Transformations With Jayne

Hello!  This week I'm announcing my Word of the year for 2020 and how I came to choose it this time round. If you struggle with goal setting or find goals to be heavy and arbitrary, then perhaps a word or theme to guide how you want to act and feel could really help!  Also, the Women in Japan (and the World) Mastermind opens its doors again for round 3 (wow! Round 3 I can't believe it!) starting March 1st, 2020 and running until September 30th, 2020. We'll take a break for some of July and August so you can enjoy your summer so don't worry about that! Sign ups close on February 23rd, 2020. If you'd like to find out more or be considered for the Mastermind, make sure you listen to this episode and then message me.

If you are feeling like you are on a bit of a hamster wheel with how things are going in your life with your family and work, then this episode is for you! Jo Ebisujima is a British-born Japanese-living multi-passionate entrepreneur and bestselling author who lives among the rice paddies just north of Tokyo. She helps entrepreneur moms get organized at home, with the kids and in their business so that they have more time to build their empire. She uses an unconventional but effective combo of Montessori (for wrangling the kids) and Kaizen (for baby steps in business and life) to help you get stuff done. We talk about: How Jo started her business and how it's transformed over the years Montessori, Kaizen and the "Swiss cheese technique" Productivity Jo’s challenge for 2020 and how she's stepping out of her comfort zone You can find Jo here: Website: www.jojoebi.com Wonder Mum Success Club: www.jojoebi.com/wmsc

Hello!! First episode of the new year today! Today I'm talking about some of the things that have helped me decide what I'm going to focus my energy on in 2020. Grab a piece of paper and as you listen jot down the things that pop into your head: What did you love about 2019? What are you going to do more of in 2020? I've been experimenting with how things will go now that I'm in Sweden. I've decided that I will definitely be continuing with the things that have brought me so much joy.  1) My Women in Japan Mastermind (we might need a new name...ha ha!) 2) Live events  3) Podcasting!  Things I'm going to work on more this year.  Just the one thing.  Fitness and health. Listen to the episode to hear more about the #sasukeonnachallenge !  What did you love in 2019 that you are going to do more of in 2020? 

Hello again from Sweden!  We've heading into our third week in Sweden and starting to hit our stride a bit with things! This is the last episode for 2019! I'll be back after the winter holidays with more interviews for you!  In this episode I talk about: - Rookie mistakes of living in a Nordic country - Dreading or looking forward to Christmas and New Year? - Creating new traditions and giving up outdated ones I'd love to hear what you are giving up doing at this time of year! It's easy to add something new but harder to give up what no longer works for us.  Have a wonderful winter holiday and look out for the first episode in January! 

Well, we are finally here!! After a sudden change to our moving schedule and three weeks to move, we made it here surprisingly stylishly!  In today's episode I'm talking about: Our move to Sweden How trusting helped us get through a usually extremely stressful time What's happening next for the Transformations with Jayne Podcast I'd love to hear from you all about what you'd like to hear more of in the future. Please drop me a message on instagram or on FB!

This week I'm taking some time to discuss the learning I've had from creating live events for women here in Fukushima Prefecture.  I talk about: The dissonance between what you think you want and what you and the world actually needs My top five tips for creating and leading live events Feedback from my most recent event I hope that this episode will inspire you to go out and create something, no matter the size because it's so needed.  Start somewhere, anywhere is fine! It doesn't have to be and it won't be perfect the first time around. That's ok because you are already ahead of 90% of the other events that are still just ideas in someone's head.  Stay tuned for more updates as we hit the move to Sweden! 

This week I'm talking to Amanda O'Brien,  Designer at Jima Designs and 24 year resident of Osaka.  Amanda believes that there are no coincidences in life and that everything will turn out OK in the end. Mostly, her story is a result of living this philosophy wholeheartedly. She studied Industrial Design in Australia and on a whim in her final weeks of study she jumped on a plane and arrived in Tokyo. It was the waning years of the bubble era. She looks back now and wonders how in hell she found an apartment and a job the very next day, even though the only Japanese she knew was “konnichiwa” and “arigatou”. It was tough living in Tokyo though, and she left within two years vowing to not return. After leaving Japan, she returned again to Australia and worked as a kitchen designer. It wasn’t too long however, before she packed up and headed to live in London. It was on her first day here, passing through the train station, that she met Yoshiko the woman who introduced her to her husband. After two year

A solo episode for you this week! I'm talking about a shock we had recently that means we need to move to Sweden one month earlier than planned!  So today I'm talking about some of the lessons I learnt about "Letting others down" and trusting the process.

