The amount of suffering and upheaval in the world is overwhelming, but I fare best when I focus instead on doing the little bits of good that are in my power to do where I am.
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The surprising grief in surviving the unbearable
Part of kintsugi living is being able to acknowledge when a part of us dies even as we celebrate our re-birth as a stronger, wiser, and more capable version of ourselves.
Continue readingTo bend or to break
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.
Continue readingThe way to wholeness
The way to wholeness is seldom found along our neat, orderly plans. It comes instead in those detours and wrong turns that leave us feeling lost … but actually result in our greatest adventures.
Continue readingStruggling doesn’t make you a loser
Our culture tells us that to struggle means there’s something wrong with us, but it’s actually a sign that we have the courage to push ourselves, take on challenges, and stretch and grow in new ways.
Continue readingThe hardest thing to ask for: A story of finding the gold
Today’s post is a from my own life of finding the gold even in facing the smaller challenges of everyday, messy life as an illustration of how this can work. It is not necessary to wait for major brokenness before seeking the gold of healing. It’s available even in the small healings of life, if we seek it.
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