Hey friends, welcome to the Wabi-Sabi pod. This is episode number 189, and we're going to do a little

recap on our chaotic world and the really powerful metaphors from Kinsugi we can use to get through

this time.

I've heard from a lot of people that are documentary and the actual work behind Kinsugi, the art of Japanese golden repair has been transformative in a time of chaos and darkness

in the current climate of the world.

And while I wish I could tell you that things are going to get better,

I think your inner world actually has to get better.

So we'll talk a little bit about what might be going on and how we can go inwards and we can help ourselves to be better

because so many people are struggling right now.

I wrote the book and the docu because I had my own personal struggles and I always thought that some Prince Charming was going to show up on a, you know,

magic carpet or a horse and sweep me off my feet.

And then I realized that I was Cher, as she says, to her mother that asks her,

when are you going to marry a rich man?

As Cher replies, mom, I am a rich man.

And once I realized I was Cher, I realized that the whole world was in my

fingertips. The world was my oyster. The world is what I would make of it. And nobody was coming to

save me. So just like in my career, the door is open, but the old way of doing things is no longer,

and you must do your own work and follow your own passion.

So every time I go back to the drawing board as a director, I sometimes tell myself, why would you call yourself a director?

And this is that part of us that shrinks and is small and self-critical.

And I think a lot of us deal with these self-talk that's negative or negative self-talk,

and it's not useful at all.

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