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Today’s episode is all about how to love yourself. Especially how to not self sabotage yourself.    I know you are very nice to your friends and you share your love to them, right? What about to yourself? We tend to be really hard on yourself and start self-sabotaging yourself (自分を傷つけること) We, Japanese women are especially raised to be modest, reserved or even being compared by other’s social expectation. It is almost like we are not allowed to recognize our own greatness.   I am sure you have told yourself these words not only once but many times. BUT do you say that to your girlfriend? I know you won’t.   It is important for you to recognize that many of us, working women are the one who is stopping ourselves to our potential and success.   I’m going to share 5 ways that we might be self-sabotaging ourselves and how to stop this.     For show note: www.theemistyle.com   Don’t forget to check out free resources!  Waiting list to get the brand new Gifted talent worksheet for free: http://eepurl.com/c83KkL Her

野口美穂|  Miho NOGUCHI   岐阜県在住のバイリンガルフリーアナウンサー。日本語、英語、フランス語のトライリンガル。名古屋のFM局のバイリンガルニュースキャスターや番組パーソナリティーを経て、現在は国際結婚の披露宴や、G7伊勢志摩サミット、COP10など政府主催の会議、またカンヌ映画祭、東京国際映画祭、フェラーリ、富士通をはじめとする民間イベントのバイリンガルＭＣとして活動中。2016年にはスマホ向けGoogleマップアプリのカーナビ音声の交代劇で、元声の主としてネット上で話題になる。昨年、既婚女性を対象としたビューティーコンテストのミセスクイーンコンテストでグランプリに選ばれ、ミセスグローブ2017日本代表として、12月に中国で行われた世界大会に出場。またバイリンガルMCを目指す人を対象に、ワークショップやオンラインでのコーチングも行なっている。   Miho is an event host MC based in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan.  She started her public speaking career as a Japanese-English bilingual radio news announcer and DJ in Nagoya and shifted into the event hosting career in 2010.  She has hosted many international corporate events, congresses, as well as wedding receptions of international couples in Japanese, English, and also in French.  She is also a home-based voice-over talent, and is known as the Japanese GPS voice behind Google Maps app especially since last year when her voice was replaced by synthetic voice system which sparked a huge backlash on Twitter and other social

Ikuko Sano was born in Japan and raised in Hawaii.  Ikuko is an  attorney who is  licensed to practice law in California, Hawaii, and New York.  Ikuko was graduated fromMeiji University School of Law and continued to study law. She also holds  Master of Law degrees from the Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana.  After 7 years of working with large law firms in New Orleans, Hawaii, and Los Angeles, Ikuko opened her own private practice, Sano & Associates in 2009 in San Diego California. Ikuko is now managing attorney at Sano & Associates, a Professional Law Corporation. In 2015, Ikuko was Elected to serve as a Director of a local bar association. She is also elected to serve as President for 2018.  Since 2016, she is also serving as Judge Pro Tem for the San Diego Small Claims Court.   弁護士法人　佐野＆アソシエーツの代表弁護士、佐野郁子。 明治大学の法学部を卒業後、ルイジアナ州のニューオーリンズにあるチューレーン法科大学院に留学、法学修士取得。2002年よりニューオーリンズ、ハワイの大手法律事務所で７年間勤めた後に独立し、2009年にサンディエゴにて開業。   カリフォルニア、ハワイ、ニューヨークの弁護士資格を持つ。2015年から現地の弁護士会の取締役を務め、本年度は代表取締役会長に選任。2016年

Sakie Burkhalter is a self-enterprise consultant who lives in Louisiana, America. She helps Japanese women around the world who want a flexible work schedule to fit their ideal lifestyles. Her goal is to help people find suitable business opportunities, aid them in the startup process, and help make their small businesses successful. Her favorite part about this job is seeing the moment when a client realizes that there is a way to combine their talent with business opportunity! When she was in Japan, she was an English teacher at a junior high school. She met her husband online, married, and finally moved to US last October 2016. She really enjoys learning new things everyday.   海外・日本の新天地でも、自分らしく自由に働くことを可能にする！ アメリカ在住　起業コンサルタント   海外・国内の移住、転勤、駐在などがあっても、場所・環境・人・言語・文化に振り回されることなく、安定的にキャリアを積み重ねたい、という世界中の女性の起業サポートをしています。 アメリカに移住して１年、起業コンサルタントとして起業してからはまだ１年に満たないですが、７０人以上の世界中の女性のコンサルティングをさせていただきました。 「起業したい！でも何ができるか分からない」そのような状態のクライアントの好き・強み・経験を掘り起こし、それが活きるビジネスアイディアを創造することが得意で、そのビジネスで起業し、サービスを提供するまでの継続的なサポートもまた、日々さ

