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Discover Your Ikigai
A quiet guide to meaning, clarity and self-reflection — inspired by the Japanese concept of Ikigai. Created for readers who want to explore what gives their days direction and meaning.
ISBN: 978-2-489108-08-8
Hardcover ISBN: 978-2-489108-10-1
Paperback ISBN: 978-2-489108-08-8
Also available via Ingram and bookshops.
What is this book about?
What is worth getting up for today?
Ikigai is often described as the intersection of what gives life meaning, joy and direction. This book invites readers to explore that idea through calm explanations, reflective questions and practical exercises — drawing on Japanese scholarship, the foundational research of Mieko Kamiya and the work of neuroscientist Ken Mogi.
The goal is not to promise instant answers. Instead, the book helps readers slow down, ask better questions and notice the small choices that shape everyday life.
The book is structured in five parts: the origins of the concept, what science shows, what supports Ikigai in daily life, how it can be lived — and a thirty-day practice for greater attention and awareness.
What readers will explore
The seven dimensions — Mieko Kamiya
Japanese psychiatrist Mieko Kamiya developed seven dimensions of Ikigai-kan from years of research — seven ways in which a person can sense that their life has value and direction.
Life satisfaction
The basic feeling that one’s life is liveable — not perfect, but with moments where one can say: I am here, and here is enough.
Growth and change
The need to change, to learn, to still be in relation to a future — to not yet be finished with becoming.
A bright future
Ikigai connects the present day to something still ahead — a small direction that gives tomorrow its weight.
Resonance
Someone who notices you are there. Without resonance, a life can be outwardly busy and still feel hollow.
Freedom
Experiencing one’s own life as one’s own — not boundless, but with moments of genuine inner assent to what one does.
Self-realisation
The gradual approach toward the person one can become — not through one large step, but through faithfulness to what matters.
Meaning and worth
The sense that one’s life counts — often not at scale, but in the concrete: in a task, a relationship, an ordinary moment attended to.
Background & Sources
The world behind Ikigai
Ikigai does not appear from nowhere. It grows from Shinto, from Japanese aesthetics, from centuries of attention to the small and ordinary — and from fifty years of serious research that most people outside Japan have never encountered.
The sources page traces the full background: from Shinto and core Japanese concepts to Mieko Kamiya’s foundational work, contemporary culture and the peer-reviewed science.
Explore the sources and cultural background →This book is for reflection and personal development. It is not medical, psychological or therapeutic advice.
Discover Your Ikigai
A calm companion for meaning, clarity and self-reflection in everyday life.
Coming soon Hardcover ISBN: 978-2-489108-10-1 · Paperback ISBN: 978-2-489108-08-8Also available via Ingram and bookshops once published.