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Thurs. Nov 21st, 2024 | Jan 16th I April 17th I May 29th, 2025 | 19:30-21:30

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What is the Peer-to-Peer [P2P] Program?

A Members Only event, the P2P program is a unique opportunity for FEW Japan Members to learn, thrive, and connect with each other. It is designed as a womxn-only, exclusive safe space built around our annual program theme and P2P theme that we explore through 4 learning journeys animated by 4 different experts.

Bringing together the leadership and talents of our members and external guest speakers, workshop facilitators will share their insights, methods, and applied tools in order for members to workshop, practice and strengthen their foundations in real time together. The workshops take place within a welcoming online environment with a safety net of supportive peers.

Whether you are growing your business or looking to optimize your experience in a current position. Maybe you are trying to identify your voice through a new life age or stage, or potentially you are interested in creating effective strategies to completely change your career and pivot into new projects. Whatever your aimsFEW Japan’s P2P Program and all the participants will be supportive and uplifting in their ongoing aim to develop and support you on your journey and in your next steps.

Who Will Benefit from Joining Peer-to-Peer Sessions?

Calling all our members at all ages and stages!

The P2P Annual Program is a rare opportunity for ongoing, year-long thought partnering with other talented women of all nationalities living across Japan.

• Creatives – curious about turning a creative passion into a side hustle, or expressing yourself through a new medium?
• Entrepreneurs –  already started or thinking about starting your own business?
• Corporates  – are you currently working at a company and wishing you could explore additional ways to develop your talents further and create a bigger impact?
• Pivoters and Inquisitors– are you looking to pivot your career, return to the workforce after caregiving or pivot out of one industry into adjacent opportunities that leverage your expertise?

CTA: Come explore your options and gain new perspectives on how to cultivate your knowledge, and strengthen your professional foundations! P2P is an authentic way to move your personal and professional development forward, gain new skills, expand your national networks and visibility, while at the same time being a part of a growing community who are committed to your thriving and success in Japan.

FEW Annual Program Theme

2024-2025 “Cultivating our Future”

Peer-to-Peer Annual Theme:

“Strengthening our Foundations”

Peer-to-Peer Thematic Learning Journeys

• Thursday, November 21st, 2024

• Thursday, January 16th, 2025

• Thursday, April 17th, 2025

• Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Express Yourself

Rediscover Yourself

Invest in Yourself

Celebrate Yourself

Kyoko Takeyama

Rachel Ferguson

Chinyere Okoli

Madeleine Hoffmann

Your Hosts for FEW Japan Peer-to-Peer Events

Our FEW Japan board of directors and membership engagement team are excited to host the Peer-to-Peer Events for you over the course of the year. They look forward to providing you with opportunities to be supported to achieve your goals, share your voice and learn more about how to use your talents more effectively.

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Rewrite Your Inner Story, Transform Your Life: Part 2 In-Person Workshop

Finding Your Voice When AI is Doing the Talking: An Evening with Helen Iwata

ROGUE: Transforming Resentment into Renewal

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Sat Feb 17 2024 | 10:00AM - 12:00PM (JST)

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What we’ll be doing

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by tech? It seems like every day, there is a new program, app, or update. These tools are designed to make our lives easier, but sometimes it feels like you`ll never be able to catch up and learn or implement these resources.  

Tracey Northcott, a seasoned tech entrepreneur with multiple businesses, and Aidan Fournier, a full-stack developer, who recently launched her own business, will lead us through this session. 

Tracey is going to show us how to use Chat GPT in our daily lives to help us personally and professionally. Whether you own a business, need to write a business or marketing plan, create contracts, and social media posts, or update your resume, this powerful tool can aid you in reaching your goals. Tracey will show us, with real-life examples, how to go from a blank page to smooth content creation and take control of your messaging. 

Aidan will share about her journey from English teacher in Japan to full-stack developer who recently started her own business. Her untraditional path will inspire you to consider other options for yourself or elevate yourself in your current field. 

Networking is an essential part of being in business and growing a business. Many in Japan still use traditional business cards. Aidan will guide us through a fun, creative process where we design our own digital business cards. It will have a QR code that links to our profiles, portfolios, websites, or social media pages, conveniently having everything accessible and in one place. 

You will walk away from this workshop feeling more confident and with new skills that you can use immediately. Join us for a morning of connecting and learning with other women.

