peace – A Kintsugi Life

Finding peace in life’s storms

Kenetha Kintsugi living December 9, 2020May 30, 2026advent, emotions, meditation, mindfulness, peace, stories, thoughts

A meditation on the second week of Advent from the perspective of kintsugi living: Learning how to find peace in life’s storms is one of the gifts of kintsugi living as we discover how to peel back the clouds of emotion that obscure it.

Living with open hands in the face of uncertainty

Kenetha Personal growth May 20, 2020May 30, 2026detachment, joy, patterns, peace, practice, relationships, uncertainty

When I am detached from something, I can still care and feel and engage and have preferences, but I no longer cling to any of those and no longer try to force the person or situation to fit my idea of “how things should be.”

Finding peace beneath the overwhelm

Kenetha Kintsugi living December 7, 2016May 30, 2026compassion, love, peace, self-love

statue of frog carrying a big stack of books, papers, and a calculator

This season can be a frantically busy one for many of us, but I’ve recently adopted a new practice that is helping me reconnect with a deeper flow of peace beneath the busyness.

Declaring a truce with myself

Kenetha Kintsugi living January 15, 2014May 30, 2026acceptance, peace, self-improvement, shadow

I have certain personality traits that make me a difficult person, and the harder I fight to change these traits, the stronger they seem to become. Here’s how I found freedom.

Taking the long view

Kenetha Personal growth June 25, 2013May 30, 2026change, growth, joy, measure, patterns, peace, time, transformation

When measuring my progress, it’s much more helpful to take the long view by measuring how far I’ve come over time than to try to assess progress by day-to-day increments.