What up Leeward! Let's Dive Deep Podcast

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain Knowledge, Build Relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

This week’s Talk Tuesday topic is on How to Tell When a Friend is in Need .  According to Psychology Today , “suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, with almost 45,000 victims every year. Approximately 123 Americans die from suicide each day, but many more attempt suicide or are plagued by suicidal thoughts. Suicide is a serious and complicated issue. There isn’t a f...

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain Knowledge, Build Relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

*TRIGGER WARNING: This episode may include themes of depression, self harm, drug use, and suicide. Some may find this difficult to listen to even if they have not went through similar situations. Listener discretion is advised. Please visit our website www.leeward.hawaii.edu/lovepono or visit our Instagram for additional resources.  Welcome to Fall 2022! Love Pono is back with our Talk Tuesda...

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain Knowledge, Build Relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

*WARNING* Topic/Content can be triggering to some listeners; listener discretion is advised. On this episode of the podcast, AJ & Nick continue their talks with David Nisthal, an educator and social worker, to have a very deep conversation about sexual violence and abuse. Please visit our student-led organization: Love Pono for more resources on this topic. Find us on Instagram ( @imleesports...

Kalei Ruiz is a Counselor at Leeward Community College. Today's podcast with Kalei shares how indigenous views on sexuality did not make it shameful the way it does with colonized worlds. This week, we focus on body awareness and language, specifically using the correct names for our body parts. For too many years, our society has perceived the use of vagina and penis as “bad words” or embarrassin...

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain knowledge, Build relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

April is Sex Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and Child Abuse Awareness Month.  Love Pono decided to focus this month’s Talk Tuesday on SAAM with “It Starts with Our Keiki.” As adults, a lot of what we learn and a lot of our behaviors can be traced back to our childhood.  Some lessons we learned were intentional but there are some lessons that were unconsciously displayed or the conversati...

To close out our Talk Tuesday series, “what happened to me” is a podcast with Gwen Williams, our Substance Abuse Counseling Program Coordinator. Each week we unraveled layers of trauma experiences and coping mechanisms. We share this Thursday about the hero’s journey. We talk about how we can be our own heroes and not be rescued or rely on external factors to heal us. The hero’s journey is about f...

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain knowledge, Build relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

The episode you are about to hear is from the SG short series called ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina (Word of the Month). These short series episodes will be aired on the 2nd Thursday of each month within the semester. ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina was started by the student services counselors that identify themselves as Native Hawaiian for faculty and staff, but now we want to share it across the whole student body. Si...

In this episode, Student Government hosted a talk with Vice-Chancellor Keala Chock as a way to find out the updates that are happening on campus and possibly system-wide, especially for the upcoming Fall 2022 semester. Please note that in addition to this episode's shared updates, there could always be added or changed updates in the near future.

In this episode, Student Government hosted a talk with Chancellor Carlos Peñaloza as a way to find out the updates that are happening on campus and possibly system-wide, especially for the Spring 2022 semester. Please note that in addition to this episode's shared updates, there could always be added or changed updates in the near future.

This week’s Talk Tuesday is about how previous trauma can lead to unhealthy relationships.  Love Pono sat down with Leslie Cabingabang our Confidential Advocate on a podcast episode that sheds light on why previous trauma affects us and what we can do about it.  This is a follow up discussion to last week’s podcast on how we react to trauma through Fight, Flight, Freeze, and/or Fawning.&...

Love Pono’s Talk Tuesday series for March 2022 is What happened to me?” We shared about how traumatic situations happens to all of us and it’s nothing to hide from but we have to understand how it affects us and how we can cope with it. We examined family trauma, generational trauma, and relationship trauma and how it can shape our perspective and behaviors. In this episode we invite Lori Lum to e...

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain knowledge, Build relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

To close up our series on Red Flags in Dating we are focusing on how we can learn from the past and move forward without letting it be a crutch.  Love Pono Student Assistant Kaian and guest speaker Gwen Williams shares the importance of moving forward and recognizing the signs of an unhealthy relationship. It is important to recognize the red flags in dating that can be toxic, unhealthy, or j...

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain knowledge, Build relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

In this episode, Student Government hosted a talk with Chancellor Carlos Peñaloza as a way to find out the updates that are happening on campus and possibly system-wide, especially for the upcoming Spring 2022 semester. Please note that in addition to this episode's shared updates, there could always be added or changed updates in the near future.

Love Pono’s Talk Tuesday series is diving in deep to talk about the red flags in LGBTQ+ relationships. We were fortunate enough to chat with Olivia Moten from the Domestic Violence Action Center and Syreeta Washington, a Leeward CC Counselor. In this episode, you’ll learn about red flags and resources for the LGBTQ+ community. Reminder you can enter the raffle for an iced coffee maker by sharing w...

IM LeeSports and their crew talk story about the upcoming 2022 Spring basketball season, Covid-19, the impacts the pandemic has caused, and the changes that can be expected in the new season. Tune in to hear Britt, Lue, JD, Talya, Val, and Tyne share their experiences and expectations.

This week’s Talk Tuesday Series kicks off our theme of Red Flags in Dating.  We chatted with Brea Kaye from the One Love Foundation to share more about the One Love Foundation and the key healthy and unhealthy signs of a relationship.  She provides us with an overview of what to be aware of that may or may not be familiar to us.

Our Talk Tuesday series will start this week by sharing the history of Love Pono, the impact this program has on the campus and our students, and what to look forward to in the next year or so. Check out our Instagram @lovepono and check out Pono Love at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEIXTY62EtM

Continuing from Kalei’s amazing podcast about Pono, we are focusing our Live Pono Love Pono topic on kaimiloa .  Kalei mentioned it during the podcast (link in bio) and now we have our Early College Counselor, Syreeta Washington who chatted with Kaian Torres about kaimiloa and how to maintain balance.