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Aphasia: Hunting for that word

Posted on May 2, 2025May 2, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, Writing1 Reply

Writing with aphasiaIs like reading a book With words blurred outHere and thereI hunt and hunt for the perfect wordBut sometimes I never find the oneI’m looking forI leave … (space) … to come back to fill laterBut sometimes I just … can’t find … that wordIt’s lost in the darknessRattling around at the bottom…

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Week 12 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Week 12 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Posted on February 13, 2023February 13, 2023Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health1 Reply

After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 12 panned out.

Week 11 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Week 11 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Posted on February 5, 2023February 5, 2023Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, HealthLeave a Reply

After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 11 panned out.

Week 10 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Week 10 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Posted on January 29, 2023January 29, 2023Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health1 Reply

After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 10 panned out.

Week 9 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Week 9 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Posted on January 22, 2023Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health1 Reply

After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 9 panned out.

Week 8 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Week 8 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Posted on January 15, 2023Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health1 Reply

After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 8 panned out.

Week 7 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Week 7 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Posted on January 8, 2023January 8, 2023Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health1 Reply

After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 7 panned out.

Week 6 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Week 6 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge

Posted on January 1, 2023January 1, 2023Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health1 Reply

After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 6 panned out.

11年前の詩(死)

11年前の詩(死)

Posted on January 1, 2023April 1, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, WritingLeave a Reply

この病室で/考える時間は/腐るほどある

Reflecting on 2022

Reflecting on 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022December 31, 2022Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle2 Replies

In 2022… Not much happened, but the few things that DID happen were pretty monumental in my life. Like publishing a book.

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Hiroko Nishimura

Hiroko Nishimura is an AWS Community Hero, technical instructor at LinkedIn Learning, and author of AWS for Non-Engineers.

She writes about her jarring transition to motherhood on Substack. Many posts are reposted on this blog as well under Tag: Substack. Looking for my Japanese posts?

She is a brain injury and brain surgery survivor, writing about dealing with adult Executive Dysfunction/ADHD.

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