One thing I love about podcasting is getting to know all the wonderful women who are out there doing things in their own corner of Japan. Without this podcast I wouldn't get that chance!  Melissa Uchiyama is a writer, a US National Board Certified educator, and mom who has made Japan her home for eleven years after growing up, getting her education, and marrying near the beaches of South Florida. In the episode today Melissa and I talk about:  Her road to finding her feet in Japan  How she created a writing camp in Tokyo   How we deal with "Bad Japan days" Creating a community around baking Her new project “Eat en”: https://www.instagram.com/melissa.uchiyama.946/ (https://www.instagram.com/melissa.uchiyama.946/) Mentioned in this podcast: Best Living Japan: https://bestlivingjapan.com/ (https://bestlivingjapan.com/) Tokyo Writers Camp: https://tokyokidswrite.com/ (https://tokyokidswrite.com/) Bilingual Baking Classes: https://cocofuluandmelissa.com/ (https://cocofuluandmelissa.com/) Ot

We are very lucky to have Jennifer Shinkai joining us on this week's episode! Jennifer is from England and lives in Tokyo. She focuses on integrating ikigai (life purpose) into daily work, inclusion in a diverse workplace, resilient leadership development in times of change.  In this episode we talk about: The  recent typhoon and flooding How Jennifer came to be in Japan What is "ikigai" Points of You ® coaching Workshops Jennifer has coming up : Finding your Ikigai with the IKIGAI Card Game Workshop - November 6th 1:30pm https://management30.doorkeeper.jp/events/98451 (https://management30.doorkeeper.jp/events/98451) "Hello Points" Points of You® Academy Level 1 in Tokyo in English December 3rd https://points-of-you-hello-points-academy-tokyo-december2019.peatix.com/ (https://points-of-you-hello-points-academy-tokyo-december2019.peatix.com/) If you'd like to be featured in Jennifer's book, please contact Jennifer through her website if you'd like to share your story! Website: https://jennifersh

I'm recording these episodes as I experience them in real time, as I wanted to share with you all the process of an international move (with 2 kids).  Even if you are not moving, perhaps you are going through some kind of transition or have one coming up!  Today I'm talking about:  How we have a choice to feel stress   How we can choose to "cross the finish line" when it comes to long transition phases A chance I found for a "Fresh start" and a re-calibration of my morning routine  A new routine I'm starting to get more quiet time in the evening - yay! There's even a fun moment when the doorbell rings in this episode, but I deliberately left it in there because whatever happens on the TWJ podcast, perfection is not one of my goals! You'll have to listen to find out who it was.  To join the Reiki retreat, all the details are here: https://www.jaynenakata.com/reiki (https://www.jaynenakata.com/reiki) Come join us in the podcast club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/transformation

This week I'm talking to Alice Homes,  I really enjoyed her take on how we can start to reduce our plastic consumption by focusing on one thing at a time! Now that sounds doable!  We talk about: How Alice came to be in Japan How she became involved in her current project with looknopura Overcoming helpless feelings and taking action Her tips for starting to live a less wasteful life A special offer for listeners Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/looknopura/ https://www.facebook.com/loopykurukuru/ IG:   https://www.instagram.com/looknopura/ Online Blog: www.looknopura.blogspot.com Links of things mentioned in this episode: Anita Moorjani books: Dying to be me What if this is heaven Alice Holmes. Educator, bilingual public speaker, general busy body, currently living in Miyazaki City, Kyushu, Japan. Alice, a New Zealander, has spent most of her life in Christchurch, New Zealand. She currently works part-time teaching English at the University of Miyazaki, volunteering with the Miyazaki Eco no Kai, and does fr

This week things have been wildly busy and I decided to put the episode out live on my Facebook Page and record for the podcast at the same time! This week I'm talking about:  Different kinds of vision boards that you can make A cool story about manifestation and my vision board The details of the Reiki retreat on 14-17th of November, 2019 Look out for interviews with more fabulous women from our community coming soon, including: Alice Holmes Melissa Uchiyama  Amanda O'Brien  and Jennifer Shinkai! 

