witness – A Kintsugi Life

Trusting myself more and my thoughts less

Kenetha Transformation February 20, 2019May 30, 2026ego, emotions, growth, healing, identity, intuition, observer, stories, thoughts, transformation, witness

statue of man thinking with head resting on hand

The most powerful and life-changing practice I’ve ever undertaken in supporting and empowering my healing, growth, and transformation has been learning to trust myself more and to trust my thoughts less. That sounds to most of us like a contradiction (who am I without my thoughts?), but it’s not. Discovering the you that is deeper than your thoughts is more rewarding than you can imagine!

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?

Breaking the tyranny of emotions: A gift of kintsugi gold

Kenetha Gifts of kintsugi gold June 28, 2017May 30, 2026emotions, gifts, gold, kintsugi, kintsukuroi, mindfulness, witness

Kintsugi (kintsukuroi) red creek jasper stone heart pendant with gold repair on black cotton cord

Our emotions are meant to be our servants, providing information about ourselves and our world, but they easily become tyrants with their intensity controlling our reactions instead of informing them. Breaking this tyranny and returning them to their rightful place as servants requires being able to stand in the center of the inferno of our emotional storms and simultaneously stay connected to the detached, curious inner observer that is able to learn from them. Learn more about this lesson and the gifts it has to give in this post.

Embracing the inner observer

Kenetha Transformation October 28, 2015May 30, 2026awareness, compassion, detachment, mindfulness, observer, perspective, transformation, witness

I’ve experienced quite a bit of deep transformation over the last six years or so, and one of the biggest keys to creating and maintaining the changes that have made up that transformation has been my deepening relationship with my inner observer.

Reducing invisibility

Kenetha Kintsugi living August 13, 2014May 30, 2026acceptance, encouragement, perspective, relationships, witness

I think our deepest need as human beings is to be seen, to have our lives and our existence witnessed. Here’s how I’m dealing with those times when I feel invisible.