43. Well That Was A Plot Twist!

This “didn’t-see-that-coming” finale isn’t just an ending... it’s a beginning. June invites listeners into the honest transition she’s moving through as a mother, a creator, and a human who refuses to perform perfection anymore. She shares the deeper truth behind her next chapter and how choosing joy sometimes means choosing the scary thing.

Inside this episode, listeners will:

• Hear what it sounds like to follow intuition even when it disrupts the plan
• Learn how to recognize when an old version of you has reached its natural end
• Feel encouraged to step into creativity, visibility, and authenticity on their own terms
• Get a reminder that joy often expands when we stop forcing and start listening
• Understand why “messy middle” moments are often the real breakthroughs

It’s an inspiring, full-circle moment and a powerful sendoff to the season!

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Transcript

June Suepunpuck (00:02.255)
Welcome to the How to Find Joy podcast. If you are currently feeling unhappy, overwhelmed, stuck in a rut, or simply need a boost of hope, you've come to the right place. I'm your host, June Supanpuk, also known as Joy Guy June, and I'm here to give you honest conversations on how to find joy through this messy thing called life. My intention is to share practical tips on how to get back on the path towards joy.

show you examples of what that could look like for you, and help you feel more inspired and connected to your own definition of success, power, and true happiness. If you're ready to learn what's possible, the How to Find Joy podcast is here for you. So let's get this pod started. Woohoo!

June Suepunpuck (00:55.182)
Gosh, it's already December 1st. How did we get here? Where did the time go? And I thought that I had more time with you all, but actually I wanted to make an announcement today that this will be the last episode of season two. She was a shorty, but a cutie, and very, very raw and honest.

very little editing and all the things that I feel like made season one really polished and professional and I'm very proud of that season. And in a different way, I'm very proud of season two. And the reason that I am deciding to cut this season short is because there's so much magic going on in real life that is requiring me to live my joy off the microphone. think being here

spending time during Thanksgiving with my family. I can hear them upstairs with the kiddos and just enjoying the time together. I just feel like a deep sense of, wow, I made it. I feel like I did it. And a huge part of the I did it is recognizing that if I look past, you know,

the past couple of months and of course this entire year I am going to be about almost a year postpartum in a couple weeks and that is just frying my brain in the best way and although my gosh one of the most challenging times of my heart, my life, my relationships, myself, I feel and my body, my body spirit, everything.

I genuinely am also just like, wow, this is the most joyful year I have had because I've been able to prove to myself, not to anyone else, but to prove to myself that I can do hard things. I am stronger and also softer. And I feel like that balance is kind of turning things back online for me.

June Suepunpuck (03:16.15)
I'm excited to say that I'm wrapping up this season early because there's so many people who want to be on the podcast and I'm like, we might have to bring back guests again. And that could be season three. but also I am being asked to be on other podcasts and doing guest work. And I'm about to fly to LA to be on my friend, Carrie Murray's.

podcast called Carry On. If you have not checked it out, I will link it below in the show notes. And I'm gonna be talking about things that I feel like kind of prepped me during our conversation, our time together in season two, to be able to be the most vulnerable, honest that I feel like I've ever been. And this is like high production. I'm gonna be in front of a camera. Like I'm really, I don't think I've ever been seen this way.

I've been on guest podcasts before and I feel like it's very comfortable for me to be able to be what I'm wearing right now. I'm like in my PJs. have a snuggie on. have no makeup. Like I, there's no need to like really put on a show, which of course is like one of the things as a joy guide I've been really working on is letting go of the performance, right? Like.

my audience you guys understand what it means to Be somebody who is striving their whole life to be an overachiever to have to Perform at a high level and like prove something, you know, like from a very egoic place And I feel like as a joy guide. I've just spent a lot of years Detoxing from that experience and that career and that lifestyle and I feel like I'm finally reaching the point

and so proudly so of like embodying the things that I've been talking about like fully and I think it is required a lot of humbling moments to ask for help to look at my deepest darkest shadows to really face the fears that I feel like my ego has protected me from and in a lot of ways one of the things that I have been terrified of doing which

