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
#34 How to Find Joy Through a Tragedy with Nakita Reed
THIS EPISODE IS FOR:
- anyone who has gone through or is currently going through a tragic event
- anyone seeking advice on how to heal through a tragedy
- anyone who wants to know how to support a loved one through a tragedy
- anyone who wants an inspiring perspective about life during the lowest of times
OUR GUEST: NAKITA REED
Nakita Reed is an Associate at Quinn Evans and an award-winning architect with experience in the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings, with a focus on sustainable strategies in design and construction. She has a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia. She is a registered architect, a LEED®-Accredited Professional, and a certified Passive House Consultant.
She serves on the board of the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and is a co-chair of the Zero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing and Heritage Buildings (ZNCC). She is also the host of Tangible Remnants, a podcast for lovers of existing buildings that explores the intersection of architecture, preservation, sustainability, race & gender.
HOW TO CONNECT WITH NAKITA:
Podcast "Tangible Remnants"
Website
Instagram @tangible remnants
Facebook @tangible remnants
JUNE & NAKITA TALKED ABOUT:
- The shocking story of how Nakita found out about the tragic event that killed her 3 family members (her father, step mother, and step mother's sister) and the trial that ensued
- How she handled the tragic news
- What she had to go through (from logistics to emotions) because of the tragedy
- The hardship of carrying the burden of an all-consuming grief
- The best description of grief
- The pain of letting go and the timeline to create closure
- What happened in the trial and finding closure through the justice system when it does not feel fair
- "It was always going to happen" / coincidences that can't be ignored
- Normalizing the ebb and flow of grief
- How to support someone and hold space for people going through a tragedy and what NOT to do
- The toxicity of "don't cry" "it will be ok"
- How to find acceptance through tragedy
- The hardship of receiving an inheritance
- Learning to be normal even if that feels like betrayal
- 3 tips for anyone trying to find joy through a tragedy
- What Nakita's father would have said about life and living
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CONNECT WITH JOY GUIDE JUNE!
Website: Here you'll always find the latest news, events, and offerings
Substack: For more podcast bonus materials and behind-the-scenes, as well as, a Joy Community where you don't have to go through the mess alone!
Instagram: The only social media June is really on right now
Joy Guidance: For those who want private, 1:1 support in finding joy