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Five Years Forward: A Turning Point for Every Working Parent Carrying the Unthinkable
Turning Point on The Fifth Turn™ Holding my daughter's hand at the hospital the day she was diagnosed in 2020. Five years. It’s astonishing how two words can hold so much — memory, relief, gratitude, grief, and a thousand moments I will never forget. Five years ago, my daughter was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Two and a half years of chemotherapy — during a global pandemic — while trying to be somewhat of an asset at work, an all-star cancer mom,
Mitsue Shiokawa
Nov 24, 20255 min read


The Courage to Reimagine Work
Turning Point on The Fifth Turn™ I’ve been doing a lot of reimagining the last year—of my work, my purpose, and the kind of life I want to build moving forward. I think many people are in that same quiet place. Something in the world has shifted, and the definitions we once clung to—success, security, ambition—don’t feel as stable or as meaningful as they once did. There’s a collective sense of fatigue, a deep knowing that the old model of work is no longer sustainable, yet t
Mitsue Shiokawa
Nov 17, 20255 min read


Holding Onto Our Humanity in a World That’s Tired
Lately, I’ve felt it everywhere — the quiet exhaustion that pulses beneath conversations, meetings, even small talk. People are doing their best, but the air feels so darn heavy. We scroll through headlines, absorb loss, absorb change, and then go about our day as if our nervous systems aren’t trembling from it all. And yet, even in the fatigue, there’s something we can still choose: to stay human. 1. Humanity as a Daily Practice Staying human isn’t passive. It’s a conscious
Mitsue Shiokawa
Nov 3, 20253 min read
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