I’m baack! It’s been awhile since writing in this arena. Over the last fourteen months I’ve dipped my toes in a variety of community efforts – tracking and reporting on local government activity, helping a local charter school find its way through getting up and running, and navigating ‘Ohana Oasis through COVID-19. This year was … Continue reading It’s a New Day at Ohana Oasis
The magic began on a hot July afternoon. My text alert pinged, “This is it, you won’t be hearing from me for several months.” It was from a friend with whom we’d both tossed around the notion of leaving our careers to follow some crazy dream. He didn’t go anywhere, but his text sent my … Continue reading Define Living Life Fully
The second round of birthdays, death dates, and holidays have come and gone. Grieving feels like an unwanted yet ever present constant. Sometimes it’s front and center, other times it fades into the background, but still it lurks. It was during this time I careened my way into a light bulb moment. It was New … Continue reading The Light Bulb Moment
Motherhood. Unfortunately for thousands of moms every year their version is one without their child. Motherhood is a club some are excited to join and others are dragged into, it is however a club once joined we never leave willingly. For me motherhood is embracing the fact I am a mother even without a child … Continue reading Motherhood
What do you do when you wake up in the morning? Do you lay in bed scrolling through your phone? Maybe coffee is the first thing on the agenda (I can relate!). Or perhaps you feel so overwhelmed with the To Do list looming you figure the best strategy is to conquer that first, then … Continue reading Morning Practice
Do you find yourself watching life happening to others instead of fully living your own life? Would you rather help others have the best of everything than ensuring you have the best of every experience? Do you keep people at arm's length, assuming they just won't get it? Do you often find reasons to opt … Continue reading Am I Two to Twenty Years too Late?
Aloha, Are you feeling the anxiety building as we get further into December? Here are some strategies for getting through the holidays : LEAN INTO THE SAD. Yes, stop resisting it and set aside an hour or two to look at photos, home movies, whatever and just cry. Acknowledge the sadness, the wishing your loved one … Continue reading The Holidays
We hear it all the time..."Live in the moment." What does that look like, how do you really do it? Well here's a 5 minute exercise you can do to bring you into your present moment. It also has some other pretty cool benefits. So here we go: Take in environment with all your senses … Continue reading 5 Minutes of Living in the Moment
It's holiday time....and there are ALL sorts of things I could and probably will cover about this magical and/or miserable, expectation loaded time. But today I want to talk about the pace. We're told this is a time to slow down, enjoy our friends and family. Bask in the traditions you observe. But in reality … Continue reading Slowing Down to Speed Up
I have two lists, the Must Do's and the Want To Do's. The last few weeks I've been chasing to keep up with the former and been sorely neglecting the latter. I told myself it was only for a short time, to get over the hump of a couple big projects. But here's the thing. … Continue reading Dueling To Do Lists