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Connect to Joy Podcasts: Circle of Hope | Not Quite Strangers | Time to Come Alive episodes
- What’s So Funny? The Humor In Being Human | Ep. 40 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Lia Bai & Shruthi Garimalla
From: China/Texas, USA & Illinois/Texas, USA
Talk About: What’s so funny? The humor in being human.
Connect With:
Lia Bai
Shruthi Garimalla:
- TikTok
Resources:
- Book: Humor, Seriously by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
Let's Connect:
- Website
- NQS Challenges
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Humor #Comedy #Humanity #Cultural
1 hr 12 min - The Power of Owning Your Shadow | Ep. 39 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Amy Lynn Durham & Rebeca Eigen
From: California, USA& Texas, USA
Talk About: The power of owning your shadow
Connect with:
Amy Lynn Durham:
o Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/
o Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/createmagicatwork/
o LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amylynndurham/
o Book: Create Magic at Work & Companion Journal: https://createmagicatwork.net/tools/ols/products/xn-the-journal-create-magic-at-work-8y2v
Rebeca Eigen:
o Relationship consultations: https://www.shadowdance.com/consultations
o Website: http://shadowdance.com.
o Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rebecaeigen7thHouseAstrologer
o Twitter: https://twitter.com/RebecaEigen
o Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/rebecaeigen/?autologin=true
o Book: The Shadow Dance & Astrological 7th House: https://www.shadowdance.com/the-workbook
o Liz Greene’s Psychological Horoscope Analysis - https://www.shadowdance.com/liz-greene
Resources:
• Seat of the Soul – Gary Zukav: https://seatofthesoul.com/
• You Can Heal Your Life – Louise Hay: https://www.hayhouse.com/you-can-heal-your-life-paperback
• Power v. Force by David Hawkins - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EJBABS2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
• The Moses Code - https://www.newtonvillebooks.com/book/9781401962746
• Liz Greene’s Psychological Horoscope Analysis - https://www.shadowdance.com/liz-greene
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Spiritual #Astrology #Shadow #Conflict #Personalgrowth
Let's Connect
• Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
• NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/
1 hr 5 min - Latin Ethnicity, Culture, Colorism, And Family | Ep. 38 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Carolina Veira & Priscilla Guasso
From: Ecuador/Miami, USA & Mexico/Illinois, USA
Talk About: Latin ethnicity, culture, colorism, and family
Connect With:
- Carolina Veira: LinkedIn
- Priscilla Guasso: LinkedIn
Resources:
- Red Table Talk: The Estefans - https://www.facebook.com/redtabletalkestefans/videos/143992647945702
- Fig Factor Media, http://figfactormedia.com
- Isabel Wilkerson, Caste – The Origins of Our Discontents (https://www.isabelwilkerson.com)
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
Let's Connect:
- Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
- NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Latin #Latinx #Culture #Hispanic
1 hr 8 min - Living Without Someone You Love | Ep. 37 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Saundra Rogers & Wakako Wheelock
From: Maryland, USA & Japan/ Colorado, USA
Talk About: How to live on without someone you love
Connect With:
Saundra Rogers
- Email: [email protected]
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saundra-rogers-92664763
Wakako Wheelock
- Email: [email protected]
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wakako.hashimoto.98
Resources:
- TEDx talk: Power of PAWS in Parenting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gGN9DB0GEQ
- The Wisdom of Trauma: https://thewisdomoftrauma.com/resources
- Book: Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate - https://drgabormate.com/book/scattered-minds
- Metaphysical Anatomy: https://metaphysicalanatomy.com
- Brain Gym: https://www.braingym.com
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
Let's Connect:
- Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
- NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Family #Grief #Trauma #ADHD #COVID19 #Brain
1 hr 18 min - World Travel And Living Fully With Other Human Beings | Ep. 36 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Alemnesh Belatchew & Fred Heismeyer
From: Ethiopia/Sweden & New Jersey/ Kansas, USA
Connect on: World travel and living fully with other human beings
Connect With:
Alemnesh Belatchew
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alemnesh.belatchew
- Fred Heismeyer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fred.heismeyer.9
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-fred-heismeyer-7a490a3
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
Let's Connect:
- Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
- NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #UWP #UpWithPeople #Travel #Culture #Living
1 hr 16 min - Aloha Culture, Childhood In The Military, And Their Rainbow Children | Ep. 35 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Marci Bertelson Judkins & Prudence Kealiiwahine Hokoana Gormley
Place: Air Force Brat/Utah, USA & Army Brat/Hawaii, USA
Topic: Aloha culture, childhood in the military, and their Rainbow children.
