Celebrating Adversity

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 BetaA Spotify playlist on remembering, letting go and moving: Embracing AdversityProduced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi.Post-Production by Cozmic CatOriginal music by Cozmic CatThank 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

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 BetaNarration by Julian NoursiProduced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi.Artwork by Clark Soriano.Post-Production by Cozmic CatOriginal music by Cozmic CatThank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring) and my darling wife.

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.Try Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing at PhairYoga.Read about Nicaraguan scholars supported by the Key Education Project.Excerpts from the poem, Pandemic by Lynn Unger.Original poem by Clark Soriano inspired by Ram Das mantra, I am Loving Awareness on YouTube.Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi.Artwork by Clark Soriano.Post-Production by Cozmic CatOriginal music by Cozmic CatThank 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

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 SpacesTry Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing at PhairYogaRead about Nicaraguan scholars supported by the Key Education ProjectBe inspired by quotes and passages on liminal space from the Center for Transformational Presence and Katherine Dickel's, We Are Living in Liminal SpacesProduced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi.Artwork by Clark Soriano.Post-Production by Cozmic CatOriginal music by Cozmic CatThank 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* Blaise Pascal, 17th-century French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and philosopher,

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 by Clark Soriano.Post-Production by Cozmic CatOriginal music by Cozmic CatExcerpts on the mental and emotional side-effects of cancer from resources provided by the Ontario based University Health Network and the National Cancer Institute. Statistics on cancer and heart attack related deaths provided by the University of Ottawa Health Institute and 2019 Cancer Statistics.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

A conversation between 2 friends diagnosed with stage 4 cancer -- overcoming the unforeseen, finding the strength in caring and embracing vulnerability.Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian NoursiPost-Production by Cozmic CatOriginal music by Cozmic CatArtwork and Poems by Clark Soriano Intro inspired by Cancer Chat. 12 Things Never to Say to Someone Who Has Cancer.Thank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring) and my wifeHelp us reach out and expand. Contribute to our GoFundMe campaign

Defying stereotypes - multiple cancers and chemo-therapy on one hand; climbing, steel mace, rap and yoga on the other. Reaching out to persons living with cancer and care-givers. An invitation to listen, share"what-it-is-like" at stories@celebratingadversity.blog and contribute. Produced and co-hosted by Clark Soriano and Julian NoursiPost-Production by Cozmic CatOriginal music by Cozmic CatArtwork and Poems by Clark Soriano (inspired by Life Is Good, Drake and Future)Thank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring), Nicole Deutsch (for the idea of the podcast), Douglas Passanisi and my wife.Check out the blog, Celebrating Adversity