 And welcome to At the Crossroads. I am your host, Keisha King, and I come to you live at 5 every Wednesday, where we talk about discussions that matter that are real and relevant. This week, no difference. In the news this week, it has been an incredible contrast of emotion, as it usually is. There are times when I tell people don't even turn on the news, because some news is just there to make you so sad and at times confused and often times angry. This week, I heard a tale of two churches. Now, the first church or group of churches were six churches that were burned to the ground in Louisiana by a young man whose father is a deputy sheriff. He is now in custody and charges have been filed and they're looking into what shall be done. Nothing has been done for those churches, however, and that made me mad. Then there's the tale of another church, a very historic one, Notre Dame. It also burns, and we have over 600 million dollars of contributions that have come in and it is a national and international tragedy for the world. Hearing that news made me sad, but it also made me mad. It made me upset because I'm looking at the contrast and how often it happens that churches, especially African American churches, are just burned to the ground without any sense of regard. Hearing the tale of those two stories of churches really bothered me, kind of stressed me out. On the contrary, there was something that was so uplifting that I could not hold back my smile and that was the fifth master's win by Tiger Wood. After 10 years, I think, of not making it, he did it again and so many people and so many odds were against him. And I thought to myself, what does it take for a champion to come back against all odds? Well, it takes a lot and everything that Tiger Woods has, he gave it his all and he did it. It brought me joy. It made me smile. I had a sense of pride. I watched all the posts that were on social media that were congratulatory of such an awesome feat. So this week, and it's only Wednesday, in the news, I've had moments of stress, anger, frustration and joy. I want to be able to balance my emotions, just like the rest of the world, and say it's okay because it will all eventually work out. I believe that. I know that. But every now and then, I need an encouraging word or a boost. And so today, we have two lovely guests with us who will share what they have been through. They have anxiety just like the rest of us. They have stress and they have joy. They have things in their life that bring them encouragement and joy. And one thing that they have, they're going to talk to us about today called happy coffee. I hope you're ready because this is not really that serious of a matter. But it is something that's going to help us with all of our serious matters. So on at the Crossroads today, I'd like to welcome both Camille and Beth. Aloha. Aloha. Thank you so much. You're having us. Thank you. We're happy to be here. Thank you. Thank you. I can tell you're happy to be here. Now I want to say, we are all in sync with our outfits. Yes, we are. We did not plan this. We all have on blue and yellow. In some form. I love your style. I love your color choices. Thank you. I love yours too. Thank you. Great minds. Think alike. Yes, we do. Yes. Absolutely. Now I want to start with Camille. Camille is a wife, mother of four, a homeschooling parent. Ray for that. I was a homeschooler. She is also a believer and dealer of the happy dose. Yes. All right. And then Beth, you have two lovely girls, three. Three. Three lovely girls. Yes. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you. You are also an educator and a happy coffee representative. That's right. Awesome. Well, I need to know what is your story. I'll start with you, Camille, and then you, Beth. Tell me, you were battling with anxiety and so forth. Yes. Please share. Well, I'm 38. I wish to reveal her age, but, you know, I found myself last year at 37 in a very stressful situation with our house, very small house. My husband, I hear in Hawaii. I'm Kaneo Heiside, beautiful, tiny house. We have been under construction for about a year and a half. And my, at the same time, homeschooling all four of my children. And I was under a tremendous amount of stress. And I, my, I didn't know what was going on, but something was not right. And I was having just not enjoying life. I couldn't sleep at night. I would have a hard time falling asleep. I didn't want to wake up. I remember laying in bed sometimes just thinking, I don't want to get out of bed. I don't want to face my day. And I've always been such a joy-filled person. I'm a woman of faith, but I just found myself not being able to pull out of that. And it wrecked, it was starting to ruin my marriage. We were having more fights. More, oh, daddy's sleeping on the couch again tonight. Or, you know, that kind of thing. My children were definitely getting a brunt of the, the mommy wasn't herself. And I would snap at them easily. I would get frustrated. And I hated that. It was not good. It was not a healthy place for me to be at all. And I, doctors couldn't explain what was going on. I had my hormones tested. Everything seemed fine, but I knew something was wrong. So that's basically, yeah. Wow. That's a lot. I don't think you're alone in battling with that. Yes. Beth, would you care to also share in your story? Well, I... It's okay. It's okay. You've, you've obviously had certain stressors in your life. Yes. Raising three girls, that's always a stress for everyday life. And just everything that comes by. