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.
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How to Find Joy
#21 How to Find Joy When You Lose Someone You Love with Tess Bermudez (Grief & Death Episode Part 1)
OUR GUEST:
Tess Bermudez is a Southern California Native who has been exploring her Native American heritage through Shamanic education and other holistic healings. She is an animal lover and rescuer, business professional, and mental health advocate. She is determined to help normalize grief in all aspects of life.
THIS EPISODE IS DEDICATED TO THESE LOVED ONES WHO HAVE PASSED:
Grandma Diane Staggs
Grandma Jenny Hernandez
Zack Portka
Lurissa Holcomb
Kyle Lewis
Bonnie Staggs
Mike Samson
Kathy Ivans
Grandpa Manuel Hernandez
Brandon Furlough
Grandma Staggs
Nathan Hernandez
Ben Mertlich
David "Blue" Verwyest
Grandpa Richard Roehl
Danielle Stevens
Robin Staggs
HOW TO CONNECT WITH TESS:
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WHAT JUNE & TESS TALKED ABOUT:
- What is joy to Tess
- Struggling to find joy / deserving to feel joy, especially during times of grief
- How Tess calls in joy on a daily basis
- 20 deaths
- Challenges faced during the first loss at a young age
- Death speeding up adulthood
- Writing as a healing tool
- Seeing the humanity in grief and death
- The differences of healing from every death
- Self empowerment and resilience via grief
- Slipping into darkness
- Coping mechanisms during grief / Bypassing grief
- The importance of closure (no matter the timeline)
- Shamanism- what is it and how it worked for Tess
- The shame and guilt that can come with losing someone you love
- Mediums and the ever-growing popularity of connecting with Spirits
- Spirituality - what is it to Tess and how it supports her
- Religion vs Spirituality
- Connecting with loved ones you’ve lost
- The importance of signs
- Every day things that become important after someone you love is gone
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