Her Confidence Her Way

Today’s Featured Global Woman: Ms. Aki Mellet

Aki is a founder of Cosmopolitan mind coach and she currently lives in Paris, France. She is coaching Japanese women on mindset and power of action taking. When Aki was working in Japan, she did enjoy what she was doing; however, she had started feeling the unhealthy work/life style from working overtime and weekends. Once she realized that she needs to take in charge of her life, and she decided to go to England to study Psychology.  This experience was her turning point!  After visiting to France, she knew this is where she want to re-start and re-establish her life. After becoming a mom of two, she also decided to become an entrepreneur and start her coaching business. She had helped over 800 women around the globe and she is continuously helping women to have the life she loves. 

大学（心理学科）卒業後、ファッション雑誌編集者に。
人に興味があるためアーティストのインタビューばかり行っていた。
その後、ヒューマンリソースコンサルタントに転向。
知的能力テストや性格、管理職評価ツールなどを開発しつつ、
人事担当者、現場の担当者、女子大生（就職活動）など5～300人規模のセミナーを実施、
24歳で、40、50代の管理職、150人以上にキャリアカウンセリングなどを行う。

仕事は楽しかったもの、自分の生活に息苦しさを感じ、
1998年休職して、ロンドン大学大学院へ留学。
Occupational Psychology（仕事における心理学）の修士取得。

このときにヨーロッパの生活に目覚め、30代はここで過ごそうと決意。
1999年修士修了後帰国し、半年後に退職。
2001年に単身パリに移住、オンラインテスティングの開発分析を続ける。
その後結婚し、２人の男の子を出産。
２回の産後ダイエットで20キロ、17キロやせた経験をメソッド化し、
2009年「マインド、行動」に焦点をあてたダイエットのコーチングをスタート。
その後改良を重ね、現在は世界のスタンダードと大和撫子のメンタルを融合した、
コスモポリタンマインドコーチングを提唱。
仕事もプライベートも犠牲にすることなく、一般常識にまみれた古い体質や今までのやり方、自分の殻を解き放ち、心からやりたいこと体現する女性をサポートしている。

関わったクライアントは800人以上、日本だけでなく、アジア、ロシア、ヨーロッパ、アメリカなどに広がっている

Today’s Take away: 

• Great Japanese Cultural Value to keep: 

             気遣いはいいことだけれど同じことを期待をしてはいけない。

• Things Japanese women need to drop & adjust to be successful: 

日本の常識はフランスでは当たり前ではないことなので受け止めることのできるおおらかおおらかさと寛大さが必要

時間厳守という発想がないのでもしも遅れることが気になっているのであれば早に　　行って近くのカフェで待っていること。

• Things to know to be a successful Global Women 

　　　　物事を多角的に見ること

Advice from：

• 心からの声に正直になること。

Take this action to be the Next Global Woman:

自分をどうありたいか、自分と向かい合うことが必要。

他人を通して自分を発見させることが大切

Special Announcement: 

3月中旬に日本でセッションや講座を企画、

直接会いたい方は、ブログなどをチェックしておいてください。詳細はこちら。

http://ameblo.jp/sangomaman/entry-12243112752.html

Let’s connect!!

ブログ「パリコスモポリタンマインドの法則」

http://ameblo.jp/sangomaman/

FaceBook　https://www.facebook.com/aki.mellet

ポッドキャスト　「パリで学んだブレない自分の作り方」

Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/paride-xuenda-burenai-zi-fenno/id1091928143?mt=2

Today’s Featured Global Woman: Ms. Sumie Yamakawa

Sumie was born and raised in a small town in Aichi, Japan. Sumie came to Canada when she was 17 years old as an exchange student and she fell in love with this country!  After she graduated from a college, she has started working in a wine industry. She worked at a small winery at her first career and after 2 years of working with this winery, she got an opportunity to work with a mid-sized family owned winery where her real career experience begun. She was in charge of all the Asian tourist groups(i.e. Getting contract to bring groups to the winery, creating unique program, booking groups etc) After few years, she realized that there is a limitation to her career  if she worked for a family owned business and the only skill she had was that she speaks Japanese. That’s when she decided to take sommelier program. During the sommelier course, she met her future colleague who helped her to move on to the biggest and most internationally known winery in Canada. She was still taking sommelier course when this great opportunity came and she decided to take it. After she working for 6 years with various positions, she  finally got  promoted to an Estate Manager at the winery.

