fear – A Kintsugi Life

Breathing underwater

Kenetha Kintsugi living November 4, 2020May 30, 2026breath, fear, uncertainty

For those of you feeling deep “underwater” from the uncertainty and instability this year has brought and the stress and anxiety of waiting for the election results feels like the breaking point, I offer you this gift of learning to breathe underwater.

The soft spot behind fear

Kenetha Kintsugi living July 22, 2020May 30, 2026fear

Finding and touching the vulnerable places that hide behind our fear allows us to melt the hardening of our hearts that we use to protect ourselves and melt into the flexibility that trust and support enable instead.

Healing through grief, fear, and despair

Kenetha Book club, Kintsugi living July 1, 2020May 30, 2026despair, emotions, fear, grief, healing

When we head directly into the darkness of these difficult emotions with the knowledge of how to transform them into something more, we come out the other side with our hands full of treasure. We heal THROUGH them, not FROM them.

Dealing with discouragement

Kenetha Kintsugi living April 29, 2020May 30, 2026anger, discouragement, emotions, fear, grief, self-care, support

Discouragement is a natural outcome of the amount of disruption we are facing. Here are some things that I’ve found helpful in working through my discouraging moments. What works best for you?

Fear in a time of uncertainty

Kenetha Kintsugi living March 25, 2020May 30, 2026acceptance, creativity, fear, uncertainty

What if fear doesn’t have to be the inevitable outcome of facing uncertainty? In today’s post, I suggest that there is indeed another possibility that is much more life-giving.

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?

Taming your personal dragon

Kenetha Personal growth January 29, 2020May 30, 2026enough, fear, pain, transformation

We all have our own personal dragon whose breath on the back of our necks keeps us running through all of our usual patterns and reactionary habits. Here’s the secret to turning that dragon into your ally.

Making fear your ally

Kenetha Personal growth January 15, 2020May 30, 2026change, choice, fear, habits, risk, story

Scrabble tiles spelling out the word "fear"

Fear can be a helpful ally when we know how to treat it right. It’s when we give it full control or try to completely ignore it (and most of us do one or the other) that it becomes an obstacle. What is your usual relationship to fear?

The biggest obstacle to our dreams

Kenetha Personal growth January 8, 2020May 30, 2026fear, resistance, story, stuck

Any time we decide to set out to pursue our dreams of a better, happier life, there’s one major obstacle we are guaranteed to run into, and it’s one that comes from inside us. Here’s how to recognize this common obstacle for what it is.

Working with our pain and fear

Kenetha Kintsugi living October 9, 2019May 30, 2026compassion, emotions, fear, pain

Working with the broken places and difficult emotions in our lives in compassionate action can lead to bigger (and more ease-filled) shifts than struggling against those things we want to change.

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