Valerie June Hockett is a Grammy-nominated artist from Tennessee. She’s been hailed by the New York Times as one of America’s “most intriguing, fully formed new talents.” A musician, singer, songwriter, poet, illustrator, actor, certified yoga and mindfulness meditation instructor, and author, she honorably served as a Turnaround artist working with students for the President’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities and continues serving through The Kennedy Center. She has recorded three critically acclaimed, best-selling solo albums and has also written songs for legendary artists such as Mavis Staples and The Blind Boys of Alabama.
Her albums have been praised by numerous publications such as Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, NPR Music, No Depression, Paste Magazine, Mojo, Uncut and many others. She’s been featured on The Tonight Show, CBS, PBS, Austin City Limits, Later with Jools, and many more. An Amazon #1 Best Seller in poetry, her first book, Maps for the Modern World, is a collection of lyrical poems and original illustrations about cultivating community, awareness, and harmony with our surroundings as we move fearlessly toward our dreams. She is the author of the children’s book Somebody to Love: The Story of Valerie June’s Sweet Little Baby Banjolele, published by Jack White’s Third Man Books. When she’s not touring, she splits her time between Tennessee and New York.
On This Episode we talk:
- growing up living her family’s barn
- what happened that moved them out of the barn and into the home they dreamed of
- how her father introduced her to music
- following her boyfriend and getting married young in order to mend her relationship with her family
- what she learned working in a coffee shop that inspired her to try to make a dream come true.
- her journey with her health and finding herbalism and yoga and other forms of healing
- how she started performing live
- what inspired her new guided journal
For more on Valerie find her https://www.valeriejune.com/
Listen, Follow the podcast, share the episode and tag @claimitpodcast @_triciahuffman
Join my DAILY TEXT SUBSCRIPTION to get loving messages to nudge you out of your way, remind you what matters, motivate, nurture and empower you – right to your texts! Use code “joy3” to get a discount for the first 3 months – cancel anytime! https://yourjoyologist.com/text/
Want to be continuously reminded of what you want, how awesome you are and be unblocked so you can get in action in an aligned way? Get my THE DROP IN messages
Get immediate access to my SHAKE UP journey NOW to accept all of yourself, heal shame, and be locked into who you are – in the now! https://yourjoyologist.com/shakeup/
Get my book at ftheshouldsdothewants.com and If you have it – PLEASE leave a review on Amazon + Goodreads!
Shop my products before they are gone at shop.yourjoyologist.com
Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Screenshot it and send it to podcast@yourjoyologist.com and I will send you a gift from my shop!
F THE SHOULDS. DO THE WANTS.
Forget what you have been told you should do or should be.
Instead ask yourself, “What do I want?
Learn how to listen to what it is that you truly feel & want so that you are living your most present, aligned, and alive life.
0 Comments