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February is the New January ~ F N J

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The below was written ahead of the 2022 February is the New January Programme.

Elevate yourself

Elevate others

Elevate the conversation

It all started with a party when 50 friends crammed in my tiny flat in Tokyo for a legendary party. The title of the invite was 'February is the New January'. (Can you even imagine 50 people in 50 square metres now - I think it’ll be a couple of years before that happens again!)

Then evolved into a one-year coaching programme. With some of the brightest and bravest people you will ever meet. Year one - my experimental year, was 8 people and can I tell you what they have done?

Launched award-winning podcasts and professional communities
Got promoted to Board of Directors and joined the C-suite of their company
Left corporate roles and started own marketing business
Studies for a Masters in Literature and became a published poet
Started own coaching business during 3 country moves
Changed jobs for killer dream job, made 2 country moves and navigated tricky visa situations
Started own freelance teaching business while moving back to home country
Watched business tank, then recovered and became a celebrity in their industry while being supported by coaching and the group

So now, year 6 SIX! YEAR SIX - I have an amazing group of people gathering in the FNJ circle and for FNJ 2022 - some spots are already gone, many are still open. Interested in hearing more? Book a discovery call here or interested in seeing some of my favourite content to get a small taste of what you can expect? Click through here.

“Coaching with Sarah is like going on a ride to find your best self. She always has your back. Even after difficult discoveries you feel empowered and strong. Her presence, questions and sense of humour create a safe space for me and it was one of the best decisions ever to take up coaching with her. “

Long term client

This is the 6th year of the FNJ programme where you get membership to this, one year coaching programme with group membership, group calls, monthly one to one coaching sessions, admin support, headshots and so so much more. I gather a group of motivated, ambitious, inspiring people who love coaching and understand the investment they are making and also want to elevate those around them. They make decisions, open businesses, close them down, take action in their companies, work on relationships, make money, take PHDs, influence global policy, support their families, rest, enjoy themselves, spread joy and tell the truth.

They do good things, while doing good business and making good profit.

They win awards while lifting other people around them and celebrating everyone’s wins.

They have meltdowns and recover.

They have nervous systems and look after themselves.

They tell good stories about themselves and others.

They are Spartan Racers and bring people together. They are elite athletes and amateur runners.

They are readers and loungers.

They have a sense of humour about themselves and others and are always looking for ways to elevate, amplify and collectively get better.

How do we do this?

Science Psychology Story

Science

Who’d have thought that 30 years on I’d be leaning right into my BSc in Psychology and Biology? Bringing the knowledge learned through human biology and psychology into my coaching practice. It was a winding route, but the rigour of science, research and the physiological human being is crucial to understanding the way we tick, the way we react and how to connect with our bodies and nervous systems. There are also so so many things, oh the things that need to be done in our consensus reality - the practical step by step everyday things that we need to do - our taxes, pay our bills, fill in forms, get visas, speak to lawyers, have driver’s licenses, follow local law, comply with company regulations and policies and procedures. Using tried and true techniques and filling in the human biology machine that you are, we can identify and amplify those parts of you that are naturally strengths and identify and work with those parts that may be blocking you and your nervous system in fight flight freeze mode.

“On a practical, factual note, <your coaching> has earned me more money than you’ve cost!!! I am such a Sarah Furuya fan. And I love the people you gather and the magic you help manifest, so I’m pumped for the next FNJ iteration. Can’t wait to give you my money”.

Sarah Bull, Chief Relationship Officer/Board Member Global Translation Company and FNJ cohort 5 member

COME ON! LET’S GET INTO IT!

Psychology

I’m a trained ORSC™ Organisation and Relationship Systems Coach and certified in Lumina Spark™ and Saville Wave™ psychometric assessments and I’ve been working in this field for 15 years. We spend a lot of time looking into psychology and our mindset in the FNJ programme. I LOVE working in year-long journey programmes and talking clients through the ups and downs of a year. 2020 has been especially tough for some of my clients as they navigated the collapse of their income and parts of their businesses. With the support of the FNJ group, monthly coaching and adjusting their mindset as swiftly as possible following the crash of their nervous systems back in March, we have pulled together their businesses, looked to the future and got new and exciting projects in the pipeline. Others have navigated sudden cancellation of contracts and stayed optimistic, engaged and made the most of long-distance relationships, that weren’t supposed to be long distance. We work with your preferences and psychometric profile. We use Systems coaching tools to take you to elevated self-insight and removing sabotages. I call you to work out of the highest version of yourself to get your important work into the world. And not only that - but TO ENJOY LIFE! TO MAKE THE VERY MOST OF IT. To make decisions and have fun and move with the twists and turns of life, the births, the deaths the breakups and the oft-more-terrifying new relationships! Kids leave home, parents pass, pandemics hit. Also people ask for excellent packages at work, close businesses, start new exciting projects, get promoted, open studios, run retreats, apply for wild and big jobs, say YES to exciting new ideas, lose jobs, say yes to LOVE, have difficult conversations with partners, come out, talk money, plan for the future, , write books, get publisher, ask for what they need. And it’s brilliant to meet these with psychological rigor!