Meet Our Speakers

Tracey Northcott

Australian Tracey Northcott of Enfour, Tokyo Family Stays and Tracey Northcott Consulting, is a serial entrepreneur and multi-preneur based in Tokyo, Japan. She is one of the most successful Short Term Rental hosts in Tokyo. She also runs the software development company Enfour with her family as well as Tracey Northcott Consulting where she helps other hosts discover the true potential of their STR or AirBnb business maximizing their investment, enjoyment, and hospitality standards.

Website: https://www.tracey-northcott.com/ 

Facebook: Tracey Northcott Consulting 

Instagram: @thewholeheartedhost

Aidan Fournier

Aidan Fournier grew up in Toronto, Canada, and moved abroad in 2017 to become an English teacher. Over the past 3 years, she has developed her skills in programming and now juggles multiple roles as an IT instructor to children and freelance front-end web developer.  Aidan is a volunteer lead with WomenWhoCode Tokyo and is eager to support other women in making the often intimidating jump into a new career/passion.

Website: https://aidanfournier.com/

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aidanfournier/

Other Upcoming Events

Summer Networking in Tokyo

Rewrite Your Inner Story, Transform Your Life: Part 2 In-Person Workshop

Finding Your Voice When AI is Doing the Talking: An Evening with Helen Iwata

ROGUE: Transforming Resentment into Renewal

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What we did:

FEW’s December Peer to Peer session was facilitated by Rachel Ferguson, a Communications Coach who founded The Communications Concierge. In this workshop, we learned to harness the power of our hidden resumes. First, we reviewed our professional resumes and acknowledged our education, work experience, qualifications, and achievements. Then we focused on our second resumes and listed some of our life experiences, learnings, relationships, challenges, and motivations. Our professional resumes showcase our skills and talents, and what we can offer to a company or client. The second resume shows authenticity, honesty, and empathy for others and their experiences. Both resumes are true and the second can enhance the first.

Hidden Resume Process

• List jobs and experiences that do not appear on your formal resume
• List skills and qualities that were not featured on your CV before

Sample questions that you can ask yourself in the Hidden Resume process

• What did I gain from these experiences?
• When and where can I use personal elements of my hidden resume?
• Can we be personal and even vulnerable while maintaining strength and professionalism? 

Key Takeaways

• Reframe all our experiences to be sources of individual strength and unique insight
• Acknowledge and embrace our past (even dodgy) experiences to enhance our present gifts
• Weave our history to our present and draw out the consistency across our life’s work

Facilitator: Rachel Ferguson – Communication Coach 
Co-hosts: Membership Directors – Shizuka Suzuki and Christine Brown

Rachel Ferguson has an 18-year career in Japan. In 2023, she founded The Communication Concierge to assist Japanese companies in enhancing their performance through English language and cultural communication upskilling.

She co-founded Kosodate Village, a non-profit organization that focuses on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in Japan. The organization emphasizes empowering young men and women and creating spaces for LGBTQIA+ individuals to connect. She is also a co-founder of Ryozan Park, a co-working-and-living community located in northern Tokyo, with a dedicated mission to promote diversity and foster work-life balance. They were awarded the “Entrepreneur of the Year” honour from the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan in 2019.

Before venturing into entrepreneurship, Rachel served as a news and weather announcer for NHK World TV. She holds master’s degrees in creative writing and Japanese gender studies and has published a children’s book and a volume of poetry.

Learn more about Rachel Ferguson:
https://rachelferguson.net/

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https://www.instagram.com/rachelfergusonpoet/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-ferguson-7335b927/

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Real-Life Perspectives on Retirement

FEW’s November Monthly Meeting centered around Financial Wellness, exploring strategies for a secure and independent retirement. The event featured insightful discussions led by four panelists, covering key takeaways and advice for navigating the changing retirement landscape.

Meet our Panelists

Diane Nagatomo (Retired Professor)

Diane Hawley Nagatomo has been living and teaching in Japan since 1979. She retired from Ochanomizu University in 2022 as a full professor but continues to teach part-time at several Tokyo universities. She has extensively researched and written on issues related to gender and identity in language learners and language teachers. Additionally, she has authored numerous EFL textbooks and a Japanese phrase book titled “暮らしの日本語指さし会話帳4 英語版 暮らしの日本語指さし会話帳シリーズ.” Her first novel, “The Butterfly Café,” set in contemporary Tokyo, was published in July 2023. She lives with her husband and has 6 grandchildren.