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We all have stress. Every day, as I said in my opening remarks, you turn on the news nowadays and you face, oh, you just name it. Hell and have water sometimes. It's really tough. And so I can imagine that having to go through a major construction project in your home while you're trying to actively live there. Yes. Yes. It was crazy. With the children. Yes. Because you're homeschooling. Yeah. So that can be challenging for anyone. And then Beth, raising three children primarily as a single parent. Yes. Challenge. Challenge. Yeah. And so battling with that, you mentioned things that eluded to anxiety. Mm-hmm. Oh, yes. There was... I wasn't familiar with anxiety. My mother suffers from anxiety. Well, she doesn't anymore, praise the Lord, because of this wonderful product. But she suffered from it for years. And I didn't know what that was until I realized it was an underlying pressure that just felt like it was going to explode at any moment. And it could take one little thing to just burst it out. And I couldn't think clearly. My heart rate would race. You know, high blood pressure. It just really... And I was gaining weight. Mm-hmm. So I couldn't lose weight for the life of me. And, yeah, I just didn't... I was depressed. Yeah. I didn't want to hike. And I was assuming I didn't want to interact with my friends like I normally would. And I'm such a social butterfly. Mm-hmm. So for me, being in that situation, I knew, whoa, I've gotten really far off track here. And, you know, those are all the symptoms of anxiety and depression. Mm-hmm. And the two go together hand in hand. They happen. If you have anxiety, it's likely to lead you to depression. Mm-hmm. Right. And so for those who don't know, let's repeat that. You weren't desirous of being with your friends. Yeah. You weren't willing to be social. Yeah. You didn't want to get out of bed. Mm-hmm. You didn't want to care for the children in the same way. And you were snapping at the kids. Yeah. That reminds me of a book I read years ago. It was called Watch Out. Mom's Gonna Blow. Mm-hmm. And it talked about a mother's chronicles of going through anxiousness and anxiety as a whole. Mm-hmm. And she would just blow her top off of seemingly the smallest. Yeah. Yeah. The smallest of issues. Yeah. And then it interfered with your marriage. Yeah. Yeah. Well, because I was so on edge and I'd be so irritable, my poor husband would come home and I'd say, I, why are we living like this? You know, what, what are we doing? Why are we, you know, it just, it was terrible. I just didn't want to live in my life. It was like, I just didn't want to be in my own world anymore. That was so odd. And of course, he's such a patient man. He's so loving and was so, you know, he never, he never, we had our issues, but he would always, he was always the one to resolve it before I would. But it, yeah, it just, you know, it's not like we ever, we're going to talk about divorce or anything, but it, it strained the marriage. So we would argue the kids would see that. Mm-hmm. It wasn't a fun, you know, we just, you know, now it's like, oh, you know, I've got my old, my old man back and he's got me back. Uh-huh. And you know, it's a totally different story now. Well, good. Yeah. Because that's the nature of life. You go through challenges. Yeah. And the goal is to make it through the challenge, not to suffer in those moments, right? Yeah. And to stay there. And I think that's the idea of being at a crossroads. You have these unique challenges that you face, but that's the goal. You need to face them and overcome them. And so I think part of what we do here at the crossroads is we help people recognize when they are at a crossroads so that they can find their way through it and embrace where they are. Because sometimes it's not all bad. Yeah, absolutely. Right? Because I think when you are faced with conflict, you are then challenged to discover ways to communicate more effectively. And you are challenged to discover things that can help you because sometimes depression leads to a chemical imbalance in the brain. Mm-hmm. And when that happens, you need something to counteract that, right? To bring your level, to make your levels level. Mm-hmm. Right? Mm-hmm. So to bring that balance and to correct the imbalance, you found a product that would work. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Okay. So now I need to hear about that story. Okay. Because where we are now is there's turmoil. There's challenges in the marriage. There's challenges with construction. There's challenges raising three or four children in the home and homeschooling. Yeah. Because with homeschooling, you're home all day. Okay. With your own kids. Yeah. The whole day. Yeah, I know. God called me to it. Otherwise I couldn't do it. Yes. His grace covers me. There you go. And that's what you want to have. You want to have a covering of protection and grace. Yes. That will help sustain you. Yes. Absolutely. Okay. Well, good for you. So something happened to you in January. Yes. Of this year. Yes. What was that? So a friend reached out to me who I've known for years and she said, you've got to hear about this thing that's changed my life. And she's got a great story that you can hear someday, but she's gone through as a caregiver for 10 years and had post-traumatic stress syndrome for that. And she said, you've got to try this happy coffee. And I thought, what? I drink coffee two, three cups a day. And my friend told me about this coffee. And so she ended up sending me six days worth. And I tried it. My husband and I actually did it together. