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Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection
Learn how to embrace the adversity in your life, heal your wounds, and build a more resilient you in Céline Santini’s award-winning self-care book inspired by the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi.
Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered gold. Day after day, week after week, stage by stage, the seemingly broken object is cleaned, groomed, treated, healed, and finally enhanced. Because of this approach, kintsugi has also become a well-known therapy metaphor to resilience. This practical book will help you overcome rough times, heal your deepest wounds, and become whole again through the numerous stages, writing exercises, and testimonies.
Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered gold. Day after day, week after week, stage by stage, the seemingly broken object is cleaned, groomed, treated, healed, and finally enhanced. Because of this approach, kintsugi has also become a well-known therapy metaphor to resilience. This practical book will help you overcome rough times, heal your deepest wounds, and become whole again through the numerous stages, writing exercises, and testimonies.
248 pages, Paperback
First published April 19, 2018
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About the author
Céline Santini
38 books1 followerCeline Santini is an award-winning author and international speaker, specializing in resilience, self-confidence and personal growth. She has written over 50 books, published in 15 countries, exploring self-help themes in all its forms.
Her book, Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection, has become a global reference, translated into 12 languages and awarded six international prizes. It has touched thousands of readers worldwide, inspiring them to reshape their fractures into lines of strength.
Inspired by this universal symbolism, at the crossroads of art and emotional healing, she developed a unique method, turning Kintsugi into a powerful tool for inner transformation. Today, she is recognized as an expert in Kintsugi applied to personal growth, dedicating herself to spreading this message of resilience and optimism across the world.
As a true Kintsugirl, Celine Santini invites each of us to turn our challenges into strength, to grow, to shine, and to see - literally - the golden lining in every cloud.
Her book, Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection, has become a global reference, translated into 12 languages and awarded six international prizes. It has touched thousands of readers worldwide, inspiring them to reshape their fractures into lines of strength.
Inspired by this universal symbolism, at the crossroads of art and emotional healing, she developed a unique method, turning Kintsugi into a powerful tool for inner transformation. Today, she is recognized as an expert in Kintsugi applied to personal growth, dedicating herself to spreading this message of resilience and optimism across the world.
As a true Kintsugirl, Celine Santini invites each of us to turn our challenges into strength, to grow, to shine, and to see - literally - the golden lining in every cloud.
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September 29, 2019
No era lo que esperaba. Mal enfoque. Si tienes un trauma o estás pasando por un mal momento, lo que necesitas es un psicólogo y no probar mil cosas naturistas. En mi opinión va contra la salud mental.
February 9, 2020
"Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection" is an intriguing book. I found it on the shelf at my local library branch and instantly found its structure to be interesting.
Unfortunately, the more I delved into that structure the less satisfying I found it. The book works best as an introduction into the Japanese art of Kintsugi, which I was modestly familiar with as I started the book but learned more about throughout the book. The book falls short, at least for me, in terms of its usefulness as a self-help or self-improvement tool despite the author's intentional utilization of actual practical exercises to end each of the chapters.
I can't deny that I find the book somewhat hypocritical. To me, the title implies that we're to embrace our imperfections but a good majority of the book is about how to change. While I'm all for self-improvement, this is a tonal inconsistency that bothered me throughout the book.
This is a quick read despite being nearly 250 pages. The book's artwork and exercises make up a good portion of it and most of the self-help consists of the author's own personal experiences backed, at least modestly, by philosophical exploration rather than anything that concretely affirms the author.
The author is a writer, blogger, and personal-development coach with some background in Kintsugi, but this doesn't seem like a sufficient enough background to justify writing a book that cites as its own goal to "guide you through your own healing process using the different traditional stages of kintsugi, whether your wounds are physical or emotional."
Essentially, I found "Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection" to be not much more than bubble gum philosophy - sweet to read but basically lacking in true substance. For those with an interest in Kintsugi, this book is easily worth the time. For everyone else, I'd look elsewhere.
Unfortunately, the more I delved into that structure the less satisfying I found it. The book works best as an introduction into the Japanese art of Kintsugi, which I was modestly familiar with as I started the book but learned more about throughout the book. The book falls short, at least for me, in terms of its usefulness as a self-help or self-improvement tool despite the author's intentional utilization of actual practical exercises to end each of the chapters.
I can't deny that I find the book somewhat hypocritical. To me, the title implies that we're to embrace our imperfections but a good majority of the book is about how to change. While I'm all for self-improvement, this is a tonal inconsistency that bothered me throughout the book.
