Join Lauren Huffmaster, a metastatic breast cancer survivor, as she has conversations with a variety of people who have been impacted by cancer and their experiences with the emotional side effects of cancer. Lauren's philosophy on emotional health and healing provide us all hope in and through traumatic situations.
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On this episode of Adventures with Scars Lauren is pleased to welcome guest Mahwish Syed. Mahwish Syed is an award winning fashion and interior designer, celebrated author, cancer survivor, and devoted mother. Her creations have adorned bodies and homes for over two decades, fostering spaces that nurture and heal. Featured in distinguished publicat…
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In this episode, Lauren welcomes Tania Streete to the podcast. Tania is a single mother of two sons with disabilities. Her youngest son is now 19 years old and has Down syndrome. Her oldest son is 28 years old with Brain Damage, Epilepsy, Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), learning disorder, Irlen Syndrome, an…
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In this episode Lauren shares her insight about the difficulties with a broken identity that comes with a cancer diagnosis and how that identity is rebuilt. Take a listen and let us know what you think or if you would like to share your own experience email us at info@adventurefound.org. To find out more about Adventure Therapy Foundation visit us …
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We are so pleased to welcome to the podcast in this episode Amanda Medina! Amanda is 39 years old and from Texas. She is a mother to a 21-year-old son and has a wonderfully supportive boyfriend. She was diagnosed July 17th 2018 with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer De Novo. She is currently no evidence of active disease. She is a Registered and Cer…
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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…
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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 St…
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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 suppo…
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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 & sou…
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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, Jam…
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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 organizati…
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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 l…
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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 organiza…
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Conversations: Shana Baughman Carroll
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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 wi…
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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!By Lauren Huffmaster
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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.By Lauren Huffmaster
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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 …
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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.By Lauren Huffmaster
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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.…
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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 care…
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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 St…
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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…
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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 survi…
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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. …
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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 …
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When mountains are on fire, you can smell it from 100s of miles away. Smoke fills the air and erases the horizon. Ash falls from the sky, and even the best moments are covered in a layer of someone else’s hopes that no longer exist. When a terminal diagnosis surrounds you, your dreams are fluttering around those who are allowed to live. When your l…
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There is a difference between a cure and being healed. A cure ensures no further damage is going to be done to your body or mind. A cure is what research creates and what a pink ribbon represents; it is what we think we want. Healing reverses all the damage, brokenness, and scars. Healing is what we need. In this episode Lauren discusses how we nee…
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Part 3 of The Emotional Side Effects fo Cancer- Isolation
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During the global pandemic, we all experience the impact of isolation. As humans, not only do we need social interaction and physical touch, but our mental health is also dependent on relationships. We are happiest when we live in community. When cancer treatments end, our mind is exhausted. We are physically tired, relationally stretched thin and …
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Part Two of The Emotional Side Effects of Cancer- Broken Identity
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How much thought do we give to protecting our true identity? Just as we would take time to purchase identity theft insurance, shred all personal documents or create unique and elaborate passwords for virtual interactions, we must develop rituals in life that preserve and protect our most authentic identity. Identity is the set of expectations, stre…
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Part One of The Emotional Side Effects of Cancer -Fear
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Most would assume that courage is the opposite of fear, but that is not so. Fear is a constricting emotional response to an expected negative outcome in the future. The opposite of fear is joy. Joy is an expansive emotional response to an expected overwhelmingly positive outcome in every future situation. Lauren calls this irrational optimism. In t…
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We get manuals listing what to expect from the physical side effects of cancer and any medications or treatments we are on. There is so much information about the physical part of cancer, but nothing about the emotional toll cancer takes on the individual and the loved ones involved. It is vital that we start recognizing the common emotional side e…
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In this episode Lauren shares about how the language we choose around cancer is important and it needs to address the person not just as a patient. To find out more about Lauren's nonprofit Adventure Therapy go to www.adventurefound.org. To visit Adventure Therapy's cancer coaching platform go to www.risefound.com To visit Lauren's website go to ww…
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The intention of this podcast is to tell the story of cancer. Not just my story, but the many others that have impacted the world. We must not only heal physically from cancer, but emotionally as well. The emotional side effects of cancer are never talked about and that needs to change to bring total healing to a person and their loved ones. So com…
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In this episode, Lauren shares her cancer story. It was a bittersweet experience to be diagnosed with stage four breast cancer at the age of 37 for Lauren. The thought of her young children and what that label would mean to them overwhelmed her. At the same time, she felt empowered, in a way she says, she had waited to be empowered her entire life.…
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