How to find your “calling.”

Short answer: one disciplined step at a time, by listening to your inner voice. This is my story. I do what I love. I'm a therapist, and its my privilege and honor to witness stories, hold the bottle for tears, and be present in the deepest pain and greatest...

Have you ever watched the moon rise?

One of the very talented authors I've become acquainted with in my writing journey is science fiction/fantasy writer Mary Pax. She's joining us to today to introduce her newest book, The Backworlds, and talk about what sparks creativity for her. Welcome and aloha,...

Those that pass through #Hawaii and haunt us.

(ALL NAMES AND DETAILS CHANGED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY.) Some of you know I’m a school counselor and therapist. This year has been interesting as I’m at two schools, one of them without a school counselor (I’m supposed to be a “higher level” service.) This means I...

Quotes to feel better by.

Quotes. Nuggets of wisdom. I love 'em! And I love what I do as a mental health counselor. It's truly a privilege and calling to do this kind of work. One of my favorite ways to encourage clients is to write a pithy little quote on the miniboard in my room. It sits...

Grown here. Not flown here. Integration in #Hawaii.

“Grown here, not flown here.”  Integration in Hawaii: is there such a thing? The mystery that is the social strata of life in Hawaii is something I’m exploring  in my Lei books, something that’s so complex, multilayered, multiethnic, and fraught with...

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