Legends Interview Series Presented by Sarah Furuya Coaching

Let me introduce this gorgeous soul. She has soul. She’s wise. She’s wild. She built a 6-figure business from teaching Hula-hooping. The woman is the royalty of reinvention, a magician of making things happen and clever. Oh so clever. Back in the late 2000s, a hoop rolled into Deanne’s life that changed her life forever. In early 2011 something else rolled in, and swept away one life to make way f...

Relationship Anarchy.  Have you heard of such a thing?  Well this concept got right down deep into the potent magic and had me musing on relationships past and dreaming up relationship potential and ways. My guest on November 21st 2023 introduced me to the idea of Relationship Anarchy and it opened up a depth, invited in the trickster and shifted my view. The most creative people will do...

What happens when a K-1 fight you appear in takes 48% of the TV viewing ratings in Japan? You become a household name in Japan. And that is what happened to our Legends guest, where he became a household name in Japan at the turn of the Millennium. Since then Nic has had many reinventions, renaissance and has risen like a Phoenix from the fire over and over as any professional athlete MUST do in o...

Welcome to Season 7, episode 3 of the Legends Podcast with Sarah Furuya. This week I celebrate 21 years of being with my partner, my love, my husband, my housemate. When it comes to relationships and marriage, my husband Kei and I have it absolutely solved…PERFECT. And in this episode, as a life coach, I will be telling you the definitive list of to-dos for your perfect relationship. NO NO NO Let...

Let me introduce you to The Alcohol Mindset Coach Kathryn Elliott, Australia’s leading Alcohol Mindset Coach and advocate for Breast Cancer Awareness. This episode is released coincidentally during Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Kath has her own shocking story about breast cancer, and the hidden links between breast cancer and alcohol consumption in women. Kath has risen like a Phoenix from the...

Welcome back to season 7 of the Legends Podcast. A quick reminder that there could be some swearing and be gentle with yourself if you are struggling with addiction. ******** Sobriety is bloody hard - and it gets easier and it also doesn’t. I am baby-sober.  Being sober or alcohol-free is a daily practice and ritual that I am ever-mindful about. Nothing and I do, and I  mean nothing I ha...

Pilot episode of Nepo Babies Podcast. Join Creative Partners Sarah Furuya   @sarahfuruyacreative   and James Nepaulsingh   @nepopublic as they walk through James' first solo gallery exhibition, 'All of Me' at Gallery Mugen in Tokyo. ___ Links www.sarahfuruya.com www.nepoart.net @rzpgallerymugen   @ryozanpark

This is Part 2 of a 2 part episode. In Part 2 we really get into the excitement of what’s coming next for Sarah Furuya Creative, the evolution of Sarah Furuya Coaching.  Part 1 is here.   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 a...

This is Part 1 of a 2 part episode. Breadth and depth. Sarah is interviewed by Angela Ortiz Pettas, one of Sarah’s great friends, for this deep dive into Sarah’s story. Sarah and Angela discuss those game changers and the guides that contributed to the Sarah you see today. Stay tuned for Part 2 coming on November 8th, 2022.  If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d lo...

This episode is dedicated to Marina, Kate’s mother who showed her that if you really want to do something then you can do it, including saving endangered cultural heritage. Kate and I show you what it looks like when two people who have ADHD record a podcast episode. We really want to bring to light stories of people who have been marginalised and struggle because of their neurodiversity. If you a...

This episode is dedicated to Helena James and Cliff Hardison two people who played a big part in guiding my guests to where they are today. We are talking about the theme of Guides in this first episode of Season 6, the Game Changers Series. Sasha Lee Seals and Henry Seals are here to do what they can to make Japan a country where all its people feel like they can achieve anything.  If you en...

This episode is dedicated to Marcellus’ mother and Mr O. Marcellus shares his journey from extreme poverty in his childhood in Ohio to making it to Japan and becoming a lyricist and performer for Dreams Come True, a hugely successful Japanese music group. With many challenges and overt racism along the way, we hear how Marcellus never let that stop him from being the person he wanted to be and how...

