Clarinda Braun, Founder
A Fijian and Samoan mother of two, Clarinda was born in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand) to a newly migrated family from Fiji.
Her mother, a well-read and ambitious daughter of a Samoan dancer and an English politician, comes down a maternal line from Lepea, Samoa.
Her father, a man of discipline from a long career in law enforcement – most happy with a beer in one hand and cooking with the other – comes from his mother’s family in Komave, Fiji, and Faleatiu on his father’s side in Samoa.
Moving to and living in and around the Eora and Dharug Nations (Sydney, Australia) from age 7 through her 20’s, Clarinda now lives with her husband and two children in the ahupua’a of Waianae, O’ahu Hawai’i.
Clarinda has spent the last 10+ years consulting hundreds of talented business owners and thought leaders to earn six-figure+ incomes, sustaining themselves, their families and their communal impact. Her work has led her to consult Olympians, a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, politicians, and numerous influential spokespeople.
Raising her young family now on O’ahu, Hawai’i, moved by the liveliness of indigenous sovereignty, she draws from collective wisdom about health, abundance and sustainability from her host culture, her ancestral cultures and other indigenous cultures who share fundamental land and family based values.
Clarinda centers her work for her indigenous sisters and sisters of color, intimately knowing the hindrances to visibility and access, and the battles of inner-cultural expectations and conflicting societal narratives. She knows that particular road to success and impact is a unique one.
She fervently believes in the transformative and influential power of story, saying that “In the process of creating and unearthing our stories and position to speak from, our voices filled with our mana, we naturally claim our Matriarchal birthright that benefits all – our families, our clients and our communities at large”.
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