{"id":144,"date":"2013-07-06T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2013-09-17T06:43:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T06:43:50","slug":"episode-4-connection-to-others","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/episode-4-connection-to-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 4: \u201cConnection to Others\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"June headshot2\" src=\"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/June-headshot2-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<i>\u201cIf you want happiness for an hour \u2013 take a nap. \u2028If you want happiness for a day \u2013 go fishing. \u2028If you want happiness for a year \u2013 inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime \u2013 help someone else.\u201d \u2013 Chinese Proverb<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we see how <strong>June B. Wilde<\/strong> and <strong>Tom Cooper<\/strong> get joy and fulfillment most by their interaction and connection to helping others. Feeling like small but integral pieces of a never-ending puzzle, other people\u2019s happiness directly uplifts June and Tom. Helping someone move from pain into self-acceptance or stability nourishes their souls.<\/p>\n<p>June, an actress and acting coach, shares her spiritual philosophy to happiness. From her body to her craft, her husband to her students, June connects. How has June managed to stay active and self-confident despite constant rejections in the acting industry?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Tom smiling\" src=\"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Tom-smiling-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nTom, a Christian minister who left working in the church to run City in Focus, derives joy from comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. Since 1988, City in Focus\u00a0has been taking care of and connecting the people of Vancouver.  Tom takes us on a journey of a typical philanthropic day running City in Focus. How does he perform his ministry work in an office environment and help the soul of the city? How does connection play into his happiness?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf you want happiness for an hour \u2013 take a nap. \u2028If you want happiness for a day \u2013 go fishing. \u2028If you want happiness for a year \u2013 inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime \u2013 help someone else.\u201d \u2013 Chinese Proverb In this episode, we see how June B. Wilde [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soniaproductions.com\/ecstatictvseries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}