June Suepunpuck (05:34.699)
You you guys have heard me talk on the end of season one being like, don't worry, guys, I'm going to have a YouTube channel. And I just laugh, right? Because life had other plans. I got pregnant and had a baby. like, I genuinely am. I've just always known that I was going to return to visibility. And it is very clear to me now that the way that I have been visible before is dying and is like

dead, right? Like I will no longer show up as this like poised and perfect person and because I can't turn back. Like I can't unlearn the things that I've learned. And although that is terrifying because I feel still so deeply like, I don't want to be misunderstood. I don't look the way that I used to look because I'm postpartum still like I

I have those moments where my ego still talks to me and is like, you sure about that June? are the trolls going to say when you're actually really honest? And, and I'm tired of that. You know, I'm, am genuinely tired of putting on any fronts of any sort. And I think that was something that was just like a light bulb moment when I said yes to be a guest on Carry On and to talk about a topic by the way, that I am very uncomfortable with.

So eventually I will link when that is out. will link back to the show notes. Like, here's the episode I was referencing guys. Please cheer me on. Cause this is probably one of the scariest things I've ever done. Which is hilarious. Cause it's like to be myself. That's like one of the scariest things for me to have ever done is to actually be my genuine honest self and

I think my role as a joy guide over the years has been really confusing for me. You know, at first, if I, after leaving my job, which was all about performance and all about, you know, it's Hollywood. So fake it till you make it. Like really, really, really pretend life, right? And then to actually go and claim being a joy guide at first, it was very much like, well no.

June Suepunpuck (08:00.289)
this is what the branding needs to be. This is what the commercial needs to look like. This is what I need to exactly say to the camera and do this. And luckily, like, I caught myself early on because I was like, ooh, this isn't bringing me joy. Like, what is this? And now, although I am so scared of showing the rawest part of me to the world and...

it's been really safe to do it here in the podcast where nobody could see me, but like to be seen in that way, right? And I feel like this is my next level of joy is to actually show up, be seen as myself, to love myself through this, the fear of visibility and to really up level. for that reason, I feel like my work is changing.

I'm just getting clear, very deep knowings of, the old systems at which it gave me financial security and emotional stability. Like those are dying. Those are exiting stages left. and sure, we could definitely say that being a mom and being initiated into motherhood has definitely.

uncovered so many parts of me that I've been hiding. And now that I'm really facing it and stepping in and asking for help and also receiving it, it has given me the space to really love myself in a way that I've never been able to love myself before. And with that comes like, shoot, like I think season two is coming to a close and

I don't know, I just feel as though my role as a leader or a host, right, is officially evolving. And now it's time for me to embrace the thing that I have feared the most, which is like just be an artist or be creative and be a creator. Creator. A creator in a way that is not like a content creator, but just like to be a creator of my own life.

June Suepunpuck (10:20.644)
And what that looks like is letting go of things that I feel are no longer aligned. And I'm so grateful for you guys for listening to me, like navigate what it feels like to do something imperfectly for me to actually show up in a raw, honest way with all the things that I'm going through. I truly believe that season two has given me so much of that magic and love and support.

to be able to go and be on a guest as a guest, know, and be seen and be on bigger platforms and, you know, share whatever it is that's actually on my heart versus what I feel it might be. Again, that formula to happiness. It's like, no, it's, I've even said, I think to you all about like how

the version who I am now, I wouldn't have named my podcast, How to Find Joy anymore because that's not the point of, I guess, what I'm doing anymore. It's like, I think season one was like me thinking, this is how we can navigate it. And if I interview other people, we can navigate it together and they can tell us how to find joy, right? And then season two has been all about like,

how I'm finding joy. And what I'm recognizing is I need to learn still so much of the behaviors that are keeping me in perfectionist loops, codependent behaviors or relationships and how all of that inner work is still so vital, especially if you are meant to share your experience with the world. And

You know, I think there is a innate sense of integrity and responsibility for me to also say like, yeah, if I truly believe in joy and showing up on this podcast is no longer resonating with me. If you guys can hear any yelling, I think there's football on and everybody's really excited. But anyways, it's like if this is not resonating with me in this format, then I give myself full permission to pursue the thing that truly does bring me joy now.

