Reflecting to Thrive with Chie Sawa

About this episode

Chie Sawa discusses the importance of leaders having a sanctuary for self-reflection and explores various themes including reverse culture shock and co-reflection.

On this episode of The Ikigai Podcast, I talk with Chie Sawa, founder of Thrive Life Design, about why all leaders need a sanctuary to pause and reconnect with themselves. We also explore reverse culture shock, the power of co-reflection, and how structured tools like Tarot readings for reflection can create clarity without crossing into therapy. We explore: • Chie’s journey from Japan to the US and back • Reverse culture shock and feeling out of place at home • Why s...

People in this episode

Host: Nick Kemp

Guest: Chie Sawa

Topics covered

• leadership
• self-reflection
• reverse culture shock
• co-reflection
• clarity tools

Keywords

• leadership
• self-reflection
• reverse culture shock
• Tarot readings
• clarity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Thrive Life Design

Places: Japan, US