by Sarah Hodges | Aug 10, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
By Sarah Hodges EPIC ‘Ohana’s vision and innovative approaches are tremendous steps in vastly improving our foster care system. From attorney to the director of EPIC ‘Ohana, Laurie Tochiki at EPIC ‘Ohana is transforming the foster care system to make it...
by Sarah Hodges | Jan 5, 2023 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Choose one thing (big or small) that you thought you could not do… and go do it. By Sarah Hodges We often tell ourselves we are not capable of doing certain things. Some of these perceived limitations are well-founded – No, I cannot jump from one tall building to the...
by Sarah Hodges | Nov 3, 2022 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Try taking a day off from electronics and technology By Sarah Hodges Our lives are busy, and even in the “down time” we have all our big and little devices to occupy and enthrall us. So, how about a change of pace? What might you do with a day completely off “screen”...
by Sarah Hodges | Nov 3, 2022 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
Photo by Andy Stenz As I write this, I can hear the happy humming and clanging of the house next door’s deconstruction. I hear what sounds like cheery workers listening to Hawaiian music, carefully disassembling the house piece by piece to salvage...
by Sarah Hodges | Jan 13, 2022 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
One morning as I paddled out with a young beginner surfer, I heard her from behind me crying out that her arms were too tired to keep going. I waited for her to catch up and then reminded her of Dory in Finding Nemo, and how she would sing to herself “just keep...
by Sarah Hodges | Jul 8, 2021 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
In order to adapt to changing times, we must be willing to see in new ways. In March of 2020, like so many other business owners, Kat Lin-Hurtubise, owner of the hospitality company Gourmet Events Hawaii, faced unprecedented circumstances. As the world headed into...
by Sarah Hodges | Jul 8, 2021 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Reina Hoori 祝部玲奈 Enthusiastic Hula Student: Finding the Aloha Spirit In 2020, amidst a rapidly changing world, Reina Hoori, her husband, and their two teenagers moved from Japan to Nebraska, departing from friends and the familiarity of their home...
