{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"#BlindTok Podcasts","title":"My Blue Skies Journey: #BlindTok E:14","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3750,"description":"n Episode 14 of #BlindTok, Murray Elbourne and Tammy Jackson welcome Mark Slavin, the relentlessly upbeat creator behind BlindTok's Mr. Blue Skies. Mark's eyesight started slipping at twelve, but a tidy nearsightedness label sent everyone home happy and kept the real story buried for years. He caught footballs by sound, played every sport his school had, and trusted his body to quietly cover for him, right up until it couldn't. When the real diagnosis finally arrived, delivered with roughly the warmth of a parking ticket, he made a call plenty of us would understand: nobody was ever going to know. What follows is a long stretch of denial, a cure hunt that carried him much further than he ever expected, and a wake-up call you don't get to ignore twice.\nFrom there it becomes a story about clawing back up, about the one thing that can haul you out of the dark at your lowest point, and about building a life out of music, mentorship, and good vibes shared a minute at a time. But the three of them go where most positivity accounts won't: the bad days, the grief that keeps no schedule, and the small wounds that sneak in from even the people who love you most. Expect a refreshingly honest take on faith, a neighbor who had no idea canes work indoors, and one disarmingly simple answer for anyone offering to fix Mark's eyes. It is funny, it is real, and it lands on something worth hearing more than once: you are never in this alone.\nYou can also stream this podcast on other platforms:\nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7I70Od8DprNx5nZXpJTyNM\nApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-blue-skies-journey-blindtok-e-14/id1896888033?i=1000773461316\nOther Resources\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/murrayaelbourn/ \nTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@murrayamerability?_r=1&_t=ZP-97LlF79lgCN\nLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/murray-elbourn-69576543?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app\nAmerability Website: https:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/GQCNfFtcgOfPbN6n4Yw4eHH5v2T3Bo-S_6mnOFqIl6U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTA4/MjNlODZiZTQxODMw/NWQ0ZDMxZjQzM2Qy/M2RjZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}