Connect to Joy Podcasts: Circle of Hope | Not Quite Strangers | Time to Come Alive

Strangers: Meet April Brown & Iveth Valera

From: New Jersey, USA & Venezuela/Texas, USA

Connect on: The freedom to create combines healing and inspiration

Connect with:

• April Brown https://www.instagram.com/aprilmaybpoetry/

- April's Book: "Love is Like Breathing" - https://www.etsy.com/listing/832804326/love-is-like-breathing?ref=share_v4_lx&fbclid=IwAR0nBv01uVBX5DZeMLusZklkc5jLfqKQyeF1UA8cU2juOQeart2mRgRLC5g

• Iveth Valera - https://www.instagram.com/valerai/

- Iveth's YouTube Channel: "Poems & Songs" - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDGu2ap9XrkMkuj4jB2c_3Fe68uE-Setc

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#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Poetry #Creativity #Freedom

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/

Strangers: Meet Benjamin Mertz & Rachel Avonne

From: California, USA & Texas, USA

Connect on: Speaking your mind through your music

Connect With:

• Benjamin Mertz – https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-mertz-51133120/

• Benjamin's Music:

o Benjasoul (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1cjLnUJYxsQQupGQNHQShh?si=fEZaQcoSTGeokqRPfz-XUA

o Climbing up the Mountain (album) - https://www.benjaminmertz.com/product-page/climbing-up-the-mountain

o YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/bwmertz

• Rachel Avonne: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-avonne-6497b6a/

• Rachel's Music:

o City Streets (album) Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/3fLjMnJSba46o4hkEmpZdn

o Unity Church https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuqgcPQRpphRZVCW4yZSybPSADbJy8xuL

o Jazz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS-bIotGd-C2V03P2KJvmgw

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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 #Music #Musician #Piano #Songwriting

Strangers: Meet Eva Castilla & LaRue Eppler

From: Tenerife, Spain/Texas, USA & Oklahoma/Texas, USA

Connect on: A beautiful environment as an expression of love or fear

Connect With:

• Eva Castilla
• LaRue Eppler 

Resources:

• Homestead, by Jill Peterson (Series: The Settlement, They Made Do, Homecoming, Simple Cooking for a Simple Life + the magazine "A Simple Life" that was in circulation from 2010 to 2020)
• "Living the Country Life" magazine: https://www.facebook.com/livingcountry
• LaRue’s Book: Your Essential Whisper

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Let's Connect:

• Website
• NQS Challenges
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook

#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Beauty #Joy #Soul #Gratitude

Strangers: Meet André Cherigo & Rolando Hope

Place: New York, USA & Panama/Alabama, USA

Topic: Movies, mentorship, and meaning

Connect:

• Andre Cherigo - https://www.facebook.com/andre.cherigo

• Rolando Hope - https://www.facebook.com/rolando.hope

Movie Mentions:

• Matrix Trilogy

• Interstellar

• The Upside

• Black Panther

• Judas & the Black Messiah

• Disney Classics:

o Pinocchio

o Cinderella

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#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/

Strangers: Meet Faby Gallegos & Jacqui McGovern

Place: Texas, USA & Ireland

Connect on: Mental self-care and parenting

Connect:

• Faby Gallegos

• Jacqui McGovern: www.minded.ie

Resources:

• Love In Love Out - Dr. Malie Coyne

• Asha.org

• Charlie Mackesy - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

• Help with Stuttering

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#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #MentalHealth #Wellness #Youth #Teen #Parenting

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/

Strangers: Meet Jeremy Blades & Lexie Okeke

Place: Bermuda/United Kingdom & Texas, USA

Topic: Music as a soundtrack to a full life

Connect with:

• Jeremy Blades –

o https://www.facebook.com/JdotBlakke

o https://www.instagram.com/jdotblakke/

• Lexie Okeke –

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexieokeke/

o https://www.instagram.com/lexieokk/

Resources:

Jeremy Playlist:

• Outkast – Southernplaylisticadillacmusik

• Goodie Mob - Soul Food

• Cee-Lo Green

• Mahavishnu Orchestra - You Know You Know

• Menehan Street Orchestra - Make the Road By Walking

• Today - Tom Scott

• North Sea Jazz Fest

Lexie Playlist:

• Chika

• Koffee

• Kirk Franklin

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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/

Strangers: Meet Andrew Brazington & Nuria Dixon

Place: Philadelphia, USA / New York, USA

Topic: The military veterans you meet and the “you” that is left behind

Connect with:

• Andrew Brazington

• Nuria Dixon

Resources:

• Women of War: https://vimeo.com/410021248

• Nuria's film "Redeploy": www.redeployfilm.info

• Ethan Art-Venture short film "Finishing Funds" https://gofund.me/8e1541bc

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#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Military #Veteran #Army

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/

Strangers: Meet Connie Laufersky & Nas Panwar

Place: Michigan & Texas, USA /Kenya & Canada

Topic: Hope and promise through Montessori education

Connect:

• Connie Laufersky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/connie-laufersky-0411b041/

• Nas Panwar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/naspanwar/

Resources:

• Book: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
• Book: "Speak Peace in a World of Conflict by Marshall Rosenberg
• American Montessori Society and Association of Montessori Internationale
• White Rock Montessori: https://www.whiterockmontessori.org/

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#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Montessori #Career #Education

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/

Strangers: Meet Alison Godfrey & Lytwaive Hutchinson

Place: New Jersey/Texas, USA /Michigan/Virginia, USA

Topic: Strong and assertive women reflecting on the past.

Connect:

· Alison Godfrey

· Lytwaive Hutchinson

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#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Goals #Career #Achievement #Fulfillment #Leadership #Women

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/

Strangers: Meet Jennifer Durbin-Tuffy & Princess Young

Place: North Carolina, USA /Idaho, USA

Topic: Gratitude for our hair journey

Connect:

· Jennifer Durbin-Tuffy

· Princess Young

Resources:

· Curly Girl Handbook - https://youtu.be/ssUcbBi4FlQ

· Good Hair by Chris Rock - https://www.netflix.com/title/70112745

· Bumble and Bumble - https://www.bumbleandbumble.com

· Stylist: Keisha Ricks – Nappy Bliss Natural Hair Salon (Dallas, Texas): http://www.nappybliss.com/

· Stylist: Tiffany – https://www.reveriehairco.com/

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#NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Hair #Locs #Hairstyle #Biracial #CurlyHair

💬 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/