Heartbeat Narratives

Love: Savoring this Sacred Lei of Life

Episode Summary

PRESENCE · In this season of heart-to-hearts, we sit down with Love Chance - a mother, entrepreneur, ʻāina lover, and dreamer. She is also the founder and creative force behind The Indigenous Soap Company. Guided by ancestral wisdom and reverence for the land, Love weaves Cherokee and Hawaiian teachings into her motherhood, her business, and the way she moves with intention. What began as a chance meeting at Pāʻaiau fishpond in Pearl Harbor unfolds into a reflective conversation on presence as the doorway to joy. Love shares how she gathers meaningful moments like flowers in a sacred lei, snapshots to be treasured and carried forward. Along the way, she offers insights on conscious entrepreneurship, happy soap stories and leading with aloha. Mahalo for joining us on this path to living in the moment. Episode Highlights 00:52 A chance encounter 02:07 What’s in a name? The love story 03:41 Roots, rituals, and where we come from 06:43 Aloha everywhere: the Hawaiian diaspora 09:53 Finding joy in the now 12:45 Lāʻau lapaʻau, plant medicine 16:34 Sacred beginnings: Hawaiian birth wisdom 20:02 From vision to lather: the soap origin story 21:34 How Hawaiʻi happened (unexpectedly) 22:27 Expanding The Indigenous Soap Company 23:07 Babies, business, and balance 24:56 Entrepreneurship 26:53 Aloha forward: business with intention 30:53 Creative sparks and muses 33:09 Happy soap 36:54 Gratitude Learn more about Indigenous Soap Company: 🌿 Website: https://www.indigenousoap.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indigenoussoap/?hl=en

Episode Notes

PRESENCE · In this season of heart-to-hearts, we sit down with Love Chance - a mother, entrepreneur, ʻāina lover, and dreamer. She is also the founder and creative force behind The Indigenous Soap Company. Guided by ancestral wisdom and reverence for the land, Love weaves Cherokee and Hawaiian teachings into her motherhood, her business, and the way she moves with intention. What began as a chance meeting at Pāʻaiau fishpond in Pearl Harbor unfolds into a reflective conversation on presence as the doorway to joy. Love shares how she gathers meaningful moments like flowers in a sacred lei, snapshots to be treasured and carried forward. Along the way, she offers insights on conscious entrepreneurship, happy soap stories and leading with aloha. Mahalo for joining us on this path to living in the moment. 

Episode Highlights

00:52 A chance encounter

02:07 What’s in a name? The love story

03:41 Roots, rituals, and where we come from

06:43 Aloha everywhere: the Hawaiian diaspora

09:53 Finding joy in the now

12:45 Lāʻau lapaʻau, plant medicine

16:34 Sacred beginnings: Hawaiian birth wisdom

20:02 From vision to lather: the soap origin story

21:34 How Hawaiʻi happened (unexpectedly)

22:27 Expanding The Indigenous Soap Company  

23:07 Babies, business, and balance

24:56 Entrepreneurship 

26:53 Aloha forward: business with intention

30:53 Creative sparks and muses

33:09 Happy soap 

36:54 Gratitude 

 

Learn more about Indigenous Soap Company:

🌿 Website: https://www.indigenousoap.com/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indigenoussoap/?hl=en