Focus on Forgiveness

Is 2013 already destined to end up pretty much the same as it did last year? And the year before that? And the year before that? One of the main things that blocks us from moving forward is that thing that’s supposed to be behind us: the past. Rewrite your past using these 8 simple steps from NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). Read More

Worrying is one of the few things that just about everyone on the planet is good at. It’s a little like eating nachos: we may know it’s not good for us, but we do it anyway—and we keep eating. Read More

Exploring what empowerment means in the context of healing for ourselves and in our relationships. Read More

My clients sometimes tell me that they have a more difficult time forgiving themselves than they do forgiving others. Read More

With spring here and summer on the way, being outdoors alone or with loved ones is a great way to practice increasing your awareness and become more pono in the process. Read More

The terms spiritual and spirituality have taken on some new meanings in recent times. The words have been associated with many different things. These associations are positive and negative, good and bad, happy and sad. And for many, none of these labels apply. The problem is not with the label of spirituality itself, but rather the associations that so many have made. Read More

Did you see this headline the other day about how people who are madly in love are more likely to put down and even act aggressively toward appealing members of their own sex they see as rivals? It turns out we are all susceptible to jealousy, a scary thought with Valentine's Day just around the corner and people getting ready to celebrate passionate love! Read More

Did you hear about the new brain imaging study by researchers at Yale University? It showed that people who meditate regularly are able to switch off parts of the brain associated with anxiety, schizophrenia, attention deficit, and hyperactivity disorder and other problems. Read More

With Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays coming up, I thought this would be a good time to talk about the importance of forgiving family members. Read More

The discipline in psychology called PNI (psychoneuroimmunology) focuses on studying how specific stressors affect specific areas of the body. Psychological studies have shown that certain emotions have more impact on the heart, for example. Read More

The Hawaiian concept of forgiveness is different from how forgiveness is approached in Western culture. First, in Huna, forgiveness is not complete until there is a complete letting go or release of the issue. One of my teachers, Etua Lopes, Kumu Hula (teacher of Hula), always says, "You forgive. You forget the incident. You remember only the learning. Read More

In response to the last post I was asked about whether two people can forgive each other nonverbally, without actually talking about what happened between them. I replied that since most of our communication is non-verbal, it is a definite sign that forgiveness is taking place when both people begin to act in a way that presupposes forgiveness. Read More

In my last blog post I talked about the Hawaiian concepts of Pono, of being right with yourself, and Ho'oponopono, the forgiveness technique that literally means to make something doubly right, and how they relate to each other. In other words, our ability to fully forgive others and release negative feelings flows out of our sense of congruency, peace, purpose - Pono. Read More

Huna, the ancient Hawaiian discipline of energy, consciousness and healing, teaches principles that people can use to keep their relationships healthy and thriving.

In Huna, we believe everything at its deepest root is energy (Mana). In the first level of Huna we teach that the ability to build up, maintain and flow energy is based on integrity and purity of thought. Read More