REINA'S SECRET DATA
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD'S COURTROOM
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レイナの秘密のデータ
十四歳の法廷
This is the Japanese edition of the new book. You can buy this version now on Amazon.
Formats & Pricing: Kindle eBook: $7.00 (Kindle Unlimited eligible); Paperback: $10.00.
Author's Note
A Message from the Author
Why I wrote This Story
REINA'S SECRET DATA: A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD'S COURTROOM grew out of my own experiences.
To the outside world, he is the perfect father: gentle, loving, and devoted to his daughter. But at home, he uses a quiet voice, tears, and guilt to take control of his family's hearts, little by little. The abuse of a covert narcissist leaves no bruises and no shouting. That is why the adults around the child cannot see it and why the child often comes to believe it must be my fault.
In America, it is common for both parents to share joint custody after a divorce. A system meant to protect children can also become a tool that lets an abusive parent keep control. I wanted to put that reality into a story.
Reina is not a superhero. She cries, she gets sick, and she lies awake at night. She is an ordinary girl. But by recording facts instead of feelings, she slowly takes herself back. Feelings can be denied. Facts that are written down cannot be rewritten by anyone.
While I was writing this book, I was always speaking to one child:
What you feel is not wrong.
You are not alone.
A girl who became a gray stone to protect her heart is, in the end, reborn as a jewel that shines with her own light. I truly hope this story becomes a small flame of courage for children living with pain no one else can see, and for the adults who are trying to protect them.
------Yu Ichinose
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The Architect of Inner Worlds
For most of my adult life, I have balanced two distinct worlds in my hands. One was a world of concrete, load calculations, and structural integrity—a literal landscape where I practiced as a first-class architect in Japan. The other was the open sky I discovered in America, earning a pilot's license and learning that true freedom means choosing your own altitude. While I no longer fly the Cessna, the memory of lifting an aircraft into the clouds remains a core part of my identity.
My journey toward depth psychology was born from a time when my own will was not my own. Having navigated the isolating path of recovery from a narcissistic relationship, I found resonance in the work of Carl Jung. Concepts like individuation and the shadow weren't abstractions to me; they were the blueprints of my survival. Today, I focus on a question close to my heart: Why must empaths walk such a rigorous road to wholeness? I write to help others reclaim their sensitivity as the quiet, profound strength it was always meant to be.
Lately, my inquiry has expanded to the horizon where Jungian archetypes meet quantum physics and the rapid evolution of AI. I wonder if our digital age is prompting a new stage of planetary individuation. I don't write to provide easy answers, but to keep asking these questions through stories. With the precision of an architect and the perspective of a pilot, I continue to explore the heart's wounds and the soul's potential from my home in the United States.
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