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Yes. Okay, wait. So let's stop right here. We're looking at the screen and it says, what if a cup of coffee a day could burn fat, eliminate or elevate mood, increase energy, reduce appetite, enhance memory, increase mental clarity, anti-stress and anxiety effect, provide powerful antioxidants and control carb cravings. Give me some of that. Amen. Give me, I want that. Whoops. Because now really, that's a tall order for a cup of coffee. Yes. What's in this stuff? I mean, my mother had her own version of happy coffee. But I don't think it was what you were talking about. No. It is a botanically infused instant coffee. And it's all natural with no chemicals. I actually had, I ran into my pastor, Norman Nakanishi, at the coffee shop the other day, because I was actually in there just to get some food for my kids. And he said, this can't be legal. I know. No, it is. It's all natural. So there's no chemicals, all botanically based. And basically what happens, it's a nutritional supplement that is infused to the coffee and it will help your body release its own dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. And those are all your happy hormones. So when you get those to the point where they need to be, we're all deficient in it because of the stress in our environment, our diets, the things that we eat. And so when it's low, that's when we start getting into those negative things. So when your body is able to produce more of your own happy hormones, you just feel good. You get all those benefits. And it does what your body needs to do. So some people lose weight, but not everyone does. If your body doesn't need to release weight, because my friend Julie, who told me about the product, she didn't lose weight, but it seemed like her body started to turn more of her muscle. She started getting more muscle mass, which is great at 60 years old. 60? Yeah, she's 60 years old. I don't know if she has to share that. Well, sorry, she just told me. No, she will. She'll be fine with that. Okay, but because at 60, you lose muscle mass sometimes in tone, right? So that's good for her. That's good for Julie. And you've had your own experience with it. So we're going to talk about that. We're going to take a break. And we're going to talk about your personal experience with happy coffee. So you've been listening to Camille and Beth, and I, as we talk about a product that she calls happy coffee people. It's totally legal. I would not get on here and tell you about something that's not legal. I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't take it. Okay. And I wouldn't suggest you, but happy coffee is legal. It's all natural. We're going to find out more about her experiences with it. And then we're going to tell you how you can find some happy coffee and help reduce the stress and anxiety and the list goes on and on. So we're going to take a quick commercial break. And after that, we'll be right back. Aloha. I'm Gwen Harris, the host here at Think Tech Hawaii, a digital media company serving the people of Hawaii. We provide a video platform for citizen journalists to raise public awareness in Hawaii. We are a Hawaii nonprofit. That depends on the generosity of the supporters to keep on going. We'd be grateful if you'd go to thinktechawaii.com and make a donation to support us now. Thanks so much. Aloha. My name is Andrew Lanning. I'm the host of Security Matters Hawaii, airing every Wednesday here on Think Tech Hawaii, live from the studios. I'll bring you guests. I'll bring you information about the things in security that matter to keeping you safe, your coworkers safe, your family safe, keep our community safe. We want to teach you about those things in our industry that may be a little outside of your experience. So please join me because security matters. Aloha. All right. So welcome back to At the Crossroads. I'm your host, Tisha King. And today we're talking with Camille and Beth about their favorite new product, Happy Coffee. So Beth, I'm sorry, Camille, we're going to take a look at pictures of your family. And you can show just that picture of Beth and Camille's family. So these are beautiful children. There's your husband. How old are your children? He's 12. Noah's 11. Eve is 8. And Kate is 6. Okay. Beautiful, beautiful. And Beth, your family? Yes. So these are my girls. So I got one graduating this year. Shahidah, she's 17. And then a 13, Aliyah. And a fourth grader, Ashley. Beautiful. I love their names. I love your pictures. Yes. Great family. So now, back to this coffee. As I said, this is something that is totally legal, but it's all natural. Yeah. I love that. Yeah, it's wonderful. So my experience with