From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford and this is bootability.

The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us.

Getting advice from our friends and family can be super helpful. Sometimes we really need a sounding

board. But for some of us, the voices of others might be a little bit louder than our own. So how

can we listen to the ideas of others, take in what makes sense, and then form our own opinions. Today's guest,

Mewiko of Honolulu, says it took time and practice to find her voice. From her relationships

to career hurdles, Mowiko used chanting Namyo Hō-Honengkeyo to see her life clearly and gain confidence in herself.

Today, she shares that journey.

Welcome, Moeko. Thank you so much for joining the bootability podcast all the way from Hawaii.

Of course, I mean, we're doing it virtual,

but we're doing it over, yeah, what, like six hour time difference. So thank you for joining me

in the early morning. So just to start things out, I always have guests introduce themselves. So

you can just tell me a little bit about who you are and your journey with

starting to practice Buddhism. Yeah, thank you so much for having me here today. So my name is

Moiko and I'm 28 years old. I'm currently in Honolulu, Hawaii. So I was born in Osaka, Japan.

And when I was one, my family and I moved to Singapore,

where I lived there for five years. So my preschool kindergarten years were there. And at the age of six,

we moved to the island of Kauai. So most of my life has been on Kauai. And yeah, I was born into

this Buddhist practice. So my great-grandmother

chanted Nam Yoho Horeengekiao. So I'm a fourth-generation Buddhist. So really so grateful,

you know, to be surrounded with this Buddhist practice and just learning so much, you know,

from my family. And yeah, I just been able to really use that practice to overcome all these

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