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Apr 25, 2019
1 min

Episode 35: Interview with Jasmine Ann Shea

Jasmine Ann Shea, also known as ‘JazzyThings,’ is the founder of Your Dinner Is Planned — the fastest and most affordable way for busy families to get healthy dinners on the table. Jasmine is also the host of the Dinner Table Talk podcast and the author of over 10 healthy cookbooks. With thousands of healthy recipes introduced into households across the world, Jazzy's continuous mission is to prove that eating healthy is easy, flavorful, and fun! We talk about: Find Jasmine A

Feb 26, 2019
1 min

Episode 30: Interview with Cat Nakamichi

Catherine Nakamichi is a passionate learner, an avid reader and people describe her as a go-getter. She brings this passion for discovery to every project she work on. You might wonder how she has time to be a mother (of two teenagers), heavily involved in the community in which she lives and able to pursue her personal interests of sailing and embroidery as well as wearing and making kimono. Her days are full but she starts each one with a walk in the park with our Tohoku re

Feb 24, 2019
1 min

Episode 28: Getting closer to your craft with Tia Haygood

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Feb 20, 2019
2 min

Episode 27:Interview with Harumi Suzuki; Making the most of your life, where ever you live

I'm excited to introduce you to Harumi from Sunshine Ink. First she was a fan of the podcast, now she's a student of my coaching course and appearing on the podcast herself! Harumi Suzuki is a photographer, who express her creativity by capturing her memories. She found herself attracted to the majestic beauty of nature and the rawness of the human spirit. Photography providing her an outlet to share her perspective with others. Sunset, flowers, blue skies and capturing the p

Dec 12, 2018
1 min

Episode 22: Interview with Tamiko Kelly

Tamiko Kelly is the founder of Sleep Well. Wake Happy and the creator of The Feel Like Yourself Again Baby Sleep Solution. As a certified sl

Dec 31, 2017
4 min

17 things from 2017

I thought I'd attempt to capture some of the cool things that happened in 2017 before it's all over and we are onto new things in 2018. But then I tried to write 17 things and got performance anxiety so I decided to just write what came to mind. Here goes! 1) Doing it alone just doesn't work. So many times I've had to learn this lesson! When will I learn it for real? This year it was my business and my health I needed help with the most, but also asking for help in general in

Dec 19, 2017
1 min

Update: Less than 2 months until race day

I'm on my way to being super ready for my first half marathon in February in New Zealand! Last time I reported, there had been a rough patch where I was struggling to get out and do the training that I needed to do to be fit enough to finish the race on February 10th. I started using a coach to help keep me on track and her support and knowledge of what I should be doing and when has been invaluable. Not only have I not skipped a run, but I'm getting faster and I am now actua

Dec 5, 2017
2 min

Stress: Are you wishing for something other than what is?

This morning I was out walking my dog and listening to a podcast by Marie Forleo talking about stress. You may be familiar with Eckhart Tolle and she mentioned one of his quotes about stress that really struck me and I just had to pass it on. Stress is caused by being "here" and wanting to be "there". I see this a lot with my clients who want to see a change and when they look and see where the "are" and it's not where they want to "be", it causes stress. What do they do? The

Nov 27, 2017
3 min

Real Japan International Women's Retreat 2017

It's nearly the end of November!! Time is flying isn't it! I can't believe it's been more than a week since the participants of the Real Japan Retreat left to go back to their various countries. None of us will ever be the same again! This was the first year for the Real Japan Retreat, which was aimed at international women entrepreneurs. In addition to getting a great experience of "real Japan" I wanted to give local women entrepreneurs a chance to mastermind with women from

Oct 23, 2017
2 min

Half Marathon Part 2: Less than 3 months to go!

Hi! It's been a while since I've found time to sit down and write about what's happening with my first ever half marathon! The countdown is on! It's less than 3 months to go! So how am I going??? Well to be honest! I wasn't doing so well there for a bit. I found I was procrastinating, snacking when I wouldn't normally, eating foods I wouldn't normally look at! What was going on?!?!?!? It was weighing on me A LOT. I knew what to do, but I just wasn't doing it!! Then I realised

Oct 10, 2017
3 min

Capturing Kyoto: Photography retreat for women in Japan

The story about how this retreat came about starts back in January of 2017. I was in the middle of the first retreat I had ever organised. A very small affair with 3 people who I invited to join me on a weekend away in Kyoto. Never would I have imagined that 9 months later I would be back in the amazing city of Kyoto with 6 women for the first innaugural Capture Kyoto Retreat 2017. In January, I sat down with Helen Iwata, Jacqui Miyabayashi and Amanda O'Brien in a mastermind.

