 to Lillian's vegan world, coming to you live from gorgeous Hamanrulu in Hawaii. We are almost coming to another shutdown unfortunately, so all of us are going to be spending lots more time at home and we'll have lots of stuff to think about and lots of tools to help us improve our well-being. I'm so so excited and happy to introduce my awesome guest today, Ms Gloria Payoyo, the beautiful and insightful professional life coach and creator of Hot and Powered, Ms Lillian. Welcome to the show, Gloria. Thank you for having me. It's such a pleasure to have you on. I am becoming a very big fan of yours, I must say. Yes, so I do want to tell the viewers first very briefly how you and I met and I might let you go ahead and tell us how you saw it. Sure. I'm very actively involved in Psi, PSI, with the Purple Puff Institute, and we had our first Zoom Psi in-person experience. However, the facilitator Zoomed in July and I was a small group leader which just like that, I got to encourage a small group of people to do the process and Lillian was a part of my small group. I know. What are the odds on that? I'm guessing they were about, how many people would you say participated about 50? Would that be correct? Just about right under like 44. And so out of the 44, I do know that there was definitely one other reason that I met there. For me to fall into your hands, I am under the belief that we were meant to cross paths, always how I feel when I'm excited about meeting someone. So Gloria, you were my small group leader and we just loved you. Everybody really embraced you and you had so much to teach us and so much insight to give us and it was just honestly an amazing experience. And I do want to say that even during all the COVID mask wearing and all the restrictions we've had, obviously the 60 social distancing, we were still definitely able to pull it off. But anyway, before going on, Gloria, how has your COVID experience been this year? I think I might be a part of the smaller group where I've actually loved this time is that a beautiful time to slow down, to really see what's important in life and to kind of base my life on what's important. Whereas before, we're just so busy that sometimes we're just keeping up with things. And so having the slowdown has been a beautiful gift for me personally, because I've been able to kind of align my life with what really matters. Does that include you wanting to share with other people how you think we can do things better? Absolutely. Yeah, so where I was going with that, Gloria, is that I think this has made not only people who are looking for a better, you know, a better everything, a better life in all the aspects that are, you know, what was it inside that we learned about the most important aspects in our life, Gloria, the emotional, the physical, the spiritual and the mental. So I think, I mean, I thought short on all of those things. And now I am so lucky to have the tools that I learned at SI and with you to, you know, kind of think, and now that I have the time during this stay at home COVID world religion. Now I do have the time to really align myself with everything that I believe and try and try and put everything into balance. It just makes so much sense. I feel like I've honestly walked into a new world after that seminar. So thank you so much. That's beautiful. It's why I'm able to feel so much of myself with SI. It's just a change of people's lives. It does. Well, Gloria, I have rambled on so much about SI and COVID. Tell me a little bit about yourself. Tell me what you do here in Hawaii. Are you from Hawaii? No, I had a very nomadic youth. I had a very, like, my parents did not have any, I did not have a stable foundation growing up. So very nomadic youth was blessed to come to Hawaii with some of us on a session at high school and was never going to leave and then got married to someone in the military and had to learn that that was all about and we moved off Island. And then we traveled about 15 years, not just 15 years, and was able to come back to Hawaii in 2015. And my mom is here, so we would come and visit every other year. So this is the stable part of my life is Hawaii. I went on a community journey. I became an entrepreneur, which is funny because before that I worked in the federal government. And I did preventative behavioral health for the federal government for seven years in all different capacities, whether it was one-on-one, whether it was families that were looking at or breaking up, families trying to stay together through some tough times, small groups, large groups, even for an entire base at one point, and was called to become an entrepreneur. And once I became an entrepreneur, I kind of realized that the only thing, like, I was holding myself back from my dream, which in turn, sent me on my personal development journey. And that led me to becoming a professional. Excellent. That's an amazing story. Now, I have to ask one thing that you mentioned during the sharing of that was how you became vegan. I'm curious, because this is a huge thing. When people choose to change the way they look at food and what they've been taught from a child that we're supposed to eat, which turns out actually to not be the case now that all this information is out that probably eating meat is not so good for you after all. So I am so curious as to how you ended up on a flat base diet. Sure. I have to do a side two. Mm-hmm. I was on the, so Si has a rant. They had the basic in Conalulu, however, if you want to do the event courses, they're on the ranch in California. So I was at mine's five seven, and I was on the ranch, and we had one day that was outdoors, very physical. And I had stopped giving up. I don't know seafood. When I was younger, I just decided I didn't like seafood, and I stopped eating that as a young child. And then when I was like 19, I gave up red meat. I gave up beef and pork at 19, however, I still like chicken and turkey. And I realized on that outdoor physical day, because they were serving ranch food, that, and because I wasn't under a special diet, if we had a special diet, they had special food. And if you were regular, then you ate with a regular line. And so I was considered regular because I ate meat at that point, and they didn't have chicken, they'd have burgers and hot dogs. It was just sort of a moment of, it was a moment of freaking out that I