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iPod | 2:20 | To Embed or Email: click above I am out of town and left my intended footage back on my main hard drive so I found this remnant from last winter! It's got a mood to it I think, and it's dedicated to dog lovers and long shadows everywhere. The sound is minimal - just the sweet romancing rhythms of gentle late afternoon waves. Co-mingled with Lexi's steady breathing, and a reminder from my friend Lola Jones to "breathe for pleasure." I hope we at Beach Walks can cast a shadow of grace on you today. Mahalo for your patience in our absence. Hawaiian word: ho#699;oaka: to cast a shadow Subscribe to Beach Walks with Rox in iTunes. (Please leave us a review too!) Join our online community, The Reef. Become a Fan on Facebook.

iPod | 4:09 | To Embed or Email: click above We meet the loveliest people through Beach Walks. A while ago I met Yoshiko Hino, a viewer from Japan who connected with me on Twitter. Like myself, she has visited Hawaii many times and fell in love with the place! She is now making plans to move here. She is a very talented jewelry designer - you can see the Hawaii influence in her work. You can find her on Twitter @yoshikocat. She also does sales, which is easy to understand as she has a way of connecting with people. Hawaiian word: Ne e aku: to move away Subscribe to Beach Walks with Rox in iTunes. (Please leave us a review too!) Join our online community, The Reef. Become a Fan on Facebook.

Please enjoy this summer replay! This was a continuation of a Beach Walk 389 from Santa Cruz with a demonstration of the calming and clearing technique, EFT.Emotional Freedom Technique: EFT. You can also read another review here.That's a California sea otter featured at the end of today's show.Hawaiian Word: Nui important

There were mysterious rainbows coming into my kitchen a while back. I traced it, and it gave me a chance to find a jewel in the rough - literally, in my neighbors yard. She was sending me rainbows and I was sending her stink eye. How often do you think a change in action is preceeded by a shift in consciousness?Hawaiian word: linolino: radiant, sparklingJoin us at The Reef for discussion, Reef Radio, and occasional live streaming.

Relationships can be so illuminating and so misleading. I often find myself wishing the others would just change, instead of focusing on myself, which is the only change that really matters, the only change where I have any power or influence. Focusing the light on each of us by each of us a great way to start the week I think. It's a beautiful day and we are joined by my little friend Kaile, who is just learning to explore the power she has as one little person, in a relationship.Sidebar: We changed our format to wide screen today. Please let me know what you think of it!Please welcome and check out our show sponsor, Primo Water. Primo Water is a new, environmentally-friendly water bottled in a natural plastic made from plants, a renewable resource grown on American soil. Meet us on The Reef to discuss this cool new technology.Hawaiian word: Ho okahai: one (person)Join us at The Reef and Listen to Reef Radio

If you watch this show regularly, you know that I like teasing apart the little nuances and discrepanices in how we use words, the language. It packs so much subtle energy, and that energy can actually interfere with the pursuit of happiness IMO. One example is the difference between compromise and negotiation. In compromise, it can feel like two people facing (off) against each other, with the problem in the middle. Both people typically feel like they have to give up something in order to solve the problem in the middle, to save the relationship, which is also in the middle. In negotiation, people can sit side by side and face the problem/relationship together, looking to see how much of a win each can gain from creative problem-solving. Negotiation is deliciously devoid of tit for tat energy.Hawaiian word: Lanakila: win, triumphJoin us at The Reef

I am barely awake in this episode...as co-mingling with 10,000 geeks at the SXSW Interactive Conference kept me on the run for long days! Thank heaven for some rooftop restoration at our hotel. Plus you get to meet a few of the peeps!Shane and Tim Au: swimJoin us at The Reef

I read this article in the Wall Street Journal about certain personalities who always look to blame others, and cannot seemingly admit to making mistakes themselves. Some of you probably have more experience with this than I do, tho I myself used to be quick to blame others too. The article said these no-fault types would often surround themselves with perfectionists, who can apparently take blame more easily in the event that something does not turn out perfectly. As a recovering perfectionist though, I can say that trait made it hard for me to admit fault! After all, I was trying much harder than everyone else, attending to details no one else would see, etc.Bottom line, though is that being able to admit fault when appropriate, can keep things moving quickly and definitely helps me enjoy more, whatever I am doing. I definitely find it gets easier with age; life has a way of being the ultimate finger pointer, and most often says, "Give it up - nobody's perfect, admit your part and let's move on."Hawaiian Word: Hewa: mistakeJoin us at The Reef

