As I navigate my 40s, I’ve found myself looking at my life through a different lens. In my younger years, I was obsessed with “achieving” and “proving” what I could do on my own. But lately, I’ve come to realize how much I am supported by things I cannot always see. In Japanese, we have […]

Recently, I’ve made a conscious choice to go and visit the elderly people in my life, my relatives, and anyone else I am able to meet. Age, of course, doesn’t really matter. None of us truly know when our time on this earth will come to an end, or when we might lose someone we

As we hit our late thirties and forties, life seems to demand more of us—in our careers, our families, and our social circles. We often find ourselves in the role of the problem-solver, the mediator, or the one holding it all together. But when was the last time you felt truly heard? And more importantly,

Did you know that Japanese has an incredibly diverse range of words for “I”? In English, we simply use “I,” but in Japanese, your choice of first-person pronoun reveals a lot about who you are, how you see yourself, and your relationship with the person you’re speaking to. It is essentially a tool for “self-designing”