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Epic Experience
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 มี.ค. 2015
Epic Experience: Life Beyond Cancer
Epic Experience was founded offering free week-long adventure camps to adults diagnosed with cancer. With the onset of Covid we created many new programs. Over the past year we started a program called The Beyond Cancer Series which was hosted on Facebook and TH-cam. That program has been updated to a Podcast where you can find Campfires of Hope on your favorite Podcast Supplier.
We have also started a program on TH-cam where you can access short videos on suggestions, information and support from Cancer Thrivers and Medical Professionals. That program is called How To Cancer Series. We hope you will subscribe to the series.
Our goal is to support those touched by cancer so they know they are not alone and to offer Hope!
Epic Experience was founded offering free week-long adventure camps to adults diagnosed with cancer. With the onset of Covid we created many new programs. Over the past year we started a program called The Beyond Cancer Series which was hosted on Facebook and TH-cam. That program has been updated to a Podcast where you can find Campfires of Hope on your favorite Podcast Supplier.
We have also started a program on TH-cam where you can access short videos on suggestions, information and support from Cancer Thrivers and Medical Professionals. That program is called How To Cancer Series. We hope you will subscribe to the series.
Our goal is to support those touched by cancer so they know they are not alone and to offer Hope!
Adventure Therapy for Cancer Survivors
Just 35 years old, Lauren Huffmaster was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, which subsequently progressed to stage 4. After what she describes as a period of despair, Lauren realized that she needed to do something to address the emotional and mental side effects that cancer had caused her.
“I will not live to die. I’ve got to start living to live and have a greater impact.” As a result, Lauren founded a non-profit organization called Adventure Therapy Foundation, whose mission is to minimize the emotional side effects of cancer, not just for the individual but for the whole family. Lauren tells us about the healing impact of adventure and the parallels it strikes with the cancer journey: “in adventure, we keep going because we expect something great in the end. We have to go through a lot of hard things to get there.”
Learn more about how Epic Experience empowers cancer survivors to live beyond cancer at [www.epicexperience.org](www.epicexperience.org/)
“I will not live to die. I’ve got to start living to live and have a greater impact.” As a result, Lauren founded a non-profit organization called Adventure Therapy Foundation, whose mission is to minimize the emotional side effects of cancer, not just for the individual but for the whole family. Lauren tells us about the healing impact of adventure and the parallels it strikes with the cancer journey: “in adventure, we keep going because we expect something great in the end. We have to go through a lot of hard things to get there.”
Learn more about how Epic Experience empowers cancer survivors to live beyond cancer at [www.epicexperience.org](www.epicexperience.org/)
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Thank you very much. This was helpful.
Love you Mama Lou!
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This was good information, but only if you have support. My only support is me. I’ve done everything by myself. And didn’t get much info from the doctors
Hopefully you're much better now?! Lack of support for me too. Sending good thoughts n prayers 🕊️🌺🙏
Definitely helped me understand the different types of scans, thx
So important! My dad was able to advocate for himself during his cancer journey and it opened up several options he may never have had.
Useful tips, thanks!
Thanks for the positive message, I agree!
Useful video, thanks
Excellent resource 👍
❤️
Good advice on hobbies! Painting, puzzles, exercising, music are helpful tips
Appreciate the info, Sabine
Thanks Joanna, thanks Epic!
I'm crying and I don't know how to tell my family 😭 but the video helped thanks
You’re not alone I’m in the same place, I don’t really know how to talk to my family about it they know I have it but I still got all my doctors appointment alone and all my treatment alone
Extremely helpful!
Glad you enjoyed!
This was very helpful information David, balancing anxiety is a big part of the journey
You're very welcome! David is the best and recently became our Board Chair
Great collab w Epic Experience and Elephants and Tea!
Agreed!
Thanks so much for sharing Hazel!
You got it! Hazel's the best
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Great tips Tater Tot!
Thanks!
So important to celebrate milestones!
Couldn't agree more!
It was amazing to partner w Epic Experience!
Love Epic Experience!
👍
Awesome!
Woohoo!
Thanks Melanie!
Very welcome!
Very informative, thanks!
Glad to help!
If you have been recently diagnosed it is hard to know what questions to ask and where to go for help. Watch our episode with Vanessa as she shares her thoughts on being your own advocate. This is great for caregivers to watch as well as they support a loved one through cancer.
We hope you will share with someone you may know that has been diagnosed with cancer. Watch and hear from others that have been there.
Help share this if you know someone recently diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.
Beauty from within . . . Godspeed, Epic Experience team - and thank you for all you do - your efforts do not go unnoticed!
These are all good tips, for the patient and the caregivers to know! Thanks Carly!
So happy you found this video useful! Hope you were able to see more of our How to Cancer series
Looking forward to this new program launch! Well done, Epic Experience. These videos are going to help so many people who are impacted by cancer.
Is this camp still open
Hello Whitney, yes our organization is still open. Our camps are currently on hold due to COVID-19 but we look forward to getting back to them in the future. In the meantime please check out epicexperience,org for our other program offerings.
sorry, for your loss RIP
Learn what we do. www.epicexperience.org