When we’re children, Christmas magic feels effortless 🎅🏼 The excitement for Santa, Christmas lights, making cookies, and that amazing feeling on Christmas morning opening gifts 🎁 In this episode, I reflect on that childhood sense of awe and how, as adults, we can reconnect with it again.

Whether it’s through a walk down memory lane to a feel-good memory 🤍, or by finding wonder in something nearby in the present moment - like watching a fireplace or enjoying the smell of hot cocoa or apple cider - all of these little things can bring moments of awe ✨

In this episode, I share a few personal memories of falling asleep under the tree, discovering Pokémon Blue in my stocking, and spending a magical Christmas in Paris ✨ Which was also my first time out of the country :) Wandering the Christmas markets and seeing the Eiffel Tower glowing against the winter sky is something I’ll never forget 🌌🤍

Lastly, I explore how nature is always offering us gifts of awe - the stars, the trees, the quiet…the beauty that doesn’t ask for anything in return. Wonder truly is all around us - it just takes slowing down and letting ourselves take it in to enjoy it 🕊️

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As we approach the Winter Solstice on December 21st, I wanted to talk about Makahiki, which is a Hawaiian season of rest, gratitude, and renewal 🤍✨

Makahiki reminds us that slowing down is not falling behind. That rest is part of our cycles and allows us to then after step into a renewal 🌱

The winter solstice lands at the peak of this season of rest (celebrated from October to February), and serves as a turning point where darkness begins to turn to light 🤍

This season teaches us to honor both the dark and the light. How shedding what no longer serves us or our “darkness”, makes room for lightness, balance, and renewal. Like yin and yang, both energies have value and create a balance ☯️

I hope this episode grounds you as we approach the solstice and brings you some love, light, and aloha on your aloha Friday 🫶🏼🤍🌴✨

#makahiki #wintersolstice #seasonofrest #selfcare #alohafriday

With the holidays and New Year just around the corner, I wanted to create an end-of-year reflection episode :) And what better guest to bring back than my best friend, Maya Klein, who was also my very first guest on the show (Pharmacist & Home Organizer) 🤍

In this conversation, we reflect on our personal and professional journeys over the past year, sharing lessons learned, moments of synchronicity, and the importance of mindfulness, nature, and honoring life’s seasons 🌿✨ Maya also shares grounding practices she’s embracing around the Winter Solstice ❄️ and in her daily meditation 🧘🏽‍♀️

I also reflect on starting this podcast this year - what it’s meant to me, how it’s grown, and how meaningful it is to connect with listeners around the world 🌍 (I share stats of where everyone is tuning in from)

One of our favorite themes is the idea that there are many “New Years” - January 1st 🎉, Chinese New Year (year of the Snake), birthdays 🎂, seasonal shifts 🍂, or any moment you choose for renewal 🌱 It’s also okay to be in progress at these point, because life is all about the journey.

Tune in as we talk about gratitude, growth, reflection, and defining your own new beginning ✨ I hope this episode helps you reflect on your own path and how you define your on your timelines and renewals 🤍

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