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  • 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
    • A Spotify playlist on remembering, letting go and moving: Embracing Adversity

    Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi.

    Post-Production by Cozmic Cat
    Original music by Cozmic Cat

    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 [email protected]

    32 min
  • 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
    Narration by Julian Noursi
    Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi.
    Artwork by Clark Soriano.
    Post-Production by Cozmic Cat
    Original music by Cozmic Cat

    Thank you Michelle Fanzo (for mentoring) and my darling wife.

    19 min
  • 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.
    • 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 Cat
    Original music by Cozmic Cat

    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

    23 min
  • 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
    • Try Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing at PhairYoga
    • Read about Nicaraguan scholars supported by the Key Education Project
    • Be inspired by quotes and passages on liminal space from the Center for Transformational Presence and Katherine Dickel's, We Are Living in Liminal Spaces

    Produced by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi.
    Artwork by Clark Soriano.
    Post-Production by Cozmic Cat
    Original music by Cozmic Cat

    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

    * Blaise Pascal, 17th-century French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and philosopher, 

    22 min
  • 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 by Clark Soriano.
    Post-Production by Cozmic Cat
    Original music by Cozmic Cat

    Excerpts 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

    18 min
  • Celebrating Adversity Episode 1: Embracing Yang and its Shadow

    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 Noursi
    Post-Production by Cozmic Cat
    Original music by Cozmic Cat
    Artwork 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 wife
    Help us reach out and expand. Contribute to our GoFundMe campaign

    16 min
  • Celebrating Adversity Trailer

    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 [email protected]  and contribute.

    Produced and co-hosted by Clark Soriano and Julian Noursi
    Post-Production by Cozmic Cat
    Original music by Cozmic Cat
    Artwork 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

    7 min

About Celebrating Adversity

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A Podcast for People Living with Cancer and their Caregivers