Alice Inoue
{{Short description|American astrologer and life coach}}
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| birth_name = Alice Fong Leary{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbshawaii.org/long-story-short-with-leslie-wilcox-alice-inoue/?stripped=1&posted=165 |title=Alice Inoue Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox |last=Wilcox |first=Leslie |date=February 18, 2020 |website=PBS Hawaii |access-date=July 17, 2020}}
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| education = Bachelor's Degree in Biology
| alma_mater = University of California at Santa Cruz
| occupation = Astrologer{{cite news | last =Blakely | first =Jenna | title =Hawaii feng shui expert Alice Inoue opening Happiness U in Honolulu | newspaper =Pacific Business Journal| date =August 14, 2013| url =http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/2013/08/hawaii-feng-shui-expert-alice-inouye.html?page=all| access-date =April 4, 2014 }}
Feng Shui expert
Life coach
author
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Alice Inoue (born July 17, 1964) is an astrologer, feng shui expert, author, and life coach from Hawaii.{{cite news | title =Understanding A Changing World | newspaper =MidWeek | date =July 2, 2008 | url =http://archives.midweek.com/content/columns/newsmaker_article/alice_inoue/ | access-date =April 4, 2014 }} She is a former television presenter, most notably for her Do Sports program on Fuji News where she showcased activities for Japanese tourists visiting Hawaii.{{cite news | last =Lum | first =Steve | title =Do Sports With Alice Inoue | newspaper =The Hawaii Herald | date =October 17, 1997 }} At the height of her media career, she had three television shows and four major sponsors.{{cite news | last =Keesing | first =Alice | title =Go Ask Alice | newspaper =MidWeek| date =August 3, 2007| url =http://archives.midweek.com/content/story/theweekend_coverstory/go_ask_alice/ | access-date =April 4, 2014 }} She has been featured in numerous publications including gracing the cover of MidWeek twice and appearing in Hawaii Business Magazine, Pacific Business News, The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, MidWeek, Homescapes, and Hawaii Home & Remodeling.{{cite news | title =Happy Pet, Happy Home | newspaper =Hawaii Renovation | publisher =Issuu.com | date =September 23, 2012 | url =http://issuu.com/oahu-publications/docs/092312_hr_opt/11| access-date =April 5, 2014 }}{{cite news| last =Radway| first =Scott| title =The Cycle of (Business) Life| newspaper =Hawaii Business| date =October 2006| url =http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/October-2006/The-Cycle-of-Business-Life/| access-date =April 4, 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012427/http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/October-2006/The-Cycle-of-Business-Life/| archive-date =April 19, 2014| url-status =dead| df =mdy-all}}{{cite news | last =Arcayna | first =Nancy | title =Alice Inoue takes up challenge of using astrology to chart personalities | newspaper =Honolulu Star Bulletin | date =September 22, 2003 | url =http://archives.starbulletin.com/2003/09/22/features/index.html | access-date =April 4, 2014 }} Inoue is the founder and currently a life guide at Happiness U, a school for adults in Honolulu that provides advice and inspiration about life and happiness. She also has a weekly column in the Hawaii Renovation called Go Ask Alice where she answers readers' questions relating to life and feng shui.{{cite news | last =Fleck | first =Chris | title =Old Friends – Alice Inoue | newspaper =MidWeek | date =October 12, 2011 | url = http://archives.midweek.com/content/columns/oldfriends_article/alice_inoue/ | access-date =April 5, 2014 }}
Early life and education
Inoue was born in San Francisco, California, to a Taiwanese mother and German-Irish father. From the age of eight, she was raised bilingually in Taiwan, speaking both English and Mandarin. Graduating from Morrison Academy in 1981, Inoue returned to the United States to continue her education. She attended the University of California at Santa Cruz where she studied for four years, earning a degree in Biology as a pre-med student. Instead of pursuing medical school, Inoue moved to Japan to teach English while at the same time learned to speak Japanese.
Career
While in Japan, Inoue responded to a job advertisement seeking a bilingual assistant. She applied and was hired by Pacific Network Services, relocating to Hawaii in 1989. Inoue met and eventually married Egan Inoue, a former racquetball champion turned mixed martial arts practitioner. She transitioned into media where she worked as a live daily television show host, moving on to work as a bilingual news anchor and then host of her own Japanese television show. Inoue began her television career in commercials, including one with First Hawaiian Bank alongside Pat Morita. Her career also includes anchoring for Oahu Island News on the KVCN-TV for the Visitor Cable Network. The program is broadcast in over 28,000 hotel rooms throughout Hawaii. She also spent time as a co-host on KFVE's live game show, Times Super Bingo. Inoue also anchored for Aloha Times News on Japan TV News-NHK where she featured various segments on Hawaii tourism. She also had a featured sports program on Fuji News, Japan's top rated news network. The program, Do Sports, was taped in Japanese and tailored towards Japanese tourists. In the program, Inoue was featured trying new activities such as skydiving, high performance kite flying, wind sailing, and deep sea fishing. The show was so popular among Japanese tourists that she would often get stopped while in public in order to sign autographs and pose for pictures.
