Celebrating Adversity

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 ...

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 f...

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 q...

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 ba...

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 (f...

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 Noursi
Post-Production by Cozmic Cat
Original music by Cozmic Cat
Artwo...