…a green tea sommelier-in-training and travel enthusiast living in Tokyo, deeply in love with the quiet of the Japanese countryside.

After years navigating international business, burnout, breast cancer, a leg injury, and now insulin resistance, I’ve come to believe in the healing power of everyday small moments. Some might call them rituals — but that always sounds a little too culty to me.

For me, drinking tea became that daily small moment. I call it an anchor — my way of finding beauty in the everyday. I’m currently enrolled in a Japanese green tea sommelier course, studying with the Nihoncha Instructor Association from August for five months.