Kauai Family Magazine Spring 2016

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Fatherhood is Sacred™ by Shawna Crosby

The foundation of this program is built on a culturally rich model to inspire and motivate fathers to devote their best efforts to family. Families can be complicated. These deep relationships often times carry a heavy load of baggage. For some, family can mean hurt and pain sprinkled with large doses of regret. For others, family is the greatest source of joy in their lives. But for most of us, the term “family” conjures up a crazy mixture of both of these extremes. 2016 is the Year of Ohana, and to help create stronger families in our community, Malama Pono Health Services offers the Fatherhood is Sacred™ program. During this training, attendees will learn to create deep and meaningful relationships with their families. Other skills developed during this program include healthy conflict resolution, creating stronger bonds with children, improving communication skills, discovering keys to personal development, embracing the role of the fathers in the native culture, learning how to achieve balance at work and home, and much more. Here’s what recent attendees of the program have to say… “This program let us fathers who fell by wrong choices find a way to be a father again, and to see the way to succeed with our family, while being a protector and guide.”

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“As a sexual assault and teen advocate, I see firsthand the damage done by inappropriateness within families. I am thrilled that men are pulling together to create stronger communities.” “The Fatherhood is Sacred program has changed my life. It has given me hope and shown me a different way of life. I feel I am changing within and am able to show my children more love and affection. For the first time I am thinking of others instead of myself.” “This training is applicable for today’s fractured families. I feel the information helped me learn how to put my family back together again.” Please come and join us for this amazing program. It is available to anyone in the community who desires to improve their role as a father, and seeks to bring balance and harmony to the challenging maze of family relationships.

Please email

Shawna@malama-pono.org for more information or call 808.246.9577 to register.


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