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Join Lauren Huffmaster, a metastatic breast cancer survivor, as she discusses the emotional side effects of cancer. Lauren's philosophy on emotional health and healing provides us all hope in and through traumatic situations.
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This episode features a conversation with Lauren and Audrey Graves, a mom and educator who was first diagnosed with Breast Cancer after the birth of her son in 2006 and currently is living with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Audrey shares her journey through being a mom and an educator, she currently works as the Principal of the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired. She shares openly about cancering and divorce and the real life facts about dating ...
On this episode of Adventures with Scars Lauren welcomes Lori Ponce! Lori is a wife and mother of three girls. She homeschools her daughters and teaches adults with disabilities. She is passionate about exercise and has a personal training certification. In 2021, her life was significantly changed when her youngest was diagnosed at age four with Stage 4 Rhabdomyosarcoma. Then, on her daughter's one-year remission anniversary, Lori received a breast cancer diagnosis. Lori then went through her...
On this episode of Adventures with Scars, Lauren welcomes guest Melanie Anderson. Melanie has supported and led organizations serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities for over 30 years. As a driven human service professional and active single parent to two amazing young adults (ages 19 and 22), she knows how to help and support others. At age 50, after being diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, she had to work on the concept of letting go of fear and control and...
On this episode of Adventures with Scars Lauren welcomes guest Kandy Salby! Kandy is a retired high school English teacher, mother of 2 college kids and stepmom to 2 younger kids, living with stage 4 colon cancer for the last 3 and a half years. Cancer has motivated her to explore and experience the amazing power of healing through mind, body & soul. Her approach to healing has been “no stone left unturned,” including finding laughter every day. Join us for this inspiring conversation!
Lauren's guest today is Mandy and we are going to let her introduce herself."My name is Mandy Johnson Bryant and I have a fabulous husband Daniel and two wonderful boys, Jonah, age 13, and Jesse, age 10. Most days I appreciate how blessed I am but other days are hard. God gave me two godly, faithful men to share my life with. My first husband, James, passed away from a brain tumor called a glioblastoma multiforme in 2020. He was the father of my children who were 7 and...
In this episode Lauren welcomes guest Josh Tidwell, a cancer co-survivor who lost his wife Cassie Tidwell to cancer. Cassie and Josh were one of the first families Adventure Therapy was able to help send on a retreat to the Tiny Home in Tennessee. She was so impacted by the time of rest and retreat that she expressed a desire to start an organization who would help send families impacted by cancer on retreats.Unfortunately, she was unable to see that dream come to fruition, but her friends an...
In this episode Lauren welcomes guest Krista Kusuma, Krista is President at Experience First Consulting, which she founded to divine and nurture the potential of leaders of all levels within museums and cultural organizations, creating purposeful transformation. She has helped hundreds of people multiply their talent, work smarter not harder, and lead more intentional and fulfilling lives. She is also a Metastatic Breast Cancer THRIVER. Krista's Coaching Website- http://www.experie...
Lauren's guest for this episode is her husband Dr. Clifton Huffmaster! They discuss all the things that are involved with being a family that has been impacted by cancer and specifically being a co-survivor. This discussion is a glimpse into the life of our founder and will be an encouragement to anyone who has been touched by cancer. Some organizations mentioned in this podcast-https://www.kesem.orgFor many of the children and our volunteers, Kesem is a life-changing experience that spans fa...
In this episode, Lauren welcomes Shana, mother of four, who is also living with breast cancer. Shana shares her cancer story and how she parents while cancering. Lots of inspiring stories and funny moments in this episode, Shana even shares her secret to a good life. Spend some time with these two women as they connect and chat about their lives with cancer, you won't regret it.
Author, Speaker, and Life Coach Robert Parti joins Lauren on the podcast to talk about his wife, Desiree, who passed away from metastatic breast cancer and the life lessons he learned from her and from being a caregiver. He is inspirational!
In this episode Lauren welcomes Louise Marvulli.Louise candidly shares about her "cancering" journey for the past 11 years. She shares about what she has learned, how she has grown and all the in-betweens. It is a conversation full of encouragement and hope, we think you will really enjoy it.
On today's episode, Lauren sits down with mom, wife, and hula dancer Rachelle Jenio. Listen as Rachelle shares her story of living with Metastatic Breast Cancer for the last 6 years and how she is dealing with the fear, isolation and broken identity. She also shares about how her and her husband decided to keep her diagnosis mostly private for the first few years. Grab a cup of coffee and hang out and enjoy meeting Rachelle, you won't regret it.
Lauren's guest for this episode is Christina McAmis. Christina had just had a daughter, was enrolled in law school and about to be married when she found out she had Stage 4 breast cancer. That was nine years ago, her story is a miracle, take a listen and be inspired.
We are so excited to begin our second season of Adventures with Scars! This season Lauren will be interviewing AMAZING guests and digging into their stories of the cancering life and their experiences with the emotional side effects of cancer. Come for the stories, stay for the inspiration, you won't be disappointed.
In this episode, Lauren has a conversation with co-survivor, Shirley Padgett. Lauren has known Shirley for five years, two of her daughter's had Shirley as their second-grade teacher and she is loved by all. She and her husband Steve loved each other and lived well! They traveled and celebrated life. They also served others in and out of their careers. Her husband's service to our community as a firefighter caused his terminal cancer. Shirley joins Lauren on...
Season 2 of Adventures with Scars opens up with a conversation between Lauren and Katie Harris, a young metastatic mother who participates in Leslie's Week. Katie became familiar with Adventure Therapy when Lauren spoke at Stage4Change, a conference hosted by Leslie's Week. Katie realized, when in preparation for sharing her story at this year's Stage4Change event, she found herself writing more than 40 pages! She realized she had a lot to say. With this new personal re...
Giving back should look different for everyone because we are all unique! Giving back doesn't need to be about giving money to a cause. Funding is always helpful, but your presence is infinitely more helpful, giving back means using when is uniquely you for the sake of someone else.In this episode, Lauren will talk about this season in the healing process, which is where one can be considering the options for giving back. Once survivors work on moving through the trauma, the void, and the res...
This episode Lauren talks all things restoration. Restoration is a beautiful opportunity. It is the gift of cancer. Once our life has been swept clean by the fires that are a cancer diagnosis and a cancer treatment, then we sit in the void of our damaged talents and broken dreams, then we begin to dream for a restoration. During this phase of survivorship, an individual can see their strengths, post cancer;, a survivor can be honest about their weaknesses, post-cancer. This season of res...
In this episode Lauren talks about the season after the void which is a fragile, tender season of growth. The painful experiences of cancer are in the past, but uncertainty still hangs in the air. There are many low moments as we first feel raw even in the slightest shifts in the wind, but there are other moments where we feel our strength rising. It is time for us to begin to design our new identity with the strengths and weaknesses we have today. Growth is a season where we learn to live wi...
The Void is the first season of survivorship that occurs in the first year after treatment. During treatment, all your strength focuses on surviving. Moving through your treatment calendar and recovering is all you can do. Then, one day, you ring the bell and get a certificate of completion. Someone declares treatments are over, and you are now “a survivor.” You walk out of the door of the cancer center and look at the parking lot, and wonder what comes next. This question, this uncertainty o...
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