Huli Huli…Can Turning BBQ Help My Emotional Transformation

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Ep61 Huli

Huli…Can Turning BBQ Over Help My Emotional Transformation

Hello and Welcome

to the Way of the Emotional Warrior Podcast.

My name is Kai Ehnes and today we will be answering the question of Huli

Huli…how the flipping of BBQ can elevate our emotions game.

When I heard

this term, it instantly made me think about how it can help in terms of

personal transformation. Why??

Lets start

with what it means. Huli Huli is Hawaiian and means turn, turn. In 1955, Ernest Morgado, a Honolulu

businessman, served a group of farmers grilled chicken that had been marinated

in his mother’s teriyaki-style sauce. It was such a hit that he decided to

market it with the name “huli huli.”

Now you

might be wondering how huli huli has anything to do with emotional transformation,

right? Well, it means you can turn over parts of yourself that you might think

don’t need investigating. Lets look at you relationship for a second. Assume

that you think everything is going just fine. Huli huli would mean that you

lovingly ask your partner a question or two that you take for granted but might

be lacking in their world. I want to really stress that you have to be ok with

the answers that come back. But hey, truth is the right path.

So here is

an example. You are watching a movie with your love and the characters are

moving through their story line. One character tells the other that they often

feel lonely in their marriage.

Huli huli

means you have to turn turn your assumption about your relationship. Ask your

partner if they ever feel lonely in your relationship. Maybe they say yes. Now

you have a great opportunity to investigate further and make the changes that

will improve the relationship. On the other hand, maybe they say no. You might

think that you are off the hook but huli huli would say that you turn turn that

answer as well. Maybe you make more effort to offer comfort and support to your

love. Either way you are improving the basis of your relationship.

Huli huli is

a win. Turn over parts of ourself, your relationships, community, life

perspective…on and on

Maybe you

are thinking why not let sleeping dogs lie. Well, complacency is the hobgoblin

of little minds. As emotional warriors, it is our drive to leave no rock

unturned and clean up our Stuff.

Professor of

Neuroscience, Michael Platt, shared the following in an interview with the HR

Observer that:

1. Neuroscience research shows that opposing

brain circuits support routine and divergent thinking. Innovation thus requires

unplugging from rote tasks like email or filling out spreadsheets.

2. Neuroscience research suggests mindfulness meditation activates the

brain’s “innovation network” thereby boosting creativity. Brief mindfulness

exercises improve both creative problem-solving and protect against stress.

3. Brain research shows that decisions can be either fast or accurate,

but typically not both. There is a tradeoff between speed and accuracy.

Generally, stepping back and slowing down improves decisions.

The first

point of the brain circuits divergent thinking supports expanding your

emotional awareness. An emotional warrior can easily use huli huli to turn over

their routines and assumptions gaining creative insight on how to uplevel their

lives.

Emotional

mastery is complex. First there has to be awareness. Think of the old adage: If

it ain’t broke don’t fix it but that was improved years ago into the statement

if it ain’t broke, fix it anyway.

That’s what

this work is all about. Making yourself better and transforming your life is

what its all about.

Good luck on

your journey😊

~Peace

End: I hope

you enjoyed this episode and I will see you next time around…take care.