I’m so excited to welcome back Kristy to the Light of Insight!!! Kristy is a dear friend who works virtually from Los Angeles, as a Holistic Career Transitions and Wellness (Mindset) Coach. She is most known for helping clients get in touch with their inner wisdom, joy, self care & wellness, while in a career transition phase. Kristy shares whats been new in her life while connecting her recent learnings to the retreat we will be leading together with Reiko Suzuki in Kugenuma Japan!!! ...

I’m so excited to share this conversation that I had with my dear friend, Reiko.  Reiko is an Impact Coach dedicated to helping people create meaningful, authentic and lasting change starting from within, guiding them in a safe space for growth. She also serves as a Coach and Strategic Community Designer for WellC, a holistic wellness online community committed to cultivating the wellness habits of changemakers.  Reiko shares her background growing up in Japan and her experiences in many...

Find your inner calm through this breathing exercise into a meditation. I like to start all my coaching sessions with this practice as a way to reconnect with our bodies, mind, and breath.

In this conversation, Nina & Nori (both coaches based in Tokyo) explore the topic of creativity + personal growth. Nori is a Japanese-British artist who is currently based in Japan. He is also a Creativity and Mindfulness coach who guides people to, not only unlock their creative potential, but also to practice the art of mindfulness through self expression. ✨ Episode highlights ✨ Nori’s background growing up Japanese-British in London  Navigating bicultural identities and...

I’m feeling so grateful and inspired after this conversation with Leanne who is a podcast host, mindset coach and founder of the Blu Journal. ❤️❤️❤️ Leanne and I were in the same coaching certification program and we were a part of the few trainees that come from an Asian background. Leanne grew up in a traditional Chinese family in Hong Kong. In the episode, she shares how dropping out of college because of mental health challenges ended up being one of the best decisions she has made for...

Loved this beautiful conversation I had with Yuka who works as a Life Purpose Coach and Human Design Analyst. We get into a discussion around cultural identity, self-growth, Vedic wisdom, human design and more! Episode highlights: Tips for how to cultivate self-awareness Ways to approach journal writing to develop a stronger connection with Self  Yuka’s story transitioning from an unfulfilling job to a more aligned career path Challenges and lessons learned living a multicultural life...

I absolutely loved having Julie on the Light of Insight! Julie and I met through the Dharma Coaching Institute, and we immediately connected over our multicultural backgrounds and identities. Julie has roots in the Philippines and was born and raised in Australia. She shares her story experiencing self-doubt, over thinking, and not feeling connected to her truth and big why. Through living in multiple countries and getting to know herself on a deeper level, Julie shares how important it is to...

Rosa is a Somatic and Empowerment Coach that has helped underprivileged Iranian women reclaim their truth and power. We were both trained under the same coaching institute, and it has been incredible connecting over the similar journey we experienced together.  Rosa and I discuss the emotion of anger, and the importance of processing this intelligent emotion. This conversation is packed with tools to help you understand how to best process difficult emotions like anger and how to use your...

It was an absolute PLEASURE having my beautiful friend and pleasure coach Pia on the Light of Insight!!! Pia and I get into a juicy topic, and that’s how pleasure can act as a pathway to healing if you allow it to.  Recently, I’ve been making pleasure and joy a priority in my day-to-day life; whether eating a piece of chocolate slowly, or taking in a beautiful sunset while on my after work walk around the neighborhood, or touching my body to feel how soft my skin is. Incorporating more...

“What you resist persists.” - Carl Jung What do you usually do when uncomfortable emotions come up? Do you react? Do you numb? Do you process them? It was amazing having friend and spiritual life coach Alvin on this week where we dive deep into the topic of embodiment, emotional healing, and processing difficult emotions. We offer simple tools and frameworks that you can use to process heavy emotions and to feel those feelings: Episode highlights: What does embodied healing mean and look...

There is this big lie that we are sold in society and that is if you work really, really hard, sacrifice everything, hustle all day everyday, and make the safe, ‘logical’ or ‘rational’ decisions – you'll reach a point where you will finally become fulfilled and satisfied. But, do you ever reach this point of true fulfillment based on the job, house, or partner? Why do you feel like it is still not enough, you’re still not doing enough, making enough, or enough as a person? The cycle never...

I LOVED having Rebecca on the Light of Insight! Rebecca is a fire starter that activates the alchemical process in others. We get into alchemy and what this means and looks like in relation to personal growth. Both of us have lots of fire in our astrological charts, so this episode we get deep and passionate discussing the important stages of a healing journey which include radical honesty, self-acceptance, and compassion.  Here are the episode highlights: Major realizations Rebecca had...