Story

How do you tell your story? How do we account for the things that we can’t explain? Luck? Synchronicity? Supernatural occurrences? Wild coincidences? Celestial beauty? In FNJ, we have a policy of ‘LET IT BE HUGE!’ it’s kind o our secret mantra coined by one of our lovely members who had a really wild experience that set off a chain of events that brought a positive decision around. It started with finding a note from a dead relative in the pocket of an old jacket, went on to the re-entrance of an old family friend into the story and took off from there. Logically - we all know it’s a string of coincidences! I think. We know there’s no celestial being pulling the strings of the universe to facilitate our healing. Of course we do. We know that the ancestors aren’t visiting us in dreams t give us crucial information to help us get our shit together; madness. I mean - we love science here. And YET. YET. We let it be huge. We let the magic unfold in front of us and we make it mean something. We don’t wait to manifest here - but we do let it be huge. We do have a wild and badass attitude and prepare for things to come into being and make things. We do allow ourselves to see signs and feel the beauty and magic of everyday life and we understand the interplay of what we allow into our lives, beauty, comfort, luxury, challenge. upgrades, great friends, great coaching groups, and masterminds, positive attitude, high dreaming, emotional fields, third entities, dreaming levels, sentient essence - the place where things come to life. We understand that ideas grow from all kinds of places - from inside your comfort zones, from quiet times, from wild parties, from sea dips, from bottles of champagne, from writing retreats, from meditation, from good night’s sleep, from playing with children, walks in the hills, sudden inspiration, little voices, big flashes, deep sadness, wild frustration. And we run with it. We have a naive and delightful sense of fun with all this stuff. We use our intuition and we know that we must get back into consensus reality to make our dreams take shape in the world.

As coach I give your dreams space to breathe live, and when you are ready, thrive and grow. We wonder at the magic of how quickly that dream came true and stay there for a while to savor the moment until the next thing we want to do comes to the fore. All the tools in the tool box are used to bring your magical sparks, your dreamy ideas, you wildly ambitious, audacious wishes to life. All the members of the FNJ group are also committed to this elevation, encouragement and optimism. We keep it real. We let in the magic. We advise on the practicalities; the consensus reality and we get all the things you need lined up from all angles.

I’ve taken hundreds of people through the coaching process

And I know what means that people are going to meet their goals; Action. Openness to coaching. Movement. Trial and error. Ability to receive feedback AKA be criticised and recover quickly. And removing the blocks and obstacles either practical or psychological that will undo their desires and wishes for the future.

Start from where you are

And finding the resources needed to elevate to the next level. High dreaming is essential - we will high dream all the things you want. Whether it be life coaching, executive coaching, career exploration or business advice, we can get through it all!

FNJ is a 12-month coaching programme. 1:1. You and me. There’s coaching, reset the year, walk through the year together, and step over the threshold of the next year with a year of coaching work and inquiry driving you. It’ll be so sweet.

Imagine investing in yourself in january and in the following year being clear, confident and motivated and STILL having another month of coaching support for your New Year Goals, reflections and resets.

YES. Every time I have invested in the support and work I need to support myself and my business, I have experienced growth, joy and transformation. AND it was tough without. In 2018 I made a huge investment in myself to ‘sharpen the coaching saw’ and it was beyond worth it (and you will benefit from my knowledge this coming year). In 2012 when I started my business, I didn’t have a single client, I’d quit my job and I invested in a 1-year programme with one of my coaches (I have a crew). That’s right. No income. $6,000 dollars and I STILL keep in touch with the people on the programme - my cohort. And I still sometimes refer back to the recorded calls - it’s was a brilliant investment and one that supports me to this day. I met such brilliant people.

