Fun Friday 28: The Sento Mindset with Katheryn Gronauer

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Alex Brooke

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4.8 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this Fun Friday edition of the Learn Japanese Pod podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Katheryn Gronauer, a Tokyo-based entrepreneur with a fascinating background. She shared incredible insights and stories, including her unique experience growing up in a family that managed sento—traditional Japanese public baths.
We talked about what it was like helping her family run the business and how those early experiences shaped her approach to leadership and personal developmenttoday. Katheryn has since taken that knowledge and applied it to her coaching practice, The Sento Mindset, which focuses on rethinking life with honesty and courage to achieve your goals and achieve success.
Beyond that, we discussed life in Tokyo, and plenty of other thought-provoking topics. It was a fantastic conversation, and I can’t wait for you to hear it!

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0:00.0	You are listening to Learn Japanese Pod, and this is the Fun Friday edition where we talk to
0:13.5	amazing people doing cool stuff in Japan. And this episode is no exception because we are
0:19.4	speaking to the amazing Catherine Grownauer.
0:22.6	Hey, Catherine, how's it going?
0:24.0	Hey, Alex.
0:24.7	It's really great to be here with you.
0:26.5	It has been ages since we spoke last time.
0:31.6	I think it was 2020 when we spoke last.
0:35.1	I know.
0:35.6	I can't believe how much time has flown.
0:38.0	I mean, we've gone through the entire pandemic.
0:41.6	But at the same time, like the pandemic,
0:43.8	it's one of those weird things where you feel like it was so long ago,
0:46.6	but it was also not too long ago.
0:48.7	So it's, you know,
0:50.0	trying to make sense of your timeline is really challenging nowadays.
0:53.7	I think the pandemic feels, yeah, it does feel like it was ages ago, but recent.
0:59.4	I think that's called trauma.
1:03.2	Yes.
1:05.2	When we spoke last, again, this was back in 2020, we were talking about your work as a coach and you
1:15.4	were doing cross-cultural training helping foreigners to transition into their life in
1:21.1	Tokyo you were talking about your work as a health and wellness coach talking
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