Setting boundaries is a healthy practice to protect ourselves from burnout, stress and energy-vampires. They’re also a form of self-respect and what we call a “Perimeter” around our sphere of energy, an area that needs an invitation to enter.

Taking care of a loved one who is ill takes a village in the Samoan culture. But that doesn’t mean that the village operates perfectly. Here we talk about ways to deal with conflicting personalities and avoiding negative energy as we are care-giving a loved one.

The Alchemist Dialogues are conversations about how we (Rina and Jasmine) take our experiences and turn them into energy for personal growth. We wish we could turn it into gold metal, but this is better; growth is gold and so is the ability to make peace with the past and bring peace into the future.