The marriage between lunacy and logic is our theme in this episode with Tania Coke, a corporeal mime teacher and performer now based in Osaka. I’d love to give a shout out to Tania’s manager when she was a self proclaimed geeky management consultant, who let her work part time for several years while she studied corporeal mime.   If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some wa...

It's the magic that keeps us together. Neil Young has been a mentor to me at a time when I really needed it. In this episode, you will hear how his home became a refuge in Hurricane Sandy but also how he showed me what was possible as I embarked on my entrepreneurial journey. Neil will steal your heart too. We follow his career from the UK to New York, to meeting Linda Evangelista who he once had...

Zoë Cobb joined a passing circus and was invited to sit next to a Lama in Tibet when she needed it most. These are just some of the stories of the mystical that “widen the scale of possible” in this episode of the Legends Interview Podcast. Zoë takes us on her journey across the world to where she is now in Milan, Italy with her gorgeous family, one of whom makes an appearance in this episode!&nbs...

How on earth does a young woman from Edinburgh find her way to Iwate Prefecture, in the depths of Tohoku to become a successful sculptor? A sculptor of gigantic stone public art you see in front of buildings all over the world. You are about to hear the Legend of Kate Thomson.  If you are an artist at heart, that did something else like I did, you will love this episode and I hope it inspires...

Beautiful, spiritual, morbid, incredible darlings whose deepest value is decay…My guests are Neil Chapman and D Whom, who pull back one of their seven veils in this episode, sharing how they came to be in Tokyo and how they are pushing out the edge. Influencing culture. These two respected artists float my boat hard. If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear ab...

Magical, mythical, legendary. There is so much magic in this episode with Laura Cooper. We dive into the mystery of golden threads that run through a life and how it happens that the right opportunity comes along just when you are ready. Laura shares her journey from Buckinghamshire, to Japan, Bali, Spain and back to the UK to pursue her passion for writing and photography.   If you enjo...

Welcome to Season 5 of the Legends Series. This episode starts with my guest Aleksandar Dragičević sharing his experience of the bombing of Belgrade, now Serbia in 1999 when he was just 19 years old and about to embark on a journey to Japan. A chance conversation in a nightclub shines a light on a possibility for Aleks and his life is never the same after that as he is whisked to Tokyo on a modell...

Join us for another WTF happened next episode, this time checking in on Sarah Furuya Coaching client and friend, Angela Ortiz. Get ready to hear about falling in love, moving in, getting engaged, planning a wedding, kids moving out, losing a job and still being ok. All in just 14 months. But being better than ok, choosing to frolic through it all actually. Angela shows us a new way to approach rel...

This episode is dedicated to Leah Moreno, a dear friend and mentor of my guest Tiffany Rossdale whose death is still unsolved. It is a true honour to have Tiffany on the Legends Interview Series, and that she feels safe to share her story with us. Physical and psychological safety for the LGBTQ+ community should be a given, but as we arrive in 2022, it is still far away for many. Tiffany shares he...

We all experienced the pandemic in different ways. We experienced loss in different ways. I’d like to share the story of WTF happened next to Tracey Northcott, in the two years since we recorded the very first Legends Series interview together. We finished that first legend with what was supposed to be a very bright future ahead for Tracey and her family. In this episode Tracey has so frankly and...

Inexplicably connected to the ocean, Ai Futaki has made herself into a woman you should know about. Ai is one of the very few people in the world who conveys the splendor of the sea and the human-water connection.  A two time Guinness World Record holder for freediving in a cave, with and without fins, Ai brings images from underwater to us on the shore to inspire us and to spur us into actio...

I am thrilled to welcome back the beautiful, talented, and incredible Mei Sawada for a “What the F happened next?” episode. I'm so interested to know what happened to people over the last two years, how COVID was for them, what they did and what things were on the back burner. I spoke to Lindsay in S4 Episode 2, who is Mei’s mum. She talked about the changes she's made in the yoga studio. But also...

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sherwin Laptiste, my guest Petra Laptiste’s father who passed on 10 years ago. I want to thank Petra for her generous sharing of so many stories in this episode of her family and ancestors. We go on a virtual tour of the Caribbean to Japan, to Africa and the Middle East all in one episode with Petra as our wonderful guide.    If you enjoyed...