The start of the new year can make us feel invincible. We think about what the year to come may hold and I know I start off feeling empowered to make this my best year yet. I work to set my goals for bettering myself and focus on kūlia i ka nu’u (pronunciation: koo-lee-ah ee kah noo-oo), or literally ‘striving to reach the summit’.
Read MoreNow that we are a few days into the new year, I keep hearing more and more about everyone’s ‘new year’s resolutions’. I personally have never been able to keep a resolution past the first two weeks of the year so I have shifted my thinking to consider this time of year as an opportunity for new beginnings, or nā ho’omaka hou (pronounced: na-ah hoh-mah-kah ho) in Hawaiian.
Read MoreThis time of year is always so interesting…just as we almost recover from the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa celebrations, we do it all over again as we ready to flip the calendar to the new year.
Read MoreThe case for scrapping New Year’s resolutions and setting intentions instead.
Read MoreNew Year’s traditions always start at grandma’s home for founder Lori Shen.
Read MoreDedicated to helping you live aloha even when you are away from the islands.
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