This is a quick read despite being nearly 250 pages. The book's artwork and exercises make up a good portion of it and most of the self-help consists of the author's own personal experiences backed, at least modestly, by philosophical exploration rather than anything that concretely affirms the author.
The author is a writer, blogger, and personal-development coach with some background in Kintsugi, but this doesn't seem like a sufficient enough background to justify writing a book that cites as its own goal to "guide you through your own healing process using the different traditional stages of kintsugi, whether your wounds are physical or emotional."
Essentially, I found "Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection" to be not much more than bubble gum philosophy - sweet to read but basically lacking in true substance. For those with an interest in Kintsugi, this book is easily worth the time. For everyone else, I'd look elsewhere.
July 14, 2019
I wanted to like this book because anything Japanese is something I am interested in and recently I got fascinated by the concept of kintsugi. I was even more excited when I realized that this book was taking this art-form and applying it to real life events.
However, it did not offer anything concrete in terms of advice or self-help and it got quite boring and too repetitive after a while. This book could work better as a long article, but not as long as this book.
I received this book from NetGalley in exchange of an honest review. All opinion are entirely my own.
However, it did not offer anything concrete in terms of advice or self-help and it got quite boring and too repetitive after a while. This book could work better as a long article, but not as long as this book.
I received this book from NetGalley in exchange of an honest review. All opinion are entirely my own.
December 16, 2022
This book was an interesting take on applying the art of Kintsugi as a metaphor of healing yourself and finding strength in your imperfections and wounds. I really liked the historical briefs about the art of Kintsugi, but part of this book also read like a memoir which I was not expecting going into it based on the synopsis. It was an okay read, but I got bored halfway through reading it and it felt like a chore to finish it.
I do love the metaphor of Kintsugi as a way of healing yourself and filling your wounds with gold, but other than that this book fell flat for me sadly.
I do love the metaphor of Kintsugi as a way of healing yourself and filling your wounds with gold, but other than that this book fell flat for me sadly.
July 2, 2020
Quando comprei o livro achei que falava efetivamente sobre a arte japonesa e não um pseudo livro de autoajuda. Gente, se vc está passando por momentos ruins ou se sente perdido procure um psicólogo! Não brinque com saúde mental!
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January 26, 2020did not finish, te onnozel voor woorden
October 22, 2018
Een prachtig boek dat ik vooruit mocht lezen van Kosmos uitgevers. Het boek ziet er geweldig mooi uit. Een harde kaft met gouden lijnen een een kommetje met gouden breuklijnen. Kintsugi, de titel, verwijst naar de legende van de gebroken vaas of theekommetje, de scherven lijm je aan elkaar en de breuklijnen versier je met goud. Kintsugi is de kunst om wonden te genezen, stap voor stap met heel veel geduld. In de kerk wordt Kintsugi ook wel genoemd om te leren omgaan met je verdriet en pijn waar je in het leven onherroepelijk tegen aan loopt. Zoals in het geloof je gevormd wordt door het leven en daar dan sterker uit te voorschijn kan komen is een aspect van Kintsugi dat mij ook heel erg aanspreekt.
Het boek is heel duidelijk opgebouwd in verschillende fasen te weten 1 breken, 2 samenvoegen, 3 geduld oefenen, fase 4 repareren, fase 5 onthullen en fase 6 sublimeren. Elke fase heeft zijn eigen hoofdstukjes met na ieder hoofdstukje een legende of verhaaltje en prachtige bijpassende plaatjes. Behalve een inspirerend leesboek ook een boek om mee aan de slag te gaan. Het zijn simpele oefeningen waar je naar keuze kortere of langere tijd mee bezig kan zijn. Je hebt zelf de keuze hoever je er mee gaat en hoe je het toepast in je leven. Ik vond het prettig dat niet aangedrongen werd op boedhisme of ander oosterse levenswijze maar dat ik met mijn geloof ook uit de voeten kan en daarin kan toepassen.
Wat mijn een betreft een heel geslaagd boek, als ik een minpuntje mag opnoemen. Er wordt gepraat over depressie en Kintsugi, ze geven aan dat je zoals bij Kintsugi het gebroken voorwerp accepteert en naar een ander niveau brengt je zo ook al je aan een depressie lijdt “je onvolkomenheden kunt accepteren als iets wat bij je hoort en je mede heeft gemaakt tot wie je bent.” Heb er zelf geen ervaringen mee maar zou je dit werkelijk kunnen accepteren als je in die inktzwarte depressie zit? Dat is wel iets dat ik me afvraag.
