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Hokkaido, Japan
rythsuzu@phoenix-c.or.jp
As Ruth Suzuki raised her two sons she felt that all the parenting books she had turned to were missing something very important. Then just when her second son had left for university she attended her first Virtues Project workshop in Seal Beach, California in 1996 with Linda Kavelin Popov and Dr. Dan Popov. It was then that she found the "tools" in The Virtues Project that she had sought for so many years. Feeling that it would have an immense effect on the positive transformation of society she was determined to learn as much about The Virtues Project in order to share it in Japan with all who are interested. Since 1997 she has been conducting workshops primarily in Hokkaido but also in other parts of Japan. Seeing the need to have the workshops presented in Japanese by Japanese she has focused on helping Japanese women to become Virtues Project facilitators by offering regular Virtues Project workshops, Peer Mentoring workshops, and Facilitator Development workshops. She is currently the only Virtues Project trainer in Japan.
Ruth, a citizen of the United States, has a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Nursing and has been living in Hokkaido, Japan for over thirty years with her Japanese husband. They have an education based business.
"This workshop is really necessary, the basis of every human activity and I hope it will spread to as many layers of society as possible." Japanese workshop participant
"This workshop was interesting as it was done bilingually and yet successfully. Thank you for your warm and yet detached manner of facilitating the workshop."
Japanese workshop participant
"I feel that the Virtues Project can really give Hokkaido International School a structure for its approach to discipline, counseling and all human interaction."
Wayne Rutherford, Headmaster, Hokkaido International School, Sapporo, Japan
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