Campfires of Hope

Epic Experience

English Health & Fitness Medicine

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Episodes 10

Avg. Duration 30m

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Since Jun 2025

Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Every 2 Weeks

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About This Podcast

Campfires Of Hope: Living Life Beyond Cancer aims to empower the adult cancer community through storytelling and education. Epic Experience is a Colorado-based nonprofit that is passionate about ensuring no one goes through a cancer journey alone. Our podcast is hosted by Epic Experience alum Gail Fay, a.k.a. Sunshine. Sunshine is a ghostwriter, editor, and ovarian cancer survivor.

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Recent Episodes

Navigating Grief As a Family After Cancer Loss

Dec 09, 2025 34m

In this heartfelt episode of “When Cancer Hits Home”, we hear from Jeff and Francesca Hlavacek as they navigate life after the loss of their wife and mother, Erika, to lung cancer. Jeff, a colorectal…

When Cancer Hits Home – Partnership and Parenting Through Cancer

Nov 25, 2025 31m

In this episode of Campfires of Hope: Stories of Cancer Survivorship, Kimber and Justin Harris share how Kimber’s cancer diagnosis reshaped their lives as partners and parents of three. They reflect…

Thriving Together: Cancer Survivors in Love

Nov 11, 2025 30m

We welcome back former Campfires of Hope guests Michael and Amanda Ferro, both cancer survivors who found love through the Epic Experience community and are now happily married, to “When Cancer Hits…

My Parent Has Cancer

Oct 28, 2025 39m

In this episode of Campfires of Hope’s “When Cancer Hits Home” series, we hear from Patrick Brennan, Eliza Smith, Beckett, and Molly Agnew, all young people whose parents have faced cancer. They…

Navigating Cancer As Parent and Teen Child

Oct 14, 2025 41m

We sit down with Hazel & Ali Senz and Julia & Madeleine McGuire to explore the unique challenges and lessons that come when a parent faces cancer in this episode of Campfires of Hope’s “When…

Therapists Talk: Supporting Families Facing Cancer

Sep 30, 2025 37m

In this episode of “When Cancer Hits Home”, our guests Kelsey Mora and Chris Balmaceda—mental health professionals who specialize in supporting both kids and adults in families impacted by…

When Cancer Hits Home: Origin Stories

Sep 16, 2025 35m

In the first episode of our “When Cancer Hits Home” series, Nancy Ferro and Mark Agnew share powerful stories of how cancer impacted their families and how those experiences ultimately led to the…

Breaking Barriers and Creating Change in Clinical Research

Jun 19, 2025 15m

Multiple myeloma survivor and patient advocate Valarie Traynham returns for part 2 to share her insights on what action can be taken to create change in clinical research inequities. Valarie dives…

Understanding Challenges and Root Causes of Inequities in Clinical Trials

Jun 19, 2025 17m

We’re joined by Valarie Traynham, a multiple myeloma survivor and passionate patient advocate, for the first of a two-part episode in a conversation on equity in healthcare and clinical research.…

Considering a Clinical Trial: When to Join and What to Expect

Jun 19, 2025 20m

In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Breelyn Wilky and Dr. Christopher Lieu from the University of Colorado Cancer Center, we dive deeper into the patient experience and the innovation behind…