Transformations with Jayne

Wow! I never imagined I would get this far when I first climbed into that small dark closet in my mother's house in NZ and sat down on a pile of cushions to record the first few episodes of this podcast on my iPhone with that microphone on the headphones! 

But here we are! 100 Episodes and 3 years. It took a while because, well, life! But I guess never completely giving up has served me well and even when I had to take a break because life was just a little too crazy or there was just no way to record because of lack of internet or quiet space, somehow we got there! Steady and sometimes painfully slow will still get you there! 

So today is a solo episode, the first I've done in a while. I didn't edit it either. Going back to my roots of #imperfectaction and just getting it done. Sometimes that is all we need. 

If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of yourself listening to the episode on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @transformationswithjayne

On this episode you will hear:

What prompted me to start the podcast in the first place and some of the things that were important three years ago

Overcoming the challenges that life brings when trying to run a podcast

The top five things I've learned since I started podcasting, and these are relevant to everyone's life, not just fellow podcasters! 

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode One: Are you living the dream 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pqBM4ZS8GrTBgwtQibX8T?si=dEvNfL3iTMeUibHE1O8CHg 

Another favourite episode:

What beautiful things will you speak into existence:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NvRHzlWIUTTwy2sK19uYE?si=GC6hyboLRNCVdsvjHHaTzw

Lawyer on Air: https://www.catherineoconnelllaw.com/podcast 

PodLaunch with Jayne: https://www.jaynenakata.com/podcastconsulting

I’m thrilled to have the wonderful Catherine O'Connell on the show this week for a bit of a trip down memory lane as well as a fun discussion about what she’s been up to recently the surprising things that have happened because of that. We have been working together on launching her show “Lawyer on Air”  of which I am the Producer and Show Manager as well. It is a privilege to be part of this show coming to fruition and helping more voices that we don’t usually hear from have a platform to be heard. 

If you are interested in joining the events we speak about in this episode please message either me or Catherine!

If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of yourself listening to the episode on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me and Catherine, @transformationswithjayne and @lawyeronair

In this episode you’ll hear:

The difference two and half years makes! Hear how Catherine and Jayne have transformed their podcasting appearance game over time

How timing can be the difference between a good and a great start

Catherine talks about some of the surprising things that have happened in the short time since she launched Lawyer on Air

A beautiful quote shared with Catherine by Sarah Bull from Elaine Welteroth

What Catherine and Jayne are planning for this year and beyond

Jayne’s best advice for someone thinking about starting a podcast

About Catherine:

Catherine, a New Zealander, is an in house legal counsel-experienced lawyer operating a boutique law firm in Tokyo. As the first foreign female lawyer to launch a law firm in Tokyo, she provides flexible legal counsel solutions for big and small clients, and works as outside General Counsel in private law practice for entrepreneurs. She excels at cross-cultural business communication bridging Western and Japan mindsets. She is also the host of the “Lawyer on Air” Podcast that features women lawyers in Japan.

She has over 18 years experience of working and living in Japan and is currently the President of Women in Law Japan. She won the BCCJ British Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020. She loves rugby, New Zealand wine and being a leader in the international community in Japan.

Links of things mentioned in this episode:

Transformations with Jayne Podcast  Episode 16 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JwfpeMtOBQUSUto9kVytm?si=IiqUh9SVROWn5SKACCz8rQ

More than enough by Elaine Welteroth: https://www.amazon.co.jp/MORE-THAN-ENOUGH-ELAINE-WELTEROTH/dp/0525561587

Connect with Catherine

Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/oconnellcatherine/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawyeronair

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/catherine.oconnell.148

Twitter: https://twitter.com/oconnelllawyer

Connect with Jayne

PodLaunch with Jayne: https://www.jaynenakata.com/podcastconsulting

This episode with Katheryn has been a long time coming! I thought she was too busy to come on my show! She had been wanting to come on since she first heard about it. So there you go. Don't assume! 