Er zitten overigens ook wel leuke tips in. Legpuzzels maken schijnt een goede therapie te zijn. Sorteren, wikken en wegen, passen, terug naar het kindzijn. Op vakanties maak ik legpuzzels en daar geniet ik geweldig van, kom ik vaak weer op nieuwe ideeën.
Kortom het boek krijgt van mij 4 gouden sterren en zal ik regelmatig uit de boekenkast pakken waar hij nu staat te pronken.
Het boek is heel duidelijk opgebouwd in verschillende fasen te weten 1 breken, 2 samenvoegen, 3 geduld oefenen, fase 4 repareren, fase 5 onthullen en fase 6 sublimeren. Elke fase heeft zijn eigen hoofdstukjes met na ieder hoofdstukje een legende of verhaaltje en prachtige bijpassende plaatjes. Behalve een inspirerend leesboek ook een boek om mee aan de slag te gaan. Het zijn simpele oefeningen waar je naar keuze kortere of langere tijd mee bezig kan zijn. Je hebt zelf de keuze hoever je er mee gaat en hoe je het toepast in je leven. Ik vond het prettig dat niet aangedrongen werd op boedhisme of ander oosterse levenswijze maar dat ik met mijn geloof ook uit de voeten kan en daarin kan toepassen.
Wat mijn een betreft een heel geslaagd boek, als ik een minpuntje mag opnoemen. Er wordt gepraat over depressie en Kintsugi, ze geven aan dat je zoals bij Kintsugi het gebroken voorwerp accepteert en naar een ander niveau brengt je zo ook al je aan een depressie lijdt “je onvolkomenheden kunt accepteren als iets wat bij je hoort en je mede heeft gemaakt tot wie je bent.” Heb er zelf geen ervaringen mee maar zou je dit werkelijk kunnen accepteren als je in die inktzwarte depressie zit? Dat is wel iets dat ik me afvraag.
Er zitten overigens ook wel leuke tips in. Legpuzzels maken schijnt een goede therapie te zijn. Sorteren, wikken en wegen, passen, terug naar het kindzijn. Op vakanties maak ik legpuzzels en daar geniet ik geweldig van, kom ik vaak weer op nieuwe ideeën.
Kortom het boek krijgt van mij 4 gouden sterren en zal ik regelmatig uit de boekenkast pakken waar hij nu staat te pronken.
June 10, 2019
As much as self-help books go, this is one of the best I have ever read so far, mostly because it uses a "real thing" like repairing things with gold (kintsugi) as a metaphor to "repair" yourself. It uses also good suggestions and tips and also it talks about going to therapy, which is a thing I am very grateful for. So i strongly recommend this book.
Per quanto mi riguarda, questo è uno dei migliori libri di auto aiuto che ho letto fino ad ora, soprattutto perché utilizza il metodo del kintsugi (riparare con l'oro) come metafora per "riparare" se stessi, senza disdegnare di suggerire come la terapia sia in alcuni casi necessaria, il che mi rende ancora piú benevola nei confronti del testo, che a questo punto raccomando.
THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!
Per quanto mi riguarda, questo è uno dei migliori libri di auto aiuto che ho letto fino ad ora, soprattutto perché utilizza il metodo del kintsugi (riparare con l'oro) come metafora per "riparare" se stessi, senza disdegnare di suggerire come la terapia sia in alcuni casi necessaria, il che mi rende ancora piú benevola nei confronti del testo, che a questo punto raccomando.
THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!
March 12, 2019
Interessant hoe Santini het concept van Kintsugi van object doortrekt naar persoon. Jammer genoeg soms net iets te zweverig / te schools.
September 26, 2019
Het boek brengt een mooie boodschap, maar is soms te langdradig. Ook haalt de auteur iets te vaak/ te graag haar eigen levensgebeurtenissen aan, waardoor het soms eerder op een biografie lijkt.
January 15, 2020
Fun. Great photographs and inspiring quotes and a kicking playlist at the end. Self-help rather than practicing the art form.
September 3, 2025
BOOK REVIEW: KINTSUGI – FINDING STRENGTH IN IMPERFECTION BY CÉLINE SANTINI
After about three weeks of not being able to read, I finally picked up this book. No matter how hard I tried earlier, my mind just wouldn’t settle into any book. So, I gave up for a while and spent my free time watching movies, series, and listening to my favorite music.
