Joy Blog
Riding on the camel was our motivation when we had to go hiking in the valley of our mountain cabin as kids.
I hated hiking so much ! Camels got me going though. And the white-red-white striped marks of the Swiss hiking trails. Finding the next sign...
All of my life I wanted to become a primary school teacher. I remember playing school with my mother and my one year old sister when I was four and I told my mom that I’ll write the number ONE on her “reports” instead of the...
How are you in this summer of 2023?
Have you been at a music festival in your life? Are you a fan? No thank you I don’t like so many people at one place? Maybe you would fall in love with Uhuru Festival like I did in 2016. Mika was five and I...
The following story is in my book “The Joy Compass”. I would love to give it to you as a present - just because you are amazing and could need a great read for summer? You can even listen to my BEST English on the audio book : ). If you...
It was in the underpass of Chur main station, the mountain district of Switzerland, where I approached two young Japanese ladies who were looking at their map.
“Doko e ikimasu ka?” Where are you going?
Ken always laughs at me for wanting to...
“I’m not a gorilla that you can show around!” Wooow, Mister Sakata, ookeeey.
I learned a lot about how to choose to go or not attend a party from my darling husband but let me start a little earlier than the gorilla-comment:
When we...
If you think my life has always been full of joy, here is my story. Spoiler alert, it wasn’t.
Twice a week we had to wait for Mr. Hotz in front of the glass door of the gym. Anja and the popular girls talked about me every time as if I would not...
In the spring of 2015, Ken, Mika and I were in Japan for 5 weeks. It was such a cool time, we traveled to all the corners where our friends and the Sakata clan lived and celebrated life.
Family time. 24 hours a day. For some a dream, for me it was...
I started playing Ultimate secretly to impress a long time player I wanted to win over. I hoped that he would be so thrilled to see me playing his favorite sport, that he would finally fall in love with me forever. Well… that didn’t work...
“Just lay everything on the ground which could fall off the shelves during the move!” I could lock the door of my tiny room which was as long and wide as my bed. I loved the fact that I didn’t have to pack a bag. A few hours later...
WHAT is a love hotel!? It may sound like a dodgy establishment, but primarily it’s a hotel offering for LOVERS. And I will tell you all about Maria Theresia in Takatsuki in a second.
In Japan, most sons and daughters live with mom and dad until...
Do you feel like you often have to pull yourself together and that it would be shameful to show your true feelings in front of other people or even yourself?
Chances are that you’ve been brought up like this. That it’s something...