If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of yourself listening to the episode on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me and Katheryn, @transformationswithjayne and @katheryngronauer

In this episode you will hear:

About Katheryn:

Katheryn Gronauer helps onboard professionals to live and work in Japan through executive training and coaching. Her specialties include orientation programs, cross-cultural education, and wellness coaching.

She has a degree in International Business & Culture from Sophia University, a certification in training and change-management from ATD, and a coaching certification from IIN. Most importantly, she was raised between Japan and America with firsthand sensitivity to the cultural differences and challenges that new expats encounter every day.

Katheryn’s company Thrive Tokyo has been named “One of Tokyo’s hotspots to satisfy anyone” by Eurobiz Magazine. Her work and accomplishments have been featured in Women’s Health, HuffPost, Mobility Magazine, Mindbodygreen, JapanToday, Savvy Tokyo, Thrive Global, Elephant Journal, The Everygirl, Thought Catalog, and Elite Daily.

Katheryn has worked with a wide variety of clients across a range of industries from multinational corporations such as Toyota to start-up companies to spouses and more. She has been a guest public speaker on wellness and lifestyle transition at the US Embassy, Toyo University, FEW Japan, and Roppongi Cooperative.

Connect with Katheryn:

www.thrivetokyo.com

www.linkedin.com/in/katheryngronauer

www.instagram.com/katheryngronauer

Need help with launching your podcast?

https://www.jaynenakata.com/podcastconsulting

Sarajean was in a very uncomfortable situation when the shaking started on 3-11 in Tokyo. In this episode, we talk about how she became involved in the recovery work in Tohoku and some of the things she discovered that she is now using as knowledge to help us be better prepared for future natural disasters. You should definitely listen to this episode if you are wondering if you have everything in your emergency kit! 

If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of yourself listening to the episode on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me and Sarajean, @transformationswithjayne and @roseito

We talk about:

Connect with Sarajean:

Site https://sarajeanrossitto.wordpress.com/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/roseito/?hl=ja

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SarajeanRossitto

https://www.facebook.com/Develop-Yourself-to-Inspire-Others-111312727031234

Linked in https://jp.linkedin.com/in/sarajean

About Sarajean:

Sarajean works with people wanting to have/make a positive social impact, for example, people from the private and public sectors as well as key players in the nonprofit space.

Sarajean has been working with nonprofits in Japan for more than 20 years. Since March 2020, she has coordinated and initiated a number of online training and organization development programs including expanding the Develop Yourself to Inspire Others (DYIO) capacity development training to a wide variety of organizations. In 2021, she continues her research on how the pandemic is impacting children not living with their families and how crisis affects nonprofits in Japan. She is also teaching about such themes at Temple University, Japan Campus and Sophia University.

Need help with launching your podcast?

https://www.jaynenakata.com/podcastconsulting

Dr. Mareike Dornhege is such a cool and powerful woman! I hope you will enjoy our episode this week as we continue the remembering 3-11 theme. 

If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of yourself listening to the episode on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me and Mareike, @transforamtionswithjayne and @mareike_and_the_sharks.

In this episode you’ll hear:

About Mareike

Half Dutch, half German, Mareike (pronounce: Ma-rye-ka) hails from the sea and grew up in a family of avid sailors. She has always loved the ocean and turned it into her passion and career. As an 8-year old she left her mum puzzled over scientifically accurate drawings of blue sharks. But her family supported her passion and at 14, her father signed off on her first scuba diving license. Two decades later, she is a doctor of marine ecology and a divemaster, teaching others how to dive and showing them a whole new world underwater.

Mareike is the chief science officer of a marine conservation startup in Asia, Ocean Eye, and a shark researcher. She has published her research in Nature, the world’s most acclaimed science journal, and appeared on Shark Week. She completed her Ph.D. research in northern Japan and she was faced with a unique problem: while the world’s fisheries were in crisis with rapidly dwindling fish stocks, so were the fishermen of northern Japan.

They had lost everything in the severe tsunami of 3/11 that devastated whole swats of coastal towns. While originally an animal lover, her work in Kesennuma forced her to see the duality of people/environment of the problem. The oceans were suffering, but so were the people now after their town and once highly productive port were destroyed. And with Japan’s highly resilient attitude of persistence, here lay a huge opportunity: that for rebuilding sustainably to serve both nature and people better.

