Amanda Burgess is a strategist and coach with over 23 years of experience in communications — journalism, public relations, brand consulting and advertising. She was called to cancer coaching after years of playing caregiver and advocate to several family members living with cancer. As a Certified Cancer Journey Coach, Amanda uses a lifetime of storytelling skills to help cancer patients, caregivers and survivors connect to their true selves, share their untold stories and design their next chapter —  while living with cancer, and on the other side of it. Amanda has two grown daughters and lives in Toronto with her cat (Mew-Mew). She’s a world traveler who chases house music festivals around the globe, an F45 addict, an adventure hunter, a risk-taker in life and fashion, a dragonboat racer…and so much more.