Nao Kamakura is a woman who knows what she really wanted and turned her dream into reality! Nao is originally from Kawasaki, Japan. She holds Bachelor Applied Chemistry and Master of Engineering. Nao had worked at Japanese Chemical company as R&D for 4.5 years. Nao not only holds her high educational background, she also has a global professional background. She flew overseas almost once or twice a month as a business trip. Nao was holding up her dream about moving to overseas and gain her career outside of Japan. She finally told herself “what is she waiting for”and took her step to make her dream come true in October 2017.   In this interview, you will hear how she overcame her fear and what she did to actually took the steps needed to do something that she has been wanting to do!   Bio: 神奈川県川崎市育ち 理工学部の化学系で修士号 日系の化学メーカーに4年半研究開発職として勤務。(最後の1年間は月1-2回くらいのペースで海外出張していました。) オーストラリア、ブリスベンに引っ越し。   Kawasaki, Kanagawa Obtained Bachelor of Applied chemistry, Master of Engineering Worked at Japanese chemical compan

This is an announcement episode where Emiko shared her theme of 2018!   What is yours?Join the conversation from here!  Her Confidence Her Way Community:https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerConfidenceHerWay/ Want to take your first step to do what you really want to do? sign up for a waiting list to get more info + Special Price from here http://bit.ly/myconfidencewaitlist   Don’t forget to check out free resources!  Waiting list to get the brand new Gifted talent worksheet for free: http://eepurl.com/c83KkL My Confidence My Way Online Academy http://www.theemistyle.com/myconfidencemywayacademy/ Her Confidence Her Way Community:https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerConfidenceHerWay/ Her Confidence Her Way Youtube Channel: http://bit.ly/herconfidenceTV

In this episode, I have shared 10 lessons that I have learned as a working mom. I have also talked about a Christmas tradition that I love.    10 Lessons:    #1: There is no such a thing as a “perfect” mom: 完璧なママは必要ない o   So much expectation on myself and I try to do everything “so perfect” but in reality, I mess up all the time, I fight with my kids, I get frustrated and sometimes being really hard on them.  Lesson: It is ok to let kids to be creative. We don’t have to make everything perfect. Kids are not looking for perfection! They just love you as you being  a caring mom.  #2: Understand what your kids want not yours: 子供の気持ちを大切に o   As a mom, we all want the best for our kids. I want my kids to have the experience, best learning environment and best everything!  Lesson: It is good to give opportunity but you cannot push kids to do it.  As a working mom, everything is a “go- go- go” so  I sometimes forget to ask how my daughter is enjoying. In stead, I get mad at my kids if they are not active and engagin

In this episode, I have shared my very honest opinion about how I see the gender inequality in Japan and how Japanese women are struggling to stay in a workforce.  ワーキングマザーはとても大変！でも日本でワーキンマザーはもっと大変。私たち日本人女性は社会から決めつけられた男女の役割、理想の女性であるべきと言うプレッシャーなど、日本を出て他の国で生活をしていても常に気にしていたり、壁となって本当の自分を出し切ることができない。　私たちの責任はまずは見て見ぬ振りをしたり、これが当たり前と考えることでなく、現実と向き合う事、そして当たり前と言う考えをなくすこと。その壁を乗り超えることによって新しいソルーションが生まれてくるのだと思います。     Want to take your first step to do what you really want to do? sign up for a waiting list to get more info + Special Price from here http://bit.ly/myconfidencewaitlist   Don’t forget to check out free resources!  Waiting list to get the brand new Gifted talent worksheet for free: http://eepurl.com/c83KkL My Confidence My Way Online Academy http://www.theemistyle.com/myconfidencemywayacademy/ Her Confidence Her Way Community:https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerConfidenceHerWay/ Her Confidence Her Way Youtube Channel: http://bit.ly/herconfidenceTV

