Hi,

Who am I, in 3 short dot points?

I'm actively in the space of education, youth and martial arts and I for sure, don't know all the answers. I'm neither a qualified counsellor nor psychologist.
According to the MBTI test, I'm an ENFJ-A or ENTJ-A. According to the OCEAN test, I'm high in extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience but moderately low in neuroticism.
I believe that the raw essence of everyone's goals is rooted in love and peace. (My favourite quote is "love builds a bridge so the truth can pass (Dan Burke)." The values I advocate for everyone to achieve this are strength, intelligence and kindness and I aim to be a living example of such values.

Why do I continue to do what I do?

My sentiments echo in, "Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see (Neil Postman)." Amidst the darkness in the modern world's unprecedented disconnections, children are beacons of light to enact change. I simply wish to make the best use of my 'free will' to gradually be the change I wish to see in the world.

Why did I start?

I'm a big believer that everything happens for a reason (Butterfly effect) and I strongly believe that all my experiential sufferings were to repurpose for the greater good of others.

I had a relatively tough childhood, growing up with 3 sets of Japanese divorced parents. They valued education and martial arts, as per their previous lineage. This childhood gave me the foundational exposure to Japanese culture but also the emotional resilience and discipline to keep pressing forward in life.

It wasn't until my early to mid 20s that I began to realise that I had unpurposed discipline (shackles of the should). Through therapy (IFS), I began to recognise the missing key to my purpose... Self love, repurposing my 'shackles of the should' towards civic duty to myself and humankind.

Today, I wish to simply share some of my experiences as I learnt to facilitate change 'inside out'. I'm particularly passionate about bridging the gap between intergenerational and intercultural divides.