Connect with Mareike

Instagram: @mareike_and_the_sharks 

Website: https://www.oceaneye.io/

Have you been wanting to start your own podcast but don't have time or keep getting off track? PodLaunch with Jayne

https://www.jaynenakata.com/podcastconsulting

Do I have a great episode for you this week or what! I have to say, this is one of the most moving and fascinating interviews I've done on the TWJ podcast.

On March 11, 2011, Angela Ortiz experienced an earthquake in Tokyo that would become known as the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. What she did next is a story of guts, determination, a coming together of people with the right skills at the right time.

I hope you will listen to this episode and hear what Angela and her team achieved during those difficult times and how they have relentlessly supported Tohoku during the 10 years since.

We talk about:

Angela’s experience on the day of March 11, 2011

How she and her family helped bring supplies to the disaster zone

Starting an NGO and growing with it

What is needed long term to support the disaster zone

Angela’s Book: 8 Principles that will make you an effective leader in social impact

How we help others effectively when disaster strikes

Angela Marie Ortiz is a Colombian American multinational,  long-term resident of Japan, with over 30+ years living in rural Japan and Tokyo.

She is a social impact entrepreneur, CSR professional, author and fitness enthusiast.

Her career began as an early childhood educator in Tokyo in 2005. She transitioned into social impact after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters of northeast Japan where

she established her own company, Place To Grow - a community building nonprofit using fitness and language exchange to Inspire and connect children in the rural province of Tohoku.

In 2016 she moved into the corporate sector, supporting companies like H&M and Adidas Japan to launch and grow social and environmental sustainability programs. She supports with project management, impact marketing, cross sector stakeholder engagement and partnership development. She also has a wealth of experience in public speaking.

www.stratechist.com

www.placetogrow-ngo.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/impactmarketing.entrepreneurs

https://www.facebook.com/angela.ortiz.58760/

https://www.facebook.com/placetogrowngo

IG:

https://www.instagram.com/angelamarieortiz/

https://www.instagram.com/stratechistmastermind/

TW:

https://twitter.com/angela61059446

Today I'm talking to Dr. Jackie Steele. Jackie, a Canadian, Founder & CEO, enjoi Diversity & Innovation, was in Sendai on March 11, 2011, and this experience influenced the course of her life. 

We talk about:

How Jackie came to be in Japan, after years of Japanese study

Why Jackie was in Sendai on March 11th, 2011 when the earthquake and tsunami struck

Her experience on that day and how they escaped the disaster zone

How she found a way to contribute using her unique skills and knowledge

The challenge with the Japanese legal family definition and system

Disaster risk as a diversity issue

How the disaster has encouraged women to take on grassroots leadership roles

Dr. Jackie F. Steele is a trilingual political science professor, published author, and longtime Japan resident. An expert in diversity, women's empowerment, diverse talent mobilization and inclusive decision-making, Jackie is experienced in guiding leaders in the co-creation of organizational mission, policies and practices that place diversity and innovation at the heart of high performing, inclusive culture. Dr. Steele’s approach to D&I is evidence-based, and uses scientifically credible metrics in support of holistic systems design and mindset change via education. Jackie has taught at leading universities in Canada (UOttawa) and Japan (UTokyo). She teaches in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University. In her volunteer life, Jackie leads the Global Diversity Management Committee as a Governor of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, serves as Vice President of FEW Japan, and is the Strategic Advisor of WomEnpowered International (UTokyo).

Facebook: www.facebook.com/jackiefsteelephd

Facebook: www.facebook.com/enjoidiversityandinnovation

YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzZsh3jlZeDvbWL9aUcjIQ

Instagram: www.instagram.com/enjoi_diversity_innovation/

Mentioned in this episode:

Link for the Facebook lives available on Youtube:  www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzZsh3jlZeDvbWL9aUcjIQ

Need help with launching your podcast?

https://www.jaynenakata.com/podcastconsulting

In this episode, I'm talking to Tracey Northcott. She is an inspiration, with how she has created so many businesses across different markets. Her business Tokyo Family Stays has been an amazing success, until Covid closed the borders and her main market could no longer travel to Japan. 

