I’ve had several reminders lately, of how good it can be to return to one’s basic essentials, and the clear intention of sharing the spirit of Aloha is unquestionably one of mine; it feels good and right to bring 2019 to it’s conclusion with ALOHA as our Ho‘ohana Community value immersion for the months of […]
RFL: A Serenity Prayer for Maunakea
We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. You make the choices which affect you most, and I would argue, are much more important in the grand scheme of things. The Serenity Prayer advises us well; “Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The […]
Ho‘okipa, Time, and Attention.
I pulled up to one of our Hawai‘i Island resort hotels the other day, to valet park my car. The parking valets were out parking the cars of those who had arrived before me, leaving only the doorman to welcome me. That ‘welcome’ however, never happened. Oh, he did approach my car. He opened the […]
The 3 C’s of 2017: Change, Congruency, Critical Thinking
Change is happening all around us, and I would like to suggest a January conversation to you. Let’s talk story about our response to the whirlwinds of current change via the skill-building of Critical Thinking and the value-alignment of Congruency. Value Preview: In this posting, we will also consider the value alignment of Managing with […]
Each New Year a Gift
“Let us welcome the new year full of things that have never been.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke, via “thin places” At this time last year, I wrote: As I write this, we’re about to turn another yearly page in our lives, the true goodness of Ka lā hiki ola in all its glory: Hope and […]
In “Being Human” we Relate with Aloha
As an author, and someone who genuinely feels she writes better than she talks, I loved the opportunity I was recently given, to present a keynote along with an essay my host published in a gift book given to all his conference participants. Part 2, Keynote. What usually happens, is that people will listen to […]
Our Beautiful Basics
I started a new client on my Alaka‘i Manager’s one-on-one coaching program this week, and it’s one of those new beginnings which always get me thinking about — and revelling in — Managing with Aloha’s ‘beautiful basics.’ When you are all-in, and deep into the throes of any philosophy, it can be so good to […]