Legends Interview Series Presented by Sarah Furuya Coaching Sarah Furuya

Dedicated to the memory of Yasuko Mori, RIP
It is with deep sadness and great respect that I talk about the influence that Mori Yasuko had on so many people in our Tokyo community. She influenced me in positive ways to look at business through a new lens of service and innovation. She made a unique contribution to society. I will miss her monthly paper newsletters that were full of personal and business information. But mostly I will miss her. 
We each contribute to one another. Each small business or organisation provides some kind of service that makes life fuller or easier. Ease, order, beauty, lawfulness, coaching, administration, body-care, relaxation, all those things that your friends or family can’t always provide. 
I have been lucky, so very lucky over the years with the services I have received and the clients I have served. I never ever take these things for granted and always feel great joy and humility thinking about everything that happens around me. Please enjoy this love letter to (most of) my people.
A love letter to my collaborators part one.
In this Podcast:

Muse on the connections, webs and ripples that influence our businesses, friendships and the quality of our livesThe void that is left when people leave usHow the small business community exists due to the flow of commerce, communication and recommendations between usThe impact that small gestures and immense generosity has on people’s businessThe deeply healing influence of gratitude and reciprocity - I’ve been so lucky with my collaborators (this is part one because I keep forgetting to mention people!)
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Connect with Sarah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sarah-furuya-creative
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahfuruyacreative/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahfuruyacreative
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXsuS_yVT9fMHjhAylVy8-w 

Oh are you in for a treat - Sarah T’s unique take on life design and crafting her life, really made me think. She has always had a pretty fine-tuned compass for what she does and doesn’t want but then her therapist made a revelation to her, about her early life, that really made her think about what was driving her.
Sarah has moved around the world a number of times, from rural Hawaii to Urban Hawaii, from continental USA to Japan and now Europe with kids, a partner, a corporate career and a music radio show, that I am rather envious of (I’m always curious about envy - what’s it’s message???).

What I love about Sarah is her refreshing honesty, sincerity and just how genuine she is. There’s a real grounded simplicity to the way she tells her story and the way she made, then reflected on her Legend. 
Her choices have been focused on different needs at different times from choosing to go to boarding school as a child, to joining the corporate world in order to build a solid foundation, reaching her career goals in her 30s, then planning for roles based on quality of life and a retirement based on rock‘n roll dreams! 

Sarah and I met back in 2012 when she was the speaker at a professional networking event. We mention that at the beginning and she reveals a secret shame she held for the past 12 years!

In this Podcast you will learn:

Sarah’s take on how to build a solid foundation for your future in your 20s and 30sHow a feral kid in rural Hawaii started making decisions, with the trust and investment of her parentsWho in her family has won a Grammy, her direct connection to PRINCE and her admiration for Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth How she decided to start a radio show in her early 40s Her therapist annoyed her with an observation - she revealed what it was and how it was useful 

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Links
Sarah’s Radio Show ‘The Hangover’
Her incredible interview with Prince’s Record Producer, Professor Susan Rogers
Shout out to Japan-based Journalist Justin McCurry of the Guardian 
Link to Kim Gordon’s Instagram 
Sarah’s favourite song by Sharon Van Etten
About Sarah Tapp
Sarah was born and raised in Hawaii. She earned a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from Oberlin College in Ohio and promptly moved to Japan, where she spent almost 15 years building a career in corporate communications. Sarah has done PR for a wide range of companies and products – from baby formula to fighter jets – and worked in almost every area of communications, from copy writing to risk & crisis comms.

Sarah and her husband relocated to Luxembourg in 2016, when their daughter was 8 months old (she’s now 8 years old and has a younger sister, aged 7). After a stint at a digital marketing agency, she joined Amazon,...

In this Creative Musings Menostorm episode, a mega-ramble is generated. A musing that is the length of a feature film, and one might think it is too long and indulgent. 
And one would be right. 
It is a love letter to all of my coaches. It is long and the indulgence is taking a trip through my coaching life from start to finish and all the fantastic coaches I had along the way. Honouring them and noting what impact they had on my life, the killer lines and insights they provided me with, and the influence they had in my building out my decisions, business and life choices. In what was a positive process, that reminded me of how effective, kind and professional they all were. AND what a terrific impact coaching can have on a life. I talk through my history and what attracted me to coaching and how different coaches fulfill different life stages and requirements. 
#Menostorm
Originally I was going to muse upon the Shadowy Side of the #Menostorm but due to having had something of a shadowy Sunday, I opted for a positive musing. And I am delighted I did - thinking back on almost 20 years of coaches, the incredible impact they had on me and the key takeaways from my time with them has been a privilege. Also discussed in this episode; how I’m observing myself with wild curiosity and the interplay of rest and activity, mood and capacity, post-surgery. It’s like Tiger King where I’m the Tiger(s) and the coaches are Joe Exotic and Carol Baskins…or something…
In this Podcast:
A BIG BAD MOOD at the weekend actually helped me choose today’s topic based on my instinct - I wanted to garner positivity through storytellingWhat each of the fantastic coaches I have had have done for me over the 20 yearsHow pair coaching with my Relationship Systems Coaching mentor probably saved my marriage (the hedgehog and the octopus)How I was bitten by the coaching bug, how much I loved it and how each coach has had an impact on my life, decisions and directionEACH and EVERY coach from my past has had an incredible impact on my life - deep bow, deep gratitude, profound lineage
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Head over to Apple Podcasts to leave a review and we’d love it if you would come and say hi over on @sarahfuruyacreative on Instagram and Facebook.
Connect with Sarah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sarah-furuya-creative
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahfuruyacreative/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahfuruyacreative
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXsuS_yVT9fMHjhAylVy8-w

