Life 『「もう無理！」から「まあ、いっか」へ。東京の片隅で実践中！ 日本の「余白」の考え方で心を整える、頑張りすぎない子育て術』
嵐の中心で「私」を取り戻す。なぜ今、マインドフルな子育てが必要なのか？ （※ここから本文） 「ママ、ジュースこぼした！」 「ねえ、これ見て！早く！」 「ピンポーン（宅配便）」 「あ、今日の10時までに返信するメールがあったんだった！」 「夕...
Raising children
Life Family Raising Tiny Foodies: How My Kids Learned to Love Vegetables
Introduction When I first became a mom, I thought feeding kids was supposed to be easy. You cook something yummy, put it...
Mother Raising the Future Starts at HomeRaising the Future: A Housewife’s View on Japanese Parenting and EducationRaising the Future Starts at Home
Raising the Future Starts at Home — A Mother’s Quiet Frontline in Japanese Parenting It starts, as it often does, with a...
Family Between Tatami and Twitter: Balancing a Life of Rice Balls and Retweets
The Quiet Tug Between Two Worlds When I wake up each morning, the first thing I touch isn’t my husband’s arm or my child...
Mother “Screen Between Us: Navigating Family Closeness in a Digital Age”
The Glow of the Screen, and the Space Between Us The other day, I looked around the dinner table and realized we were al...
Mother The Smell of Simmered Pumpkin: A Letter from Early Autumn
"(Letters from My Japanese Kitchen: Family, Work & Society Through My Eyes) Dear Friend, It’s early September here in To...
Mother Raising Kids in Japan: Love, Pressure, and Pachinko-Noise Bedtimes
“Where Love Meets the Vending Machine” If you’ve ever walked through a Japanese neighborhood at 10pm, you might hear som...
Mother Mom Guilt & Micro-Milestones: Redefining Success in Seasons of Caregiving
Why Traditional Productivity Fails Moms Before I became a mother, “success” had a shape.It looked like polished to-do li...
Family “Fair Enough?” — Growing Fairness in Marriage, One Conversation at a Time
Why Fairness in Marriage Isn’t About Keeping Score—And What It Took Me Years to Understand I used to think fairness in m...
Life How We Grew Closer While Growing a Family: Bridging the Distance in Parenthood
“You take the baby, I’ll do the dishes.” That one sentence felt like love, negotiation, and survival—all in one breath. ...