Shut Up + Listen with Hope Alcocer

** This Episode has an AAA...aka an AX3...aka an Armenian Aunt Advisory** What does this mean? This episode of Shut Up and Listen may include profanity, triggering topics, or content that is not appropriate for kids. TL;DR-- this may be an episode you DON'T blare in the car with your kids in the back seat. ---------------- PREVIOUSLY RECORDED 12/2021 Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your bi-weekly dose of inspiration + insight. This week it's all about family! Hope is chatting with her cousin (and very first friend) Rachel Mardoian. Rachel shares her inspiring story of making a cross country move to California with no job and no plan, just a yearning to step outside of her comfort zone. It's never too late to start over. Find Rachel (AND her SF Yoga schedule) on Instagram @rachmardo. Curious about Rachel's career path? Yoga? Big move? Visit her at her website. Rachel has chosen to pay it forward to SOAR. SOAR stands for the Society for Orphaned Armenia Relief successfully providing humanitarian relief to orphaned Armenians throughout the world since 2005. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

** This Episode has an AAA...aka an AX3...aka an Armenian Aunt Advisory** What does this mean? This episode of Shut Up and Listen may include profanity, triggering topics, or content that is not appropriate for kids. TL;DR-- this may be an episode you DON'T blare in the car with your kids in the back seat. ----------- Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. We're baccccccckkkkkkkk. In the Season 2 premiere of Shut Up and Listen, Hope is chatting with female entrepreneur, badass mom, wife, and self-proclaimed pothead Jordan Massa! Jordan is the co-founder of Doja Consulting; a market research, strategy, and branding consulting company that specializes in the cannabis business and immersive & educational events. Jordan dives into her weed journey, how consumption has helped with chronic pain, and resources that can provide further education and products for all the weed connoisseurs out there. Jordan's favorite things: 1. Mary's Medicinals 2. HiVi 3. Foria Jordan has chosen to pay it forward to The Last Prisoner Project. We made this $25 donation to happily pay it forward in September 2021. Connect with Jordan via Linkedin or email jemassa@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. This weeks guest, MelimeL, wears many hats: graphic designer, business owner, women's empowerment advocate, event producer, and super mom (just to name a few). MelimeL shares what it is like to be a working mom, thoughts on Juneteenth, why asking for help is okay, and how she pivoted her business during the pandemic. You can find out more about MelimeL on mldigitalart.com Follow MelimeL on Instagram Follow the female empowerment platform SISstarloop or on SISstarloop.com Subscribe to the digital magazine The Empowerment Network For tickets to the 10th annual Women Empowerment Event MelimeL has chosen to pay it forward to the Dominicans Love Haitians Movement --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. In this week's solo episode, Hope is coming to you live from New York City! We cover moving during a heatwave, post pandemic weddings, letting go of past relationships and how important it is to be kind to yourself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. This week it's all about celebrating friendship! Hope is chatting with her two best friends, Olivia Ford and Laura Cosgrove. The ladies discuss how they first met, why their friendship has lasted, what Friends characters they identify with, and more! Olivia has chosen to pay it forward to NYC Coalition for Educational Justice Laura has chosen to pay it forward to GiveWell --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. This week Hope is chatting with female entrepreneur, business coach, and founder of Six Degrees Society, The Mastermind Program, & ReadySetCoach, Emily Merrell. Emily talks about how she started her own networking business, pivoting during the pandemic, and gives advice on how to break away from your 9-5. The Shut Up + Listen community can participate in a complimentary networking event on Emily at Six Degrees Society, use code VIRTUALSDS at check out. Six Degrees Society Emily on Instagram Emily has chosen to pay it forward by donating to Sundara Fund --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. Part 2 of Hope's conversation with therapist Laura Jennings. This week Hope is chatting with a fellow Michigander, founder of Azalea Therapy, Laura Jennings. Laura is a Michigan based therapist who works in adult, child and specifically healthcare professional therapy. Hope and Laura discuss the trauma as a result of this past year and Laura provides some insight into what the pandemic has been like in the therapy world, coping mechanisms and where we can find support. Lauras resources: The Calm App Azalea Therapy Laura has chosen to pay it forward by donating to The Michigan Black Therapy Fund --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. This week Hope is chatting with a fellow Michigander, founder of Azalea Therapy, Laura Jennings. Laura is a Michigan based therapist who works in adult, child and specifically healthcare professional therapy. Hope and Laura discuss the trauma as a result of this past year and Laura provides some insight into what the pandemic has been like in the therapy world, coping mechanisms and where we can find support. Lauras resources: The Calm App Azalea Therapy Laura has chosen to pay it forward by donating to The Michigan Black Therapy Fund --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute (ish) podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. In this episode, Hope sits down and interviews her mom, Joyce (AKA Mama Joyce), for Mother's Day. Mama Joyce weighs in on all things motherhood in your 20s and 30s, balancing parenting + career, and practicing self-care as a mother. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. This week Hope is back chatting with a mutual friend from her small town in Michigan, Jessica Kaczmarczyk. Jess is a fully licensed social worker who focuses on helping young women. We discuss growing up as a feminist in a small town, finding your voice, and what advice you would give to your younger self with what you know now. Jess' Resources/Recommendations Social: Ella Grace Denton, Instagram Rachael Alaia, Instagram Brene Brown and her new podcast Unlocking Us (So good!) Read: Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit Listen: Laura Marling - A poetic British folk singer who is feminist as fuck and gender-bending Sleigh Bells - To make you feel like a badass Any music by Katheen Hanna (to also make you feel like a badass) Mental Health: If you have private insurance, call the number on your insurance card or talk to your doctor. Or simply go to psychologytoday.com and research the type of therapist you want to work with. Shoot them an email or phone call. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15 minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. Birthdays suck. Breakups still suck. But we can do hard things. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15 minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. Hope is back! Coming at you live from Taco Tuesday in the great state of Michigan. When you have a fear of needles, acupuncture can't be that bad right? Wrong. In 2021 we are learning to breathe and do what makes us uncomfortable. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15 minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. This is an intro to how 2021 is going so far. 2020 was hard, be kind to yourself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15 minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. We are at the end of our intro. Hope moves to New York, changes career paths, and comes into her own as an author. This also serves as a general intro in what to expect from this podcast. Happy 2021! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15 minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. T/W Suicide Hope takes you to part 2 of her story. Where a brain injury can lead to a creative renaissance, pulling yourself out of dark times and how reflecting on where you have been can help you appreciate where you are now. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support

Shut Up and Listen hosted by Hope Alcocer. A 15-minute podcast with your weekly dose of inspiration + insight. DISCLAIMER: please excuse the audio issues in this episode- we have since fixed them. Introduction to your host Hope Alcocer. Childhood, college, introduction to a head injury that would change her life forever. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-alcocer/support