92 - The Story of a Dolphin Trainer, Filmmaker, and Cancer Survivor featuring Joy Clausen Soto

The MaYapinion® Podcast

Joy Clausen Soto joins the podcast this week and she is a keynote speaker who inspires audiences with her story of perseverance. She followed her dream to SeaWorld, San Diego to become a dolphin trainer. After that Joy continued following her dreams and attended film school. Then at age twenty-five she found a lump on her throat and was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Joy decided to make a documentary of her journey with the hope of sharing a story of survival. Her documentary “Just One Year – A Story of Triumph Over Cancer,” went on to win several awards at film festivals.

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01:23 Joy represents her book Joy: The story of a dolphin trainer, filmmaker, and cancer survivor.

02:20 Joy talks about her experience as a dolphin trainer, and how she did use the technique of visualization to train for the test.

04:24 How Joy knew about the power of visualization, and how this technique helps people.

05:51 What Joy learned from training dolphins,

08:00 Joy describes step by step how to achieve the big goals,

09:05 The reason why Joy left her dream job as a dolphin trainer, and why she began as a filmmaker, and how she felt when she discovered she had cancer.

13:03 How Joy finds her purpose in life

14:17 How some events and bumps can change our lives, and how it shapes people in a positive way if we let it

16:20 How Joy start got into doing documentaries, and the story of the documentary she made about her chemotherapy experience,

19:03 The reason why Joy put herself in a vulnerable position and took the risk to film the process of her own chemotherapy experience,

22:00 How Joy made from filming her documentary as part of her cancer healing, and how that helped her during these tough times.

24:13 Joy’s advice to people struggling with cancer, and things that helped her to survive cancer

29:55 Joy’s tips to step in into leadership

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Joy has spoken at TEDx and most recently published her memoir entitled, “Joy: The Story of a Dolphin Trainer, Filmmaker, and Cancer Survivor.” She frequently hears that once readers pick it up, they can't put it down. Her book is helping anyone who is going through obstacles in their lives, cancer patients and survivors, and their loved ones. Joy lives in San Diego with her husband and two kids.

Connect with Joy here:

https://www.joyclausensoto.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-clausen-soto/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joy.soto.5

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoyClausen

Link to her book: https://www.amazon.com/Joy-dolphin-trainer-filmmaker-survivor/dp/1736252305/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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