Ryann Thomas (International Tax Services Partner)

After joining PwC Japan in mid-2001, Ryann worked initially in the transfer pricing area but more recently she is providing general international tax services for multinational enterprises. Her client base is primarily foreign-headquartered companies conducting inbound business to Japan, although she also works with several Japanese-headquartered corporations. She is a sole householder, is not married and does not have children therefore her financial wealth is reliant on herself. Her current position has a mandatory retirement at 60 so she has to retire in 6 years.

Rebecca Jennison (Professor Emerita)

Rebecca was born and raised in the US and has lived in Kyoto for over 4 decades. She came to Japan after graduating from university with an interest in Japanese and East Asian art and later received a Master’s Degree from Cornell University in East Asian Languages and Literatures.  She taught courses in women‘s studies with a focus on art and literature in the Department of Humanities at Kyoto Seika University until the end of March 2020, and is continuing her research and writing on the works of women contemporary artists engaged with feminism, post-colonial theory, and transnational issues. She is also a sole householder with 1 Japanese son.

Vivian Tianyue Hu (Client Advisor)

Vivian is a Managing Director at Leo Wealth, an independent global wealth advisor. Based in Hong Kong, Vivian provides comprehensive financial planning services to global citizens including investment management, trust and estate planning, cash flow planning, retirement planning, and cross-border advisory. Prior to Leo Wealth, Vivian served as a VP at Pictet & Cie SA, advising High Net Worth clients in the APAC region. Prior to moving to Hong Kong, Vivian was based in New York as a financial planner at First Republic Bank. Vivian has more than 10 years of experience delivering wealth management solutions across both the US and Asia Pacific. Vivian holds an MS in Finance from Pace University and a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a Certified Financial Planner professional, and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. She is married and has one son.

Key Insights

1. Self-Reliance: Be prepared to rely on yourself, considering potential unforeseen challenges in retirement.
2. Safety Nets: Explore health insurance, pension plans, and social security benefits for a secure financial foundation.
3. Early Planning: Start retirement planning early, especially for women, who face a longer average longevity than men.
4. Educate Yourself: Understand the power of saving, compounding interest, and regularly review your budget to adapt to changing responsibilities.
5. Multiple Income Streams: Diversify income sources through property ownership, investments, and potentially post-retirement work.

Practical Tips

1. Consult Authorities: Seek advice from local prefectural offices regarding retirement, wills, and end-of-life planning.
2. Health Considerations: Factor in family medical history when budgeting for retirement.
3. Legal Preparedness: Ensure documents are in order, including permanent residency, consistent names, and property ownership details.
4. Professional Assessment: Consider professional services like LEO Wealth to assess and project your financial situation.
5. Personal Fulfillment: Project your retirement, envisioning where you want to live, what you want to do, and the annual funds required.

Resources

• Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement
• Retiring in Japan? Be prepared to foot your own bills 
• The Expat’s Guide to Growing Old in Japan: What You Need to Know 
• Inheriting the Japanese Way: Who Gets What and Why 
• The 100-year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity 
• Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done About It
• Financial planning services for women in Canada, founded by a Canadian: Untangle Money – https://www.untangle.money/
• A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
• Retirement calculators & tools 
• The Pink Tax: Dismantling a Financial System Designed to Keep Women Broke
• Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
• iDeCo for Americans
• The Japan Times – Age Wise
• P2P Session 2: https://fewjapan.com/claim-your-voice-peer-2-peer-december-2023/
• Bonenkai in Tokyo: https://fewjapan.com/bonenkai-in-tokyo/
• FEW Membership: https://fewjapan.com/membership-member-benefits/individual-membership/
• Code Chrysalis Scholarship Applications OPEN: https://fewjapan.com/code-chrysalis-scholarships-open/

Many thanks to our panelists for sharing valuable insights, practical tips, and empowering stories that will help us chart a course toward financial security and personal fulfillment in retirement. We would also like to thank FEW Japan Leadership for organizing this event and providing a platform for our speakers to share their knowledge. Special thanks to our FEW Japan community for attending and engaging in this important conversation. We look forward to continuing to support each other in our journeys towards Financial Wellness.