June Suepunpuck (12:39.71)
And you all have been so gracious in this journey to actually like listen to me, like navigate this and to really practice showing up in this pure form and this raw form in a way that I've never been able to do before. So thank you, thank you, thank you. You it's not lost on me that during this week of gratitude, I am sitting here.

in such gratitude for you as my audience for allowing me and giving me permission to experiment. I think there is so much joy, right, in being curious, experimenting, allowing yourself to be messy. And I hope that perhaps listening to this season, especially in contrast to season one, you'll kind of see my own personal evolution of what it means to guide myself, you know, through

what joy means and I hope that I have given you some modicum of support in knowing that you are not going through these like wild crazy journeys in a vacuum, you know, like it might feel isolating but gosh there are so many people out there who probably feel exactly the way that you do. I know I feel so much more supported especially when I

kind of go on my sub stack, I write what I've said or said what I've written. You know, there's this podcast and the sub stack kind of have grown together. But, you know, to be able to see in the comments that it really impacted somebody or that somebody resonates with my wild and crazy experience and we can kind of sit together in this question of like,

how do we find joy as humans? Like it just has made me feel so full of love and appreciation for you. So if you are bummed that I am not going to be doing, I'm pausing my work here for season three, whenever that may come. I just wanna invite you to go to my sub stack. I will link it in the show notes. It is called Joy Guy June. And just to like...

June Suepunpuck (15:01.909)
join the community there. I feel very called right now to do writing, to also experiment with my art. Like, just so you know what's happening, I just feel as my child is growing older and so much more present and I feel the joy of being a person who gets to support this little soul into hopefully,

alignment of his own and like all the lessons that I feel like I've learned. I hope that I can impart some wisdom to him in a way that just allows me again to not feel like I have to be perfect to actually be honest and like name the things like if I don't know something heck I don't know something let's find out together you know and I'm just enjoying that process so much alongside like getting my creativity back.

which is so nice, because I feel like, you know what, 11 months, almost 12 months postpartum, I'm just starting to feel like I'm finding my joy again. And it is hard earned, and it is really challenging, and it's definitely worth the initiation. And I can't say that it is special to motherhood. I feel like when

people in my family passed away and I met mortality and death for the first time in a big, big way. That gave me an initiation into my joy process. When I quit my job and decided no more, I cannot take this toxic environment and started really advocating for my calling, which I feel like is this, is just talking about joy and my crazy questions about it. But...

I feel like that obviously initiated me into a more full experience being human, like truly human, not the perfect human that I was striving to be, which now AI is kind of doing for me, you know, and for all of us, it's like, no, no, no. There is so much value to truly being a human that is going through this crazy experience called life. And that

June Suepunpuck (17:24.177)
every messy middle, every setback, every rock bottom that I've ever hit. Whether it's even coming from a place where I'm like so excited and I called it in and like, my God, I wanted this house. my God, I wanted this baby. my God, I wanted that job. It's like all of it. High extreme, highs are extreme lows. I feel like those are all initiations for us to dive deeper into how to find joy.

And so if you are listening to this right now and you are navigating your own messy middle, I encourage you to not give up. I encourage you to see it as a stepping stone onto the next path for you so that you can get into better alignment with the core of who you are, not the person that you think you should be, but the person that you truly wholeheartedly are. And

that there are gonna be more and more examples, in my opinion, as we all kind of start becoming more critical thinkers and act upon what it is that we intuitively know about ourselves and really trust ourselves, I feel like that joy is right around the corner. So with that, we close season two. Thank you so much for being here and I hope to see you on my sub stack, Joy Guide June, or maybe in real life.

and we can share a hug or a coffee or a tea and commiserate over all the things that have really given us such gifts of growth and true immense pleasure and joy.

June Suepunpuck (19:08.498)
If you love this episode and want more, there are a few ways to stay connected. You can explore more resources over at JoyGuideJune.com. That's where you'll always find the latest episodes, upcoming events, and ways to work with me. And if you want a community where you can be loved and to also see some of my more private journal essays.

You can join me on the Joy Guide June sub stack. That is also where you will find extra nuggets of wisdom inspired by each of our podcast episodes. And of course, if you're craving personal guidance, you can book a one-on-one joy guidance session with me. It is private, it is custom, and a space for you to get clear on what's next for you and your path to joy. So no matter how we stay connected, I am so glad you're here and I will see you next time.