Recounting Life Lessons

Sione sat down to reflect on one of the lessons that stood out to him the most during 2023. The lesson was all about time and making time for the things & people that matter most. A few tips he shares in this episode include: Scheduling time in for the people and priorities in your life If you find yourself too busy, cut out the things that are not necessities so that you have availability for the...

We're relaunching the Recounting Life Lessons podcast!  Here's the official announcement, as well as a quick lesson on setting intentions over having expectations. What started out as an opportunity to dive deeper into lessons that we were sharing as we went out on mini adventures exploring our new backyard in the Pacific Northwest has evolved into something so much more. Our lessons were random a...

When it comes to goal setting, sometimes it's difficult to know what kind of goals to set for ourselves. Do we just copy what those around us are doing? Do we just set a goal that makes sense with what we are already doing? In this episode of Recounting Life Lessons, Alana shares 2 simple but powerful exercises that can help you choose goals that will add the most value and fulfillment to your lif...

Stop playing the sidekick or victim in your life and be the hero. In this solo episode, Alana shares about the moment she realized that she was playing the role of the sidekick in all the areas of her life that she was feeling frustrated and stuck in. Since then, she has intentionally chosen to step up as the hero and can identify what it looks like when she or anyone is choosing to play the victi...

Sione and Alana sit down with mindset mentor, Alanna Lalor who uses the precious gifts of time to inspire women to become the heroes of their own stories. Together, they discuss how can you use time as a tool and motivator to inspire you to take the actions that will help you reach your potential and enjoy more of your life and time doing the things you love the most. Connect with Alanna at www.al...

Having the ability to choose, alone, is not enough to enjoy the blessings of agency. To unlock the true power of our ability to choose, we must make committed decisions. The act of intentionally making a committed decision to do or not to do something is one of the most underrated habits, that if we take the time and effort to develop, it will unlock a life of more freedom, more joy, more fulfillm...

There are times in our lives when we meet individuals who just make everything and everyone around them better. In this episode of Recounting Life Lessons, Sione talks about some of the lessons that he's learned from his late grandmother about being the kind of person who's presence is a gift that we could all emulate to make the world around us a better place.  -----------------------------------...

In this special anniversary episode, Sione and Alana sit down to recount a few of their favorite life lessons. Of all the lessons they've shared on their YouTube channel, here on the podcast, and in their weekly emails, these are the 3 that have been the most impactful and reaffirming in their life. ------------------------------------------------------------------- For our latest insights and thi...

Sione and Alana talk with Leialoha Humpherys, author of Aloha State of Mind to discuss what it means to create paradise wherever you are. They discuss Hawaiian values like ho'ohana (to do meaningful work), ohana (love of family), aloha (living with love), and laulima (many hands) and how these values can help us to make the most of our circumstances.   Connect with Leialoha ►Instagram at https://w...

Our beliefs can empower us or they can hold us back and even cause us to self-sabotage our efforts made toward success. So how do we know if our beliefs are helping us or holding us back? In this episode of Recounting Life Lessons, Sione shares a few experiences that helped him identify a limiting belief. He also shares why we hold all the power in being able to reframe those beliefs that are hold...

If we aren't paying attention, we'll miss out on the pearls of wisdom that show up in our lives and they can easily slip through our fingers. In this solo episode, Alana shares about an experience that helped her realize how easy it is to miss out on the lessons that life is eager to teach us. She also shares what we can do to take care in collecting the lessons and things that we want more of in...

Do you ever find yourself wanting to feel more fulfilled and happy with where you are in your life and with what you have? Between unexpected setbacks, feeling like we aren't where we thought we would have been by now, or being surrounded by others who seem to be getting and doing what we haven't been able to do just yet, there are so many things that we can become disappointed with. How do we pre...

In this episode, Sione interviews Alana on one of her favorite lessons, "It's better to focus on progress over done". Eliminate the stress, overwhelm, and constant feelings of being behind by shifting your focus from the end results to the opportunities to make progress. Add more joy back into the journey and create a greater potential for increasing your confidence as well. ----------------------...

In this episode, Sione and Alana share the benefits of taking action and it's ability to increase confidence and clarity. They also talk about: How to overcome analysis paralysis Setting helpful expectations How to better figure out what you want How to make better use of your time if you haven't started yet They are recounting life lesson 19, "Clarity intensifies with action" which they originall...

Fear can be debilitating at times and even prevents us from having, sharing, and doing the things that we love. In this episode, Sione and Alana are sharing what they've done to go from being too fearful to do what they love and wanted to do, to getting to have, share, and do that thing more often. They also share the 5 things you can do to stop fears from disempowering you so that you can have, s...

What if the only thing holding you back was the way you see the world? In this episode of  Recounting Life Lessons,  we break down how to shift from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mentality—unlocking new opportunities, creativity, and success. Through engaging personal stories—like a man missing out on a cruise's all-inclusive benefits and Thomas Edison's mother reframing his potential—they il...

Failure is a part of life, in fact, it is a part of the process when we are going after our goals and striving to grow. While "Fabulous" may not be the first word that comes to mind when you think of failing, it can be fabulous. All you need is the proper perspective and the tools to allow failure to propel you forward. Our failures don't define WHO we are, they do, however, help us to define WHER...

Going through the journey adds value to the destination itself. As convenient as a free handout or teleporting may sound, we end up missing out on the skills, knowledge, or known and unknown experiences that we'd have and develop along the way. Are we living for the destination or do we make the journey itself just as enjoyable to experience and live as we are anticipating the destination to be? -...

Life Lesson 14 is about how making personal development and growth a habit makes serving others effortless when the time to serve comes up. It was inspired after the funeral wreaths that were created by the hands of many came together in such a meaningful and effortless way during our trip to Hawaii to be with family during the sudden passing of our sister. In this episode, we're discussing how ma...

While we can't control everything in our circumstances, there are a lot of things that we do have control of. In this episode, Sione and Alana discuss 5 things to consider when choosing and creating environments for success. The cost of distractions in your environment The safety of your environments Keeping an open mind, staying curious, and keeping your expectations in check The simple question:...

Life Lesson 12 is all about trying new things and pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone in order to be a better advocate and increase our empathy. The lesson itself is inspired by the discoveries of new loves as we've tried things we didn't think we'd initially like. But as we took a deeper look at this life lesson, we realized that it is a great rule of thumb to help us grow as individual...

Fear. It's not usually an emotion that one would associate with feelings of empowerment. But what if we told you that it is actually possible to respond to fear in ways that left you feeling empowered and able to live with greater joy and confidence? That's what we share in this episode of the Recounting Life Lessons podcast. We are sharing 5 empowering ways to respond to fear and use it to your a...

Life Lesson 10 is that the people we share our adventures with will make or break them. Who you choose to surround yourself with matters, and who you choose to be matters as well. We share how those we spend our time with has impacted our lives and how we choose who we want to spend the majority of our time with to make the journey through life more enjoyable. You cannot change the people around y...

Life Lesson 9 is that celebrations are not just for the ones being celebrated. When physical distance keeps us apart it may seem that a proper celebration is out of the question. But we discuss ways in which physical distance can be an opportunity to make celebrations more meaningful and how to use it as a catalyst to better feed our needs for love and connection. ---------------------------------...

Life Lesson 8 is "You don't have to wait for adventures and memories, create them!" This lesson and episode is one about empowerment and seizing the moments. While it is easy to sometimes feel like everyone else is experiencing the things you want to do it is important to remember that if we don't like the circumstances that we are in we have the power to go out and create some that we do like. --...