In a Tragedy-Filled World, RiseUpEight Promotes Resilience

New York, NY, September 14, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Newscasts are filled with tragedies occurring on a daily basis, which is why it is inspiring to hear positive stories about people overcoming challenges in life to succeed--a quality psychologists call "resilience," according to RiseUpEight founder, Michael Nova. The organization's website, www.RiseUpEight.org, which will launch on September 20, 2016, aims to inspire people with interviews and stories featuring successful inspirational people around the world who have mastered the art of resilience by conquering adversity to rise up again and again.

According to the American Psychological Association, people can develop their capacity for resilience.Through the website, which features interviews with celebrities and others who have overcome life's toughest challenges to succeed, Nova and the RiseUpEight staff hope to inspire readers to build their own capacity for resilience. “Inspired by the Japanese proverb that reads, ‘Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight,’ as a community, we resolved not only to stand but to rise,” explains Nova, the New York-based multimedia artist and entrepreneur.

The website features stories of how people overcame brushes with death, people losing their jobs and their homes, heartbroken people who thought they would never find the loves of their lives, people who recovered from "impossible" illnesses, people with abusive childhoods, and people with dead-end careers--all of whom rose again to became stronger and more successful after all hope seemed lost, says Nova.

People sharing their inspirational stories on the website include TV, film and theater actor Daniel Benzali, ESPN Radio’s Dave Rothenberg, musicians Natalia Calavier (Thievery Corporation), Rikki Rocket (Poison), Patrick Spurgeon (Rogue Wave), Julia Nunes, world music impresario Fabian Alsultany and many more. Resilience—that character trait that allowed these people to succeed in life despite professional, monetary, physical, mental, or emotional challenges—is the thread that runs through every story on the website.

Nova’s own story--about his comeback from multiple illnesses from which he nearly lost his vision permanently--appeared in a recent edition of Entrepreneur.com. Through alternative therapies, diet and nutrition, he was able to successfully reverse the effects of kidney disease and other health issues. He was then able to complete the twelve-year production of the music and film multimedia project, X: The Human Condition, which industry experts thought impossible to achieve. His own experience inspired him to share it with others. Nova explains, “What led me to create the RiseUpEight website was the realization that I had this inspiring story to tell, but so did so many others. The impact that my story had upon people was palpable, and I wondered what would happen if we could tell hundreds of stories like mine. How much impact would that have?” So his experiment began.

RiseUpEight invites the public to join the community at www.RiseUpEight.org.

Michael Nova of the music group X: THC, also serves as president of Nova Music Productions, Inc. and of Nova Custom Printing in New York City. Previously Nova co-founded Metrofly, an independent non profit organization that promoted awareness of and raised funds for many well-known charities.