Celebrating Adversity

Falling Skyward 2 (Episode 6)

Part 2 of a conversation between Steve Andrews and Clark Soriano on climbing and living with cancer. Learning from falling. Being in the moment. Body, mind and heart.  Balance. Resources: * Steve Andrew's podcast: Bad Beta [https://www.badbetapodcast.com/] * A Spotify playlist on remembering, letting go and moving: Embracing Adversity [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LyBE5qp1NyL2g272DfITB?si=Hkugx9VNTI-nuVE2_epF6A] Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi. Post-Production by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Original music by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Thank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring) and Nis, my darling wife and Julian's dear friend. Celebrating Adversity is a non-profit organization. Please feel free to give us feedback. I f you want to make a financial contribution, write us at stories@celebratingadversity.blog

Falling Skyward 1 (Episode 5)

Part 1 of a conversation between Steve Andrews and Clark Soriano on climbing and living with cancer. Take each hold as it comes. Focus on the present. Be humble. Learn to live with uncertainty. Resources: Check out Steve Andrew's podcast: Bad Beta [https://www.badbetapodcast.com/] Narration by Julian Noursi Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi. Artwork by Clark Soriano. Post-Production by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Original music by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Thank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring) and my darling wife.

Shavasana Moments Part 2 - Vulnerability (Episode 4)

Shavasana Part 2: What happens afterwards -  vulnerability, giving care, listening to our bodies, to our inner selves and to each other. The conversation on yoga, climbing and healing continues. Resources: * Check out the accompanying playlist on Spotify: Shavasana Moments and Liminal Spaces [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rJ68ZGGzyoye1i3ch0dU1?si=zkfx43bxQuq7r63tV2Adjw]. * Try Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing at PhairYoga [https://youtu.be/pyMh_IRWYgM]. * Read about Nicaraguan scholars supported by the Key Education Project [http://keyeducationproject.com/key-projects]. * Excerpts from the poem, Pandemic by Lynn Unger [http://www.lynnungar.com/poems/pandemic/]. * Original poem by Clark Soriano inspired by Ram Das mantra, I am Loving Awareness [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUQkBFFML7w]on YouTube. Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi. Artwork by Clark Soriano. Post-Production by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Original music by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Thank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring) and my darling wife. Help us reach out and expand. Contribute to our Go Fund Me Page, A Podcast for People Living with Cancer [https://gf.me/u/x4im4d]

Shavasana Moments and Liminal Spaces (Episode 3)

Shavasana: a transition where we feel "somehow, somewhere, something incredible is waiting  to be known*..." A conversation on yoga, climbing, liminal spaces and living with cancer. Resources: * Check out the accompanying playlist on Spotify: Shavasana Moments and Liminal Spaces [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rJ68ZGGzyoye1i3ch0dU1?si=zkfx43bxQuq7r63tV2Adjw] * Try Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing at PhairYoga [https://youtu.be/pyMh_IRWYgM] * Read about Nicaraguan scholars supported by the Key Education Project [http://keyeducationproject.com/key-projects] * Be inspired by quotes and passages on liminal space from the Center for Transformational Presence [https://transformationalpresence.org/alan-seale-blog/liminal-space-embracing-mystery-power-transition-will/] and Katherine Dickel's, We Are Living in Liminal Spaces [https://medium.com/pollinate-ritual/we-are-living-in-liminal-space-5994d0fe2dd9] Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi. Artwork by Clark Soriano. Post-Production by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Original music by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Thank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring) and my darling wife. Help us reach out and expand. Contribute to our Go Fund Me Page, A Podcast for People Living with Cancer [https://gf.me/u/x4im4d] * Blaise Pascal, 17th-century French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and philosopher,

Celebrating Adversity Episode 2: Embracing Yin and its Light

Part 2 of a conversation between two friends diagnosed with cancer: facing mortality and Covid19, embracing inner demons and finding beauty in adversity. Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi. Artwork and original poems [https://celebratingadversityhome.wpcomstaging.com/]by Clark Soriano. Post-Production by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Original music by Cozmic Cat [https://djcozmic.com/] Excerpts on the mental and emotional side-effects of cancer from resources provided by the Ontario based University Health Network [https://www.uhn.ca/PatientsFamilies/Health_Information/Health_Topics/Documents/Cancer_Related_Brain_Fog.pdf] and the National Cancer Institute [https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/coping/feelings/depression-pdq]. Statistics on cancer and heart attack related deaths provided by the University of Ottawa Health Institute [http://pwc.ottawaheart.ca/education/heart-health-education/general-information#:~:text=2.0%20PREVALENCE%20OF%20CARDIOVASCULAR%20DISEASE,or%20the%20effects%20of%20stroke.] and 2019 Cancer Statistics [https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice/vol-39-no-8-9-2019/notice-canadian-cancer-statistics-2019.html]. Thank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring) and my wife. Help us reach out and expand. Contribute to our Go Fund Me Page, A Podcast for People Living with Cancer [https://gf.me/u/x4im4d]