Connect With:
- Marci Bertelson Judkins
- Prudence Kealiiwahine Hokoana Gormley
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #MilitaryBrat #Family #Childhood #RainbowChild
Let's Connect:
- Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
- NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #MilitaryBrat #Family #Childhood #RainbowChild
1 hr 16 min - How Nature & Adventure Stole Our Hearts | Ep. 34 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Alicia White & Kathy Holcombe
From: Arkansas/Texas, USA & Arkansas/Colorado, USA
Connect on: How Nature & Adventure stole our hearts
Connect With:
Alicia White:
- www.aliciainthewild.com
- [email protected]
- https://www.facebook.com/AliciaintheWild
Kathy Holcombe:
- www.Famagogo.com
- [email protected]
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
Let's Connect:
- Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
- NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Nature #Wildlife #Adventure #Camping
1 hr 11 min - Moving Through Identity, Belonging, And Becoming | Ep. 33 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Keya Tollosa & Viola Brumskine
From: Ethiopia/Texas, USA & Nigeria/Cameroon/Virginia, USA
Connect on: Moving through identity, belonging, and becoming
Connect With:
• Keya Tollosa
• Viola Brumskine
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
Let's Connect:
• Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
• NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Culture #Identity #AfricanAncestry #Relationships
1 hr 22 min - Serving God through love in action | Ep. 32 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Aka Ali-Kerr & Froswa’ Booker-Drew
From: Louisiana/Texas, USA & Port of Spain, Trinidad
Connect on: Serving God through love in action
Connect with:
Aka Ali-Kerr
Strangers: Meet Aka Ali-Kerr & Froswa’ Booker-Drew
From: Louisiana/Texas, USA & Port of Spain, Trinidad
Connect with:
Aka Ali-Kerr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akaali45/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aka-ali-kerr-46b8b141/
Froswa’ Booker-Drew
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drfroswa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/froswabookerdrew/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Froswa
Resources:
Aka’s Book:
• Book: “The Master Guide to Leadership Through the Lens of Care”
• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/TheMasterguidetoleadership/?
• My Instagram link is: https://instagram.com/themasterguidetoleadership?
• My website link is: https://lensofcare.wixsite.com/akaali-kerr
Froswa’s Books:
• Books: Rules of Engagement: Making Connections Last
• Book: Ready for a Revolution: 30 Days to Jolt Your Life
• Fly Away: https://www.drfroswa.com/
• Empowering Charity (will be out in April 2022, Baylor University Press) https://www.google.com/books/edition/Empowering_Charity/LoWNzgEACAAJ?hl=en
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Leadership #Religion #Spirituality #Care #Love
Let's Connect:
• Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
• NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/
59 min - The myths and blessings of manhood | Ep. 31 NQS | Valerie Hope
Strangers: Meet Calvin Edwards & Skip Broussard
From: Texas, USA & Louisiana/Texas, USA
Connect on: The myths and blessings of manhood
Connect with:
• Calvin Edwards:
o https://www.meetup.com/Understand-Men-Dallas/
o https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-edwards-42b389/
o https://www.facebook.com/calvine2
• Skip Broussard:
o https://www.linkedin.com/in/skip-broussard-15296a143/
o https://www.facebook.com/skip.broussard
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com.
#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Manhood #Gender #Womanhood #Relationship
Let's Connect
• Website: http://www.valeriehope.com
• NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/
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About Connect to Joy Podcasts: Circle of Hope | Not Quite Strangers | Time to Come Alive
From the publisher's feed
Connect to Joy Podcasts: Our Story and Mission
Connect to Joy Podcasts is a home for meaningful connection, hope and resilience, and personal…
growth conversations that remind us we are not alone.
Created and hosted by Valerie Hope, leadership coach, facilitator, and guide, Connect to Joy Podcasts exists to support people through life transitions, deepen emotional intelligence, and inspire purpose-driven living. In a world full of noise and division, this network offers thoughtful conversations that bridge differences, foster understanding, and awaken authentic human connection.
Connect to Joy Podcasts includes three distinct yet aligned shows: The Circle of Hope, Not Quite Strangers, and Time to Come Alive. Together, they explore what it means to live with openness, courage, and heart—both personally and collectively.
🌿 The Circle of Hope
The Circle of Hope is a podcast centered on hope and resilience in real life. Through intimate storytelling and reflective dialogue, this show explores emotional healing, inner strength, and the power of community during challenging seasons. Each episode offers encouragement, perspective, and gentle wisdom for navigating uncertainty with compassion and courage.
🤝 Not Quite Strangers
Not Quite Strangers invites listeners into unscripted conversations between people who have just met. Designed to dissolve barriers and spark empathy, this show highlights the magic of meaningful connection across differences. These honest, human conversations demonstrate how emotional intelligence and curiosity can transform strangers into neighbors—and foster more authentic leadership in everyday life.
✨ Time to Come Alive
Time to Come Alive is an invitation to reconnect with yourself and what truly matters. Through uplifting interviews, reflective practices, and practical guidance, this podcast supports personal growth, self-awareness, and aligned action. Each episode encourages listeners to awaken their purpose, navigate life transitions with intention, and live with renewed energy and joy.
💛 Our Shared Intention
At the heart of Connect to Joy Podcasts is a deep belief in the power of storytelling to heal, unite, and inspire change. Through personal growth conversations, compassionate listening, and shared wisdom, this network supports individuals and communities in cultivating hope, connection, and a more purposeful way of living.
As your host and fellow journeyer, Valerie brings openness, humility, and respect to every conversation, creating a space where all voices are valued and authentic expression is welcomed.
Whether you’re seeking hope, longing for deeper connection, exploring authentic leadership, or standing at the edge of a life transition, Connect to Joy Podcasts offers conversations that help you reconnect—to yourself, to others, and to the joy already within you.
- Discover your circle.
- Find your hope.
- Connect to your joy.
🎧 Subscribe and explore the latest episodes at connecttojoypodcast.com
🎥 Watch full episodes and extended conversations on YouTube