MANA Bombs Podcast

DWM S7. || Ep 1: Dating and love languages: Did yʻall know there are 5 love languages that people exhibit? They are: Words of affirmation Acts of service Receiving Gifts. Quality time. Physical touch. Many people have yet to take the love language quiz.  This quiz helps you learn what your love language is based on your answers provided. This is a suggested guide of how your person can love you in...

MANA BOMB: No one can take away what you have earned in this life, and appreciation keeps what is gifted FOCUS: Owning it ENGAGEMENT: what does it mean to find your place in this world Welcome to the new season of Mana Bombs!!! Be the change and the strength you want to see in the world.  Tiers 1, 2 and 3 please, learn em well. With the entering of Spring, and Ke alanui polohiwa a Kane, may w...

MANA BOMB: Let them think whatever, theyʻre not supposed to be in your business anyways. FOCUS: Mind Yo Business! ENGAGEMENT: So much time is wasted. Why waste it? On the bright side of things and in a perfect world, people will just worry about themselves.  You think this is the case?  I think not!  So, because people insert themselves into your space, they waste the time given them to tell their...

Dating and self sabotage When is a good time to tell them youʻre ready to elevate the relationship?  Knowing yourself vs faking who you are.  Can your fears sabotage your dating life? Dating yourself to know who you are helps you become healthier in your relationships.  It makes you think about why you are important to the relationship and how much you deserve to be elevated and hon...

MANA BOMB: When the roots are deep there is no reason to fear the wind. FOCUS: Knowing who you are ENGAGEMENT: I keep hearing people talking about grounding like it’s an effort every day, why do you think that is so? "Grounding" is something everyone should be interested in.  Determining where you are rooted helps secure your foundation, right?  We discuss this very thing today: The art...

MANA BOMB: Hang out with people that fit your future not your past. FOCUS: Forward Motion ENGAGEMENT: How often do we find ourselves not only in the same horrible patterns but the faces seem familiar as well? Kulani dives deep into her past self and now self and tries to pinpoint what that means and what went wrong or different. How she misses her self. In the past two years, Kulani went through h...

DWM S6 | 11: Dating with Hawaiian Manaʻo...Hoʻokuʻu, ʻuʻu and hena @ahawahinekuhinapapa on IG have been sharing words of the day about the woman.  Some were so interesting!  I realized after reading a lot of the words and definitions behind them, that dating oneself includes loving oneself.  Sex is usually a kapu or forbidden conversation for many, but today we are diving into thing...

MANA BOMB: The real flex is keeping your heart soft and your boundaries strong. FOCUS: Walls, Fences, Boundaries ENGAGEMENT: Why are boundaries important? What makes them “live” and how do they take shape in our lives? We focus today on the importance of boundaries and why they are placed in relation to the relationships you have.  There is so much to learn and so little time to learn it all....

MANA BOMB: For some of us, we isolate ourselves not to avoid but to recharge.  Make no assumptions. FOCUS: Grounding ENGAGEMENT: How do we know if we are avoiding something or someone vs recharging? Kanoe had a moment, the frustrations about using healing as an excuse to avoid.  🌎: Online Now at PoMahinaDesigns.com ⛓: Link in bio @pomahinadesigns Don't forget to visit their YOUTUBE Chan...

DWM 6 || 10:  Dating, informing, hinting to your crush are all things I never thought about until recently.  Well last week we talked about seeing this crush out in public, and debated saying something to him.  That never happened.  Life got too busy and in the way of attempts at opening up and doing so.  Today, we talk about moving forward, deciding on a deadline to either tell or move on without...

MANA BOMB: Love, know your worth, control your emotions, never settle. FOCUS: Review the 3 disciplines ENGAGEMENT: How hard is it to get there and what are the catalysts to these demises? To know yourself is to love yourself.  Worth comes from inside you.  Emotions can help you understand deeper ideals and can sway you too, so be careful.  Never settle for less than what you deserve...

MANA BOMB: Experience informs the action.  Confidence is the catalyst to action. FOCUS: Know and doing ENGAGEMENT: So many people think they know but have no idea. What do you think that's about? How has that mentality directed your life? Reflecting on this past weekend, takes me back to how PōMahina Designs got on the track to being on stage. Again, far from whatever I could conceive, but no...

DWM 6 | 9: Dating your crush, is it doable?  Come listen in to Kulaniʻs dillema and maybe send in your thoughts on what she should do...itʻs a kākou thing, listen in and let us know. Dating with Mana is a fresh look into dating scene successes and challenges, slightly personalized, through the experiences and eyes of Kulani and Kanoe, your resident Mana Bombs Duo.  Kulani and Kanoelani a...

