letting go – A Kintsugi Life

Letting go of the weight of old selves

Kenetha Kintsugi living March 2, 2022May 30, 2026letting go, transformation

Letting go of possessions that keep us tied to old versions of ourselves makes room for the people we are becoming and releases the weight of old losses we carry still carry with us.

Gracefully letting go

Kenetha Personal growth September 23, 2020May 30, 2026letting go, seasons

The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go

I treasure autumn for many reasons, but especially for the reminder that letting go of that which no longer serves me can be a life-saving act of beauty, not a punishment to be endured.

Reshaping the story: A gift of kintsugi gold

Kenetha Gifts of kintsugi gold August 9, 2017May 30, 2026compassion, forgiveness, gifts, gold, kintsukuroi, letting go, stories

Kintsugi (kintsukuroi) aqua green dragon veins fire agate stone broken heart pendant with gold repair on black cotton cord

Telling our story of brokenness can help initially as we process what’s happened to us, but it eventually just keeps us stuck. One of the most powerful gifts of kintsugi gold is learning to let go of the old story and our reasons for telling to focus instead on a new story of how we’ve healed and grown in the aftermath. That new story offers tremendous space for continued growth!

Shedding from the inside out

Kenetha Personal growth October 26, 2016May 30, 2026belief, change, fear, letting go

a long haired cat with some clumps of shedding fur in an outdoor setting

When making a big change in life, it’s never enough to deal with only the surface. We must shed the inner layers of beliefs and fear that hold us back to make space for the new things we are trying to do.

Releasing my pre-broken self

Kenetha Healing February 17, 2016May 30, 2026brokenness, healing, kintsugi, kintsukuroi, letting go

Clinging to pieces of who I used to be before some time of brokenness occurred can interfere with the healing process and keep me stuck in old pain.

Trimming my heart’s ivy

Kenetha Kintsugi living September 3, 2014May 30, 2026change, letting go, love, mindfulness, seasons

To live fully means opening myself to love what I love as deeply as I can in each moment knowing all the while that the day will come when I must let it go and having the ability to let it go without clinging when that day does come.

Embracing the small deaths

Kenetha Transformation August 27, 2014May 30, 2026death, grief, growth, letting go, re-birth, transformation

We all face small deaths throughout life in the deaths of relationships, the deaths of hopes and dreams, or the deaths of situations we wanted to hold onto. If we will let them, these smaller deaths can teach us how to let go of that which needs to die so we can embrace that which comes next.

Sprouting: Why we resist transformation

Kenetha Transformation June 4, 2014May 30, 2026change, death, grief, growth, identity, letting go, transformation

Transformation is something that causes a change to our self-identity, and that’s what makes it so hard. It’s not easy to walk willingly into the death of one’s self-identity with no promise of what might emerge on the other side.

Releasing old stories to set myself free

Kenetha Kintsugi living April 16, 2014May 30, 2026fear, identity, letting go, stories, wounds

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately looking deeply at some stories that are holding me back from becoming all that I feel called to be.