・Deep reflection on my past self

I was once a dictatorial leader. Employees resigned daily, and I criticized those who could not keep up as 'simply not trying hard enough.'

·  The turning point — realizing I had been relying on others while avoiding my own transformation

My daughter became a school refuser after being bullied in middle school and fell mentally ill. For over 10 years, I took her to the best hospitals, psychiatrists, crystal healing, hypnotherapy, spiritual gurus — seeking a cure. Then one day she said: 'Mom, I don't need to be fixed.' It was only after years had passed that I came to realize I had never truly faced her myself — I had kept turning to external forces.

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The root cause of my daughter's illness was not the bullying — it was me, her mother. I had been acting not out of love for my daughter, but out of ego — wanting to be seen as a 'good mother.' It took more than 10 long years to realize that true love meant gently holding my bullied daughter and accepting her exactly as she was.

·  My father, mother, and sister all fell ill simultaneously — an intense season of caregiving

My father developed severe pneumonia and was hospitalized in emergency, my mother developed dementia, and my younger sister reached a terminal stage as her breast cancer metastasized to her brain — all overlapping. I cared for all three simultaneously while continuing to work. My father and sister have since passed. This experience was featured in PRESIDENT WOMAN (Japan's leading business magazine for women leaders) as 'The Reality of Caring for Three Family Members at Once — Beyond Comparison with Childcare.'

Looking back, I came to understand that the deep conflict between my mother and sister likely stemmed from my sister — born premature — repeatedly developing illnesses throughout her life as a way to draw out the maternal love she desperately craved.

·  From a thin thread of hope to the light of today

After deep reflection and 10 years of continuously transforming myself, my daughter began to recover slowly, like layers peeling away. My husband, whom I once couldn't bear to be near, is now someone I love from the bottom of my heart. The family members who had harbored resentment — blaming their unhappiness on one another — were transformed into relationships overflowing with peace, harmony, love, and abundance, as if we had become an entirely different family.

· Discovering the origin of OMOTENASHI and JIRI-RITA

Through this long and painful journey, I came to understand — in my very bones — that caring for others with compassion brings harmonious change. My daughter's illness was fully healed, and today each member of our family lives their own wonderful life. Remarkably, around the time of my daughter's recovery, the employee resignations at my company came to a complete stop as well.