I have acquired a cold, and given that I am speaking at the Hawaii Advertising Federation in two days, my monkey mind and the full moon were really working me over in my sleep last night! So I decided to practice some EFT (as mentioned in Beach Walk Episodes #389 and #390) to shed some of that "what if" drama. I do believe it is helping. Please wish me well by Thursday morning! I also have been using the Bach Flower Remedy, Elm, as my friend Jen of Ebb and Flow TV once recommended to me.Hawaiian Word: makai i oia: wellJoin us at The Reef Beach Walks with Rox #575 - Ducking the Dramalt;/a> I have acquired a cold, and given that I am speaking at the Hawaii Advertising Federation in two days, my monkey mind and the full moon were really working me over in my sleep last night! So I decided to practice some EFT (as mentioned in Beach Walk Episodes #389 and #390) to shed some of that "what if" drama. I do believe it is helping. Please wish me well by Thursday morning!Hawaiian Word: makai i oia: wellJoin us at The Reef Add this to your Technorati Favorites Support us by buying your own copy of our Beach Walks Theme music. Please check out our Blogroll page with many more links to our friends' web sites.Email & Share This

An old friend of mine is in town and he is my guru for the day. He is one of those people who does not stop and see all the reasons why something can't happen, but instead just makes things happen. He and his wife Krissy decided to retire early so they can live in Italy near their daughter and grandchildren. He fulfilled a lifelong dream this past year too, in buying a catamaran sail boat. Ni was a member of the 1964 US Olympic Ski Team and it is certainly possible that he was born with more drive and zeal than the rest of us on average. But I love seeing how he lives his life, how so many things are possible behind his eyes. And what an adorable family he has, as supporting evidence that something is working really well.Hawaiian Word: I k ia manawa: nowJoin us at The ReefAdd this to your Technorati Favorites Support us by buying your own copy of our Beach Walks Theme music. Please check out our Blogroll page with many more links to our friends' web sites.Email & Share This

The 500th episode. Yada yada yada. Secret Cameraman is off island (this seems to happen at all the major milestones!) and I'm waaay busy this week, so it's gonna be just another episode. It occurs to me that we are coming full circle. Used to be, we all really depending on each other for survival, and it was literally life threatening to speak or act outside of the tribal mentality. The big thing of the 60's and the hippies and the boomers and the yuppies, was discovering selfishness.Now though it seems there are many like Bill Spencer at the Hawaii Venture Capital Association who see the value to us as individuals by taking care of our communities in addition to ourselves. Funny enough, I've been carrying around my rake all week to clean up some of the broken glass and cigarette butts at the beach. While I was talking to Jim C, another man came up to borrow the rake as he wanted to do some clean up too!No pressure though - maybe today is a day just for you. Either way, it's all good with me.Hawaiian Word: Wahi noho like o ka po e: community Hana no eau: artPlease check out our Blogroll page with many more links. Tags: art, visualize, internet, lexi, dogs, videoblog, beachwalks, podcast, walk, roxannedarling, roxanne darling, kaimoku, travel

Bad days happen. Oh well.Will I ever Get to Samosa Blog Bob Marley's Three Little Birds Josh LeoHawaiian Word: He ll ino: bad dayTags: joshleo, eclecticjourneys, beach, hawaii, lanikai, beachwalks, podcast, walk, roxannedarling, roxanne darling, kaimoku, travel

A call from Alaska (hi Chris!) and talk about re-balancing the client-vendor power relationship. I am not sure if business relationships are different here in Hawaii or if I am different living here in th eland of Aloha, but I find people remarkably friendly, open, and there is a less rigid hierarchy of relationships. I really like it.Meanwhile I learned that my hair dresser had surgery. I would like to help her if I can, even though I'm her client. I am not sure how I feel about asking one of my clients for help; we are the ones in the relationship who usually provide the help! I think it is part of the dismantling of traditional roles, like is happening in so many ways, in large part because of the internet.What do you think?Hawaiian Word: K kua: helpTags: help, clients, alaska, conch, beach, hawaii, lanikai, beachwalks, podcast, walk, roxannedarling, roxanne darling, kaimoku, travel

