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Nichi Bei News columnist Satsuki Ina, Ph.D. is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in intergenerational trauma. She can be reached at satsukina44@gmail.com. She is also a filmmaker (“Children of the Camps” — www.children-of-the-camps.org and “From a Silk Cocoon: A Japanese American Renunciation Story” — www.fromasilkcocoon.com). The views expressed in the preceding column are not necessarily those of the Nichi Bei News.
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Let’s Talk … About thriving in the pandemic, Part 2
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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We have many things to look forward to in 2021, a kind of U-turn, but on a different plane of living. The “new normal” will forever be inflected by this […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk … About thriving in the pandemic
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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It was March, seven long months ago when COVID-19 was acknowledged as a pandemic. When the shutdown was announced most of us thought we could just hold our breaths, make […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk … About Tsuru for Solidarity
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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In the fall of 2018, a small group of Nikkei in the Bay Area gathered to begin planning for a preliminary pilgrimage to Crystal City, Texas, a former Department of […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk … About intentions
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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As the new year approaches, many people make “resolutions” to do things better — eat healthy, exercise more, spend less money, etc. Making resolutions to start anew may be a […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk … About therapy
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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People sometimes ask, “How do I know I need therapy?” “How do I find a therapist that will truly understand me?” There are certainly long and detailed answers to these […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk … About remembering and speaking out
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Obon time is a time to remember loved ones who have passed away. We honor the dead with tradition and ceremony. By coming together as family and community, we have […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk … About standing up
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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I’m here in Honolulu to assist in interviewing my friend and inspiration, Mr. Hitoshi “Hank” Naito, a 93-year-young Nisei man whom I met several years ago while working on a […] READ MORE
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Let’s talk … About sexual abuse #MeToo
SATSUKI INA, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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There is a cultural sea change taking place as each day some powerful, “successful” person is being called out for sexually abusing younger, vulnerable victims. “Strength in numbers” has led […] READ MORE
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Let’s talk … About secondary trauma
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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If you haven’t been following the news lately, you probably have smelled the smoke and noticed the ash dust on your car window. The catastrophic fires in California’s North Bay […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk About … Honoring the dead
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Obon season is upon us. It is when our Japanese American communities gather to share an ancient Buddhist tradition to honor the spirits of our ancestors. In Japan, it is […] READ MORE
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