self-care – Page 2 – A Kintsugi Life

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.

Pre-nourishment for life’s hard times

Kenetha Kintsugi living October 2, 2019May 30, 2026gold, healing, kintsugi, kintsukuroi, lessons, self-care

Kintsugi living is vitally important even when we aren’t in the midst of life’s hard times because it helps nourish our souls in an ongoing, continual way to be able to face future hard times with as much grace and beauty as we can.

The good kind of breaking

Kenetha Kintsugi living, News August 7, 2019May 30, 2026pause, rest, self-care

In kintsugi, we most often talk about a break as something that needs to be repaired, but there’s another important kind of break that is healthy, life-giving, and dangerously imperiled in today’s always-on world. How often do you pause and take a break? Also, learn more about an upcoming break here at A Kintsugi Life.

Healing is not a race

Kenetha Healing April 10, 2019May 30, 2026blossoming, comparison, growth, healing, self-care, self-improvement, support

three snails on pavement moving toward a finish line

It’s so easy to get caught up in comparing ourselves to others and turn our growth and healing into a race, but this approach actually gets in our way. My spring bulbs are reminding me that there’s a better way to approach this.

Spring cleaning for the soul

Kenetha Kintsugi living April 3, 2019May 30, 2026belief, emotions, identity, self-care, soul, stories, thoughts

A recent binge of spring cleaning around the house has opened up such space and possibility that it has sifted through to a similar spring cleaning in my inner world that’s bringing equally valuable spaciousness there. Here’s what this has looked like for me. What might a spring cleaning for your soul look like in your world?

Learning from a hard season

Kenetha Kintsugi living January 23, 2019May 30, 2026kintsugi, lessons, perspective, seasons, self-care

Learning what works for us to help get us through life’s hard seasons is a crucial part of kintsugi living. What we learn in one hard season can help the process of making other hard seasons easier, but that’s only true if we take the time to clearly articulate what we’ve learned. Here are 6 things I’ve learned that are making a hard season easier for me.

Bravery isn’t always glamorous

Kenetha Personal growth November 28, 2018May 30, 2026choice, courage, growth, journey, self-care, self-improvement

woman walking on tightrope over spray of large waterfalls

It’s easy to imagine bravery as applying to only the big, glamorous moments of life, but it’s actually something we benefit from far more often in life’s small moments. Recognizing and honoring our bravery in these small moments builds our capacity for bravery in life’s bigger moments. The hope available in kintsugi living helps make this possible.

The river of healing

Kenetha Healing August 22, 2018May 30, 2026healing, self-care, time

woman standing in a flowing river in a red dress

Healing and recovery always take longer than I think they should. I’ve found that thinking of healing like the flow of a river helps me focus on what it is in my power to do and trust the healing itself to handle the rest. How well does this image fit your experience?

Lessons from a hammer and a stone

Kenetha Brokenness August 15, 2018May 30, 2026brokenness, lessons, self-care

hammer raised above crushed peanut shell on table top

If you have a tendency to beat yourself up for hurting or not healing fast enough or not being immune to life’s broken places, this post is for you! This lesson from the breaking of stones for my kintsugi work contains a powerful image to shift the way you treat your broken heart.

Touching our wounds with love

Kenetha Healing November 1, 2017May 30, 2026awareness, compassion, healing, pain, self-care, witness, wounds

two bandaids placed in an X over a crack in a brick

An unexpected (but very minor) surgery last weekend helped me notice the different way I touch my wounds. One of these ways of touching my wounds inevitably caused more pain, and that’s the kind of touch I employ all too often (physically and emotionally). But there’s another kind of touch that is much more healing and comforting. It comes naturally to me with physical wounds, but it is an even more powerful healing touch when facing emotional wounds. How do you touch your wounds?