So today's episode is going to be all about the art of gamon.

In Japanese, this translates to with great resilience.

It's a strategy of used in all of my writing, in all of my hangups, in all of my breakups, and in everything that I do,

come on. It's about being the bigger and better person in taking the high road and also

learning to accept what you can't change. And instead of making it a big fuss or dramatic,

it's about enduring.

One of the greatest strategies that I've never actually shared with any of you in making it in my career.

I would say now I've been in media and publishing fashion and content creation for about 15 years.

Endurance has been my secret.

Endurance.

I can take it.

I can compartmentalize it.

I can tell people in my mind to fuck off and never work with them again. And I can try my best

to learn to shut off a switch in which most people wouldn't be able to tolerate. And I have a story

for you and it's in chapter three of my new book, Kinsugi Wellness.

The beginning of it says,

Gamam, enduring pain with resilience and tolerance.

In 2011, Japan was hit by a devastating series of events.

A 9.1 magnitude earthquake, the largest earthquake to ever hit Japan, took

place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo. The quake caused a massive tsunami with 30-foot waves, damaging

several nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The disaster claimed over 22,000 lives and cost billions of dollars in damage.

The rest of the world grieved the enormous loss and sent humanitarian aid,

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