愛知県の小さな町で生まれました。高校生の時に留学生として、カナダに来た時に、カナダが大好きになりました。大学卒業後、旅行関係のコミュニティカレッジに通い、その後ナイアガラのワイン業界にて就職。その後、もう少し規模の大きい家族経営ワイナリーに転職。

ここからが、私のキャリアの始まりでした。

ここでは、アジアから来るグループセールスを任され、企画から、営業まで全てを任されていました。数年後、日本語が話せるだけでは、自分のキャリアに限界を感じ始め、ソムリエの資格をとる決意をし、学校に行き始め、そこで、将来の同僚に出会いました。

ソムリエの資格を取るための学校に通学中、カナダで一番大きなワイナリーであり、世界的にも有名な今のワイナリーに転職。その数年後、ワイナリーのマネージャーに昇格。

Today’s Take away: 

• Great Japanese Cultural Value to keep:

          Reading between line and being aware of others

• Things Japanese women need to  drop & adjust to be successful: 

           Voice your opinion and speak up! It is not easy to do so make sure to practice it! 

• Things to know to be a successful Global Women:

           Have an open mind and know that it is ok to have your own opinion and being different. 

Advice from Sumie：

Have your challenge spirit. Even if you fail, it can be a great learning experience. It is up to you to make the decision! 

Take this action to be the Next Global Woman:

Don’t hesitate to take that one step and move forward! Set a goal and take a baby step. 

Let’s connect and Special Offer!

オンラインワークショップ：海外就職１０１　海外就職に向けて日本で何ができるか。詳細はこちらから。

日本時間　１月２８日　土曜日　午前　９時

アメリカ、カナダ　１月２７日

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Offer 30min free session to talk about coming to study, work and immigrate to Canada!

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010: Find your gifted talent + Q&A with Emiko Rasmussen

Emiko talked about why using our strengths is so important. If you are focusing on your weakness, you can’t be excellent and you won’t feel satisfied. Why do you waste your time?
Let’s use your gifted talent and do what you love to do! You can turn your talent into your profitable business!
Today’s Takeaway
I love podcasting and do you want to know why I don’t feel like this is a lot of work? Well, I love meeting and connecting with people. I also love talking and love leaning from someone’s experiences.
The point is this, I am using all of my strengths! When we use our strengths, it is really fun to do the work and we can feel very satisfied and meaningful.

Take this action!
1:Find your gifted talent. You can download your worksheet by signing up my newsletter from here 
2: Stop focusing on your weakness. We are all human and we all have a strengths. Is there are lot of things that you need to work on for your job? Maybe it is time to re-evaluate.
3:Be aware of how you are using your strengths at your current job and how other people are recognizing your strengths. Writing it down is so important because later on this list can help you to build your resume and your cover letter!
4: Write this down and read it out loud!
“You have a gifted talent that no one can copy, and you are here to let your talent shine!”
5:My last advise that many people really don’t do….
You really have to take some action! Don’t just think but please do something about it…
If you want to learn more about my coaching session to discover your gifted talent and let your talent shine, please visit work with me tab
Don’t limit yourself! It is your responsibility to open your talent that is inside of you and I want to help you to unlock the box. There is a gifted talent that is waiting for you to be used!
Q & A
Question from Yuri san: Work life balance and the role of male and female
“よく聞くのは、会社は応援してくれるけど、旦那さんが家事に非協力的で負担が増えるということです。アメリカのそのあたりの事情はどのようになっているのでしょうか？もし良ければ教えてください”
Answer: It is up to both men and women’s effort.
Partnership is a key!! We need to see each other as a partner at home.
Set a expectation that both a wife and a husband can agree on.
Ladies, it is OK to ask for help around the house.
Let go of your perfection
Give your partner a space and give him a chance to learn so that he can help you. If you are keep doing EVERYTHING, of course, your partner won’t step in and help you. It is better to be done than you are still try doing everything to make it all perfect.

Recommended movie for working moms,
Bad moms 

Recommended Book 

Do you want to try a free 30 days audible? You can get a free download from here. I only recommend things that I actually use and is beneficial for you! Get your free trial from here.

