236: Candice Kumai - Embracing Imperfection • Connecting With Our Elders • Matcha 101
The Jesse Chappus Show
Jesse Chappus
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Candice Kumai is an internationally-renowned wellness writer, classically trained chef & content creator, described by ELLE magazine as "The Golden Girl of the Wellness World." She's a five-time best-selling author and former tv host and model.
Candice sits on The Well+Good Council and was recently named one of Arianna Huffington's "Top 20 New Role Models in 2017."
In this episode, we discuss:
- Candice's struggle with feeling imperfect
- You can do anything in your lifetime but you'll have to work for it and it won't be easy or perfect
- What is kintsugi?
- People are drawn to realness and vulnerability
- Being terrified when Kintsugi Wellness hit shelves
- Growing up with tough love
- Candice's real path to success
- What do you have to show for when the battery dies?
- Connecting with people on another level through Instagram
- Keep your media face close to who you are in person
- How to go far with your brand
- What is matcha and incorporating it into a variety of recipes
- What to look for when buying matcha
- Connecting and learning from our elders
- For the first 12 years of Candice's career, she never took a break
- Candice's meditation practice
- Start doing more research on who you're following and what their background is
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Related links:
Candice Kumai - Kintsugi Wellness (book)
Follow Candice Kumai's on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Candice Kumai - Clean Green Eats (book)
Candice Kumai - Clean Green Drinks (book)
Candice Kumai - Pretty Delicious (book)
Candice Kumai - Cook Yourself Sexy (book)
Candice Kumai's Matcha Master Class
Listen to Lewis Howes previously on TUHP (episode #65)
Listen to Lori Harder previously on TUHP (episode #235 & #108)
Listen to Aubrey Marcus previously on TUHP (episode #233)
Lauryn Evarts - The Skinny Confidential (book)
Matcha Love (organic ceremonial matcha)
Oprah & Deepak's 21-Day Meditation Experience (iOS & Android app)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I realize that hard work and being a good person, |
| 0:03.1 | as long as that is tried and true to who you truly are inside |
| 0:07.9 | and you are pure and whole and honest and real, |
| 0:11.2 | I'm pretty sure that the universe is going to take notes. |
| 0:14.4 | Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 236 |
| 0:25.0 | Jesse Chapp is here with Marnie Wasserman and we are here on a weekly basis to |
| 0:29.3 | take your health to the next level. This week our featured guest is Candice Kumai. She's an |
| 0:33.8 | internationally renowned wellness writer, classically trained chef and content |
| 0:37.3 | creator, described by L magazine as the Golden Girl of the Wellness World. |
| 0:41.5 | She's a five-time best-selling author and |
| 0:43.9 | former TV host and model. Candace sits on the Well and Good Council and was |
| 0:48.6 | recently named one of Ariana Huffington's top 20 new role models in 2017. And today we're talking about |
| 0:55.4 | Candice's new book, Kintsugi Wellness, which is all about the art of |
| 0:58.9 | embracing imperfection. Such a beautiful message and such a beautiful book and we get into lots of different things |
| 1:05.2 | including Candice's own struggle with imperfection we describe what Kinsugi Wam this is all |
| 1:10.6 | about we talk about why people are drawn to realness and |
| 1:13.8 | vulnerability, how to connect with people even through Instagram, and lastly connecting |
| 1:18.4 | and learning from our elders. Lots of great and beautiful messages in this |
| 1:22.0 | episode. Here we go with Candice Kumai. |
| 1:24.7 | Hello, Candice, it's so great to have you on the show. How's it going today? |
| 1:28.0 | Thanks, I'm good, how are you guys? |
| 1:30.8 | We're great. We're so excited to have you on the show and your new book, |
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