Something that I have only just recently realized about myself is that my imaginings of my son as an adult have a huge hole in them. When he was small, I had imagined his life until he went to college and then fast forwarded until I was a grandmother. I hadn’t imagined his college...
As readers know, the past two months have been a mixed bag of ups and downs and mismanagement of selfcare and it feels like just about everything else. I feel like I spent all of July and August doing a very bad job of spinning plates. Last week, things lightened up a bit with...
This week has been one of the best weeks I’ve had in a long time and it is all down to clients sharing good news with me. I will openly say that I am lucky to have the clientele that I have because they all come ready to do the work. It is humbling...
American politics have been really getting me down. They are so divisive and fear-mongering that it makes it impossible to feel positively about the US. It has also made it clear to me that I will never live in the US again, which is sad because I love being American. Standing in this truth...
The Emperor retired recently and that means that Japan has a new Emperor and a new era. We are a few months into the new era in Japan, and it feels the same to me. I watched all of the fanfare and excitement about the changing of the era, and think I am just...
It has been fifteen years since I have had my hair cut, and it is only down to the middle of my back. My hair is super thin and fragile, but because it is curly it looks thick. On most days I wear my hair up because I do my best to look the...
Sometimes having several chronic illnesses can lead to bad weeks or even months. Both of my illnesses come with a sensitivity to the sun, which means that generally speaking July and August are hard months for me health-wise. I have hereditary coproporphyria (HCP) and Lupus. With my HCP comes personality changes that make my...
My therapy practice is about 40% Japanese nationals and 60% foreigners, and people are always curious about what Japanese people see me for. I always think this is such a weird question, because people are people everywhere you go. I mean, anyone can get their feelings hurt, have marital issues, feel anxious… and Japanese...
Oh man, life in Japan can be complicated! Being an American means I have to file taxes in two countries, and that’s stressful. I don’t mind paying my taxes. I mind having to prove I did. In the US, I would always claim zero dependents and get a nice big fat tax return and...
When we decided to do the podcast, one of the things we seriously considered was how open we should be. We quickly came to the conclusion that the only way we could do the podcast was to be 100% open about who we are. We also felt it was important to be open about...