needed animal protein. And I realized that I was sort of addicted to animal protein, because these vegans and other people were able to be just fine, but I was in my head. And so I didn't like that. And then I, when I came back home, I had a friend who is poultry patty, and they would have classes. So I went to one of the classes and learned about poultry patty. And that, you know, you have all the poultry ever needed in the plant, that's needed. I'm just a middleman, just to meet with their poultry from the plant. And began a season delivery system that delivered poultry patty to me. And then once I did that for a while, and then I started to make my own food. And so I'm either poultry patty or vegan. So it's interesting, usually, usually a lot of people will come across like a documentary or something really traumatic that they saw or heard or something to do with the animals and how they're mistreated and abused in slaughterhouses. But that's interesting, your story. So this goes to show, Gloria, how appetizing as well vegan food must have been. And I have heard from so many people inside that the food that is available, that they serve at the ranch is apparently incredible. And I'm a vegan chef, I tell you, we don't live in the days of boring salads and brown rice anymore. Okay, wonderful. Gloria, we are going to take a short break and just get some messages across and come back with some photos that you have to share and more insight into the beautiful world of Gloria Paoyo. Stay tuned, everyone. Welcome back, everyone, to Lillian's Vegan World. I'm your host, Lillian Pumi, coming to you live from gorgeous Honolulu. Today, I have with me my gorgeous guest, Gloria Paoyo, the professional life coach and creator of Hot and Powered Ness Smoothing. I love that name. Gloria, before we go any further, I have to get you to give out some information to viewers who may want to join any of your programs. And while we are talking about that, please tell us about some really awesome stuff you have coming up here. What I'm focused on right now is I have a mastermind. I became aware that a lot of people during this time are struggling with maybe some consistency and to do some accountability because even though the world has slowed down, I think actually it's a great time for us to continue to build our businesses and work towards our goals, or to become professional. So, I have a mastermind that begins on September 1st. So, it's a small mastermind. We still have to talk about them, however. And I have the secret path, which is an online or in-person program, and it's to support people who find it and follow them around with their authentic selves. You can certainly do that. You just show up in the world differently. And then on top of that, we create our world in kind of like our dream life versus the one that sort of got handed to us. They're kind of when we're on not thinking about it, what kind of just happened. We start to become creators. Wonderful. So, if anyone does want to get in touch with you, please let us know how you can do that. Absolutely. I have an email. EmpoweredDimensionment.gmail.com and my phone number is area, it's listed on the screen. Like their phone call is great. Awesome. And we should mention, Gloria, that you are on Facebook. You are on Instagram. What is your Facebook account, Shay? It is my personal name. So, it is Gloria Stewart Payoya. I have a Facebook group called Heart Empowered Massage, and then my IG is at GPOL. Awesome. So, do definitely get in touch with Gloria. She's fantastic and I'm sure will guide you in the right direction. Gloria, let's take a look at some of your photos that you have to share with us. That's a beautiful photo. I love it. Thank you. Let's have a look at another one. This is a lovely photo. Gloria, how important is self-esteem in this day and age? I believe that it's incredibly important. It's sort of counter-intuitive. We're taught that loving ourselves is selfish. We're actually really love ourselves because we can give ourselves that grace and that compassion and forgiveness. We can then give it to others. So, we actually become kinder when we love ourselves. We become more compassionate, more giving, more understanding. And so, we just can show up in the world very different. If I love myself, I don't need external validation. So, I'm not giving for that. I'm giving because I truly want to give unconditionally. I think it just changes everything. Absolutely. That's something that I really was happy to learn about at S.I. about loving the S.I. self, loving yourself before you can actually show that same love to someone else. So, I think it's incredibly important. And the reason I ask that is because I have so many friends on social media who have Facebook, Instagram accounts, and don't post any actual photos of themselves. I know it's probably nothing to do with their self-esteem or anything, but I just find it, yeah, I find sometimes there might be that lack of confidence or when there are people on the other hand, you know, we're not none of us are Kardashians, but you know, there are people on the other hand who really just go for it and post photos of them and can come across as being a little bit on the other scale of that. But yeah, I definitely agree. Self-esteem is so important, isn't it? Absolutely. Let's have a look at another of your photos. Beautiful. You're so beautiful here. You know what, I've been saying to my husband recently, all dressed up and nowhere to go. Like, what did you do on this stage with that gorgeous photo? I just had my hair done and I'm not someone that does my hair. I just wash and go. And so my hair, I just pulled from the hair and I was like, I look great. Yes, put on you and you look absolutely beautiful. Let's have a look at another one. Gorgeous. What's in the background, Gloria? That is Simon Hood. Yeah, that was, I don't hate, that was, I had participated in the LD, which is a site program. And then at the end of the 90 days, you have an acknowledgement note. And so that was my academic outfit. And I was just proud of myself at what I had accomplished during that time. Awesome. That's great. I love how you say things like that. I was proud of myself. Like, we need to really fill ourselves up, don't we? We're only going to be confident if we believe, we believe that we are worthy of giving love and being loved and being successful