News — Interview

Interviewing Kealoha Hoe, a member of the Polynesian Voyaging Canoe Society since 1995, was such a beautiful day filled with pure ALOHA! Kealoha’s tales of his voyages contain nuggets of wisdom and sage life advice by intricately weaving the deep connection and synchronicity of not only navigating celestially on the sea, but of navigating through all of life. His reference to “He waʻa he moku, he moku he waʻa" ("A canoe is an island, an island is a canoe") is a brilliant metaphor. "He waʻa he moku, he moku he waʻa" simply translates to "The canoe is our island, and...

Since I can remember, I have been fascinated by the mystical and the magical. I gravitated to see my first psychic, Lan Vo, when I was in my early teens. Over the past 35 years, I have experienced some jaw-dropping, mind-blowing seers and healers from all over the world. Today, wherever I go, I try to tap into the underground network of hidden healers and healing methods.Two years ago, I went to see right in my backyard at the Waikiki Health Center, a Native Hawaiian healer—Auntie Fran. On her door she has a cool wooden sign that says: Lomilomi, La’ua...

Hula has always been such a huge part of Janene's life and my own. It was during our Saturday hula lessons with Auntie Kanani Bell that Janene and I first became hula sisters and friends.  Thirty years ago, Kim Taylor Reece—the infamous sepia hula photographer—asked me to participate in several hula photo shoots with him. It was hard work, a lot of fun and such a great honor. When Janene and I launched Aloha Inspiration in Oct 2017, the very first person we wanted to interview was KTR. We drove out to his beautiful Hauula Hale and Kim and Kanoe...