The most difficult thing during the summer in Japan is the heat. The second is the fact that everyone leaves in August. It is the second most difficult month for expats to adjust to, with December being the most difficult. Obon is the festival of the dead and is celebrated throughout the month of August,…

To be happy as an expat living in Japan requires the ability to let go. This is can be extremely difficult, but once accomplished, life improves by leaps and bounds. Letting go is about more than accepting that certain things are out of your control. It is about letting go of the Japan you thought…

Anxiety makes everything more difficult. Chronic anxiety wears one down because of the energy it takes to remain composed. It would be great if the world understood what it feels like to be anxious, but it simply does not. Anxiety is often misread as anger or impatience. Anxiety pushes people away. Anxiety isolates. Anxiety controls….