How to Find Joy
This podcast is all about how to start finding joy through this messy thing called life.
Follow your host, June Suepunpuck, on her curious adventure to answer the question: “how to find joy?” during our most challenging human experiences.
As a Joy Guide, June has spent years helping people go from living uninspired lives to building ones that feel honest, aligned, and joy-filled.
In Season 1, you heard beginner-friendly tips and practical advice from guests who were experts in their field or had firsthand experience with major life lessons.
In Season 2, things get more personal. Instead of only learning from others, you’ll hear June share her own stories of reinvention in real time: the messy middle of motherhood, identity and career shifts, and starting over in a new city (again). This is not about perfect “3-step” formulas. It’s about the unpolished, often awkward process of letting go of old dreams, experimenting with what’s next, and finding joy in the middle of it all.
If you’re ready to get honest about what’s holding you back from true happiness, want to feel less alone in your own life pivots, and are curious about the small things that can make a big difference... you’re in the right place.
New episodes every other Monday!
How to Find Joy
#18 How to Find Joy as a Caregiver with Joe Tower
OUR GUEST: JOE TOWER
Joe is a writer and content creator from the Midwest living mountain high in Colorado. He’s an outdoor enthusiast, a veteran bartender, and a caregiver advocate. Along with his cancer warrior wife, Anna, he’s on a mission to normalize the cancer conversation.
HOW TO CONNECT WITH JOE:
instagram
IF YOU WANT TO DONATE TO THEIR GO FUND ME:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-anna-tower-on-her-cancer-journey
RESOURCES:
Joe’s interview on Patient Story
US Department of Health and Services / Resources for Caregivers
WHAT JUNE & JOE TALKED ABOUT:
- How Joe got into the caregiving role
- Joe’s initial reaction to his wife’s cancer diagnosis
- Mantra: There’s no way out but through
- Caregiver role, especially where you didn’t have a choice to be one
- Losing yourself as a caregiver
- A day in the life of a caregiver
- How caregiving impacts your work and normalcy
- The impact of an “invisible role” and the value of being a caregiver
- Shame & guilt for self care and recognition of the role
- Caregiver mental health resources
- The vital importance of taking care of yourself as a caregiver
- Delayed trauma and resentment as caregivers
- When your own support system runs out and what to do
- The breaking point: Misdiagnosis & when your person begins to recover
- Red flags for burnout and caregiver rock bottoms
- Options for caregiving recovery
- More caregivers experience mental health issues when the person they are taking care of begins to recover
- Failure and insignificance as a caregiver
- The gifts of being a caregiver
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Joy Guidance: For those who want private, 1:1 support in finding joy