<![CDATA[Before The Diagnosis]]>A diagnosis doesn't just arrive alone. In my experience, it arrives often after years of grief, loss, exhaustion, resentment, and emotions that had no label and nowhere to go.

"Before the Diagnosis" is hosted by Kyna - an Emergency Nurse of 17 years, who left nursing to support patients as an embodiment coach. My work focuses on supporting people after a diagnosis of cancer, auto immune conditions, chronic illness or stress and burnout. Kyna is also a previous breast cancer patient, which is where the insight really landed in 2017.

Kyna knows better than most that what we see on the surface is never the whole story. Often people are suppressing years of hurt and pushing through pains without every naming them. In this never before done podcast, I interview people to find out the story that GP's don't have time to uncover, and that can't be treated with symptom management. In the hope that raising awareness of the complex histories of our patients, friends, family members, we can be better equipped to support support them, and even possibly join the dots to the causes of illness that only too few people are discussing. After all, if we don't tackle the root issues and treat only the symptoms, then the issues perpetuate.

Each episode explores the emotional journey that lives beneath chronic illness and cancer. The long before. The invisible weight. The version of yourself you were already mourning before anyone confirmed something was wrong.

This is a space for the people who were struggling long before they had a diagnosis to prove it. For those who felt unseen, unheard, and unexplained. And for anyone who knows that healing starts much deeper than medicine can reach.

Because your story started long ... Before The Diagnosis

]]>www.kynwellbeing.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:58:56 GMTWed, 20 May 2026 15:24:18 GMT60Kyna Richardson<p>A diagnosis doesn't just arrive alone. In my experience, it arrives often after years of grief, loss, exhaustion, resentment, and emotions that had no label and nowhere to go.</p><p></p><p>"Before the Diagnosis" is hosted by Kyna - an Emergency Nurse of 17 years, who left nursing to support patients as an embodiment coach. My work focuses on supporting people after a diagnosis of cancer, auto immune conditions, chronic illness or stress and burnout. Kyna is also a previous breast cancer patient, which is where the insight really landed in 2017. </p><p></p><p>Kyna knows better than most that what we see on the surface is never the whole story. Often people are suppressing years of hurt and pushing through pains without every naming them. In this never before done podcast, I interview people to find out the story that GP's don't have time to uncover, and that can't be treated with symptom management. In the hope that raising awareness of the complex histories of our patients, friends, family members, we can be better equipped to support support them, and even possibly join the dots to the causes of illness that only too few people are discussing. After all, if we don't tackle the root issues and treat only the symptoms, then the issues perpetuate. </p><p></p><p>Each episode explores the emotional journey that lives beneath chronic illness and cancer. The long before. The invisible weight. The version of yourself you were already mourning before anyone confirmed something was wrong.</p><p></p><p>This is a space for the people who were struggling long before they had a diagnosis to prove it. For those who felt unseen, unheard, and unexplained. And for anyone who knows that healing starts much deeper than medicine can reach.</p><p></p><p><i>Because your story started long ... Before The Diagnosis</i></p>episodicKyna Richardsonkyna@kynwellbeing.comno<![CDATA[Episode 1 -What came before?]]>In this first episode, Kyna introduces the core premise of Before the Diagnosis - that illness rarely arrives without a story preceding it. Drawing on her 17 years as an emergency nurse, her own breast cancer diagnosis, and the growing field of psychoneuroimmunology, Kyna explores the connections between chronic stress, emotional suppression, and physical health. This episode is for anyone who has ever suspected their body was trying to tell them something long before it got loud enough to hear.

Topics covered: Nervous system dysregulation, burnout, compassion fatigue, psychoneuroimmunology, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), emotional suppression and immune function, the physiological sigh.

]]>9df2e6c0-a172-4ac7-91fe-38bb5753f821Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:27:23 GMT<p>In this first episode, Kyna introduces the core premise of Before the Diagnosis - that illness rarely arrives without a story preceding it. Drawing on her 17 years as an emergency nurse, her own breast cancer diagnosis, and the growing field of psychoneuroimmunology, Kyna explores the connections between chronic stress, emotional suppression, and physical health. This episode is for anyone who has ever suspected their body was trying to tell them something long before it got loud enough to hear.</p><p><b>Topics covered:</b> Nervous system dysregulation, burnout, compassion fatigue, psychoneuroimmunology, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), emotional suppression and immune function, the physiological sigh.</p>no00:10:1412Episode 1 -What came before?full<![CDATA[Before the Diagnosis]]>Before the Diagnosis is the podcast that starts where other health conversations don't.

Not with the scan. Not with the consultant's office. Not with the word that changes everything.

It starts earlier - with the years of holding it together. The grief you carried quietly. The stress you normalised. The emotions you didn't have time to feel because there were shifts to work, people to care for, and a life to keep moving.

Hosted by Kyna Richardson – somatic embodiment coach, NLP master practitioner, former emergency nurse of 17 years, yoga & breathwork practitioner, and previous breast cancer patient - this podcast explores the growing body of evidence connecting life stressors, emotional suppression, and a dysregulated nervous system to physical illness.

This isn't about blame. It isn't about saying you caused your illness.

It's about joining the dots that medicine rarely takes the time to join  and understanding that healing the whole story might be the most important thing you ever do.

For the people who held everyone else together. For the strong ones who kept going. For anyone who suspects their body was trying to tell them something long before it got loud enough to hear.

Because the story starts long before the diagnosis

]]>c7db1711-1265-4ae0-9c26-a552e7f0eb0aTue, 07 Jul 2026 15:08:08 GMT<p><b>Before the Diagnosis</b> is the podcast that starts where other health conversations don't.</p><p>Not with the scan. Not with the consultant's office. Not with the word that changes everything.</p><p>It starts earlier - with the years of holding it together. The grief you carried quietly. The stress you normalised. The emotions you didn't have time to feel because there were shifts to work, people to care for, and a life to keep moving.</p><p>Hosted by Kyna Richardson – somatic embodiment coach, NLP master practitioner, former emergency nurse of 17 years, yoga &amp; breathwork practitioner, and previous breast cancer patient - this podcast explores the growing body of evidence connecting life stressors, emotional suppression, and a dysregulated nervous system to physical illness.</p><p>This isn't about blame. It isn't about saying you caused your illness.</p><p>It's about joining the dots that medicine rarely takes the time to join  and understanding that healing the whole story might be the most important thing you ever do.</p><p><b>For the people who held everyone else together. For the strong ones who kept going. For anyone who suspects their body was trying to tell them something long before it got loud enough to hear.</b></p><p><i>Because the story starts long before the diagnosis</i></p>no00:01:2611Before the Diagnosistrailer