Sep 5, 2017
3 min

What I Discovered at the Sasuga You! Self-Discovery Weekend

Five very nervous but excited participants arrived at Yumoto Station in Fukushima Prefecture, a little unsure of what lay ahead of us all for the next three days. Our first stop was the foot spa. Soon we were all chatting and you would never have guessed we had all just met not 10 minutes earlier. This was the mood for the whole weekend. Everyone bonded instantly and shared from their hearts, without shame or embarrassment. With clean and refreshed feet , we headed to the fir

Aug 14, 2017
3 min

Trial your ideal life

Hi! We are still in NZ. I know right? We've been here for nearly a month now and we still have a couple of weeks to go before we head back to Japan in time to start school again. Don't worry I'm not sending my kids from one school to the next constantly! We do have a break each side. We will be heading to my old home town to visit friends and have fun before heading back to Japan and regular life again. This is the second time now I have brought the kids out to New Zealand an

Aug 8, 2017
2 min

Guilt: You are not alone!

I've been grappling with the guilt of working on my retreat business for a while now. I sometimes have to go away and leave my family for a long weekend while I have fun traveling to places around Japan with my retreat participants. Sounds tough right? The thing that always gets me is the guilt. I feel that I am deserting my family and my husband and being terribly selfish for going away. I thought maybe my husband might even divorce me because I wasn't there to show my love

Aug 1, 2017
2 min

Half Marathon: First steps

I thought I'd document my path to my first ever half marathon. A few years ago when I first took up running, even just me going out for that first ever run, was such a huge hurdle for me. Just doing those 1 minutes jogging intervals was a real struggle. Then I reached that golden 5km mark. What a huge sense of achievement I felt. It is amazing what you can do if you start at the start and take one step and then another. Now it's time to take the next step. I'm going to enter

Jul 25, 2017
3 min

From suffering through summer to surrounded by nature in New Zealand

I'm in New Zealand now! How did I get so lucky? Part of it was the birth lottery that I was born in a great country. But that I can come back here with my kids for the Japanese summer is because of choices and support from my husband and family. The last summer in Japan ever Last summer in Japan, I had a 2 year old at home and 5 year old home from kindergarten. It was tough to say the least. Every day the weather is either roasting hot or raining and it's always humid and sti

Jul 17, 2017
3 min

The Transformation So Far

Hello everyone! I hope you have been enjoying watching what's been going on here at Transformation Retreat by Jayne Nakata Headquarters. Here is a quick recap of how this business was actually many years in the making. In 2009 a very dejected me arrived reluctantly back in Japan after 3 years of amazingness living in Germany as an "expat" and travelling to all those beautiful historical places that a little girl from New Zealand could only dream of. I would spend hours and ho

Jul 10, 2017
2 min

The Capture Kyoto Retreat Revamped is now open for registration

It was a hot afternoon last week when I realised that I hadn't been delivering what my clients have been asking for. You have been telling me, either directly (or indirectly!) that I had missed the mark with Capture Kyoto Retreat. So Capture Kyoto Revamped was born! It's one day shorter because you said it was really difficult to get away from your family for two nights. It's also cheaper now that it's shorter (BONUS!) which makes it even easier for your to join. As soon as I

Jun 26, 2017
2 min

Kyoto Entrepreneurial Women Retreat 2017

I deliberately kept #kyotoretreat2017 small and exclusive as I wanted it to be intimate and powerful for the participants. We had four women with four different businesses from different parts of Japan stay together for two nights. I never imagined just how much fun and how much we all benefited from this experience. We started our weekend with a get to know each other dinner. This helped to really break the ice before heading into our masterminding session the next morning.

Jun 26, 2017
2 min

Okinawa Adventure 2017!

Was a great success! As I mentioned I was skeptical of whether I could get anybody at all to come along with me for a while. Once I started focusing on what I did want (a full retreat), I stopped worrying about what I didn't want and slowly 3 women decided to join me! Now we are all on our way home again, I'm amazed at how well it turned out. I'm writing this to you on the plane, even but I will post it once I get home. Okinawa Top Tip Get a rental car. They are extremely c