EP 184 Kintsugi: You’re Always Allowed to Begin Again

Wabi Sabi - The Perfectly Imperfect Podcast with Candice Kumai

Candice Kumai

Health, Mental Health, How To, Nutrition, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Wabisabi, Education

4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

This episode is for you — the one who’s quietly rebuilding, starting over, or holding it together when no one sees the effort. If you’ve been feeling stuck, overlooked, or unsure of what’s next… take a breath. You’re not alone. You’re doing better than you think. You’ve survived things most people don’t even know about. And no matter where you are on your path — you are allowed to begin again. This week, we’re talking about the real, unfiltered lessons that come with growth, reinvention, and protecting your peace. It’s a reminder that even in the messiest moments, there’s beauty. Even when it’s quiet, you’re still making progress. You deserve to feel grounded, strong, and proud of how far you’ve come. Let this episode be a soft place to land.

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0:00.0	Hello friends. Welcome to the Wabi-Sabi podcast. This is episode number 184. It is indeed the 20 years since Top Chef birthday mark. 20 years ago, I was 22 on Top Chef, did not know what I was doing. And here we are 20 years later.
0:23.0	I am celebrating my birthday this week.
0:26.2	I will post something spectacular on probably on Wednesday.
0:31.5	And I wanted to tell you guys I still don't know what I'm doing.
0:34.9	The beauty of life is that it's always changing, the climate of work,
0:39.7	relationships, family dynamics, of course, politics. These things change constantly. So we need to be
0:47.2	prepared to change our sales as the times pass by. So I wanted to elaborate on sending you a message that I don't typically
0:57.1	say out loud or share with people but thought it was really important to do so. I'd like to
1:04.5	write a little note to you here since I rarely get to tell you all how I really feel. Since moving
1:10.5	back to New York a few years ago,
1:12.1	it was a very difficult time. It took every ounce of anything and everything I ever had in my
1:18.2	savings account, in my gut, in my mind, in my body. And I scraped out of my savings account
1:24.5	enough to move back. My emotions, my head, my heart, they all needed to be,
1:31.8	I suppose, recalibrated in New York, where I had so longed to be back in a city where I felt
1:39.1	like I could be an artist again. I am very happy that I did so because life is a roller coaster. It is an
1:47.2	adventure and if you are feeling depressed, if you are anxious, if you are stuck, this message is
1:55.6	going to be for you today. At any given moment in your life, you can reset everything. You are not trapped. You can start
2:05.7	pursuing your dreams. You can rewire your thinking in your brain. You have a plethora of
2:12.9	information at your fingertips to learn how to rewire your brain.
2:19.5	You do not have to feel stuck.
2:24.7	You can pick up plenty of books from people like Dr. Wayne Dyer or Titnot Hahn or Jack Cornfield or Tara Brach in order to learn how to change your thinking.
2:31.3	You do not have to feel like I felt 20 years ago when I was starting off in culinary school
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