Rising Elements

Welcome back Elements, it's Kayla here with Episode 52: Mother's Day Special. A time to share and celebrate a your loving and kind mother. Someone that's been there for you since the very beginning. Someone I hope has nurtured and loved you as much as my mother has. My mom is  my best friend, my rock, and one of the biggest inspiration in my life and I could not imagine the world without her. On the Mother's Day Special, I bring my mother on the podcast for some light-hearted, funny, and inspirational moments that you can relate to or even laugh at. Please give your mother a special hug and tell her how much she means to you. You are such an amazing human being and I wish you the world and so much more. You deserve great things. Happy Mother's Day. Rise on Elements! 

Hey Elements. It's Kayla here with Episode 51: The Growing Crisis In India. After getting my COVID 19 vaccination I can't help but feel like life before COVID is slowly getting and I'm really excited, but then I remember that about 1/3 of the US population is vaccinated excluding children below the age of 16. Now another worry is brought to my attention as now more than ever I'm seeing the cases in India rising rapidly with little to no room for more patients, doctors at their breaking point, and more than a 100,000 people dying a day. It's time to bring awareness. It's time to do something. In this Episode I will provide you with the lives experienced by many residents in India and what you can possibly do to help. The fight is not over until we're all okay. Rise on Elements!

Hi Elements. It's Kayla here with Episode 50. Yayyyyyyyy. I feel like this is a milestone within itself. 50 episodes and we're still rolling. Let's keep this show going. I truly appreciate you all for continuing to listen and support this chapter in my life. While this is an important part for the episode, what I wanted to let you know I'm going to take my SAT this week and STAAR next week. Two really big test coming up, and boy am I nervous. It's so easy to provide you all with the tools and information to be calm and successful, but for myself it's a totally different story. So in the episode I wanted to give you last minute tips incase you're also going into the testing environment this week or next week or any other time in the future. You got this, remember to breathe, and don't think too much. I hope you have an amazing week. Until then Elements. Rise on Elements!

Hello Elements. I hope you're doing well. In this episode I talked to you about another killing of a Black person in the hands of police. While logging into the George Floyd Trial I clicked into the press conference of the death of Daunte Wright. I couldn't belief that another Black man had been killed by police, while the trial of George FIoyd who was also killed by police was taking place 10 miles away. Enough is Enough, stop killing Black people and then saying BS like the officer meant to grab her taser, no,no,no. That was murder. You have an officer who has been on the force for 26 years she should know what's a Taser and what's her Gun. Stop killing us. A white man can walk into Spas and kill 8 people and walk away with his life and another man who is not Black can kill 10 people, including an officer, and again walk away with his life. Stop killing Black people. Rise on Elements. 

Welcome back Elements. It's Kayla here with your weekly dose of reality. I did a Part 2 of the Academic Self-Care Episode with 5 more tips to help you get through the end of the school year. Check out the last 5 tips I've given you and decide whether or not they're the tips for you. Remember you deserve a life that's not stressful, take steps to make sure you're good. You're almost done. Get to the finish line. Rise on Elements.

Hey Elements, it's Kayla here. I hope you'll are doing well. I've go another Self-Care episode for you. This week has been a bit crazy for me and I've been putting a lot of pressure on myself. I always feel like the first and last parts of the school year are the most STRESSFUL parts. Trying to get acclimated to change and new teachers, and trying to finish strong. So, I've decided to kill two birds with one stone. I'll research ways to stay calm and collected with school and things outside of it, while providing a Self-Care episode for all of you. Enjoy. Remember to breathe. Rise on Elements.

Welcome back Elements. It's Kayla here with Episode 46: Breonna's Law. For the past 2 weeks I've been watching the murder trial of George Floyd, and I came across a news story about Kentucky Governor, Andy Beshear, signing a partial ban on no-knock warrants. This comes in a year after Breonna Taylor's death, when officers claimed to have been searching for drug dealers. Claiming to have knocked on her door, Taylor and her boyfriend thought their home was being broken into, and began defending themselves. Officers firing more than 30 shots, shooting Taylor 6 times and killing the EMT worker. Find out in the episode what that no-knock warrant actually said and what the Governor had implemented in the partial ban. Rise on Elements. 

Welcome back Elements. It's Kayla here with Episode 45: Women's Heritage Month Special: Lozen. I bring you one of many badass Native American warriors, Lozen. Specializing in medicine, fighting skills, strategy on the battlefield and spiritual connections, Lozen helped bring her tribe many success and leading escapes from reservation camps that mistreated Native Americans. Be inspired by Lozen and use her fighting power to drive you to do great things. I hope you're inspired. Rise on Elements.

Welcome back Elements. I hope you're doing well, you know it's Kayla here with your weekly dose of reality. Last week, 8 women were murdered by Robert Aaron Long and his temptations. Following these events it was found that Long was having a bad day. :| Yes, really a bad day. Well if I Knew we could have bad days and do harm to those who are doing nothing more than providing for their families and doing what they need to do, I don't know what I would do. Even then I wouldn't kill 8 innocent people. If you're having a bad day please do not harm the innocent, and instead get help, talk to someone. Violence toward Asian Communities need to stop. No one had any control over this virus, so the hate needs to stop. Let's help the Asian Community. Rise on Elements!

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Hey Elements, it's Kayla here with Episode 43: Women's Heritage Month Special: Patsy Mink. This episode sheds light on the 1st Asian-American Congress Woman in the US House of Representation in Hawaii. With her determine and strong spirit, along with the community support in Hawaii, Mink pushed through discrimination and being told no to get her the position she so rightfully deserve. Be inspired. Listen to Episode 43: Women's Heritage Month Special: Patsy Mink and do what she did. Build your own path and never give up. Rise on Elements.