Inoue began a career change in the late 1990s. After being told by an astrologer that she would be changing career paths, two years later, her television contracts reached their end and she was unemployed. Inoue was quoted as saying "that moment I knew that this is what I've come here to do." She began focusing on astrology and taking courses on feng shui. Inoue became a minister in 2001, marrying close to 900 couples since being ordained. She also began study of feng shui and astrology. In 2008 she joined forces with Oceanic Time Warner Cable to produce a series of feng shui instructional DVDs based on her signature presentations. Inoue performs work as a life guide under her consultancy Alice Inoue Life Guidance. In 2013 she expanded her consultancy to include Happiness U, a school for adults in Honolulu that provides advice and inspiration about life and happiness. It was reported that she has provided guidance for 3,000 people with 500 of them being regular clients.
Inoue is also a writer and has authored eight books. She is a contributing author in the national best seller, Wake Up…Live the Life You Love with Passion, a compilation of self-development philosophies by great thinkers such as Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer.{{cite book | last =E. | first =Steven | title =Wake Up live the Life Your Love: Finding Your Life's Passion | publisher =58 Micro LLC | date =2004 | isbn =9780964470675}} She published her own book, A Loving Guide to These Shifting Times, in 2008 with a second book, Be Happy! It's Your Choice released in 2009. Additional books include Feng Shui Your Life! (2009). Inoue has also released three instructional DVDs that cover feng shui topics.{{cite news| title =Feng Shui Expert Alice Inoue will Speak at Aina Haina Library| newspaper =Hawaii News Now| date =April 13, 2011| url =http://eastoahu.hawaiinewsnow.com/news/arts-culture/feng-shui-expert-alice-inoue-will-speak-aina-haina-library/51998| access-date =April 5, 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140419014158/http://eastoahu.hawaiinewsnow.com/news/arts-culture/feng-shui-expert-alice-inoue-will-speak-aina-haina-library/51998| archive-date =April 19, 2014| url-status =dead| df =mdy-all}} In 2019, Inoue released Master Your Superpowers, a book utilizing the Chinese Five Elements to identify personality traits that can improve someone's wellness and mindful living.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kitv.com/story/40579677/new-book-master-your-superpowers-helps-people-harness-their-personality-strengths |title=New book, Master Your Superpowers, helps people harness their personality strengths |last=Ako |first=Diane |date=June 2, 2019 |website=KITV |access-date=July 17, 2020}}
Awards and recognition
Inoue has been nominated and/or won numerous awards for her writings. She was a finalist for the 2011 Indie Excellence Book Awards in the Mind, Body, Spirit category for her book Be Happy! It's Your Choice. Feng Shui Your Life! was a winner in the 2011 Indie Excellence Book Awards in the Mind, Body, Spirit category and Home and Office Interior Design.{{cite news | title =Clogged by clutter? Alice Inoue of 'Go Ask Alice' has some answers | newspaper =The Examiner| date =September 8, 2011 }} Just Ask Alice! was a finalist in the 2012 Indie Excellence Book Awards in the Mind, Body, Spirit category as well as a silver medalist in the Living Now Book Awards.{{cite web | title =Announcing the 2012 Living Now Book Award Results | publisher =Independent Publisher | url =http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1577 | access-date =April 5, 2014}}
Inoue received two additional awards for her writing in 2013; the Evergreen Medal for Personal Growth for her book A Loving Guide to These Shifting Times.{{cite web | title =Announcing the 2013 Living Now Book Awards Results | publisher =Independent Publisher | url = http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1694 | access-date =April 5, 2014}} and an Indie Excellence Award in the well-being category for her book Destination Happiness.{{cite web | title =Winners of the 2013 Awards! | publisher =Indie Excellence Book Awards | url =http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2013-winners.htm | access-date =April 5, 2014 | archive-date =March 21, 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140321030025/http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2013-winners.htm | url-status =dead }}
Bibliography
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scope="col" |Year
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scope="row" | 2008
| A Loving Guide to These Shifting Times | {{ISBN|9781419698217}} |
scope="row" | 2009
| Be Happy! – It's Your Choice: Ten Ways to Keep Your Life Bright | {{ISBN|9781439255988}} |
scope="row" | 2009
| Feng Shui Your Life! | {{ISBN|9781439276884}} |
scope="row" | 2011
| Just Ask Alice | {{ISBN|9781456475352}} |
scope="row" | 2012
| Destination Happiness: Everything You Need to Know to Stay on Course! | {{ISBN|9781479263424}} |
scope="row" | 2015
| Mindful Moments: A Collection of Life Wisdom | {{ISBN|9781519154026}} |
scope="row" | 2017
| More Mindful Moments: A Collection of Life Wisdom Paperback | {{ISBN|9781542639279}} |
scope="row" | 2019
| Master Your Superpowers: An Invaluable Resource for Creating a Happy Life | {{ISBN|9781795062657}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.aliceinoue.com/ Alice Inoue official website]
- [http://www.astrology-fengshui.com/ Alice Inoue Life Guidance, LLC]
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