FNJ (February is the new January) is my favourite way to work with people and came about when, one year I realised that that most people have great intentions at the beginning of January and by the end of January they have kind of wained.

Attended my Temple University Workshops? Imagine THAT over a year! Some of my FNJers did and signed up following either the Lifeplan workshop or the Lumina Spark Workshop.

This is your special offer to join my one-year coaching programme and superb community crew known as February is the New January!

It is absolutely my favourite, most abundant and best investment in the way I work with people. All the details are below, so if you want to get clear, level-up, dare to be audacious, explore, get strong, start a business, have a better experience in your corporate role, play politics like a pro, cross the executive lines, get real in your relationships, write that book, get on that MBA, finish that Phd, embed a new culture in your company, love your kids with presence, be witnessed as a full human of flesh and bone, feelings, fight-flight-freeze or fully embrace your role in the family and ease yourself into or out of a country move or even a marriage;

THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE!

So put on your dancing shoes and join us!

"Sarah Furuya coaching is unapologietic, whip smart and models how to live a life by design. The actual impact on my life has been breaking the cycle of telling unhelpful stories that haven't served me well and questioning the truth of where I am now and where I am headed.I would recommend Sarah Furuya Coaching because she is a truth teller and helps you to see your life through a new lens. It is part science, part magic and part art and 100% bullshit free"

Tracey Northcott, Multipreneur

One year, an incredible group of people with groups calls, one to one coaching, content, monthly stock-takes of all the things you have done and plan to do (you do more than you think & can make decisions monthly about what you do and don't do) and I will witness you and all you do and your brilliance.

"I would recommend Sarah Furuya Coaching to professionals who seriously step up and “Create a work style and lifestyle you can be proud of." Whether you are just starting in your career or mid level and need clarity, or confidence. Working with Sarah has allowed me to rapidly change the limiting stories I had in my mind that were keeping me stuck in past ideas of what my potential was/could be. I also was able to consistently build a support system to keep me growing and learning. It's been a life changing journey so far for the better!"

Angela Ortiz Pettas, CEO About Fitness

What To Expect

Make sustainable change and chart your progress along with me for the long-term and sustainable projects and wins

Make action plans based on their deepest, truest desires and stories

Admit to shit that is going on in your head or life and turn it round, let it lie, leave it or meet it with compassion

Make practical and honest commitments to yourself and your business, friends or family based on what your really want

Reset the year (January needs a reset - heck 2020 could do with a reset) and be taken over the threshold of next year and make realistic as well as dreamy and ambitious short, long, super-long and medium term plans and commitments

Ensure those plans are what you really want, what you can really do and are aligned with your truest most honest version of yourself right now

Work through difficulties, overwhelm (what’s that?!) and celebrate success #proudofyou ASK FOR HELP

Take full responsibility and work through the relationships that maybe affected by your plans, goals and changes with kindness, compassion and even motivation

Get treats, gifts, surprises, priority on other Sarah Furuya Coaching programmes, workshops and retreats

Question and inquire about absolutely everything and have stylish fun doing it

Create beauty and luxury around you. Upgrade many areas of your life and get satisfied and get grateful for all the blessings and luxuries already in your life!

Have fun, laugh, learn how to take yourself absolutely seriously (you are glorious and have much to offer no matter what your mean inner voices say) and not at all seriously (woops. WOOPS. So much Woops)

The nitty gritty

I always ask my clients to think about a word for the year - it can help ground them for the year. What is your word or words?

We'll kick off in February with a comprehensive questionnaire to kick the coaching off! You word of the year will emerge from that exercise I have no doubt.

FNJ is a 12-month coaching programme. 1:1. You and me. A group of terrific people who are committed to elevating themselves and each other. Admin, photographs all the things you need to take yourself seriously and step up to met future you. Let’s reset the year, walk through the year together, and step over the threshold of 2021 with a year of coaching work and inquiry driving you.

Also that a lot of people are starting to feel a bit depressed in February - so I decided to RECLAIM FEBRUARY as the reset to the year.

“Sarah's help has been immeasurable. She has helped me realise the roots of a lot of my patterns of thought, in addition to helping me build confidence in my abilities to design the life I want. We have jested that she is the Project Manager of my mind but, she really is! I eagerly anticipate our sessions, knowing I will leave feeling energised and focused on completing each step to reach my goals”

Private Coaching Client, 2021 and beyond

Investment

This year we have 3 tiers to the programme and you can choose what best works for you and your circumstances.

