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The Power of Awareness: How Kizuki Moments Transform Our Lives with Mae Yoshikawa

The Power of Awareness: How Kizuki Moments Transform Our Lives with Mae Yoshikawa10 mrt1 u 01 min

What if the feeling you’re most afraid of could become your clearest compass? Our conversation with Mae Yoshikawa begins in the hard places—parental divorce, a mother’s early-onset dementia, and the sudden death of a spouse—and unfolds into a practical path for turning pain into insight. Mae introduces Kizuki, the Japanese idea of an awakening moment of clarity, and shows how these flashes can be invited through disciplined attention, safe emotional space, and a deceptively simple journaling ...