海外で働きたい、働いている女性の才能を伸ばし、その強みを活かし、自信を持って自分らしく輝いていきたグローバルウーマンにピッタリな月一回のニュースレター。（全て英語です。）登録はこちらからー＞　http://bit.ly/theemistylesignup

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Today’s Featured Global Woman: Ms. Manami Nakayama

Manami Nakayama currently serves as the Executive Director for the San Diego Japanese Community Center where she is responsible for overseeing the administration of all the programs and services and the creation and management of projects which promote community engagement and collaborative efforts between other Japanese organizations.

She was born in Japan and came to the US when she was 10 months old and grew up in San Jose as a first generation Japanese-American. Fluent in Japanese and English, Manami has more than 15 years of community service experience in the Japanese communities of both San Jose and San Diego. Professionally, she is currently utilizing her expertise in administration, translation, and marketing. She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology with an emphasis of human development from the University of California, San Diego.

She currently serves on the San Diego-Yokohama Sister City Society Board of Directors as the Community Engagement Director, and serving as a committee member for the Community Engagement Committee of the Mingei Museum, Madoka Entertainment, and San Diego Nikkei Network. She also volunteers in various local community events where she is a planning committee member of the Asian Cultural Festival, San Diego Night Market, and the San Diego Ramen Festival.

Today’s Take away: 

• What does having a global perspective mean to Manami?

Understanding the different cultural value is really important to build a great relationship and be able to think from different perspective. You can understand different people.

• Biggest difference between Japanese and American culture.

Being reserved is a great value and it is ok to think others before thinking of yourself; however, you cannot do this all the time. If you keep doing this, you will miss out opportunities. 

Reserve vs. Assertive.

It is important to speak up and if you slightly feel something , just go and ask!  

• One important quality to have to be a global leader?

Patience. Having the good listening skill will allow you to observe and step back and take it in rather than reacting to different ideas. 

• One important global communication skill to have?

You don’t have to know all kinds of different languages. Having the open ears. All what we need is willingness to communicate. 

Advice from Manami：

• Never stop losing  yourself and never stop learning! Take every opportunities to meet people! Once you stop, you will lose the opportunity. 

Let’s connect !!

Azunakai

http://azunakai.org

San Diego Yokohama Sister City 

http://www.sandiegoyokohamasistercity.org

Contact info 

manami@azunakai.org

Today’s Featured Global Woman: Ms. Noriko Fujimaru Kalember   

Noriko Kalember is a founder of True North Life Coaching.  When Noriko was 19 years old, she decided to visit Australia for 2 weeks and it has been 14 years since then. She has lived in Perth and Brisbane. She has been happily married to her husband for 7 years and she has a beautiful daughter. Not only Noriko is a mother, she is also a successful career woman. (high hive to working mom friend!)  She has been working as a Human Resources information System business consultant and she’s reached to her six figure income!   Noriko also wanted to start her own business and she is in her coaching business for 2 years now.

Noriko Kalember:  True North Life Coaching代表。

大阪出身、オーストラリア在住、オーストラリア国籍を持つ。現在パース在住。ボスニア人旦那と娘、犬で田舎暮らしを満喫中

19歳でいきなり思い立ったオーストラリア短期留学のはずがそのまま永住。英語力ゼロ、貯金ゼロ、友達ゼロ、住むところゼロからスタートしたオーストラリア生活だが、学費のためになんとかフルライムで働きながら大学に通い、国際政治学を専攻、3年制大学を２年で卒業。その後大学院に進み、西オーストラリア州水産省に就職。

大企業で大規模なプロジェクトと携わる。３０歳までに1000万円稼ぐ夢を達成。子供を産んでも管理職でプロジェクトリードとして大企業で活躍。大企業で働いている間に、資本主義社会を全うするのに違和感を感じ、コーチングを勉強、Diplomaを取得。

あの世界トップのコーチ、トニーロビンズの弟子から習ったライフコーチングメソッドを活かし、コーチングを通じて多くの人に自分の肌で夢をかなえる楽しさを実感してもらいたい、最高の自分を更新し続けてもらいたい、というコンセプトでTrue North Life Coachingを設立。

Today’s Take away: 

• Great Japanese Cultural Value to keep: 
  • We are conservative and reserved which is a great value to have. 
• Things Japanese women need to  drop & adjust to be successful: 

Be a little aggressive and open. If you are naïve and waiting for an opportunity to pop up, there is nothing for you here. You have to go and create an opportunity yourself.  Being shy is not a compliment here- it literally means YOU KNOW NOTHING. 