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October 21st | 10:00am – 12:00pm JST

What we’ll be doing

When you meet someone new, what do you really want them to know about you? 

In this workshop, Creativity Coach Paige Baldwin Ando will guide you through a process to help you excavate a more authentic mode of self expression. Through free form visual exercises, you will play, explore, and come away with brand new insights. 

This process helps you go beyond the surface level and dive deep to the core of what you really want people to know about who you are.

Join us for this Intuitive image making session. Bring your pen and favourite notebook and your art supplies. Let’s have fun and reclaim a clearer, more confident sense of ourselves!  

Paige Baldwin Ando is a writer and creativity coach who helps people from around the world maximise their creative potential. Whether that means building your business, writing a novel, or filling an art gallery with paintings, Paige helps you tap into your gifts and share them confidently with the world. She is the founder of Whole Self Creative and the co-host of The Creativity Cafe podcast.

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For FEW Members – This event is FREE.  However, you must log in and sign up by Saturday, October 21st to receive the Zoom link.

We look forward to seeing you online!

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Let’s learn how some small changes to your eating, body conditioning and sleep can noticeably change your current and future health.

As we enter the fall and winter months, our stress from readjusting to pre-pandemic social and work lifestyles may start to exhibit itself in our health. Zoé Kanzawa and Chloe Bomberger are a holistic nutritionist and a doctor specialising in holistic rehabilitation, respectively. They will share some uncomplicated strategic advice to help us show up for ourselves in healthy ways and manage our personal wellbeing via simple dietary and lifestyle adjustments.

Minor mindset changes can have a big impact on our health. Not everyone has time for the gym or cooking well-balanced meals. When we talk about health and wellbeing, we often immediately think about the things that we can’t do. Chloe and Zoé are here to help us readjust our focus to working with ourselves, within our means, personality and environment.

This discussion aims to offer a fresh outlook, showing how we can take a holistic approach to our symptoms and assess our lifestyles for meaningful, long-term transformations. Our goal is for every member to embrace their own journey towards enhanced well-being with a sense of empowerment and possibility.

Meet the Speakers:

Dr. Chloe Bomberger is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), and has spent her career helping people with physical disabilities, pain, and other physical difficulties regain function and improve their quality of life. 

After graduating from medical school at the University of Pittsburgh she served as a flight surgeon in the United States Navy before pursuing specialty training in PM&R in North Carolina, where she practiced for 14 years before deciding to move to Japan in 2022.  Living in Japan was a life dream for her and her husband, and she is currently learning Japanese while living in Tokyo.  She believes that movement is an essential component of a healthy and happy life, and is interested in ways to make movement accessible, enjoyable, and sustainable for everyone. Her interests include hiking, strength training, Japanese language and culture, cooking, and knitting.

Passionate about empowering individuals to take charge of their health and well-being, Zoé Kanzawa is a dedicated Functional Medicine Health Coach with a mission to guide you on a transformative journey towards optimal vitality.

With a background in yoga, Thai yoga bodywork, ayurveda and functional medicine, Zoé combines scientific knowledge with a holistic approach to wellness, focusing on the interconnectedness of the body, mind, and spirit. Through personalised guidance, actionable steps, and ongoing support, she empowers you to make informed decisions and cultivate sustainable habits that lead to a vibrant and fulfilling life.

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Interact with the dynamic and diverse FEW community. Meet the new members from all over Japan. Connect with the FEW board and share your takeaways from the last 12 months. Learn more about sake from our Vice President and sake expert, Kyoko Nagano.

Bring you own sake or the beverage of your choice and listen to our in house sake expert Kyoko Nagano share her knowledge, passion and love for sake.

Sip, Savor, and Sake: Delight in a Sip-Filled Adventure and Uncover the Secrets of Japan’s Beloved Beverage! 

June brings the rainy season to Japan which promises that the summer is just around the corner. June also is the end of the FEW year. This year we want to slide into summer with a relaxed social. Interact with our diverse membership from all over Japan and connect with your board, in particular, our Vice President and sake expert, Kyoko Nagano.

We are planning a relaxed and fun evening with social fun and sake testing and discovery. Get to know each other on a deeper level or just hang out and have a laugh. Bring your beverages of choice and make it a real party. 

