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"Beautifully woven together by Satsuki Ina's mother's diary and her father's haiku--through which they are both still speaking--[this] is memoir as healing, as self- and soul-determination, and as vigilance, the keeping vigil over past lives that are still becoming."

--Brandon Shimoda, author of The Afterlife Is Letting Go

Shizuko’s Flower by Glenn Mitsui

 As a psychotherapist specializing in community trauma, I facilitate, coach, consult with organizations and communities that have experienced collective historic trauma. My aim is to empower victims of oppression to claim their voice, transform themselves, and the systems that have caused their oppression.

Throughout this process, I have come to realize that my past has led me here, and I want to use this platform to share my story and help others do the same while healing ancestral wounds.



Shizuko’s Flower


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