• Things to know to be a successful Global Women 
  • In Japan, predominantly we learn American English. But there are so many types of English in the world, for example British English, Australian English, Singlish, Kiwi English, South African English and so on. It is very important that learning American English is not enough. 

Advice from Nori：

• 私の英語はパーフェクトではありません。自信を持って『 Japanglish』大丈夫！相手がもしわかってくれなかったら私の英語が悪いと思わず、相手の異文化理解が足りないと思うくらいで良い！ 

Take this action to be the Next Global Woman:

• 海外で働きたいのなら、まずは日本という国をよく知ること。教養人となることが大切だと思います。そして、日本人として誇りを持ってほしいということですね。いくらパスポートが変わっても、あなたは日本人です。そしてみんなから日本人として扱われます。もちろん他の国の文化を理解することは大事ですが、自分の生まれた国のことを誇りに持つことで、はじめて相手の文化を尊敬できるんだ、ということをしっかり心得ておいてほしいです。

Let’s connect!!

Website: 

https://truenorth-lifecoaching.com/

Special Offer ポッドキャストリスナー限定

Free 30 mins coaching session 

Truenorthlifecoach@bigpond.comに「emiko」と一言付け加えて頂ければオッケーです。

Today’s Featured Global Woman: Ms. Chika Nakagawa

Chika Nakagawa is a Global Business Consultant who helps to turn our curiosity and learning into a profit and helps creating the life style around what we love to do.  Chika can speak Japanese, English, German and Chinese!  She made her path to move out of Japan and is currently living in Germany.  Chika holds various certifications such as teaching, IFPA International Professional Aroma therapist, TOEIC scored 830, German Language B2, Chinese Language HSK6 and more.   Chika is very active and she takes actionable steps to achieve what she wants to do in the world.

グローバルビジネスコンサルタント。3ヶ国で暮らし、現在ドイツ在住。 世界のボーダーを越えて、夢を叶えたい人を、セルフケアメソッドと、行動力UPコーチングで サポートするコーチングをとりいれることで、夢実現をコミットする。 大手メーカー営業職を経て、外資系企業に勤務。 ドイツに暮らしながら、英国へ通学しIFPA国際プロフェッショナル.  アロマセラピスト資格を取得。　現在、『学び』をお金に変える方法、自分の能力を最大限に活かせるビジネスモデルを作り、海外にいながら自分の好きな仕事をしライフスタイルを手に入れるサポートをし活躍中。

Today’s Take away:
• Great Japanese Cultural Value to keep: 空気を読む心遣い
• Things Japanese women need to  drop & adjust to be successful: 自分の意見はっきり伝えること
• Things to know to be a successful Global Women：スモールトーク
Advice from Chika：
• 守りに入らず何にでもチャレンジしていくこと
Take this action to be the Next Global Woman:
海外で働きたい方は自分の行きたい国に住んですでに自分のやりたい仕事をしている人にメッセージを送りお話を聞くこと。

Let’s connect!!
http://global-chika.com/

ドイツから帰国！

対面グループコンサルを 東京と、大阪で、２日間だけ、 開催します！

海外で暮らす夢がずっとあったのに、 今まで叶えてこれなかった。 でも、このまま終わらせたくない！

海外でも、自分の能力をもっと発揮して、 使命をもって仕事をしながら、 自分の世界観に共感するお客様から感謝され、 収入を得たい！

服より、本を買うほど、好奇心が旺盛で、 今まで、「学び」と「経験」に100万円以上、 自己投資をしてきたけど、活かしきれていない！

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 【早期お申込み特典！！】 ■1月14日（土）（東京）13；00〜 ■1月15日（日）（大阪）13；00〜

詳しくは、こちらから ↓ https://peraichi.com/landing_pages/view/chika グローバルビジネスコーチ 中川チカ

Today’s Featured Global Woman: Ms. Akari Kawamura