self – A Kintsugi Life

Reclaiming suppressed pieces of ourselves

Kenetha Kintsugi living September 4, 2024May 30, 2026healing, self, wholeness

We often suppress pieces of who we are or what we love in the wake of heartache. Reclaiming one of those pieces of myself recently reminded how valuable those (seemingly small) pieces can be.

The approval that matters most

Kenetha Personal growth August 4, 2021May 30, 2026approval, self, self-love, wholeness

We can never distort ourselves into a shape that will make everyone like us, and seeking that only leaves brokenness behind. Learning to like ourselves is what sets us free to become our best selves.

Discovering what you’re made of

Kenetha Gifts of kintsugi gold September 30, 2020May 30, 2026brokenness, gold, growth, healing, kintsugi, kintsukuroi, self

Just like we discover what chocolates are made of by breaking them open, we discover what we are made of when life breaks us open. Discovering what’s hidden inside us is a part of the gold of kintsugi living.

Mining the shadow self for gold

Kenetha Kintsugi living July 17, 2019May 30, 2026acceptance, gold, integration, mending, self, self-knowledge, shadow, wholeness

A recent encounter with a hawk held an important reminder for me about the importance of being willing to dig into my shadow self to retrieve and re-integrate pieces of myself for greater wholeness and more gold to offer the world.

The danger of scorn

Kenetha Kintsugi living May 29, 2019May 30, 2026contempt, relationships, scorn, self, self-love, thoughts

Scorn and contempt are toxic to you, to your relationships, and to the world at large. Today’s post examines why this is the case and how important it is to eliminate this attitude in how we treat ourselves and those around us.

The breaking of the different parts of me

Kenetha Brokenness April 24, 2019May 30, 2026brokenness, kintsugi, kintsukuroi, perspective, self, self-knowledge

Kintsugi repaired black agate and quartz stone heart pendant on black cotton cord

While I tend to think of myself as a single entity, I’m actually made up of different parts that react differently to things that happen to me. Working with a stone that’s a mixture of stone types this week has helped me apply this better to how I work with these parts of myself in life’s times of brokenness.

When pieces fall away

Kenetha Kintsugi living September 26, 2018May 30, 2026change, identity, loss, self, self-knowledge

There are always pieces of who we are and who we think ourselves to be that fall away throughout life. The practice of kintsugi is teaching me to deal more gracefully with the loss of the pieces of myself in a way that allows me to be open to whatever new pieces are emerging.

Rejecting false brokenness

Kenetha Brokenness August 26, 2015May 30, 2026brokenness, identity, self, stories

There is an incredible amount of brokenness in our world, but we tend to heap a great deal of false brokenness onto that by finding ourselves (and others) to be “broken” in places where no brokenness exists.