wholeness – 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.

Seeking wholeness

Kenetha Personal growth June 23, 2021May 30, 2026shadow, wholeness

As a recovering perfectionist who is often horrified by my own shadows, I’m finding that aiming for wholeness through the embrace of all that I am is a healthier way to live.

The way to wholeness

Kenetha Personal growth July 8, 2020May 30, 2026adventure, challenges, healing, journey, wholeness

The way to wholeness is seldom found along our neat, orderly plans. It comes instead in those detours and wrong turns that leave us feeling lost … but actually result in our greatest adventures.

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.

Seeking a new kind of perfection

Kenetha Kintsugi living August 3, 2016May 30, 2026healing, kintsugi, kintsukuroi, perfectionism, wholeness

Sign with the word "wisdom" and a red line through "perfectionism"

The broken places in our lives feel like imperfections to be eradicated, but what if true perfection is in embracing the whole of life, even the imperfections?