by Ke Kai Kealoha | Mar 28, 2021 | Aloha, Behavior Adjustment, Declutter and Organize, In Home Support, Self Improvement, Traditional Knowledge
Would I keep my hands in my pockets and shoes on? Yes. And by the way, it takes a lot for me to keep my shoes on when I walk into a home...just not something I do. Most people raised in Hawaii follow the same practice as a sign of respect to the family and home....
by Ke Kai Kealoha | Mar 10, 2021 | Ahonui, Aloha, Cultural Traditions, Family Practices, Legacy, Oia'i'o, Traditional Knowledge
Helps a Four Year Old Stand Strong. It's 1964 and a dark rolly-polly hapa Hawaiian girl arrives at the doorstep of one, if not, the best grammar school in Hawaii. Door wide open, she and her Dad walk through the threshold. A lady greets them and if she knew 'Ozzie...
by Ke Kai Kealoha | Feb 25, 2021 | Behavior Adjustment, Declutter and Organize, Family Practices, In Home Support, Self Improvement, Traditional Knowledge
Is this the one? What will it look like? Feel like? Once upon a time there was a house, not a home…yet. Just a house…not your house, yet. Just a house located at 123 My Favorite Street, My Favorite City, My Favorite State, My Favorite Zip Code. What would...
by Ke Kai Kealoha | Feb 11, 2021 | Aloha, Ao, Behavior Adjustment, Ha'aha'a, Legacy, Lokahi, Oia'i'o, Self Improvement, Traditional Knowledge
To take action? This week I was reminded of how important it is to listen. Listen to the gnarly regurgitation rumbling in your stomach. Or the angst in your hunched-over posture. Not to mention your mind saying, "Wait a minute." And finally, the humming pain...
by Ke Kai Kealoha | Jan 28, 2021 | Aloha, Behavior Adjustment, Cultural Traditions, Declutter and Organize, Family Practices, In Home Support, Legacy, Lokahi, Self Improvement, Traditional Knowledge
I say yes! It’s a new year and I am excited about what we can do together. We endured some hard lessons. Others, more so than humanly possible. But we are here, standing at the dawn of our making. A making of a different beginning. One we craft that holds...
by Ke Kai Kealoha | Dec 24, 2020 | Aloha, Ao, Cultural Traditions, Family Practices, Legacy, Lokahi, Oia'i'o, Traditional Knowledge
For Cultural Intelligence, family practice and storytelling is our natural way. Poi is as important to me as the air I breathe. For my family poi is a way of sharing cultural intelligence. Cultural intelligence is passed down through storytelling. And storytelling...
