KIZUKI the Podcast

Mae explores the surprising discomfort that can arise when lifelong identities begin to dissolve. Through reflections on old roles, pathless woods, and the freedom of not needing a new job description, she invites listeners to consider that perhaps what’s disappearing isn’t who they are—but who they believed they had to be. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a p...

A series of quiet evenings led Mae to an unexpected realization: after letting go of old identities built around striving and endurance, the next chapter wasn’t rebellion—it was learning to receive. Through ordinary moments with her family and a heartfelt exchange with her son, she explores how healing may be less about solving life and more about allowing love, happiness, and uncertainty to be fu...

Mae shares a powerful realization about how her nervous system unconsciously linked money with her father. Through this kizuki , she explores scarcity, trust, emotional safety, and the moment she began to unlink money from an old father wound so money could finally become what it is: simply a resource. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-...

After years of believing she wasn’t an angry person, Mae discovers that anger may have been one of the most repressed emotions in her life. In this episode, she explores what surfaced when she stopped analyzing her pain and began feeling it, uncovering how anger can reveal our deepest values, boundaries, and capacity for gratitude. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journalin...

Mae reflects on a powerful realization: understanding pain is not the same as feeling it. As she explores long-buried anger, grief, and self-abandonment, she discovers that healing may begin not by fixing pain, but by finally sitting beside it. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and transformation. A pioneer in wellness and per...

Mae reflects on how “The Carrier” became a survival identity rooted in preserving connection. Through her relationship with her family and father, she explores the hidden cost of understanding others too early, and the grief of realizing she had learned to carry instead of expecting to be held. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awarenes...

Mae shares the first episode in a deeply personal new series exploring a domino effect of transformative realizations. In this episode, she uncovers “the Endurer” identity — a survival pattern formed through emotional abandonment that slowly became intertwined with her sense of self. Through psychological insight, she explores bracing, resistance, self-pressure, and the possibility of no longer bu...

A tender bedtime conversation with her son Ayden turns into an unexpectedly funny and profound reflection on family, normalcy, and the way children make sense of the world. Through Ayden’s innocent logic, Mae explores how our personal experiences shape what we believe reality is. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and transform...

Mae explores the subtle but life-changing difference between living from preference and living from permission. Through reflections on desire, self-expression, and personal power, she examines how easily people unconsciously place their fullness behind external conditions—and what shifts when they stop waiting for permission to become themselves. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the K...

Reflecting on the disorienting process of untangling herself from lifelong patterns of pressure, perfectionism, and survival, Mae explores who she is beyond those things. Through a deeply personal exploration of identity and self-worth, she shares the terrifying yet liberating realization that she may not be losing herself at all, but rather the pressure system she once believed was her identity....

A deeply personal two-week loop comes to a close with an embodied realization: what once felt like hope was, in part, a subtle form of fear. Through physical release and self-inquiry, Mae reflects on long-held patterns of bracing for pain—and the shift into meeting life as it is, without preemptive fear. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for sel...

A sweet moment between her two sons has Mae reflecting on a deeper truth about growth, control, and connection. Through parenting, she uncovers how a subtle shift from “no” to a “basis of yes” can keep relationships open—and how this same principle applies to the way we live our own lives. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and...

In this quieter, more introspective episode, Mae chooses not to rush clarity while in the middle of a personal process. Instead, she offers a poem that reflects surrender, trust, and the unfolding nature of becoming. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and transformation. A pioneer in wellness and personal development, Mae was t...

Mae shares two grounded shifts around self-love: moving away from self-improvement as a form of self-rejection, and learning to stand by yourself most when results aren’t showing. A concise and practical reflection on what it really means to love yourself. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and transformation. A pioneer in well...

Mae reflects on how early life experiences shaped her sense of living with depth. Through personal stories and a gentle but powerful realization, she explores how it may not be depth itself that isolates us—but how we hold it in relation to others. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and transformation. A pioneer in wellness and...

Mae reflects on the Japanese concept of ma and the power and beauty of intentional space. Through everyday moments like walking, cooking, and choosing to be without needing to do , she explores how leaving room in life allows awareness, insight, and experience to truly land. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and transformation...

Mae shares a school incident with no clear truth and expands it into a wider realization: in moments where life offers no “correct answer,” what matters most is how we choose to show up—not only for others, but in the way we live, respond, and listen to each other. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and transformation. A pionee...

An evening at a chic Tokyo restaurant unexpectedly revealed a deeper realization in Mae. As she navigates feelings of belonging, authenticity, and preemptive judgment, she uncovers how our assumptions about how others will receive our truth can limit our world before anything even happens. Through this moment of awareness, she explores how embracing the “dissonant note” in ourselves may be what al...

In this milestone episode, Mae responds to two listeners navigating quiet misalignment in careers and relationships. She introduces the four-step Kizuki Cycle—insight, choice, embodiment, and connection—explaining how meaningful change happens not by chasing a destination, but by becoming who you truly are. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for...

Mae reflects on growing up in a vertical culture of hierarchy and unexpectedly becoming “ sensei ” herself. Through her resistance to pedestals and followers, she explores how hierarchy soothes anxiety but distorts worth, and why true leadership is not about standing above — but standing level. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awarenes...

Mae shares a striking realization from her Life Brief retreat: that beneath her ambition and talk of alignment was a subtle fantasy of being “carried” by the right opportunity. In this episode, she unpacks the modern damsel archetype—not waiting for a prince, but for a breakthrough—and explores the grief and power that come with choosing sovereignty instead. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the crea...

Mae explores the subtle but critical difference between taking responsibility and turning inward with blame, using a vivid dream to show how the same mistake can lead to grounded repair or unnecessary self-punishment. The episode invites listeners to grow through clarity, not inner violence. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness a...

Mae reflects on an unexpected comment from her TEDx talk and uses it as a doorway into a deeper exploration of judgment, resonance, and separation. Drawing from music, gaming culture, and a Paulo Coelho story, she invites listeners to notice how awareness can dissolve judgment—and reveal the unseen roles that allow the world to work. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journal...

Mae reflects on an ordinary day that once would have spiraled into self-judgment, and the small but pivotal realization that marked her growing out of self-improvement. She explores the difference between self-control and self-trust, and how choosing not to assign meaning can become a powerful act of self-relationship. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling MAE Y metho...

Mae reflects on an exchange with her father and a fleeting, unspoken wish—revealing how love doesn’t always need to become action to be real, and how sometimes, the smallest thoughts carry the deepest connection. Mae Yoshikawa Mae Yoshikawa is the creator of the Kizuki Journaling MAE Y method™ , a powerful tool for self-awareness and transformation. A pioneer in wellness and personal development,...