February is the New January (FNJ) FULL programme - your luxury year (recommended!)

As we enter the 6th year of FNJ - it is evolving and the design is being more and more refined. The same powerful monthly coaching sessions, monthly inventories, group calls, monthly content and story telling, admin hours with my admin manager Laura, a photoshoot with one of Tokyo’s premier photographers, Tia Haygood. Amazing. It will be full, fun, lush, inspiring and there will be other creative elements throughout the year - some people I want to work with I haven’t even met yet! This is not just coaching - this is a while package of experiences and interaction that will produce surprising results and life-long connections.

12 1-hour coaching sessions kicking off in February
Membership to private Facebook Groups with coaching, mentoring and a lot of interaction and sharing
11 monthly group calls where we discuss the content theme from the month and get coached
Detailed opening questions to get you on track and get your word of the year in play and start the coaching process before you even set foot in the Zoom room with me!
Monthly content - each month there is coaching content and themes - Systems Coaching content and coaching inputs - I try and share everything I have as generously as I can and turn anything new I’ve learned straight over to you! You can access my favourite content for free now here until Feb 14th.
Monthly Truth Logs - a coaching tool to take inventory of all the things you have achieved or that might need to be morphed in the month - end of EVERY month and the people who fill this in report great results
Contact me if you have an issue that comes up that needs dealing with NOW - we can use your time as quickly as possible (AKA emergency sessions)
Invitation to the clients and contributors party - as soon as we can open up again (will be Tokyo or Zushi-based)
Headshots with Tia (or a local photographer to you - I’ll get this one - let’s look for someone and we’ll talk budgets)
3 hours admin with the GOLDEN LADY Laura Marushima, my right arm. Sometimes it’s just an annoying bit of admin that prevents you taking the next step - she is there for you. Sometimes it’s admin that is going to take you to the next level and what takes her an hour would take you 2.
Guest speakers and presenters
Surprises! Treats! Lunches! Days out by the beach! Invitations to my home in Zushi

Investment:

¥800,000 plus tax for a one-time payment

6x Payment plans available (or have a request? Get in touch! ¥2,000 admin per invoice)

Special prices for my beloved repeating clients

LET’S TALK - hop on the phone if you have questions or send us an email to info@sarahfuruya.com.

FNJ Lite

This is for people who love being part of a group but don’t want as much coaching. You get many things in the FNJ Luxury version but with fewer coaching hours and some of the extras taken off but still get the joy that comes with being part of a group with other like-minded souls. I recommend this for people who have worked with me before, or have had coaching before but LOVE the interaction of a group, the content and all the little extras. For superstar participators on a money budget or a time budget this is brilliant although if you are new to coaching - I would go with a longer-term package first so you can experience the FULL potential of coaching.

4 x 1 hour coaching sessions with me
Membership to private Facebook Groups with coaching, mentoring and a lot of interaction and sharing
12 monthly group calls where we discuss the content theme from the month and get coached
Detailed opening questions to get you on track and get your word of the year in play and start the coaching process before you even set foot in the Zoom room with me
Monthly content - each month there is coaching content and themes - Systems Coaching content and coaching inputs - I try and share everything I have as generously as I can and turn anything new I’ve learned straight over to you
Monthly Truth Logs - a coaching tool to take inventory of all the things you have achieved or that might need to be morphed in the month - end of EVERY month and the people who fill this in report great results
Contact me if you have an issue that comes up that needs dealing with NOW - we can use your time as quickly as possible
Invitation to the Kindred Spirits Party - as soon as we can open up again (will be Tokyo or Zushi-based)
Regular get together to work together online, get practical things (like wardrobe rearranging, clear-outs, filing cabinets, paperwork, meal prep, exercise whatever with buddies and body doubles - can be called working bees,
Surprises! Treats! Lunches! Days out by the beach! Invitations to Zushi!

Investment:

¥360,000 plus tax for a one-time payment

6x Payment plans available ¥2,000 admin per invoice

Coaching Only

Looking for coaching only? Want to invest your time in other groups or more solitude?

6, 8 or 12 coaching sessions plus monthly inventory

Investment:

¥360,000 plus tax for a one-time payment (for 12 sessions)

Payment plans available with ¥2,000 admin per invoice

This past year we had a group 19 people - absolutely stellar group of people from all kinds of backgrounds interacting to find joy and solutions together.

Photo from my 10 year Anniversary Party below