The Talking Story Podcast with Bob and Kelsey

“If you wanna go to Mombasa, Kenya, call this number.”

One glance at a bulletin board containing these words at the back of a crowded church was all it took for an adventure-seeking 18 year old to pack up and go. One trip led to two, two to three, until this born-and-raised Texan was selling her beloved truck and all she owned for a seven-month stay… and counting. 

Jenna Wermes is living proof that happiness doesn’t always come through a promising career with a top notch company. This California girl scored her dream job working as a designer— in Hawaii! But after moving

Currently, there’s a lot of fear surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic. Joel and hosts Bob and Kelsey point out that there is also a lot of opportunity. We can either use our free time to sit around in the basement, eating junk food and watching Netflix, or we can read more books, set more goals, workout, grow stronger; breathe. “Don’t come out of this [social isolation] weaker.”

One Big Island artist and business owner is calling on consumers to “put her out of business!”

We live in a media-inundated society that is selling the message that stuff heals. We’re encouraged into an endless chase after whatever makes us feel like we’re “enough”— newest beauty products, age-erasers, clothes, gadgets, getaways…We max out credit cards to meet unachievable standards, yet so often we end up feeling plain empty.