374: What if a brutal assault saved your life?

After being violently attacked outside a bar, a man who spent his life motivated by loneliness and rage, begins forging a new path to peace and healing through Buddhism and awakening to the thread that connects us all.

Today’s episode featured Cesar Cardona. If you’d like to reach out to Cesar, you can email him at cesarspeak6@gmail.com.

Cesar’s socials: IG- @beautyinthebreakpod // @TikTok - Beautyinthebreak

Find out more about Cesar at his website: cesarcardona.com

A special thanks to Scott Johnson, Host of the What Was That Like podcast
“real people in unreal situations”: WhatWasThatLike.com (whatwasthatlike.com), who brought us Cesar’s story.

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Cathy Sitzes

Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, gang activity, criminal activity including drugs and violence with weapons, racism, brutal assault including kicking & stomping, severe facial injuries in the mouth, punctured organ injury, heavy alcohol use, explicit language

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Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez
Music Bed: Uncertain Outcomes

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