MyIkigai
Reconnect with yourself. Evolve beyond limitations. Live your Ikigai.
Reconnect with Yourself. Evolve Beyond Limitations. Live Your Ikigai.
You don't need to become someone else to discover new possibilities.
Sometimes, the next chapter begins by slowing down, listening to your kokoro—your heart—and reconnecting with what truly matters to you and the truth of who you are.
MyIkigai creates a space for reflection, self-discovery, and meaningful growth, helping you move beyond expectations and limiting beliefs to explore and express your unique way of living with Ikigai.
Does This Sound Familiar?
Perhaps you've spent years fulfilling responsibilities, meeting expectations, or pursuing goals that once felt meaningful.
Yet something inside you is asking:
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What truly matters to me now?
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Am I living according to my own values or someone else's expectations?
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What possibilities might open up if I stopped holding myself back?
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How can I grow without losing connection with who I am?
You don't need to have all the answers.
Sometimes, meaningful growth begins by creating space to listen to yourself again.
My name is Minako Horaguchi, founder of MyIkigai.
I was born and raised in Takayama, Japan — a place where simplicity, nature, and deep human connection shaped everyday life. Those values continue to inform how I hold space for others: quietly, carefully, and with deep respect for the beauty of human growth.
My professional path began in education. As a teacher and later a school founder, I was committed to helping others grow — not only in knowledge and achievement, but in character, maturity, and a sense of who they truly are.
Then midlife brought its own internal shift.
After moving to the United States and balancing work, motherhood, and identity, I encountered a quieter tension. Externally, life was stable. Inwardly, something no longer quite fit.
Returning to Ikigai in its deeper sense — alongside Zen, Eastern philosophy, psychology, and reflective practice — reshaped how I understood myself, adulthood, and what it means to truly grow.
That journey became "Inner Strategy".
Today I work with women who are ready to move beyond the roles they have mastered — and explore a way of living and leading that integrates who they are with everything they do, because the most beautiful journey is the return to yourself and the growth that follows.
Myikigai
The MyIkigai Method is an invitation to slow down.
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明確 Clarity
The capacity to see yourself honestly and kindly — your core values, beliefs, drives, capabilities, and vision. That clarity becomes your own power.
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和 Harmony
Honouring all parts of yourself — your role and your authentic self so that the way you lead becomes uniquely yours. When you lead from that wholeness, relationship with others and with the world around you flows naturally.
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素 Simplicity
Refining complexity into what truly matters to free your self from the clutter.
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心 Heart
Recognising the integrated wisdom of mind, heart, and spirit and learning to trust your inner compass again.
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今 Mindful living
Living mindfully and making every decision consciously helps you become the author of your own life. In that connection to each moment, meaning, joy, and fulfillment are already there.
Reconnect · Evolve · Go Beyond
A personalized coaching journey to reconnect with what truly matters to you, explore and release limiting beliefs, and discover new possibilities for expressing your authentic self.
Through meaningful conversations, guided reflection, and intentional practices, we create space for you to explore your unique way of living with Ikigai.
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