Olelo paʻa Ogawa · The Aloha Chef

Feel energized, clear and fully alive again, at any age.

If you feel tired, disconnected or not quite like yourself anymore, this isn’t your new normal. Through the wisdom of food, aloha and inner transformation, I help you reconnect with your health, your energy and your purpose.

Speaker • Transformational Coach • Food-as-Medicine Educator

Olelo paʻa Ogawa smiling in a pink blazer with a plumeria flower in her hair
Aloha!50+ years of cooking, a lifetime of aloha.
This is for you if…

You know there’s more life in you.

  • You’ve tried diets, routines and advice, but nothing truly sticks.
  • You feel off in your body and don’t know what actually works anymore.
  • You know there’s more life in you, but you can’t seem to reach it.

This isn’t decline. It’s disconnection, and it can be reversed.

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Meet Olelo paʻa

I’m not teaching this. I’m living it.

At 72, I am still learning, expanding and evolving. I don’t teach from theory; I guide from lived experience.

For more than fifty years, food has been my language. I’ve been honored as an award-winning chef, but the moment I’m proudest of is when food stops being just food and becomes a doorway to something deeper. A spiritual awakening through Hoʻoponopono and energy work changed how I cook, how I live, and how I help others.

That’s why I know, with certainty, that vitality is possible at every stage of life. I’m the proof.

72 & expanding Chef + Coach + Speaker Rooted in Aloha
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Ways we can work together

Choose your next step

Whether you’re ready for a one-on-one conversation, a deeper coaching journey, or an inspiring talk for your group, there’s a way for us to connect.

50 minutes

Aloha Clarity Session

A guided conversation to gain clarity, discover what’s holding you back, and leave with confident next steps.

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Private coaching

Your Personal Recipe

One-on-one coaching that blends food as medicine, energy awareness and aloha to restore your vitality and purpose.

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Speaking & events

Inspiration for Your Audience

Warm, funny and deeply wise talks for conferences, summits, retreats, women’s and senior groups, schools and wellness programs.

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What you walk away with

Feel like yourself again

  • More energy in your body

  • Clarity in your mind

  • Reconnection to your purpose

  • Joy and peace from within

Kind words

“A true ray of sunshine”

Adriana WelhamWellbeing Educator & TEDx Speaker · Video testimonial

Olelo was a true ray of sunshine during one of my lowest moments. She understood and respected my faith and guided me in the sweetest, most compassionate way. I came to her with a heavy heart and left with a huge smile; even others noticed the change in me.

SymaCoaching client

She has a gift for seeing the potential in others, even when they can’t see it in themselves. If you are searching for clarity, purpose, or simply someone who believes in you, Olelo paʻa is that person.

Federico GallegosUSMC Veteran, Co-Founder & CFO, Regal Staffing, LLC

Her warmth and energizing presence feel like sunshine on my skin, light and uplifting. Olelo’s wisdom connects mind & spirit on a deeper level, the level where real change begins.

Angelica AncelorumLove Journey Art

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Upcoming · October 16, 2026

Unbound at Any Age

The Aloha Chef’s Recipe for Energy, Purpose & Joy

Join Olelo paʻa as a featured speaker at the free, global online UNBOUND-U Summit 2026 (6am Hawaiʻi · 9am Los Angeles · 5pm London). When you register, choose Olelo paʻa as the speaker who invited you.

“She has a natural ability to light up a stage while also leaving people with meaningful lessons, reflections and inspiration.”
Dr Sohail Ahmed, Purpose Driven Public Speaking / Bradford 4 Better
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Free community · Aloha Chef Ohana

Come as you are. You already belong.

The Aloha Chef Ohana is a welcoming place to gather, grow and share wisdom for nourishing the body, mind and spirit, with aloha.

Join a warm circle of people who believe in nourishing themselves through food, wisdom and connection. It’s free to join.

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Global Conscious Entrepreneurs book cover alongside Olelo paʻa Ogawa
#1 Amazon Bestseller in multiple countries

Global Conscious Entrepreneurs

Olelo paʻa is an international bestselling co-author of Global Conscious Entrepreneurs: 49 Entrepreneurs Changing the World, alongside Dame Marie Diamond, star of The Secret.

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You are not meant to fade. You are meant to come alive.

Your next chapter can be your most vibrant one. Let’s take the first step together.

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