Terumi Shimazu is an actor who is originally from Osaka Japan. She relocated to the USAin 2006after brief acting in television,film and commercials in Japan.  Three months later, her very first audition in Los Angeles brought  her in a GLAAD award nominated monologue theater show ‘Sex,Relationships and Sometimes…Love’ as a first performer.  Her credits include NAACP awards nominated ‘Diary of a Catholic School Dropout’ and numerous supporting roles in films. In 2012, she landed one of leading roles in classic horror film series ‘Puppet Master X:Axis Rising’ as the Japanese villain. In recent years, she found her natural comedic side and appeared in several comedy projects include awards winning short film ’Ruprecht’ rupurect where she played a quirky tele-operator/psychotherapist. Currently Terumi is Represented by Media Artists Group(Commercial Agent)and Lang Talent(Manager).   島津照美（しまずてるみ）大阪府出身、現在ロスアンジェルス在住。 服飾デザイン専門学校在学中より、モデルの仕事を始める。 その後、BULGARI、 Valentinoなどのブランドショップ勤務、フォトスタジオでのスタイリスト、フリーランスでの花のスタイリスト＆ガーデ

  皆さんは誰かに褒めてもらったとき何ていいますか？   Today’s topic is about how to accept your greatness. Whenever I receive positive feedback, felt uncomfortable. During my performance review, my manager pointed out that I need to learn to accept your recognition and believe that you did a great job. We, Japanese are especially not good with accepting our own greatness and this is highly related with our virtue, 謙遜　＆　謙譲　   I challenge you to say “Thank you” or “Thank you, it was my pleasure working on this project and I look forward to the next opportunity”   もしも日本人のいる環境で褒められたらまず、ありがとうございます。そしてこれからもまだまだ学ぶことがありますが今回がいい機会になりました とか　ありがとうございます。これからもこんなっ私ですがよろしくお願いいたします。　などポジティブに終わってみてはどうでしょう？   Let’s learn what it is and how you can accept your greatness and build your self confidence!        Don’t forget to check out free resources!  Discover your gifted talent worksheet: http://bit.ly/mygiftedtalent Her Confidence Her Way Community:https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerConfidenceHerWay/ Her Confidence Her Way Youtube Channel: http://b

In this episode, we have talked about what is like to be a #working mom #balancing work & life, Jayne’s experience of living in Japan and how she is balancing her culture as well as how to live the best life.  インタビューの中で アイデンティティーについてお話ししました。私のアイデンティテーは何だろうと考えてちょっと書き出してみました。描こうとするとなかなか難しいですね。   私は二人の娘（７歳＆３歳）のママであり、夫の最大のベストフレンド、妻であり、常に自分の好きで得意なスキルの向上を目指すキャリアウーマンであり、どんなチャレンジがあっても、自分の大切にしているミッションとバリューにつながることができる日本人女性のロールモデルでいたい。 私のミッションとバリュー：アメリカから日本とアメリカを繋げ、もっと日本人女性が真の自分を見つめなおして自分のGiftedTalentを発見し、本当にやりたい事を他人の目を気にせずできる女性を増やしていきたい!      Let’s connect  https://www.jaynenakata.com/welcome  ボーナス：メルマガ登録でJayneのワークショップにアクセスできます。 Sign up and get a bonus workshop access! !   Don’t forget to check out free resources!  Waiting list to get the brand new Gifted talent worksheet for free: http://eepurl.com/c83KkL Her Confidence Her Way Community:https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerConfidenceHerWay/ Her Confidence Her Way Youtube Channel: http://bit.ly/herconfidenceTV    

Welcome to the very special episode. This episode will mark a first anniversary of Her Confidence Her Way. To celebrate this special episode,  I asked the previous guests to share their 海外生活の失敗談. These are real 失敗談 and what you will learn is we all start from somewhere with some embarrassing experiences or we make mistakes to learn or build skills.    For more details about the previous guests, go to http://www.theemistyle.com/   Don’t forget to check out free resources!  Discover your gifted talent worksheet: http://bit.ly/theemistylesignup  Her Confidence Her Way Community:https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerConfidenceHerWay/ Her Confidence Her Way Youtube Channel: http://bit.ly/herconfidenceTV

In this episode, I have share some success stories of my coaching clients and how they are progressing. The main topic for this episode is about Girl Power vs. 女子力. I was on the train in Japan, and this advertisement got my attention. It was a shocking experience when I find out about what the advertisement was for.  This experience really got me thinking and wanted to discuss more about what true 女子力 should be.    この女子力の定義も自分にフォーカスする女子のinner powerにしてみましょう。私の勝手な女子力の定義です。 輝いた生き方をしている女子が持つ力であり、自らの生き方や、自らの持つ真の美しさ、真の強みを大切に自身の存在を示す力   Emi's Coaching Details: http://www.theemistyle.com/work-with-me/   Emi wants a birthday gift for Her Confidence Her Way podcast!!  November 16th is this podcast’s birthday and I would love it if you can join the birthday party!    Here the types of gift that I am looking for.    Gift #1:  I would really love it if you could write a review in itune and give this podcast a 5 star review. Direction: Go to iTunes - type Her Confidence Her Way - Click on Ratings and Reviews then click on

