MyIkigai
Live and Lead from the place of YOU
You have been showing up fully for your work, your family, your team and your life.
And yet beneath all of it, there is a tiredness that rest does not fix. A quiet restlessness that you cannot quite name. A sense of unfulfillment or a joy that once came naturally, that you can no longer find.
A feeling that the life you are living no longer fits the way it once did.
Not because anything is wrong. Not a crisis. Not a failure. Simply because you have outgrown who you were.
And the part of you that is ready to grow is waiting.
This is the work of " Inner Strategy" rooted in Ikigai, Zen, psychology, and neuroscience, and the Japanese understanding of 心 Kokoro — the integrated wisdom of mind and heart.
Together we create a space to reclaim your identity, reconnect with your values, and step into who you are becoming with intention, clarity, and deep alignment so you can live and lead from a place of you.
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.
The Five Pillars of Inner Strategy
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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.
5.
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.
Does this sound like you?
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You have been showing up fully for others and are quietly wondering when it is your turn.
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Life looks fine from the outside, yet something inside feels restless and missing something.
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You are outgrowing a version of yourself that once felt right and are not sure who you are becoming.
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The roles you carry feel heavier than they used to and less fulfilling than they once were.
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You have a sense that there is more depth, more joy, more you, waiting to be discovered.
1:1 Inner Strategy
A personal partnership to help you live and lead from a place of you
This is a warm, confidential space for reflection, reconnection, and growth designed for you.
If you are curious, book a free consultation call.