Patricia Lange, a fellow at the Annenberg Center for Communication, wrote an article for the Barnard Center for Research on Women discussing in part how I use bikinis occasionally on Beach Walks specifically to be true to our local beach culture and to break the stereotypes associated with them. She did a lovely job; I recommend you go read the article.In thinking about culture, I also remarked that the internet is a culture of its own too. CC Chapman recently congratulated a caller who had reported on his progress leaving comments on websites. That was a homework assignment CC gave at his PodCamp New York session. And one I suggest often also! It's a great way to have a cross-cultural experience.It's possible have a cross-cultural experience just by visiting the person across the hall or across the street from you!The Vulnerable Video Blogger: Promoting Social Change through IntimacyHawaiian Word: Huaka i: travel, tripTags: stereotype, culture, bikini, internet, beach, hawaii, lanikai, beachwalks, podcast, walk, roxannedarling, roxanne darling, kaimoku, travel

A message on my niece's IM inspired me to think about the nature of selfishness."If I give in, what do I give up?"That's a challenging question for me, and for people who lean toward being "generous to a fault." I sometimes think of how this flow works out in nature. Animals are intrinscally selfish, and yet somehow it all works out beautifully.Attention Windows Media Player Viewers We are simplifying our process. You now will be able to view the larger, 640x480 version by clicking the "Download" link. Depending on your browser settings, it will either play in a blank window for you (close it when done) or will download to your desktop. This is the version we release for Akimbo so we are no longer doing double versions. Hope you like the larger format!Subscribe in iTunes so you won't miss a single episode! Try it - it's easy. Please leave a comment for us while you're there! Call the Conch line via skype:roxannedarling or 1-949-544-1456. Our wonderful theme music is from Kaimoku: The Ukulele Experiment.Hawaiian words 'Au'a: selfishTags: nature, selfish, lexi, vlog, video, stressless, podcast, walk, roxanne darling, kaimoku, travel

Promises are a feel good solution in the moment. But they can sure create pressure and disappointment on the way to being unfulfilled.Of course, they can also ramp up the energy and help motivate me towards a short term goal. Nonetheless, since I am looking for ways to be happy and experience less pressure, I tend to avoid promises as much as possible! My urge to please and my pleasure in sharing often tempt me to make promises about htis or that, but I've learned to keep my mouth shut when it comes to those two words, "I promise!"Attention Windows Media Player Viewers We are simplifying our process. You now will be able to view the larger, 640x480 version by clicking the "Download" link. Depending on your browser settings, it will either play in a blank window for you (close it when done) or will download to your desktop. This is the version we release for Akimbo so we are no longer doing double versions. Hope you like the larger format!Subscribe in iTunes so you won't miss a single episode! Try it - it's easy. Please leave a comment for us while you're there! Call the Conch line via skype:roxannedarling or 1-949-544-1456. Our wonderful theme music is from Kaimoku: The Ukulele Experiment.Hawaiian words Ho'ohiki: to promiseTags: promise , lexi, vlog, video, stressless, podcast, walk, roxanne darling, kaimoku, travel

The siren call of the sea was irresistible for me today; off to Santa Cruz for a late afternoon walk.My bizzy schedule had me a bit tired and confused this morning. It occurs to me that "business" is a form of making things appear to be very "important" so we keep bizzy holding it all together. That pressure can be very invigorating; it can also be counter-productive when fatigue or confusion are present.When the latter happens, I often use EFT. Come back tomorrow for more info on that and a demonstration. You can also read another review here.Note to my California friends: Sorry to have missed you this trip. I had very little down time and hope you'll understand.Subscribe in iTunes so you won't miss a single episode! Try it - it's easy. Please leave a comment for us while you're there! Call the Conch line via skype:roxannedarling or 1-949-544-1456. Our wonderful theme music is from Kaimoku: The Ukulele Experiment.Hawaiian words Nui: importantTags: EFT, business, santa cruz, hawaii, dog, vlog, video, stressless, podcast, walk, beach, roxanne darling, lexi, kaimoku, travel

This is a continuation of yesterday's show from Santa Cruz with a demonstration of the calming and clearing technique, EFT.Emotional Freedom Technique: EFT. You can also read another review here.That's a California sea otter featured at the end of today's show.Subscribe in iTunes so you won't miss a single episode! Try it - it's easy. Please leave a comment for us while you're there! Call the Conch line via skype:roxannedarling or 1-949-544-1456. Our wonderful theme music is from Kaimoku: The Ukulele Experiment.Hawaiian words Nui: importantTags: EFT, health, santa cruz, hawaii, dog, vlog, video, stressless, podcast, walk, beach, roxanne darling, lexi, kaimoku, travel