Nozomi leads a team of experts in developing global leaders. Her team helps organizations develop Co-created Culture which she believes is the foundation for individuals and organizations to fulfill their purpose in this world.  Her diverse international background — having lived in Asia, Europe and North America — gives her a wealth of experience and knowledge as a strategic partner to leaders. Born and raised in Japan, she values integrity, professionalism, and respect, all of which are core tenets of her deeply ingrained heritage.   For more than 15 years, Nozomi garnered expertise as a corporate marketer, working for top companies such as Delta Air Lines, Johnson & Johnson, BBDO, and working with industry-leading clients in the automotive, consumer package goods, fashion, finance, entertainment, IT, lifestyle, and airline sectors. Nozomi currently lives in the Greater Atlanta Area and frequently travels to Tokyo to serve her clients. She enjoys giving back to the community by serving on boards such as

In this episode, I have talked about the difference between Cross Cultural vs. Intercultural and how Japanese and American cultural value are playing a big role. I have shared my very own not so great experiences that I had to go through because of these cultural difference. I don’t want you to make the same mistakes so please take a lesson! Want to learn more about today’s guest, special offer and  where you can connect with her? Click here (…) http://www.theemistyle.com   Source https://www.springinstitute.org/whats-difference-multicultural-intercultural-cross-cultural-communication/

In this episode, I have talked about my aha moment while I was visiting Japan and how I have changed. I have been interviewing over 40 Japanese career/business women who are living outside of Japan and I have been asking a question “what is one Japanese cultural value that you appreciate, and one value that we need to adjust to fit the country that you live in? “ For those who are able to adopt and adjust cultural value have built up their intercultural competence. I myself not only realized that I have this skill but also using the skill while I was in Japan…. the two different kinds of glasses that I wear.    異文化社会、グローバルな視点から物事を見るときに必要な事。日本に里帰り中よく聞かれた質問から発見したスキルについてお話ししました。   Want to learn more about today’s guest, special offer and  where you can connect with her? Click here (…) http://www.theemistyle.com   Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/herconfidenceTV Her Confidence Her Way Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theemistyle/      Don’t forget to check out free resources!  Discover your gifted talent

In this episode, I have shared my mission, history & direction of this podcast. I have also shared my great experience on the airplane and why "thank you" is so important especially us for Japanese women. 

Yumiko Ishibashi is a seasoned Real Estate professional who specializes in listing and selling Residential Homes, International Real Estate, Military Relocation, Investment property, Standard Sales, Short Sales and Bank Owned Homes in San Diego, Orange and Riverside County. Since the beginning of her career, her motto has been "Client's satisfaction is my #1 priority" as reflected by many of her referrals and returning clients. Since 2007, she has been involved in many transactions. Providing high quality services to her clients throughout the years, she has acquired two professional designations and three certifications. In her early years she received "Rookie of the Year" award, later advanced to achieve "Top Sales Person of Month" and Century21 "2013 Quality Service Producer". Yumiko is keen in the utilization of new programs, applications and technology in the industry. With the growing trend of accessible software, she maximizes her matrix of business applications for social medias. She also enjoys incor

 Jessica Nguyen is the host of the Project Voice which is a Podcast series dedicatesto increasing visibility on narratives from Asian America and spearheaded by the voices of Asian American women.  As the host, Jessica hopes that this series will act as a digital space where members of her community can go to for guidance and resources.  Jessica is a lifelong digital content creator who works with all mediums, constantly thinking about what the next project will be.   Want to learn more about today’s guest, special offer and  where you can connect with her? Click here (…)  

Miki Sturges is a mother to her three boys, wife, and a mom-entrepreneur.  She is the founder of Mamapreneurs Club which provides a space for mom-entrepreneurs to be encouraged, inspired, empowered and make connections, also provides resources for those who are pursuing work-at-home business or taking their business online and to the next level.  She enjoys online marketing because of its flexibility and reach of the global market.   She's involved in local women's group, semi-professional choir, her church and her boys' school while balancing being a mom, wife and a work-at-home entrepreneur.  Her ultimate wish is to empower and encourage mom-entrepreneurs to get out of their 'pit' and reach for their higher calling and lead a lifestyle they desire.     Miki shares her very personal story of being emotionally and physically abused by her ex-husband and how she came to a point where she said "This is it!" and made a decision to take a step out of the scary situation she was in.  She kept years of abuse a secr