Episode 72: Mrs. Marquez - My 1st Grade Teacher 🍎🤍

In this episode, I have a guest that is very near and dear to my heart - my first grade teacher, Mrs. Marquez! 🍎 With National Teacher Appreciation Week coming up in early May, this felt like the perfect time to reflect on just how much teachers shape us during such an important growth stage of our lives 🤍

After 30 years of teaching, Mrs. Marquez shares what she’s learned, the moments that have stayed with her.

We talk about our own memories together… the funny moments, the classroom activities, my friends, singing songs in choir, and … even my baking soda volcano project I did later in elementary school 🤓🌋🧪(which feels very fitting now 😄)

Also, Mrs. Marquez got to see Episode 40 at Kīlauea! 🌋 So we reflect on that too and share our experience and awe of our beautiful volcano. We also share a love for photography 📸 which made this conversation even more special.

Tune in for a feel-good wholesome episode about about gratitude, growth, and honoring the people who help shape who we become 🫶🏼🤍

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In this Aloha Friday episode, we explore two Hawaiian words: “pau” (finished) and “hana hou” (go again).

Life is full of cycles, natural endings and resets 🤍

We regularly see chapters closing, seasons shifting, and moments of pausing before beginning again. Even just yesterday, Kīlauea marked “pau” on her 44th episode, and now we wait as she prepares for her “hana hou,” which, in part, inspired this episode 🌋

In this episode, we talk about how each pause or ending brings the opportunity to begin again, and how this is a natural rhythm of life ☀️ Just like the way each day comes to a close, and a new one begins 🤍

It’s a reminder to honor what is complete, while staying open to what’s ready to start anew… and that life offers a beautiful rhythm of pau and hana hou 🫶🏼🤍

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Today’s episode was inspired by the Artemis II mission, as it’s made me think about the Pale Blue Dot quote by Carl Sagan and the humbling perspective it gives us about life on Earth 🩵

“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.”

In this episode, we explore the story behind those words 🌎 We talk about who Carl Sagan was, the moment that inspired the quote, and why it continues to resonate so deeply today 🤍

We also connect this perspective to what astronauts are experiencing now, as they return on their voyage back from the moon. The same awe and wonder… that can give an entirely different perspective on life and what it means.

This conversation is an invitation to zoom out.

To let your problems feel a little smaller.

To remember how short and precious life is.

To reconnect with what really matters.

Join me for a conversation around awe and a new perspective. As these space missions remind us that we are all part of something bigger 🫶🏼🩵✨

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