This week I'm talking to Joelle Kuiper, a New Zealander living in Saitama and now also an avid hiker. We talk about: How she came to be in Japan How she took her first steps to join a new community How Joelle started writing articles for a publication Taking the focus away from yourself, and focus on who your helping Mentioned in this episode: Mud Parks in Tokyo: https://savvytokyo.com/cooling-down-at-5-of-tokyos-mud-parks/  Hike it baby Website:  www.hikeitbaby.com https://community.hikeitbaby.com/branches/tokyo-japan IG: @shehikesjapan Twitter:  shehikesjapan Born and raised in New Zealand, Joelle moved to Japan looking for adventure and never looked back. After her son was born, a friend invited her to join Hike it Baby where she found a supportive community to raise her son in. Joelle is now a volunteer Hike it Baby ambassador. She also writes for Savvy Tokyo magazine and teaches part-time. Joelle is always looking for trails to head out on with her young son and her camera, many of which turn into

You may have noticed my IG feed has been rather obsessed with the #manusamoa team who have been staying here for 5 days for their pre World Cup Training camp. I didn't think I'd be so excited about this in the lead up to the event but going out and meeting the players and their staff, and creating that connection was just so much fun. This week I'm talking about some recent opportunities and the benefits of   - Taking up the opportunity to learn something new - What we miss when we make decisions based on "time and money"  - Unexpected bonuses of leaving your comfort zone and unexpected new connections Watch this space, I'm manifesting a trip to a NZ or Samoa RWC game ;)  Mentioned in today's episode: Reiki Retreat: https://www.jaynenakata.com/reiki  Inspire You in Yumoto https://www.facebook.com/events/656479854817552/

Thank you so much for all the kind wishes and congratulations that have come through since last week's episode came out. If you haven't listened to that one, go do that now before you listen to this one!  This week continues on from last week with an update on some big puzzle pieces that have started to fit together!  I talk about how just a $65 investment in myself set me off on a new project How the all those puzzle pieces of life are fitting together What is a Marathoner vs a Sprinter Let me know which one you are!  Join us in the Transformations with Jayne Podcast Club! 

Hello! You don't want to miss this week's episode.  BIG ANNOUNCEMENT IN THERE! So just go listen! I get right to the point.  This week I'm talking about: - A BIG change happening in our family, my initial shock and overcoming negative thoughts - How we make big decisions as a family - Some plans for the future regarding this podcast and Jayne's coaching I'm super excited about this next phase and looking forward to hearing your tips and tricks as we go!  Don't forget the Women In Japan Mastermind is starting again on September 15th, 2019.

This week I'm talking about how we can get back into the groove post Summer vacation. ⁠ If you are struggling then this is the episode for you! ⁠ I also talk about the Women in Japan Mastermind which starts September 15th, 2019.⁠ Also mentioned: ⁠ -What is a mastermind⁠ -Who needs a mastermind⁠ -What kind of things can you achieve as part of a mastermind⁠ If you'd like to join, please DM me on Instagram @jaynenakata⁠ or Facebook at Transformations with Jayne⁠ 

 The Transformations with Jayne Podcast will be taking a break until after the summer holidays! The next new episode will be in September.  This week's guest is Louise George Kittaka, from New Zealand.  Louise George Kittaka is a writer, editor, university lecturer and cross-cultural training consultant. She was born in New Zealand and majored in Japanese and Economics at the University of Waikato. She also has an MA in Intercultural Studies from SUNY Buffalo. Louise is ‘mum’ to a son, two daughters and three very fat, spoiled cats.  After coming to Japan on work training, she subsequently met her Japanese spouse and settled here. She was hired as the first full time non-Japanese employee for Benesse Corporation, Japan’s largest educational publisher, and later worked in the USA as a researcher at Vanderbilt University.  As a freelance writer and editor for Japan’s educational publishing sector, she has contributed to numerous textbooks, study courses and national English exams.

This week is a solo episode, discussing those blue or down days we all have and some of the things I've been doing to get through them. Yes, I too have some real ripper days where I just want to throw my computer out the window and zone out with Netflix.  Mentioned in this episode: Transformational Reiki Retreat with Silke Tyler:  https://www.jaynenakata.com/reiki (https://www.jaynenakata.com/reiki)  Women in Japan Mastermind opens for enrolment in September 2019.