Let go of the past. Put your worries about the future on hold. Ease the weight of your relationships, and lighten your whole life.

In a small clinic in Kyoto, a 91-year-old psychosomatic physician still sees patients every week, and her words have become a quiet sensation in Japan. Combining modern psychosomatic medicine with traditional Japanese herbal medicine (Kampo), Dr. Eiko Fujii has spent decades listening to people weighed down by anxiety, regret, fatigue, and the pressure to keep up. Her patients say they leave her consultation room feeling lighter, and many find themselves wanting to come back simply
to hear her speak.

In this book, Dr. Fujii shares the gentle philosophy she offers her patients: forgetting is not a loss, but a way of becoming new again. She shows how to set down memories that no longer serve us, how to stop borrowing trouble from tomorrow, and how to live fully in the present, without regret, without competing with others, and without enduring more than we need to. Drawing on her long life and clinical experience, she offers simple, practical advice on daily habits, the mind–body connection, relationships, and aging with ease.

Warm, unhurried, and grounded in real consultations, this is a book that reads like a visit to a kind doctor who has seen it all, and who reminds us that a lighter life is always within reach.