Welcome to the Wellness with Juanita podcast. I’m your host, Juanita Nagai, an American living in Japan for 20 years and a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach.
This podcast is all about change, growth, healing yourself, learning how to get back up after life kicks you down, and exploring mindfulness and self-compassion as incredible tools available to each and everyone of us to do just that.
This summer vacation did not pan out the way that I was hoping it might – especially considering the overly ambitious “Creative Things To Do” list I created before it started. Not only did the list simply get buried under others, but my usual self-care practices and routine also seemed to take a hit because of various (understandable) factors. By the end of the summer, I found myself feeling stretched too thin and needing some more support.
Today I get very specific and very personal about how one conversation – and the conditions and causes that went into creating it – can be a microcosm of mindfulness practice in general.
Can we name what is happening without adding in old patterns, habits, beliefs or extra stories? Can we learn to allow and accept our experience – the good, the bad, and the ugly – for simply what is here, in the present moment? Can we provide ourselves with the care and kindness we need, when we need them? Can we offer ourselves the opportunity to simply “begin again” as often as necessary?
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14 Aug 2026
Ep33: Community & Connection
My “Japanniversary” is coming up at the end of this month. I will be celebrating 22 years of living in Japan – as an American, in an international marriage, and as a mother of bi-cultural children. Community and connection are hugely important to all of us, no matter who or where we are, but the “long-term foreigner living in Japan experience” really highlights just how vital a sense of belonging is to our overall wellbeing.
Today I talk about how my friendships, connections and sense of community have changed and evolved over the years – and how that has affected me personally. Zooming out, I also reflect on the grander scheme of things as well. Community, connection and caring for each other – as members of the human family and beings on this dynamic and interconnected planet we call home – is an imperative we can no longer ignore, hide, or distort. We have more than enough land, water, food, resources, and money for all. The question before us is: How do we want to share it? How do we want to care for ourselves, each other, and the only home we’ve got?
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14 Jul 2026
Ep32: Compassionate Listening
Inspired by a recent line from my Buddha Doodle (https://www.facebook.com/BuddhaDoodles/) daily calendar, today I dive into what “compassionate listening” looks like. We tend to think of listening as an activity requiring two participants, but I think learning to compassionately listen to ourselves needs to be our starting place before moving on to others.
Mindfulness practices like meditation, yoga, body scans, and even just enjoying your cup of coffee staring out the window help create the space and opportunity to slow down enough to really tune into our inner experience. By giving ourselves the kind attention and willingness to listen, we build the self-awareness to understand how and what we are feeling, which ultimately leads to healing.
Interspersed with personal anecdotes, this episode illustrates just how important it is to move away from the external world with all of its distractions and drains on our energy and attention, and allow ourselves to spend some time in our inner world as well.
Today’s take away questions:
What do I want (to do)?
Do I want to want (to do) that?
What do the answers to the first two questions tell me about the kind of person I am (or want to become)?
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The next cohort of my Nourish Program (https://www.wellnesswithjuanita.com/nourish/) begins at the end of July!
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