Ole Kerisimasi. Celebrating Christmas. Ioana & Mulipola Leonia

About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of Christmas in Samoan culture and offers insights on reflection, goal setting, and holiday safety.

Send us Fan Mail This is the final episode for Sesaon 2 and to celebarate Christmas. Registered Nurse Mulipola Leonia will share her experience about the holiday season and why this is important to a Samoan. We will talk about the value of reflection on the year that was, setting goals for the new year, tips on looking after each others, and to how to be safe during the holidays. Ole polokalame mulimuli lenei ole tausaga e taualuga ai le Season 2. Ole polokalame fa'api...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Ioana Mulipola

Guest: Mulipola Leonia

Topics covered

• Christmas
• Samoan culture
• mental health
• goal setting
• holiday safety

Keywords

• Christmas
• Samoan
• mental health
• holiday season
• goal setting
• reflection
• safety tips

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