Free Spirited Lifestyle & Travel

The Hilo Orchid Show is more than a dazzling display of flowers. It’s a longtime Hawaiʻi Island tradition filled with extraordinary orchids, knowledgeable local growers, creative displays, and the kind of community spirit that makes Hilo feel special.

Don’t Let Your Inner Critic Control You - Quiet Your Inner Critic When I tried slowing down and focusing on just one or two important tasks, my inner critic would pipe up. “Only one or two things? You’ve got so much more to do!” That voice of guilt would send me straight back to over-planning and overwhelm. It’s a vicious cycle: the more stressed you get, the less you accomplish; the less you accomplish, the more stressed you get It’s like a hamster wheel of anxiety.

Becoming a Free Spirit -Taking the Leap - Selling Everything and Starting Fresh So in 2019, we made a big leap: quit our jobs, sold our home in California and nearly everything we owned, and set off on a new adventure. We started in Vietnam - our son’s birth country - before exploring Malaysia and returning to our beloved Thailand.