Working with the Divine (Nicole Avant)

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

Elise Loehnen

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Nicole Avant is a philanthropist, filmmaker, and former diplomat. In her recent memoir, Think You’ll Be Happy, Nicole describes attending to the grief and shock of her mother’s unthinkable murder—she was shot in the back by a home intruder in 2021—by creating a living legacy in her honor. Her mom, Jacqueline Avant, had turned her Los Angeles home into a refuge for artists, politicians, and world-changers as the partner to Nicole’s father, entertainment mogul Clarence Avant, who is the subject of Nicole’s beautiful documentary,The Black Godfather. Nicole grew up sitting at the feet of extraordinary artists like Bill Withers, Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Sidney Poitier watching as her parents navigated the world to make it better for future generations. In today’s conversation, we talk about that legacy—as well as Nicole’s relationship to the divine. Like her parents, she is a master connector—putting people together to see what unfolds. MORE FROM NICOLE AVANT: Think You’ll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude The Black Godfather, on Netflix Follow Nicole on Instagram To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Elise Lunan, host to Pulling the Thread. Today I'm joined by filmmaker and former ambassador Nicole Avant, author of Think You'll Be Happy.
0:13.6	You know what that is? An ice cold beer. What's different?
0:22.6	It's Budweiser. Brood Longar for a refreshing, smooth taste.
0:29.6	Like no other.
0:31.6	Cheers to that.
0:33.6	Budweiser, like no other.
0:36.6	Please drink responsibly.
0:37.8	For the facts, visit drinkaware.com.com.
0:39.3	Okay.
0:39.7	On this,
0:41.3	Hi, it's Elise Loonan, host of Pulling the Thread. On this show, we pull apart the web in which we all live to understand who we are and why we're here. Pulling the thread is about big questions, why we do what we do, how we can understand our own experiences within a larger spiritual and historical context, the ways in which we might begin to understand
1:12.2	ourselves and each other better, and what's required to heal ourselves in our world. I'll be joined
1:18.0	in conversation by luminaries and wise elders, those who have laid tracks in their work and lives to
1:23.3	help us bring meaning and understanding to a world that often feels chaotic and overwhelming.
1:28.9	My hope is that these conversations spark moments of resonance and plant tiny seeds of awareness
1:34.0	so that we might all collectively learn and grow.
1:39.0	I really think that the past, we can go back to it and we definitely learn lessons because I'm always
1:46.0	a hindsight person. So in hindsight, I'm always thinking that, okay, what could I have done
1:50.0	better? But the past experiences for me, I've learned as I've gotten older, is to grab the lesson
1:56.0	and hopefully there's a blessing in there too, and then move on. I used to stay stuck in the past and try to understand why, why, why, why, why.
2:05.6	I would spend so much time, Elise, that I'm never getting back.
2:09.6	Why did this person do that? Why did this happen?
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