It's About the Connection

Nicolette Rhodes-Morgan
  • 4.7 (10)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE
It's About the Connection

Come alongside my personal journey, pursuing passion for connection. A California girl recently moved back from the UK – Enjoying the delights of the funky town of Brighton, share my ride through life as I transition between countries, friendships, and gets personal with the people I've befriended, in old towns and new. Engage in thought provoking conversations, feelings and levels of intimacy that are never afraid to go to deep, after all – There’s more to connection than what sits on the surface! And my mission? Spreading awareness of our innate for friends, relationships and how to get there.

  1. 02/18/2022

    Part 1. We are all different and so are our friendships.

    On the first episode of season 3 about friendship I talk a little about how you and everyone around us are so very diverse. Our needs and desires in a friendship are different (besides the obvious traits such as trust, honesty etc.) Some seek deeper family like connection, some don't and some just need a basic friendly acquaintance to fulfill their social world. And all of this is ok. Yes. I believe in my core that life is more beautiful and fulfilling when we do life w...

    28 min

  2. SEASON 3 TRAILER

    Friendship.

    After returning to California from a lovely life in the U. K. in the beginning of 2021 I was back in my home turf reconnecting with old relationships. The whole year I was unexpectedly being taught new lessons and understandings on friendships on a whole new level. I have always had a love for people and my relationships but wow did I gain a fresh perspective on the importance of friendships/connections in our lives and I am so grateful to share my experiences with you. And it's i...

    2 min

  3. 05/03/2021

    Just two chicks getting to know each other. With Kristin Thormann

    This is the last conversation of season 2 and it's exactly that. A conversation. It wasn't prepared, there is no theme or topic. Just two chicks who met while volunteering at Brighton and Hove emergency Food hub in the U.K. Kristin shares a little about her life growing up in Germany, finding a career as a flight attendant and how she no longer allows shame to hold her captive. In 2020 Kristin went through a tragic loss of a family member and got through it with the help of her clo...

    59 min

  4. 04/16/2021

    A chef, an extrovert and the discovery of dyslexia. With Lucy Howells.

    In this episode Lucy shares with us her story as a young girl raised in Ireland during a war, struggling in academics but finally finding her calling as a chef in one of London's best hotels. She takes us on a journey of being one of the first women to be hired as a chef at the Intercontinental . It was there when struggles with certain tasks surfaced. As she continued to grow as a chef and started her own catering business the struggles continued until she was encouraged to finally see...

    1h 3m

  5. 04/02/2021

    A personal journey of living abroad, homesickness, motherhood and investing in long distance friendships. With Marcy Baldock

    In this conversation Marcy is opened and honest about her personal journey from the past to present. As an American woman living in U.K. comes with loads of emotions. Homesickness, lack of connections and the simplicity of familiarity.Marcy opens up about her experience while being apart a religious organization for most her youth but after she started to question her own faith as a Jehovah Witness she made the decision to leave after feeling the sense of disconnection and conditi...

    1h 18m

  6. 03/19/2021

    A story of music, loss and and mending broken pieces with gold. W/ Jen Jarvis from Seeker.

    In this episode Jen Jarvis from the band Seeker takes us on a truly opened and honest journey through her life as a mother of three, wife, singer/song writer and the many other hats she wears. In this conversation she paints an image of her song writing experiences. One after the devastating news of her mothers' illness and on a night when life just seemed to be a bit to much which lead to Seeker's new song 'Come Rushing In' which is featured at the end of this episode. A deep, aut...

    1h 15m

  7. 03/05/2021

    Part 2: Loneliness. The main ingredient to disconnection.

    Part 2 is a continuation of reflections on the past and present and putting language to an emotion that everyone has felt at least once in there life. But how do we react and deal with that emotion? How does it effect us and keep us more disconnected? Nicolette reads a short passage about the effects of loneliness from a book called Together written by Vivek Murthy . In the passage Vivek explains that loneliness itself can be the thing that keeps us from connecting with one another due ...

    34 min

  8. 02/19/2021

    Part 1: Reflections and the discovery of a unknown emotion

    In this episode Nicolette records in an empty flat just two days before flying back to The States to call it home again. It was while living in the U.K. that an emotion was felt that she could not recognize right away but lead her to this creation of this podcast.Finally, she coming to the conclusion that the very feeling was an outcome of not having genuine and authentic relationships in her life abroad...but what was that that feeling? Loneliness. Loneliness is our natural emotional signal ...

    43 min
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About

Come alongside my personal journey, pursuing passion for connection. A California girl recently moved back from the UK – Enjoying the delights of the funky town of Brighton, share my ride through life as I transition between countries, friendships, and gets personal with the people I've befriended, in old towns and new. Engage in thought provoking conversations, feelings and levels of intimacy that are never afraid to go to deep, after all – There’s more to connection than what sits on the surface! And my mission? Spreading awareness of our innate for friends, relationships and how to get there.

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  • Creator
    Nicolette Rhodes-Morgan
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023 It's About the Connection
  • Show Website
    It's About the Connection

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