UKEIRERU

Ukeireru is the Japanese practice of accepting a situation as it actually stands before deciding what to do about it. Scott Haas, a psychologist who has spent years living and working in Japan, sets out what that acceptance looks like in daily habits, family life and the workplace, and separates it clearly from resignation. Personal observation sits next to psychological explanation and a set of small, repeatable techniques for stress, uncertainty and difficult relationships. The cultural background gets enough space to make the practice coherent rather than reduce it to a slogan, and nothing here asks for a major change of circumstances to begin. What the reading experience is like: • Explains a Japanese concept of acceptance in plain terms • Combines time spent in Japan with psychological research • Small practices for stress, anxiety and daily pressure • Distinguishes acceptance from passivity throughout A good match for readers of mindfulness, psychology and Japanese culture, available through Boipoka.