brokenness

When the new year’s clean slate doesn’t feel so blank

Kenetha Healing December 30, 2020May 30, 2026brokenness, encouragement, expectations, healing, hope, new year

a small chalkboard with erase marks on it

The “clean slate” of the new year doesn’t always feel so blank when we’re dealing with life’s broken places. Today’s post offers encouragement for you, if you’re feeling that way after a difficult 2020.

Maybe it’s the should that’s broken

Kenetha Brokenness November 11, 2020May 30, 2026brokenness, expectations

It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking we are fundamentally broken because we don’t match up to who we think we “should” be, but YOU aren’t what’s broken. Your “should” is just a box that’s too small for you.

Discovering what you’re made of

Kenetha Gifts of kintsugi gold September 30, 2020May 30, 2026brokenness, gold, growth, healing, kintsugi, kintsukuroi, self

Just like we discover what chocolates are made of by breaking them open, we discover what we are made of when life breaks us open. Discovering what’s hidden inside us is a part of the gold of kintsugi living.

To bend or to break

Kenetha Kintsugi living August 12, 2020May 30, 2026brokenness, challenges, healing

One of the gifts of kintsugi living can be learning how our healing can make us stronger by making us more able to bend in the face of life’s challenges instead of breaking.

Lessons from brokenness

Kenetha Brokenness February 26, 2020May 30, 2026brokenness, choice, fear, lessons, love, pain

Pain is one of life’s greatest teachers, but it can teach us lessons of fear or lessons of love. Which ones do you focus on? How do you tell the difference?

Broken wells

Kenetha Personal growth February 12, 2020May 30, 2026brokenness, encouragement, growth, relationships, self-care, support

Returning to the same broken well over and over again when it is no longer supplying usable water is not going to make the well spontaneously fix itself; we just grow more thirsty. The same is true in our emotional lives.

Weathering the discomfort of change in healing

Kenetha Personal growth November 20, 2019May 30, 2026brokenness, change, growth, healing, patterns, relationships

puppy looking sad against a dar background

Part of the healing process often involves making changes in how we interact with others, and this inevitably feels uncomfortable. The key to sticking with healthy changes in these situations is knowing how to deal effectively with that discomfort so it doesn’t derail you.