It's About the Connection

Jo Glazebrook wraps up the Do Good Feel Good series by giving us the details of how a team of amazing people in Brighton and Hove U.K. came together to create the emergency food hub during the pandemic. She describes how people from all over the city lent a helping hand with whatever they could. It was a true sense of coming together during hard times. 
Each person within the series was contacted by Jo to build what we now and forever will call 'The Shop'.  Oddly enough the pandemic brought us all together but the 'The Shop' helped us create connection without even knowing it. 
Jo is also the project manager at the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership which is an amazing non-profit that organizes cookery courses, a community garden, shares meals in the city and spreads awareness on food waste.
The Shop's evolution is an amazing example of what people can do when forced to rely on one another but do it because it's our human instinct to come alongside anyone who is in need. 

Interested in knowing more about the organization? Click below.
 https://bhfood.org.uk/

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Evie O'Rourke shares her personal journey through medicine. She shares her opinions and is opened and honest about what she believes a GOOD doctor really is. She also talks about student burn out, the reasons why she loves medicine and how one american TV show inspired her to become a doctor. She also created and Instagram page that is focuses on providing information for those who are thinking about going into medicine.

Follow her @evie_does_medicine

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In this episode Nicolette talks to a woman who is also in the 'connecting' business. Her name is Jo Wren and she and a great team of people are re-connecting folks back to nature for it’s very free natural ways of healing. 

Grow is the charity that herself and a team of people helped establish. We talk about the importance of making nature a priority in your life, the science behind it and most importantly remembering we are all interconnected.

You can find out more about the program on their website below.
http://www.growingwellbeing.org.uk/
Also on Instagram 
@growing_wellbeing 

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Kevin shares his early beginnings as a young boy born in Dublin raised in an idyllic childhood. From being introduced to international cuisine by his mother which in those days were very uncommon and being the popular home in the neighborhood surely because the smells were nothing near the typical Irish style suppers. To moving to SoHo in London during a time when the red light district was in full swing and finally realizing at 18 years old he was unhappy and knew there was something missing while living deep in the hustle and bustle of the city. Could it be connection that was missing?
Kevin's journey is not only interesting and entertaining but also intertwined with his bits of wisdom he learned and now passed onto us...Reflection in our lives and investing in the relationships that matter to you most. 

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Dave Pop shares his journey as a young creative boy from Wales now living in Brighton U.K. as a mural artist using his pop art style that stands out with it's bold brilliant colors and signature Brighton imagery. We talk about the ups, downs and turns arounds as a freelance artist during a pandemic and how he continues to stay positive even when the going get's tough.

You can find his work on his website at https://www.davepopart.com/
Follow his instagram @davepopart
Don't forget to check out the Choccy youtube where Dave shows chocolate skills: https://youtu.be/7MF4u1bEZY8

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In the very first 'unplanned bonus' episode Nicolette talks openly about the inequalities happening in America and also coming to terms with the possible biases she may have held and understanding more in depth about systemic racism.
Seeing and hearing about it on the news in another country has given her a new perspective on the topic. It's not just in the States but everywhere. It's also a uncomfortable conversation for some but it must be talked about. It will take a lot of learning and unlearning. But it is possible and it begins with the heart. 

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In this episode Nicolette gives you a break down on the definition of what human connection means to her and also by dissecting 5 major elements within the 'googled' definition: energy exchange, paying attention to one another, deepening the moment, inspiring change and building trust.

A lot of us might have the wrong idea of what connection truly means. It doesn't mean you have to be the best of friends to connect with someone but within us is an innate need to connect with one another on a certain type of level...and there are simple ways to do it!

I also tie is Brene Brown's anatomy of trust. She created an acronym called BRAVING which is such a helpful way for all of us to to remember the key elements that make-up trust.

So let's start to understand this whole human connection thing together shall we?

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Join Nicolette on her journey of finally owning her passion for human connection. Being transparent about her newbie at everything life, recently moved aboard and having to create a community of her own made her realize how everyone needs relationships-Without them we'd be goners! She will be inviting some of her favorite people she's met while in Brighton, England. Pulling out stories from their life experiences and hoping it provokes thought, makes us laugh and teaches us a little something we never bothered to think about.

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