a way that builds their terrain instead of depleting it. This site holds all of it in one place. All centered around Deep Nourishment.
ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT
One-on-one work happens through my clinical practice, Soil to Soul Nutrition. If you are navigating cancer, autoimmunity, or complex chronic illness and want individual support alongside your medical team, that is where my clinical team and I work with you directly.
FOR PRACTITIONERS
If you are a non-prescribing practitioner trying to do this work well, you already know how little real training exists for supporting people with cancer and complex chronic illness. That is the gap we help close, through peer clinical advising on complex cases and the Terrain Mentorship Collective, co-led with Jen Harbour.
BEYOND THE PROGNOSIS
The podcast is where the unedited side of this lives. Honest conversations about what it actually takes to navigate cancer, autoimmunity, and complex chronic illness, without the highlight reel.
LATEST RECIPES
My approach to nutrition is centered on a couple of principles that I believe are universal for all bodies seeking optimal health.
Each body is a unique combination lock of nutritional factors and requirements...None of us live in the same body, with the same history and experience, the same genetics, or the same environment, so I can't account for Usage Capacity™. My recipes always leave room for personalization, but at the core, they start with Quality Inputs™.
I love to cook! I develop recipes so you don't have to worry about what to eat. Just follow the recipe and adjust to your needs.
LATEST INFORMATIONAL GUIDES
I'm on a mission to educate everyone about nutrition and lifestyle design. I want every person to take control of their health and thrive, even if they are living with cancer, autoimmunity, or complex chronic illness. These free educational resources are designed to educate and empower on important health topics.
LATEST ARTICLES
One day, I can afford to give all my knowledge away for free and educate the world on how to better care for themselves. Until then, these articles are my way of reaching those who cannot engage formally on a one-on-one basis. Empower yourself with knowledge!