In this episode we talk about:

How Tracey and others were affected by the Covid Pandemic

A great online group for entrepreneurs in Japan we have found a lot of support from

How Tracey started what became a 7 figure “Minpaku” business

Being a bridge between newcomers and locals

The importance of niching down

Some cool ideas for places to spend this summer in Japan

Australian Tracey Northcott of Enfour, Tokyo Family Stays and Tracey Northcott Consulting is a serial entrepreneur and multi-preneur based in Tokyo, Japan. She is one of the most successful Airbnb hosts in Tokyo, at one point having 23 properties for rent in the Tokyo 23 Wards. She also runs Software development company Enfour with her family as well as Tracey Northcott Consulting where she helps other hosts discover the true potential of their STR or Airbnb business maximizing their investment, enjoyment and hospitality standards.

Make March Matter: https://www.facebook.com/groups/makemarchmatter2020

https://www.tracey-northcott.com/

https://www.tokyofamilystays.com/

Social

https://twitter.com/keitaigoddess

https://www.instagram.com/traceynorthcottconsulting/

https://www.instagram.com/tracey.northcott/

https://www.facebook.com/TraceyNorthcottConsulting/

https://www.facebook.com/tokyofamilystays/

https://www.instagram.com/tokyofamilystays/

I first met Kristen in person a couple of years ago and was pleased to become reacquainted with her again at the end of 2020. On the show we talk about:

How Kristen came to be in Japan and living in the countryside end of Chiba

Fun things about living in the Japanese countryside

The reward for being persistent with yoga practice

Jayne announces her “Theme Word of the Year”

Kristen also announces hers!

Advice for getting started with painting

Kristen says:

“The worst question ever is “What do you do?” because it's hard to pin me down to doing just one thing. I have reinvented myself so many times that I can list 64 different jobs I have been paid for - some in the arts, in technology, in education, and in business management. I'm currently focused on art, yoga, and making sense from chaos. I’ve been on the Internet since 1991 and was for many years the first search result for “Kristen” but was later eclipsed by actress Kristen Stewart”.

MEDIATINKER (personal)

https://www.mediatinker.com

Instagram  @mediatinker

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mediatinker

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-mcquillin-b51115/

DRAWING MEDITATIONS (work)

https://www.drawingmeditations.com

Instagram @drawing_meditations_workshops

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/drawingmeditations

Also mentioned in the show:

Katheryn Gronauer: https://www.katheryngronauer.com/

Daily yoga class: https://www.facebook.com/groups/satoyamayogashare

Next Class with Kristen: https://drawingmeditations.com/shop/mar-21-spring-equinox-tangle-art/

Harumi and I were planning to record an episode in March 2020. That didn't happen and you will hear more about that in the episode, but I think we have a great episode for you this time given all that has happened during the last nearly one year.

In 2018, when we met for the first time, Harumi was just finding her confidence to even call herself a photographer. Now, (when the situation allows!) she spends her time between Malaysia and Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Photographs for luxury brands and is working with women to help them market their businesses through excellent images.

We talk about:

How having two businesses helped her to survive in 2020

Ways she and her family have managed being apart

How she has transformed into a "photographer"

Lessons from working with luxury brands and their customers for her own businesses

Harumi Suzuki is an international photographer based in Japan and Malaysia. She specializes in portraits, profiles, events, food, landscape, travel, hotels, and street photography. Her work with clients in the luxury lifestyle space has taken her to the UK, Malaysia, Australia, and all over Japan. Her work has been featured in magazines such as Tatler Malaysia, Robb Report, and YTL Life, and she has worked with a number of luxury brands such as Lexus, Marriott Hotels, and The Ritz-Carlton.

Instagram: @sunshineruru

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8FgowavvQ1NSSP2D7-nOTA