Miss Happy Mess

As a new single mother, Kim chats with the woman who taught her how to single-parent: her mother, Lani Johnson. They discuss dating, working, and how being an introvert with a very social child can be really hard and sometimes embarrassing. 

On this Happy Hour, Jill and Kim discuss adult kids - no young adults - and the struggle of insurance, utility bills, interest rates, and just being a new adult. 

This week, Kim talks with her eldest daughter, Numia, about transitioning to college and then coming home for the first summer after freshman year. They discuss redefining parent/child relationship and how to parent an "Adult Kid." 

Jill records from her car, Kim from her closet, and this week they discuss the strength and vulnerability of journalist and author Carol Lin and announce the podcast's first fundraising campaign. Look for the QR code on IG! 

Kim chats with former CNN Anchor Carol Lin on Love, War, and the importance of allowing our daughters to see who we are completely  - mistakes and all. 

We're back, ready for Season Two! Jill and Kim chat about this season's first guest, the only female on the 1978 Hokule'a voyage, Marion Lyman-Mersereau; this season's theme- legacy; and whether individualism is the end of society. 

On our season 2 premiere, I talk with Marion Lyman-Mersereau, the only woman on the Hokule'a's 1978 fated voyage that ended when the canoe flipped 6 hours after its launch. Leaving the 16-person crew stranded in the middle of the Pacific for nearly 2 days. We discuss how the voyage affected her, her memory of the famous waterman, Eddie Aikau, and the effect Hokule'a has had on generations since it...

All things The Odyssey. From Homer to Nolan to Akbar. All the different takes on this Epic and how they reflect our own lives. Our season one finale questions our values: does Jill want many boyfriends, who we are, and how we deal with our ever-changing lives?

Christopher Nolanʻs The Odyssey has just opened in theatres and this week Kim talks with Oxford-trained clinical psychologist and classicist Dr. Sam Akbar about her new book, The Odyssey Mindset: 7 Timeless Lessons on Strength, Resilience, and the Power of Purpose. A psychological toolkit that uses Homer's The Odyssey as a practical reference for navigating our own messy lives.  

Producer Jill and Kim chat about trauma bangs vs. Charlieʻs Angelʻs bangs, to hairscape or not to hairscape, and the killer of creativity...perfection. 

I chat with Hollywood stylist Brittany Madrigal about what hair means to her, how her on-set career has changed over the past decade, and how we bonded over lice. 

After an insightful conversation with Janel Parrish about her endometriosis diagnosis, Kim and Producer Jill chat about the need for self-advocacy when it comes to our health, the true art of listening, and whether there are "good" swear words.

Actor Janel Parrish gets very real about her stage 4 endometriosis diagnosis. The pain and frustration that led to her empowerment and getting the correct surgery and treatment. If you have or have had a uterus or know someone who does, you need to hear this episode.

We are a happy mess this Friday. Producer Jill and Kim discuss the World Cup, showing up as our authentic selves, and the inspiration that is Donato Fatuesi. 

Podcast host, model, actor, activist, producer, lumper, tour guide, factory worker, cheerleading coach, college graduate, and transgender witch, Donato Fatuesi comes to chat about all the jobs she's taken on her journey: she's pushed past fear, learned how businesses work from start to finish, and the bravery it takes to be creative.

We made a Substack! Producer Jill and Kim discuss moving on, procrastinating on making our own estate plans, and some of our earliest memories together.

Kim chats with Honolulu-based estate planning attorney Stephen Yim about directives, intentions, and how the most productive estate planning is about people, not paper. 

Producer Jill and Kim discuss the fabulous Asia Jackson, separating personal life from work life, the complications of working from home, and did Kim have to pee?

Kim sits down with Asia Jackson to discuss the chaos of busyness, how to love yourself, and learning to separate the "work" you from the "personal" you. 

Producer Jill and Kim finally have a drink and discuss tone, taking compliments, and being passive-aggressive.

This week, Kim sits down with her middle school daughter, Manalani, and DBT therapist Mary Tobon to hash out common communication bumps, including the morning routine, how to deal with tone, and self-judgment projected onto others.

Kim and Jill discuss soulmates, pie, and the institution of marriage.

This week, Kim chats with Hinaleimoana Wong and Kathy Baybayan about the true nature of long-term relationships, why there’s no such thing as a 50/50 partnership, and the concept of “divorce” across different cultures and generations.

Producer, Jill and Kim welcome back Jarmae to discuss being enough, ancestors, and poi.

This week, Iʻm chatting with my family: my Auntie Mamo Kim and my step-sister Jarmae Turner. We get into the mess of being hapa, our imposter syndrome, if being asked "what are you" is offensive, and our hopes of moving back home to Hawaiʻi.