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Poetry: @karinahsieh_

Had the immense pleasure of diving with sea turtle

Had the immense pleasure of diving with sea turtles, sharks, beautiful marine life, awesome humans and a pier that broke in half 3 decades ago and sunk into the water! It was extraordinary to hear whales singing while we dove and be within a foot of turtles and sharks! I love diving since it’s the closest we get to flying... You’re completely in the moment, breathing each breath and appreciating all the beauty surround you. 70% of the world is underwater so why not explore more of our world? Hope you enjoy a few clips from these 2 amazing dives 🥰. More to come soon!! How’re you enjoying/appreciating your world today?

So grateful we got to see some incredible humpback

So grateful we got to see some incredible humpbacks up close including this mother and calf 😍🐋🐋. Big shoutout to @mauihi & @hawaiioceanproject for this epic adventure! And thanks @kuopreston for connecting us!! Feeling incredibly in awe of the magic and beauty of our world 🥰

Happy Valentine’s Day!!! I hope you’re enjoyin

Happy Valentine’s Day!!! I hope you’re enjoying this wonderful day celebrating Love, in whatever way suits you best. Sending you all big heart hugs. You are perfect, exactly as you are. You are worthy. You are loved. You are Love.

I had the privilege of taking over the IG stories of @savemycents, my incredible sister from college (with my poetry IG: @karinahsieh_)!!! Here are a few clips I’d like to share to help you fall deeper in love with yourself 🥰

* My thoughts on Valentine’s Day/self-love
* Reading some poems
* Sharing my audiobook recording process (yes there’s a reason I’m in my closet!)

Today is also the 1-year anniversary of my book, “Loving Yourself Into Being” and the launch week of my audiobook so I’m feeling extra excited about this special day of Love!

Thank you for being in my life 💓

I was moved to tears by my extraordinary friend @j

Happy New Year’s Eve! About to step into 2021. W

Happy New Year’s Eve! About to step into 2021. What a year it’s been... in the chaos of 2020, we’ve had to completely shift our world, appreciate what we have, grow in unexpected ways, come together, and love deeper and harder than ever before. Now 2021 is looking up 🤞. May you and your loved ones be safe, healthy and happy coming into this next era 💓
📷: @xmasdonut

Happy birthday to “the mom, the myth, the ‘leg

Happy birthday to “the mom, the myth, the ‘legen’” @karmapictures!!!!! Thank you for being the most incredible soul, mother, best friend, adventure buddy, blue-dot seeker, magic maker, problem solver, connector, and powerful manifestor ever! You make every moment fun and creative. I am forever grateful you are my mom, and that we get to grow alongside each other. Thank you for being born (and later birthing me) so we could share this extraordinary life together. I love you to the moon and back! Love, K 👯‍♀️🥰

Merry Christmas from the Hungry Hsiehs++!! Wishing

Merry Christmas from the Hungry Hsiehs++!! Wishing you and your loved ones a day filled with health, happiness, peace and love 🎄💓🥳

On the brink of Christmas 🙃. Happy Holidays!!!

On the brink of Christmas 🙃. Happy Holidays!!! Hope you and your loved ones are safe, happy and healthy 🥰🙏
📷: @xmasdonut

Happy 1-year anniversary, @xmasdonut!! From talkin

Happy 1-year anniversary, @xmasdonut!! From talking for hours while you were in Japan, to greeting you at the airport for the first time (last pic), to making pottery, cooking scallop risotto with asparagus, to clubbing, karaoke and silent discos in the kitchen, to exploring Big Sur, Sedona and more, you’ve made the last year so magical (and made enduring covid much more enjoyable/survivable)!! Thank you for helping/inspiring me to become a better person and partner, and lighting up my life with laughter and love. I am forever grateful that you are my partner, best friend, adventure buddy, swolemate and puffin. Can’t wait for all of our adventures yet to come! I love you more than I can express in words 🥰

There are so many things I’m grateful for!! I ha

There are so many things I’m grateful for!! I had to be fully present Thursday to savor each second, but now I can share a few things I’m thankful for:
1) Being “squash’d” with you @xmasdonut!
2) My incredible family and delicious food
3) Miraculous moments with Lao Lao 📷: @karmapictures
4) Singing “Happy Thanksgiving” to my Lao Ye in his assisted living home and seeing him smile
5) A beautiful world to call home
6) Incredible friends to share this life with!
Thank you all for being a part of my life. Sending you love and gratitude. I hope you and your loved ones are safe, healthy and well in these trying times 🥰🙏

I wrote this poem, “The Weight of Love” (two p

I wrote this poem, “The Weight of Love” (two parts in video) while I was struggling to process my grandmother’s desire to leave this world. She was becoming more and more isolated from others with her hearing loss and was grappling with the breakdown of her body, which has always been so strong, healthy and athletic. Lao Lao, I am so grateful you are now weightless 🙏💓

After 91 years, my beloved Lao Lao has moved on to

After 91 years, my beloved Lao Lao has moved on to brighten the heavens and light up other souls. Lao Lao, thank you for being the greatest grandmother a girl could ever ask for. You taught me so much—about love, kindness, empathy, bravery and brilliance. You gave me your love for adventures, dogs, delicious food, fitness and so much more! We traveled the world together from Taiwan to Mexico, Alaska to DC. I hope to be as fit as you one day, doing U-Jam and BodyCombat in my 90s, walking up and down the halls to get my steps in, and racing my grand children on airport walk ways.