When you’re confronted with challenges and rock bottoms in your life - what usually happens on the other side of it? I chat with purpose + life coach and human design mentor, Desiree, to discuss how the most painful moments in life can actually be turned into your greatest source of power and purpose.   Absolutely loved this conversation, and I feel so inspired after hearing Desiree’s story.  Here are the episode highlights: Finding the red thread in your life timeline  Desiree’s...

"What are you?" or "No, but really where are you from?" These questions have followed me my entire life being mixed race. Growing up in Montana, I was insecure about my Japaneseness. When I moved to California for college and saw more diversity and an appreciation towards Japan as a country, I began to embrace my Japanese half more. The actual reclamation of my identity took place when I moved to Japan 5 years ago. Everyday, I'm confronted with my 'otherness' in Japan, and have learned that...

It was an absolute pleasure having mindset and career transition coach, Kristy Mariko, on the Light of Insight!  When I entered the coaching space almost half a year ago, I wanted to find an expander who had a multicultural background, experience in Japan and the U.S., and was a female coach. Kristy checked all those boxes and so much more.  In this conversation, we talk about our journeys reconciling with and reclaiming our Japanese identities and navigating life in two very different...

Chhunny Noem is back on another episode of the Light of Insight! Chhunny is a mindfulness coach and entrepreneur that found the company VIPASSA which offers powerful training development programs for companies and organizations. He is also a former monk so we discuss the power of meditation and the stages of an inward growth journey: self awareness, self acceptance, compassion, and gratitude. We breakdown concepts such as change, letting go, temporality, and compassion through a Buddhist...

This conversation was SUCH A TREAT! Carly and I met in the Dharma Coaching Institute where we are training to become certified soul purpose coaches. Carly is also a business doula strategist and coach that helps spiritual fempreneurs remember the divinity of their desires & plug back into their infinite power for creation. I learned A LOT from this conversation and I know you will too - Enjoy! Episode Highlights: The link between healing and business growth The foundation of the...

I’m still beaming from this beautiful conversation with Dorsa! Dorsa and I met through the Dharma Coaching Institute (DCI) where we are both training to become Dharma (Soul Purpose) coaches. Dorsa opens up about her healing journey, tools and practices that have led to more grounding and joy, and how she became a mindset and spiritual life coach. We talk about tarot card readings, yoga, and journal writing as well as what we’re learning in DCI such as the chakra system, doshas, and dharma...

This episode is all about how our emotions affect the body, and the importance of feeling our feelings! Have you ever felt afraid to fully express yourself because of the fear of judgement or feeling unsafe? Do you let other people around you vent, express their frustrations, but you don’t feel safe to? I go into a personal reflection of how being an empath and people pleaser created a wall for me to fully express my emotions. Specifically, the emotion of anger, an emotion I've always...

Happy New Year Light of Insighters! I hope you had a lovely and restful New Years. This episode is all about the concept and energy of surrendering and letting go. I go through various scenarios where letting go could be needed, and a personal story. How has surrendering and letting go presented in your life? How do you let go? What does it feel like? Mark Nepo - “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have”

I started dancing again, and it has been so good for my mental health. Honestly, I was nervous to start again, and the inner critic/ego kept saying "oh you'll make a fool of yourself if you start again," or "you haven't danced in years, that was in your past!" So glad I didn't listen to that voice. I signed up, started going to a studio close to my apartment, and have been loving the aility to express myself through movement again. Also, I'm able to get out of the head and into the body...

Happy December to the Light of Insight Community! In this episode, I open up about the last couple of months. I was in a rut and doing shadow work. Shadow is the parts of self we reject, hide, and feel insecure about based on what we learn through family, peers, media, society, etc. Doing shadow work is at times an intense process because you’re confronting the parts of yourself you don’t like. While working through my shadows, I needed to balance this difficult inner work with something...

Do you feel like the universe has been testing you recently? How do tests usually show up in your life? In this episode, I discuss what tests and triggers are and some helpful journal prompts to use when working through them.  Episode notes and highlights: What Tests and Triggers are and what they might look like Where have you been tested in life recently? Where have you been triggered in life recently? Why its important to track and be aware of our tests Useful journal prompts for when...

I decided to do a solocast episode today all about getting lost in thoughts, the craziness in our world and lives, and the importance of self-care habits. I've been thinking a lot about whats been happening in Iran with the fearless girls and women fighting for major reformations throughout the country, as well as the struggle in the U.S. for women to have autonomy over their own bodies. There is a mix of emotions including fear, anger, sadness as well as inspiration and hope because of the...