This episode is dedicated to Uncle Rodney, who died in the line of duty
WHAT A WHIRLWIND! We had such a journey through Brittany’s life and I was furiously making notes and thinking HOW CAN I HIRE THIS WOMAN?
In this Podcast you will learn:
Basics of Design-centred thinking and the concept of life-prototyping and being absolutely values-drivenHow Brittany designed her family and business to work for her (it’s not what you think)Science, Psychology and Spirit and how they fit into Brittany’s life designMexico - and what living there for 3 years during the Pandemic taught herHer deep, almost spiritually connected, love of Japan 

If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Head over to Apple Podcasts to leave a review and we’d love it if you would come and say hi over on @sarahfuruyacreative on Instagram and Facebook

About Brittany

Brittany Arthur is the CEO of Design Thinking Japan, a human-centered design consultancy with studios in Tokyo and Sydney. She leads the organization in fostering innovation and enhancing customer value through design. As the founder of the world’s only bilingual (Japanese-English) innovation podcast and Design Thinking network, Brittany actively contributes to her field as a speaker and media commentator. In addition to her professional achievements, Brittany is a mother to Charles and has been actively involved in Rotary International for nearly two decades, demonstrating her dedication to community service.

Connect with Brittany

www.designthinkingjapan.com
@_brittanyarthur


Links

Connect with Sarah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sarah-furuya-creative
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahfuruyacreative/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahfuruyacreative
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXsuS_yVT9fMHjhAylVy8-w 

Tales from the Red Cross hospital and fair warning I talk about my recent surgery and I talk about it very openly.
ALSO SWEAR WORDS.
In sharing this information it may encourage people to better advocate for their medical health and care, have a good experience of a hospital stay.
I talk about what I requested, how I requested it, and what I let go in order to have a peaceful stay.
I talk about my body, about scars and stitches, and allow me to hint at what was happening, there is a lot of talk of 'down there' that may not be the best for a lunch time listen!
I had a brilliant stay at Nisseki (Red Cross Hospital) in Tokyo - I was lucky that my surgery was straightforward and uncomplicated and I am going for my one month follow up consultation with my surgeon soon. Every step of the way has been thorough, well managed and I felt safe and heard. I also advocated for myself clearly and politely - and although I come across very confident, this is something I actually need to be brave about.
It's also worth mentioning that i and my husband had a great deal of support from family and friends checking in on both of us. For that I am incredibly grateful and hope to be able to return the kindness some day.

In this conversation, Sam is incredibly generous and vulnerable with what he reveals in his reinventions. One of the things I love about doing these podcasts is the conversations it sparks and the ripples the questions send out into the families of the guests and the world. 
In answering the questions about reinvention, Sam, his Mum and his Dad had conversations they had never had before, and Sam heard stories about his Dad he had never heard before (His Dad is a famous Australian ceramicist, John Gilbert) he found out more about his reinvention from schoolteacher to potter and beyond. It’s easy to track where Sam gets his entrepreneurial spirit, work ethic and drive from. 

This puts me in mind of the previous guest, with Gretchen where we took a deep dive into her family stories and remembered so many events and long since forgotten stories. Another story that comes up again and again for Japan-based guests is the impact the 2011 Triple earthquake, Tsunami and nuclear disaster had and Sam is no exception - it changed his, his wife’s and his business partner’s lives forever…

In this Podcast you will learn:

Sam’s decision-making process when he was faced with being a musician or an alternative, more stable career pathWork ethic, focus and strategy that have led to Sam’s busy and fulfilling lifeHow many different careers and lives a person can lead and the pathway his Dad tookThe Financial Crisis and Great Eastern Earthquake in Japan was actually a high catalyst for Sam's reinventionHow Sam is currently undergoing a leadership reinvention and talks very frankly about that in the final part of the conversation (where he gets a mini coaching session!)
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About Sam
Sam Gilbert was born and raised in Australia and has been living in Japan for the past 19 years. Walking into a karate dojo at the age of 8 was a pivotal moment, as it not only sparked not only an interest in martial arts, also Japanese culture and physical health and performance. These 3 aspects have guided Sam’s career, from an international level karate competitor, to physiotherapist, through to business owner, as co-founder of Club 360, Tokyo’s premier health and fitness facility.

Connect with Sam
www.club360.jp
IG: @sam_gilbert_tokyosportsmed
@club360_eng 
https://elanajade.com/

Connect with Sarah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sarah-furuya-creative
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahfuruyacreative/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahfuruyacreative
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