On March 11, 2011 I was in Tokyo when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck – magnitude 9 – devastating a country and people I love deeply. I volunteered to deploy into the disaster area with colleagues to help in whatever way we could. What I experienced changed my life. On the fourth anniversary I wanted to share […]
Tohoku Part III – Cupcakes Dresses and Death
On March 11, 2011 I was in Tokyo when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck – magnitude 9 – devastating a country and people I love deeply. I volunteered to deploy into the disaster area with colleagues to help in whatever way we could. What I experienced changed my life. Ahead of the fourth anniversary I […]
Tohoku Part II – Trying to Find My Way Back
On March 11, 2011 I was in Tokyo when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck – magnitude 9 – devastating a country and people I love deeply. I volunteered to deploy into the disaster area with colleagues to help in whatever way we could. What I experienced changed my life. Over the next few weeks, and […]
Tohoku 2011 Part I – Understanding the End
On March 11, 2011 I was in Tokyo when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck – magnitude 9 – devastating a country and people I love deeply. I volunteered to deploy into the disaster area with colleagues to help in whatever way we could. What I experienced changed my life. Over the next few weeks, and […]
The Art of Surviving
Maybe it’s the recent wild weather. Maybe it’s the increase in reported cases of Ebola. Or simply the emotional engineering that we are often subjected to when we turn on the news. Which in my case is stacked neatly on top of having lived through a magnitude 9 earthquake, followed by a devastating tsunami and a nuclear melt-down. All just […]