it is I tried it. And the first thing I felt was my mind just felt clear. You know, it just felt focused. And it was actually the first day I had it was my birthday, January 5th, which was awesome. So great to start the year. That's right. And that was the first thing I noticed. The next thing that I noticed is I just felt happy, which sounds funny, but I did. I just felt happy, content. I had joy in my life that I hadn't felt. Which are some of the things we're looking at on the screen now. Elevates mood. Yep. Okay. I know about a few things that elevate your mood. And this does that. It blocks sugar and carb cravings. Absolutely. So that's like an appetite. I do not ever crave sugar. I actually will look at a cookie and I'm like, I don't want that. You're already satisfied, right? Your brain's already saying I'm good. I've got my happy hormones. So you don't crave comfort food. So I don't crave chips. I don't crave sugar. Another thing I noticed was that I ate half of the amount of food. And, you know, for my birthday, we went and had Thai food. We ordered the same amount we always order and we only ate half of it. Because my husband was on it at the same time I was. We thought, well, that's kind of interesting. And the other thing about it is because I'm not craving the sugar and stuff. I crave healthier food. I want the leafy greens. I want protein. I find myself looking in the fridge like, ooh, where's an apple? And I love that. Because usually it's kind of a battle to pick the healthier food, you know? Exactly, exactly. So show us these products. Oh, sure. So what it is, is we have the elevate, is it smart coffee? Okay. Or what I call happy coffee because that's basically what it is. It makes you happy. And it's in the dose form. So you take a happy capsule, one happy capsule a day, and one cup of coffee. And you just, it's a scoop of instant coffee. And just scoop it into your cup, stir it up. And the benefits of the Xanthomax, it's turmeric and Xanthohumal, which is from the hops bar. But if you show, there's a slide that, there we go, Xanthomax. This is all the stuff that this little happy capsule does. It's like a super vitamin. Okay. It's awesome. And so you put the elevate coffee together with the Xanthomax, and it makes the happy coffee. We also have the, for athletes, we have the nitric oxide. And this is a, they added another botanical blend that actually helps your body produce your body's own nitric oxide. And if anybody knows anything about nitric oxide, something our body already produces, it's amazing. Here's the benefits to this. So it helps your cardiovascular system. So it opens up the blood vessels. It helps oxygenate your blood. It does amazing things. So it boosts your immune system. It's fantastic. And if you're an athlete, it helps increase your, you can go harder, faster, longer. Muscle recovery is phenomenal. I couldn't believe it after a hard, hard workout of CrossFit. I did the Murph challenge with my workout group. The next day I should have had sore legs. I did not. And I was blown away by the fact that I just had my nitric oxide coffee and it was just amazing. So athletes got to get into this stuff because they just, you just, I swam today and I, I felt like I could swim for hours. I was like honey, I just fall after you, just swim and swim and swim and swim. And it was great. Good for you. So now Beth, have you began taking any of the product at this time? Yes. I've actually only tried it a couple of days. And so far I've been feeling like I have a lot more energy. And I just feel like I'm just at a constant calmness with the girls. And in my work environment, I feel like I can have patience with everybody. Okay. Which is good. Yeah. Well, but one thing I did want to say is that I have my friend on this and I wanted to see how he would like it in react. He said he's only been on this product for a week and a half. And he has really bad eczema and always had to go to the doctor for a quarter zone shot. I said turmeric. That's the number one thing that's going to heal him. I gave it to my friend. He tried it and he's like, oh my goodness. Within a couple of days, his eczema just went away. Wow. So I really believe in these products. Yeah, the xanthomax is it. Wow. It's good. It's good. And every day I see him get more energy. And even the students wear he's at. Wow. That's amazing. Yeah. I'm glad for both of you that you're having such excellent results. Yeah. Now you have other pictures that you'd like to show. Yeah, real quick. Yeah. And I did want to talk about the patients too while we show the next slide. The last thing we have is a chocolate version. Okay. So for anyone who can't have caffeine, doesn't like coffee, we have a happy hot chocolate. And this is great for the same benefits, all the same benefits. And you can take it in the dose form with the capsules as well. And we've noticed children actually, because it doesn't have the caffeine, they can focus at school if they're having focus issues. Okay. But I wanted to say another huge thing about this product for me, like she said, is the patience. It increased my patience to a note. I mean, I started getting choked up about it because it saved me as a mom. I was so impatient. And now I just, stuff rolls off my back. And I don't, it doesn't bother, they