MANA BOMB: People are going to judge you whether you do what you want or what they want.  Live your life! Your joy comes first! FOCUS: My life, my problem ENGAGEMENT: How did we even get to this place, in general? 🌎: Online Now at PoMahinaDesigns.com ⛓: Link in bio @pomahinadesigns Don't forget to visit their YOUTUBE Channel @manabombspodcast to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE.  Be sure to get your...

MANA BOMB: Darling no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. FOCUS: Consult with your board member - Negative Nancy ENGAGEMENT: How did we even get to this place, in general? Honestly, its pretty self explanatory...come listen in.  Be daring and do it!  Chose wisely.  All great suggestions if you ask me. 🌎: Online Now at PoMahinaDesigns.com ⛓: Link in bio @pomahinades...

DWM S6  ||  Ep 8:  Dating up or dating down? Does it matter? How young is too young???   Valentines has made us think twice about a many things...letʻs talk about dating in our age range, plus or minus 15 years.  Does age matter?  Does maturity show itself in young peoples too?  So many questions.  Come listen to Kulani sharing an experience and then th...

MANA BOMB: The Universe be teaching you! Repeat or change? FOCUS: Illusions ENGAGEMENT: I wonder, do we need to change the elements, the system, or ourselves? Ever feel like its Groundhog day and you keep reliving the same day over and over?  Well, the universe steps in when deemed necessary and makes sure whatever lesson is being learned is learned.  How an we figure out the change if w...

MANA BOMB: The older I get, the less I desire to feel included, understood, or accepted. FOCUS: Time is of the essence ENGAGEMENT: Why couldn’t we be this way sooner? - Once we recognize that we allow others to have power over us and wonder why there is suffering, misery, and mental & emotional deflection, we could tie most of that into worrying about what others think about us. There is a fin...

Dating with Mana S6 Ep 7:  Dating on Valentines Whatʻs everyone doing?  Where yʻall going?  Who yʻall taking?  In case you haven't scored a reservation just yet, weʻre sharing a few local spots that still have reservations available: Moaniʻs Waikiki: Intl Marketplace.. Moaniwaikiki.com for reservation.  Sun-Th 5-12am F-Sat 5-130a.  Happy hour M-T 5-6 Little Joes Steak...

MANA BOMB: If you want to be trusted, be honest. FOCUS: You can’t get none if you don’t give none ENGAGEMENT: Reciprocity. What does that look like? So often we have these expectations of value and receipt from others, but perhaps we need to understand what that looks like from within. Plain and simple enough...If you want to be trusted, be honest.  There really is no other way to explain the...

MANA BOMB: Out of clutter find simplicity from discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulties lies opportunity. - Einstein FOCUS: Finding silence in the noise ENGAGEMENT: Projection of high anxiety, lack of communication, blatant control and high intense energy are signs of disarray and inner chaos. How can we pinpoint these characteristics within us? Once pinned how hard is it to make the sh...

MANA BOMB: I wonʻt flight, I wonʻt flee, instead I must corner myself in my mind. FOCUS:  Mindful Shifts of thinking ENGAGEMENT: Do you fight, flee or freeze? Mindful shifts are necessary when internal battles occur.  We begin to analyze the ideas of fight, flight and freeze.  With "freeze" being an added concept to the "fight or flight" responses, Kanoe and Kulani express their own...

MANA BOMB: Darling, youʻre not lost, you finally have a chance to explore yourself without being tied to a specific outcome. FOCUS: Expectations ENGAGEMENT: Looking to find serenity in the noise. This is where we can use our biggest mana hack, seeing things from a different perspective. Thoughts? - Imagine that? Opportunity in places where potentially we would be stuck in a situation that we could...

Dating with preparedness. When it comes to dating, quality is always better than quantity.  Being sure youʻre ready to date with intention.  Knowing you're open to all the opportunities for you.  Looking at dating in this light helps one to prepare yourself for whatever comes when you finally date again. Following the Boy Scouts motto to “Be prepared” we should look at dating with p...

MANA BOMB: Take a day to heal from the lies you told yourself & the ones that have been told to you. FOCUS: ILLUSIONS ENGAGEMENT: Let’s talk about how easy it is to be manipulated. We know life is full of learnings, this lesson today is about recognizing where illusions may have occurred in your own space and what to do when you recognize there needs to be a solution.  Healing, lies, mani...