Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey

Website: http://www.elizabethlindsey.com

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Dr. Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey is the first Polynesian Explorer and female Fellow in the history of the National Geographic Society. A cultural anthropologist and award-winning filmmaker, the former Miss Hawaiʻi travels throughout the world as a conservationist of indigenous wisdom and an advocate for social, environmental and cultural justice.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?: Meditating with my husband

Which living person do you most admire?: My husband George Crowley who personifies humility, integrity and mastery

What is your greatest extravagance?: Time

What is your current state of mind?: Gratitude

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?: Assertiveness

Which talent would you most like to have?: Photography and writing

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?: Iʻd be a better cook

What do you consider your greatest achievement?: The ability to navigate by my Heart

If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?: Starlight

Where would you most like to live?: My home is the world. My favorite place is beside George.

What is your most treasured possession?: Love letters from my husband, the navigational feather of my mentor who was the greatest wayfinder in the world, and two meteorites from a Queros elder.

What is your favorite occupation?: Explorer

What is your most marked characteristic?: Aloha

What do you most value in your friends?: Truth

Who are your favorite writers?: Rumi, Hafiz and W. S. Merwin

Who is your hero of fiction?: Neytiri of Avatar

Which historical figure do you most identify with?: Mahatma Gandhi

Who are your heroes in real life?: My father who was a humble man, brilliant scholar and spiritual giant. My husband George Crowley who everything and more. And the first responders for their courage and compassion.

What is it that you most dislike?: Violence and prejudice

What is your greatest regret?: That I met my husband at age 60. I wish weʻd met sooner so that we could love each other longer.

What is your motto?: Be Still and Know