Hi, I’m Kristy, a Career and Mindset Coach.
Our 1:1 Coaching Services
1:1 Career & Leadership Coaching
For global professionals & multi-cultural expats navigating career transitions, leadership roles, and workplace dynamics in Japan and globally. This coaching helps you break through cultural expectations, build confidence, and create a career path that aligns with your values—whether you’re working in Japan (or Asia), planning to transition abroad, or returning home after years away.
1:1 Mindset & Identity Coaching
A safe and supportive space for professionals who have lived, worked, or studied across cultures and feel disconnected from their true selves. Whether you’re adapting to Japan’s work culture, navigating cross-cultural leadership, or balancing traditional and modern expectations, this coaching helps you reconnect with your inner voice, build self-trust, and design a life that feels truly yours.
Group Workshops, Speaker Engagements & One-Time Sessions
Workshops & Speaker Engagements
Tailored sessions for corporate teams, women’s leadership organizations, and universities in Japan and across Asia. Topics include career growth in Japanese and global workplaces, overcoming imposter syndrome, breaking cultural career barriers, and personal empowerment for Asian women navigating leadership roles.
2-Hour Breakthrough Session
A deep-dive, high-impact coaching session designed for professionals navigating career, leadership, or personal growth challenges in Japan or internationally. Whether you need clarity on next career steps, confidence-building, or navigating transitions, this session helps you gain clear direction and actionable next steps to move forward with purpose.
Client Love
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I went to Kristy at a crossroads in my life. I was in my second year of law school and was trying to figure out what I wanted to do afterwards. I felt the pressure of finding the “right path” and making sure I had set myself up for success. I lacked confidence in my abilities and just felt stuck. Kristy was a miracle worker. She helped me take a step back, acknowledge my own self-worth, and help me find a new path forward. Kristy has the innate ability to read people and situations and ask the right questions to get to the heart of a matter. As an Asian American woman, it was so comforting to have a coach who could understand the cultural and societal pressures I was experiencing. I’ve never met someone who has the observational abilities and natural skills that Kristy has. I highly recommend her as a coach for anyone who is going through a transition, looking to advance in their career, or just needs some support in finding a new path.
Adena I.
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My experience with Kristy has been life-changing. I reached out to her during my first career transition, and with her guidance and patience, each session was filled with unpacking doubt, negativity and stress, instead replacing them with confidence, positive affirmations, and clear goals. It can be difficult to find the right coach who has been through the exact experiences one is facing at the moment, and I am so happy that Kristy offers her services to the many, especially women and POC who transition or upgrade from educational careers here in Japan. Kristy is knowledgeable, timely and so gentle with her coaching style, that I immediately built trust with her from the get-go. I feel much more confident and determined about my future. I recommend Kristy to anyone who is looking for a career change!
Blessing T.
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Kristy was my first coach, and the experience of working with her was beyond my expectations. It’s very common that we start a new year full of new goals, ideas, and projects, but along the way, they slowly get pushed away due to day-to-day happenings of life. This year, I wanted to make sure that I would keep consistency and control of each of my new projects. Kristy did not just support me with finding ways to handle my personal projects while keeping my full-time job, but she also took me to this deep-dive into myself, where I could see my own personality and past experiences with a new perspective, which made me feel more confident than ever about where I want to be in the future. Whether you’re looking for career advice or ways to improve your lifestyle in general, working with a coach will definitely be a worthy investment.
Mariana V.
About Kristy Mariko Coaching
KMC style of coaching is a lightly structured, primarily hands off mirror-style coaching. The sessions are supported by SEMBU, a method of Awareness, Acceptance, and Aligned Action, that is incredibly reflective and powerful. SEMBU stands for Somatic, Emotional, Mental, Behavioral, and Unconscious. Through tapping into these layers, we uncover what your deeper desire is, which allows your intuition to speak more freely. The sessions include enhanced accountability, positive self talk, and self-compassion. You walk away from each meeting feeling renewed & reassured, and gain clarity as you become more deeply aware of your motivations and conscious behaviors around your trusted goals.