Pilot Project

After conducting many interviews with oncologists and survivors about fears around disassociation, recurrence and mortality, we decided to design a pilot project based on these interviews and the unmet needs of our community.

The pilot centers around the idea that collective healing with narrative medicine, nature therapy, meditation, and (sometimes) psychedelics is what’s needed for survivors, but there isn’t enough data about how best to go about it.

Here’s the design:

We are following a group of survivors over six months as they prepare for an intensive 5-day retreat designed by experts and cancer survivors to address fears related to cancer and mortality, using three different modalities. We will conduct interviews before, during, and after the retreat. You can learn about our retreat model here.

We’ll be following the experience with qualitative data analysis as well as documentary film team, and we’ll share our findings with the public.