and people wanting us to be successful. So, yes, you have a really good message. I do hope that people do get in contact with you. Anyone here in Hawaii, in, on Oahu, who really is feeling like they could use, you know, use really good diapers, definitely get in touch with Gloria. She's amazing. Let's have a look at another show. That's one of my, that's one of my favorite pictures. Yes. I love your face, your expression. It's, I don't know how to describe it. It's cheeky. That's actually my daughter. So, she's looking into a mirror and I'm looking at her. And I just love that picture. Nice. What's your daughter's name? Her name is Kaya. And Kaya, Kaya is also a Sai graduate, isn't she? Yes. So, she goes to Sai. The two places is from, I believe it's five to three, 12, however both parents that have guardianship have to go to Sai first. Okay. And then so, she was a little bit too old. So, she attended the Sai basic, which is the same program that you attended at 13. And then she's gone to the student team for a couple of times and she volunteered. Awesome. I wished, yes, I actually, Gloria, have a question from a viewer. So, thank you so much for the question and for, you know, getting in touch with our show. The question, Gloria, is suppose you make a really bad mistake and the people around you suffer for it. Can you, should you, still love yourself? Isn't that essentially dishonest? No. So, the mistake created pain and suffering. So, the first thing we want to do is we want to get back to an instant alignment. So, we want to make amends if we're able to, to apologize and not just say, I'm sorry, actually like adjust our behavior. And we want to get to that point to where we can show up in front of those people in a different way. Because if we show up doing ourselves up and being unhappy and be new to ourselves, then they're still experiencing suffering around us. And so, if we can come to forgiving ourselves with that contentment and process, that if we can get to forgiving ourselves and knowing that at that moment we get the best experience with what we've had and perhaps just learning from your tools that we can show up differently. But once we get to that place where we can then come back and see those relationships and show up with love and giving and compassion versus wanting to be hating ourselves, but beating ourselves up and sort of torturing ourselves or being angry, I truly believe that coming back to love is how we can give to most of the others. And so, if we want to show up differently around those people, self-love can get us there. I like to use metaphor. So, if I'm angry, I'm going to show up angry, whereas if I can get to the place of where I can come back to loving myself and forgiving myself, then I can show up again with that compassion, with that grace, with that kindness and show up around the people for me and how I'm much more supportive and loving myself. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, Gloria. It really does. And again, I keep talking about sight because I'm just mind blown at the amount of tools and insight they give you and things you can do to improve all these things in your life and all these things that are holding you back. And I think one of them definitely for me was the forgiveness one. Feeling guilty perhaps about something that happened to you and then thinking that it was your fault and feeling bad. Just all that kind of stuff, that forgiveness when you can learn to forgive yourself, others will forgive you too. So, thank you for answering the question. Thank you to the viewer also for hosting it. Much appreciated. Gloria, let's move on to another question. Sorry, another photo. There we are. Hot and Powered. This movement. I love that name. That kind of, it sums it up, doesn't it? And it's awesome. Getting in touch with Gloria. She's here ready to help. Next photo, please. Gloria, this is one of my new recipes and it is teriyaki mushroom pulled pork. There is absolutely no pork in it. And I'm going to show you the video at while we continue chatting. I'm going to show you how to make it. It's made from king oyster mushrooms. So it just goes to show like you really don't miss out on anything when you're on a vegan diet. There's just so, so much out there that we had so many delicious, delicious things to be had. So check out the video. This is a pretty cool one. You can watch and you can watch a lot of my vegan recipes on YouTube. I have about 200 recipes on my channel, Lillian Vegan. Also, Facebook, my same Lillian Vegan Facebook. Lots of vegan stuff there and recipes. And I am recently on Instagram as well, Lillian Vegan Chef Hawaii. So do check out some of my recipes. This is a, we're at, we're at the point in the video where we're making a homemade teriyaki sauce. This teriyaki sauce is from my book that is about to be released in October this year called Hawaii Vegan Paradise. So this isn't actually one of the videos in there. The video, sorry, the recipe that I have pulled pork in my cookbook is made from jackfruit. Jackfruit also has the same kind of texture and consistency, but look at that glory. Doesn't that look almost horribly too much like the real thing? Sometimes I get turned off by that because I haven't, I have never eaten meat or fish. So I grew up a vegetarian and it just doesn't appeal to me, but very delicious. So definitely give these recipes a try. And my book is coming out soon. So definitely grab a coffee, anyone out there who is interested in plant-based food. There it is, Lillian Vegan, Lillian Timmy, Hawaii Vegan Paradise. Available in stores all around Hawaii in 2018, 2020 October. So Gloria, we have only one minute to go. Please answer these questions very quickly in one word, okay? And we can go. Coolest thing about Hawaii. The people. Favorite place in Hawaii. One there. First word that comes to mind when I say vegan. Healthy. You are vegan because health. Favorite Hawaiian word? Aloha. One talent to you which you've had, ability to clean it. Oh, that's why they're all wet. How would your friends describe you? Right? One thing you still have from your childhood. A blanket. And something you want to leave the viewers with. Love each other. Thank you so much, Gloria, for coming on the show today. And thank you everyone for watching. Stay tuned for another show in a couple of weeks time on Lillian's Vegan World. Stay safe and aloha.