We love and miss you so dearly, Lao Lao. My heart aches that I won’t get to hold you in my arms, do happy dinner dances, or sit in the sun with you reminiscing about our cherished memories together. But I know you’ll be working out with me and cooking by my side. I hope you’re blissfully enjoying your new home, freed from any pain or burdens that came along with being human. You now have your wings again and can fly anywhere you want. Your incredible legacy will live on with us. I’ll be seeing you, my sweet, 亲爱的姥姥. 我爱您，我爱您，我爱您。爱您的，燕毅 💓

Hey friends, I’m giving away my poetry e-book,

Hey friends,
I’m giving away my poetry e-book, “Loving Yourself Into Being”, for FREE for 5 days (link in bio. Longer story below)!!! In these crazy times, we need love and compassion even more, so I wanted to make my book more accessible. I hope you enjoy it, share it with your friends and family, and let me know what you think! If you like it, I’d be extremely grateful if you would write an Amazon review for me afterwards 🥰. Thank you so much 💓

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This past weekend, I attended an incredible, virtual 3-day conference where I re-aligned with my mission: to help others cultivate their self-love and compassion.

I realized in this conference that:
1. I had this limiting belief that I was unworthy of other people’s time or attention, that asking for reviews would be “too much” or that I’d be perceived as “needing attention” or, again, “too much” if I promoted my poetry book.
2. I was planning on going to grad school next year to become a Marriage and Family Therapist because it was a secure and stable path that allowed me to hide behind a career and write on the side instead of doing what truly inspires me which is to share about self-love and help others love themselves and other deeper!

As a result of these breakthroughs, I’ve decided to shatter my limiting beliefs and dive 100% into creating my self-love platform which will include sharing my poetry book, speaking, coaching, writing and more! It’s honestly very scary but exciting, and I’ve never felt more alive!! I felt inspired to share my poetry book this week with you all so that we can spread even more love in this world. Thank you for being in my life and a part of this amazing adventure💓

Incredible trip with extraordinary people 🥰. Fi

Incredible trip with extraordinary people 🥰. Filled with love from surprise birthdays, hiking a massive crater, eating delicious food (thank you chef @sha_lala_liang, @ami_naka, @xmasdonut), dancing, painting, making music, playing games and so much more! Already excited for our next adventure together 🥳💓

I have the best grandmother ever!!! Thank you, Lao

I have the best grandmother ever!!! Thank you, Lao Lao, for teaching me how to make 馅饼 (Chinese meat pies)!!!! We made 18 regular sized ones and two extra large ones (like calzones) 🤗😋. I haven’t had these in years... Thanks @stonewrk for the idea last week! Already excited to make these again in the future—happy to carry on the Chao tradition!

I had the privilege of being on iHeartRadio’s “The Kevin & Nikee Show” with the extraordinary hosts, @actorkevindbenton and @helloimnikee!! They just aired my podcast with them about my solo backpacking adventures, poetry book “Loving Yourself Into Being”, being Jackie Chan’s personal assistant, Safe & Solo, and so much more! I hope you enjoy it. Link in bio—I start around 36 minutes in 🙂.

Huge shoutout to @diana.weng.35 for connecting us!! And thank you, Kevin & Nikee for being such kind, warm and fun hosts to connect with!!

Thank you, Sedona, for being one of my favorite pl

Thank you, Sedona, for being one of my favorite places on Earth!! Every time I visit you recharge and heal my heart, mind, body and soul. I’m so grateful for this last week where I got to drop into nature, ground down, write, connect with new and old friends, and fully come back home to myself. I’m very lucky to share your magic with others! 🥰🙏

I did a thing 🙃. I love the sense of adventure

I did a thing 🙃. I love the sense of adventure and adrenaline rush that happens from doing something new and pushing oneself to new heights (literally and figuratively)! Sending you all love, excitement and adventure wherever you are!!

Missing home like crazy 💫⚡️ What a differen

Missing home like crazy 💫⚡️
What a difference a year makes! To be free in every way: freely self-expressed, hugging strangers and friends, giving food and gifts, making smoothies for everyone, exploring new worlds, sharing time, space and connection. All the things we yearn for as humans. I miss the world we used to live in, but hope that one day soon we’ll have an even better one where we can reconnect, heal and love on a deeper level. With you all in spirit 💓🙏

Bout to bubble up the Bride 👰🏻🙌 (such a

Bout to bubble up the Bride 👰🏻🙌
(such a great idea, @adenaishii!!)
📷: @xmasdonut

Congratulations, @adenaishii & @kitman23 on your b

Congratulations, @adenaishii & @kitman23 on your beautiful wedding!!!! It was such an honor to be able to celebrate and witness and your incredible Union in person! Thank you for wanting me and @xmasdonut to partake in your bubble procession. Everything was perfect. @kitman23, welcome to the family!!! Love you both so much 🥰💓🥂

Mini vacation with my “Big Sir”! From stunning

Mini vacation with my “Big Sir”! From stunning hikes along the coast to beach volleyball and smashball, to eating delicious @ikessandwiches on our road trip, to poetry picnics at panoramic points, you fill every moment with love and laughter! Thank you for an incredible trip @xmasdonut 💓🙏

Weekend vibes ✌️☀️

Weekend vibes ✌️☀️

Thanks for being my #swolemate (and for these grea

Thanks for being my #swolemate (and for these great collages) @xmasdonut👫💪💪😘

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