Why RISE was created

RISE was started to help navigate the quiet spaces between life’s storms. Creating moments to pause, reflect, and realize that even in uncertainty, your future is bright and can lead to an upward path. We've all experienced it as some point in our lives. Navigating change and facing our most difficult seasons: the need and ability to renew what has grown weary, to inspire new ways of thinking, to strengthen against the stormy winds, and to elevate toward something greater.

RISE is not a prescription or a quick fix. It is a shared journey, applying transformational insights, human beliefs, and meaningful action. RISE offers a place to rediscover possibilities through inspirational stories, ancient philosophical guidance, and a community that reminds you you’re not alone.

RISE exists because transformation isn’t born from trendy or forced practices. Transformation or reinvention emerges when we choose to see beyond, to listen deeply, and to move forward with courage. Whether you are charting a new course or simply trying to finding your way, RISE is here to help guide that ascent—one thoughtful and intentional step at a time.

RISE's mission is to provide meaningful guidance during moments of uncertainty through shared life-enriching tools, timeless principles, and transformational connections—empowering growth with clarity and purpose.

What is RISE

Inspire

To renew is to reconnect with your inner strength, shedding the weight of the past so you can start each day with clarity, courage, and a refreshed sense of purpose. No matter where you’ve been, today is a chance to begin again — lighter, wiser, and more true to yourself.

Renew

To inspire is to awaken something within — a spark of possibility, a shift in perspective, or a reminder that your story matters and can light the way for others. Even in your quietest moments, your purpose can echo outward and lift someone else who needs it.

To strengthen is to build resilience through challenges, develop healthier habits, and anchor yourself in values that carry you forward with confidence. Every step you take — no matter how small — makes you more capable, more grounded, and more unstoppable.

To elevate is to rise above fear, limitation, or doubt — and to live with greater purpose, passion, and compassion for both yourself and others. You were never meant to stay where you are — you were meant to rise, again and again, into who you truly are becoming.

Strengthen

Elevate

How RISE came to be

Renew | Inspire | Strengthen | Elevate

Born in the middle of the Pacific (on an island where tradition and modernity meet in the hush between waves) is where I first began to listen. The people. The patterns of our lives. The quiet truths and beauty we often overlook.

Professionally, I learned how to listen and apply life’s teachings from others and my own experience to solve business challenges—what many refer to as “business and marketing strategy.” I built my career helping brands understand what their customers and employees needed before they would say it out loud and what it will take to create a meaningful connection. What began with an inquisitive mind, a passion to find knowledge through research, and a creative mind filled with exploration and application evolved into a deeper command of data, human behavior, and business performance.

But something unexpected happened along the way.

As I continued to master the science of consumer intelligence for commercial purposes, I started asking the same questions of myself—What do I really want? What moves me? What holds me back? The answers weren’t always in the numbers. They were in the silences, the ruptures, the patterns of my own life.

So, I turned to the wisdom of ancient practices with principles like shoshin, the beginner’s mind, and ikigai, the quiet pull of purpose. I studied how universal aesthetics, ancient and modern philosophy, and human rituals could help make sense of contemporary disconnection. And I found that the more I embraced the art of reflection, the clearer my strategy became—not just for me, but for the people and companies I serve.

Now, I live at the intersection of logic and soul.

I still help businesses uncover the hidden meaning in their customers’ journeys, but I now strive to create connections for individuals to rediscover what makes their own life worth living by bringing structure to complexity and compassion creating purposeful growth.

Because transformation doesn’t happen when you force it. It happens when you listen intently, see clearly, feel deeply, and act with integrity and resolve.

Through RISE, I aspire to provide not just theory, not just content, but a new way forward together—crafted with care and empathy, guided by ancient and worldly insights, and rooted in the belief that even our broken or misaligned pieces can become something meaningful, beautiful, and priceless.

Curt Kaneshiro

Founder of RISE

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