This year Summer Social will feature « special Q&A with our own in-house sake expert, Vice President Kyoko Nagano ». There are no official speakers – it is you, our members, who are the stars of this event.

Kyoko is a Japanese national who was born in Seoul, South Korea, raised in Jeddah Saudi Arabia and in the United States. She worked at ITOCHU Corporation, UBS, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, AIG and MetLife but as a trailing spouse, she had to give up her corporate career and lived in California for 2 and a half years and in Thailand for 5 years with her family as a housewife and a mother of 2 kids. 

Ever since she came back to Japan, her passion to introduce Japanese culture and to support struggling sake breweries led her to launch two businesses in 2018 and one company in 2019 and she was recently interviewed by Savvy Tokyo here.

She has been serving as a board member since 2018, currently in Vice President role and she also volunteering at InterNations as an Ambassador. 

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9:45 am DJ Lounge by Tiffany

What is the P2P (Peer-to-Peer) Program?

This program is a unique opportunity for FEW Members to learn, thrive, and connect with each other. Whether you are growing your business, looking to optimize your experience in a current position, or are interested in creating effective strategies to change your career, or pivot into new projects, P2P will be an asset for you.

Who Will Benefit from Joining P2P?

This program is an authentic way to move forward with your professional and personal development while at the same time building a flourishing community.

• Corporates  – currently working at a company and looking for new opportunities
• Entrepreneurs –  already started (or thinking about starting) your own business and want to reach your ideal clients
• Pivoters and Inquisitors– for those looking to pivot their careers/get back into the workforce, or who are exploring their options

Join us by adding your voice and learning from this session to enhance your personal and professional lives. 

What we’ll be doing

Join us for the final session of Peer-to-Peer on Saturday, April 15th from 10:00-12:00.

We’ll be reviewing the past years sessions and would love your feedback. What did you learn? Were you able to integrate the tools and techniques into your life? What would you like to see going forward in P2P?

We will have breakout rooms and sharing in the main room. There will be time to meet, talk, share, and learn from each other. Hope to see you there!

Your Hosts for FEW Japan Peer-to-Peer Events

FEW Membership Directors Tiffany Rossdale and Christine Brown will be your hosts for the final session . We are excited for FEW members to take advantage of this opportunity and be supported in achieving your goals, sharing your voices, and learning to use your talents effectively.

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9:45 am DJ Lounge by Tiffany

What is the P2P (Peer-to-Peer) Program?

This program is a unique opportunity for FEW Members to learn, thrive, and connect with each other. Whether you are growing your business, looking to optimize your experience in a current position, or are interested in creating effective strategies to change your career, or pivot into new projects, P2P will be an asset for you.

Who Will Benefit from Joining P2P?

This program is an authentic way to move forward with your professional and personal development while at the same time building a flourishing community.

• Corporates  – currently working at a company and looking for new opportunities
• Entrepreneurs –  already started (or thinking about starting) your own business and want to reach your ideal clients
• Pivoters and Inquisitors– for those looking to pivot their careers/get back into the workforce, or who are exploring their options

Join us by adding your voice and learning from this session to enhance your personal and professional lives. 

What we’ll be doing

For our members who don`t currently have a LinkedIn profile, we will walk you through the basics of creating your page. For those who already have a profile, we will guide you to amplify and curate your content. In our breakout rooms, members will have an opportunity to share their personal experiences using the platform. During the session, we will feature a FEW member`s LinkedIn profile as our professional facilitators offer advice and help enhance their account. Plus, you`ll have a chance to ask questions and learn from our LinkedIn experts.

Your Hosts for FEW Japan Peer-to-Peer Events

FEW Membership Directors Tiffany Rossdale and Christine Brown will be your hosts along with facilitators, Monika Hori and Fumiko Takahashi . We are excited for FEW members to take advantage of this opportunity and be supported in achieving your goals, sharing your voices, and learning to use your talents effectively. 

Next Session

Level Up Your LinkedIn

Session 3 – February 18th

10:00am – 12:00pm JST

Monika Hori is a Senior Manager and Head of Marketing Solutions at LinkedIn Japan. 

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monikahori/

Fumiko Takahashi is a Consultant in Learning & People Engagement at LinkedIn Japan. Fumiko is a sales specialist at LinkedIn Japan. She was born and grew up in Tokyo, Japan. 