can fight in the car. And I don't snap. I just yell at our kids. And I finally feel like I'm free from that horrible weight of not being the best mom I could be. That's so awesome. It's changed my life for that alone. And then I've lost 10 pounds. Congratulations. And my husband's lost 16 pounds. And I think, oh, we'll show that before the, let's take a look at the pictures next. Yeah, we'll do the pictures. So here's some, we'll show some before and after pictures. And most of it's weight loss. Like I said, it's not a weight loss coffee. So I don't want people thinking that. But go ahead to the next slide. This is me. That was me in December of 2018. And that's me in March. And that was me on the coffee for two months. Oh, wow. Yeah. I just, well, yeah. Well, like, what, January? January to March. So, yeah. Yep. So two months. Yeah. So that's been great. And then the next slide. Let's see. That's my husband. That was on our trip this January before we actually, before he started full-time on the coffee, because we've actually been on it full-time since January 25th, even though we tried it in my birthday. And that's him now. He's lost 16 pounds and inches. And he's just looking like a hottie. And then the next slide. What else did I have? Oh, this is my friend Ashley from Louisiana, all the way from Louisiana. And she just loves this coffee. She's lost a bunch of weight. And not only that, she just feels, she struggled for years with depression and anxiety and just wanted to kind of hide in life. And now she's out and loves life. And she's amazing. And what's the next slide? And the next slide is this is Justin. Not my husband, Justin. But Justin, yep. He actually lives outside of my old hometown in Washington state. And he's lost weight. And him and his wife, they said it really helps their marriage. Because they've been married a long time. What's the next slide? This is so good. Yes. And then this is how you can get in touch with us. So you can contact myself. That's my cell phone. You can text or call. Send me an email. You can find me on Facebook at teamkakua.com or teamkakua.coffee on Instagram. Hashtag kakua.coffee. And anyone who reaches out and says that they saw us on the show today, you guys will get put in a prize drawing. Look at this camera right here. So they don't know. So if you any of the ways you can reach us, reach out to us and tell us you saw us on the show today. And you'll be put in a drawing to win your own free, either the coffee dose or the chocolate dose. So if you want to win, go ahead and put your stuff. You know me, contact me, call me, whatever you want to do. That's so awesome. And we'll do the drawing Saturday. Drawing on Saturday. I'll announce it on my Facebook page. If you want to win free coffee, free happy coffee, not just any coffee, but happy coffee, then you must contact Neil and or Beth. And they will tell you all about that. Now I love, love, love what she is saying this coffee does. I didn't have the opportunity to taste test it. You guys heard me a few weeks ago where I said I would start a new diet with another guest of ours who was on the show. And so I needed to stick to a certain intake level, but I have to let you guys know I also have battled with a lot of stress due to work and personal life. You name it. We have stress all over the world in our lives in our daily walk. What I found to be most successful for me and just anybody else is diet, exercise, my personal faith. I do not always try the newest things that come out because there's so many different new things. I have three people right now who want me to sign up for their travel club. Two people who want me to sign up for their diet enhancements. So I can't try everything. I would say you try it. See if it works for you and if you like it, come and tell me about it. Maybe you'll come up and talk to me about it on the show. I love hearing success stories like Beth and Camille. But as we started our show, I talked about anxiety and depression and frustration with watching the news. I talked about the disparities between what's happening in Notre Dame versus what's happening at the six burned down churches in Louisiana. My frustration is real and it's a lot like so many others. But I don't wallow in that. We can't afford to. There is much work to be done. And so I encourage you, each and to every individual, to do what you can to help and to support those who are in need in any way. And so I thank Beth and Camille for coming on today for sharing what they know as happy coffee that helps them and so many others. I want to encourage you to continue with a healthy diet plan and exercise. I do Zumba almost every single day and that helps me. It creates all the happy endorphins that I need, that I can handle. For those who know me when I'm really up, I'm really up. Mornings are my favorite. I encourage you, just do something. Don't become stagnant. Don't lie or wallow in your frustration. We can all make a difference no matter how great or small, whether it's with coffee or $600 million to fix Notre Dame, whatever it is, do your part. Stay encouraged. And come back here every week, live at five, where we will talk about what's holding you at the crossroads. We look forward to seeing you next week. Remember, I'm your host, Keisha King. Aloha.