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In my life, I’ve experience five personal ‘tsunamis’ that threatened to leave me broken, but instead gave me strength and led to the creation of…

I look through the windows of my Japanese home at the cityscape of Tokyo and I see how my life has been a series of…

“I wish I could be a part of such an energizing community!” I first learned about FEW when they held a special event at my…

Becoming a young international professional was perhaps fate (or en, 縁). I’m half Japanese and was born in Tokyo, but primarily grew up in the…

Ever been asked “What do you do?” My answer: “I empower people to become the best version of themselves.” As a coach and facilitator, I…

If you were to tell me that I would be an entrepreneur in a country 11,000 kilometers from my hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, I…

It’s not without a sense of irony that I find myself settled in Tokyo with my Japanese husband and two children, writing about Japan for…

I am founder and CEO of CareFinder (www.carefinder.jp), a bilingual babysitter matching website operated in Japan. I have done a number of things before CareFinder.…

I teach English to young people in Japan. I help them hold conversations and write in their non-native language more clearly, gracefully and confidently. I…

I still remember my first experience with FEW. As a longterm resident of Japan, I’d had to say goodbye to many good friends over the…