After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in International Politics at Keio University, she started to work for global IT companies as a HR and Sales Specialist.

She loves to play golf and grow plants.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fumiko-takahashi0315/

We’ll have even more amazing events this Spring. Mark your calendars: we’ll share more information in news for our members.

Session 4:  April 15th (2023) 

10:00am – 12:00pm JST

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What is the P2P (Peer-to-Peer) Program?

This program is a unique opportunity for FEW Members to learn, thrive, and connect with each other. Whether you are growing your business, looking to optimize your experience in a current position, or are interested in creating effective strategies to change your career, or pivot into new projects, P2P will be an asset for you.

Who Will Benefit from Joining P2P?

In Session 2, we will be learning to navigate our emotions and claim our voices. Have you ever had issues with self-esteem or felt imposter syndrome around your business or career?  

We will learn about the nature and purpose of emotions, and some powerful strategies for processing them. Through a mini-guided session, we will revisit past experiences that created emotional blocks and beliefs, learn to transform and harness them for self-empowerment, and reclaim our voice. 

We will take time to rediscover the rich complexity and beauty of our full individuality and unique voice through a guided diversity-mapping activity. We will walk away with a fresh take on all the creativity of our diversity empowering us to contribute our unique voices into the world. 

Blending the insights and expertise of our two guest speakers, we will leverage our unique experiences with adversity, and learn to mobilize our lived experience towards empowered allyship with ourselves and with others we care about.

Your Hosts for FEW Japan Peer-to-Peer Events

FEW Membership Directors Tiffany Rossdale and Christine Brown will be your hosts along with facilitators, Dr. Mira Simic-Yamashita and Dr. Jackie F. Steele. 

Navigating Emotions & Claiming Your Voice

Session 2 – December 10th  

10:00am – 12:00pm JST

Dr. Mira Simic-Yamashita is a psychologist, therapist, and university lecturer. She is from Serbia and has lived in Japan for 19 years. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Belgrade in Serbia and holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in psychology from Okayama University in Japan.
She is a clinical hypnotherapist and a Rapid Transformational Therapist. She runs a private therapy practice, helping people globally to overcome a variety of emotional and psycho-somatic issues, including migraine and chronic pain.
She is also a mom of two humans and one dog. In her free time, she plays the flute, travels with family, or enjoys quietude with a cup of coffee.

Dr. Jackie F. Steele is a trilingual political scientist, author, and international speaker who has taught at leading universities in Canada and Japan, including six years as associate professor at the University of Tokyo. She has published over thirty academic works, is a long-time collaborator of the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, and is an advisor to UN conferences focused on gender equality, diversity, and disaster/crisis risk governance. As founder and CEO of enjoi Japan K.K. Dr. Steele has guided corporate leaders on diversity and equity for innovation (DEI) as a holistic and evidence-based business strategy. In her volunteer life, Jackie serves as President of FEW Japan supporting women’s empowerment, and is also a director of the Pride Business Alliance Japan. To support the next generation of intersectional diversity leaders, she is an angel investor with SheEO Canada, and is the Strategic Advisor of WomEnpowered International hosted at GRaSPP (UTokyo). Since April 2022, she is Senior DEI Business Partner for Amazon Japan.

What we’ll be doing

Dr. Mira Simic-Yamashita will teach about emotions and how to navigate them. She`ll lead us through a mini-guided session to discover a limiting belief and how to transform it. Then we will have a chance to discuss our experiences and ask questions. 

Next, Dr. Jackie Steele, will lead us through a self-to-systems diversities mapping exercise to help us reveal all our social vulnerabilities and superpowers. She will guide us in understanding how our complex societal positioning and vulnerabilities can be reclaimed to empower our voice, allied collaboration and innovation. 

In small breakout groups, and large group discussion we will bring the learning together to discuss and start leveraging these insights across our emotional and social strengths to foster holistic wellbeing. 

We’ll have even more amazing events in 2023. Mark your calendars: we’ll share more information in news for our members. 

Session 3:  February 18th (2023) 

10:00am – 12:00pm JST

Session 4:  April 15th (2023) 

10:00am – 12:00pm  JST

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We look forward to seeing you online!

This is an exclusive program for FEW Members. If you haven’t joined FEW yet, here’s the link to do that too:

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