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11.2025
Seventeen Years After
During October, I spent two and a half weeks in Tanzania. When I realised that it had been 17 years since I last left the African continent, I was momentarily stunned. ... (continue reading)
11.2025
Seventeen Years After
During October, I spent two and a half weeks in Tanzania. When I realised that it had been 17 years since I last left the African continent, I was momentarily stunned. ... (continue reading)
10.2025
Creating Spaces Where Every Voice Matters
Today, I would like to share with you some thoughts I have been holding for a long time, and how they have led me to create two new facilitation programmes. ...
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09.2025
Humanitarian aid and coaching
This time I felt I wanted to explore more deeply the relationship between “humanitarian work” and coaching, so I began writing about it in my blog ... (continue reading)
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08.2025
Nature-Conscious Self-Leadership Circle
I'm writing this at the foot of the Italian Alps, surrounded by orchards of apples, red currants, and grapes. Beyond them stretch green mountain ridges, with rugged cliffs peeking through here and there. It’s been a week since I arrived in this region, and every day I’m reminded of how deeply healing it is - for both body and soul - ... (continue reading)
Facilitating Diverse and Multicultural Spaces
Half the year has already passed. At the end of June, I returned to Japan for about nine days. It was an unplanned trip, prompted by the sudden passing of my cousin, who was two years older than me. I was raised by a single mother and spent a lot of time with my aunt’s family, who lived nearby. I was especially close to her eldest son—my cousin—who was close to me in age. ... (continue reading)
Coaching to Reconnect with Yourself When Busy
"I’m too busy to schedule a coaching session right now."
"I’d like to have a session once I have more time."
I often hear comments like these. To be honest, as a coach, I sometimes feel the same way. But every time I finally jump into having a session, I inevitably find myself thinking, “Why didn’t I do this sooner?” Why is that? ... (continue reading)
Life beyond the UN
The other day, I was reminded of what could have been my major career milestone.
I saw a social media post by a former colleague who just completed seven years of tenure at the international organisation in The Hague. This colleague had started working there one month before me in 2017. I realised, looking at the post, that I could have been celebrating my 'graduation' from the same organisation now if I had stayed working there. Instead, though, ... (continue reading)