Whenever I’m in this kind of phase, I usually turn to books like Ikigai, Hygge, or Lykke. This time, I chose Kintsugi.
“Kintsugi” means Golden Joinery. The author beautifully explains this Japanese art form through old stories, personal anecdotes, and reflections. One story that really stood out to me was about Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. When his favorite tea bowl broke, he sent it back to China for repair. But when it returned, it was poorly mended and could not even hold liquid. Disappointed, he turned to Japanese artisans, who repaired it using lacquer mixed with powdered gold. This was the birth of the art of kintsugi. Doesn’t that sound fascinating?
Santini skillfully draws parallels between broken pottery and people who go through difficult times. Just as kintsugi requires patience, she encourages us to be patient with ourselves while putting together the “broken pieces” of our lives. She advises us to rebuild with care, nurture good thoughts, and embrace the process of healing.
One of her key reminders is that, like a newly repaired bowl, we too need time to harden and grow stronger after hardship. The repaired cup, with golden seams, is not only more beautiful but also stronger than before—and in the same way, the “new you” that emerges after struggles carries more resilience, wisdom, and strength.
The book also underlines the impermanence of things. Time moves on, change is inevitable, and kintsugi becomes a powerful metaphor for existence itself.
I loved how uplifting and motivating this book is. It offers not only wisdom but also comfort—a gentle reminder that even in our imperfections, we can find beauty, strength, and a stronger version of ourselves.
After about three weeks of not being able to read, I finally picked up this book. No matter how hard I tried earlier, my mind just wouldn’t settle into any book. So, I gave up for a while and spent my free time watching movies, series, and listening to my favorite music.
Whenever I’m in this kind of phase, I usually turn to books like Ikigai, Hygge, or Lykke. This time, I chose Kintsugi.
“Kintsugi” means Golden Joinery. The author beautifully explains this Japanese art form through old stories, personal anecdotes, and reflections. One story that really stood out to me was about Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. When his favorite tea bowl broke, he sent it back to China for repair. But when it returned, it was poorly mended and could not even hold liquid. Disappointed, he turned to Japanese artisans, who repaired it using lacquer mixed with powdered gold. This was the birth of the art of kintsugi. Doesn’t that sound fascinating?
Santini skillfully draws parallels between broken pottery and people who go through difficult times. Just as kintsugi requires patience, she encourages us to be patient with ourselves while putting together the “broken pieces” of our lives. She advises us to rebuild with care, nurture good thoughts, and embrace the process of healing.
One of her key reminders is that, like a newly repaired bowl, we too need time to harden and grow stronger after hardship. The repaired cup, with golden seams, is not only more beautiful but also stronger than before—and in the same way, the “new you” that emerges after struggles carries more resilience, wisdom, and strength.
The book also underlines the impermanence of things. Time moves on, change is inevitable, and kintsugi becomes a powerful metaphor for existence itself.
I loved how uplifting and motivating this book is. It offers not only wisdom but also comfort—a gentle reminder that even in our imperfections, we can find beauty, strength, and a stronger version of ourselves.
January 8, 2020
Last January, the featured artist at the Florida State Fair was a painter who created a painting to represent her relationship with her sisters. She'd been separated from them, all of them put up for adoption, and did not have contact with each other until they were adults. The painting had circles to represent the sisters and broken lines to represent the fracturing of the relationships. She used gold paint in a method the artist described as a Kintsugi method to show the sisters renewing, repairing, and strengthening their relationship. I found myself intrigued by the representation and by the idea of filling in the cracks of life with gold.
I hoped this book would provide some insight, some depth to the idea of applying kintsugi to your life, especially when you've had a rough time. Ms. Santini does provide some depth, particularly in her explorations of how she used kintusgi methods to help repair the broken parts of her life. However, most of the book is on the thin side, covering a surface explanation of how to apply the techniques.
Then again, perhaps instead of reading about kintsugi, I could actually try kintsugi and in the doing, see how to heal a life broken.
I hoped this book would provide some insight, some depth to the idea of applying kintsugi to your life, especially when you've had a rough time. Ms. Santini does provide some depth, particularly in her explorations of how she used kintusgi methods to help repair the broken parts of her life. However, most of the book is on the thin side, covering a surface explanation of how to apply the techniques.
Then again, perhaps instead of reading about kintsugi, I could actually try kintsugi and in the doing, see how to heal a life broken.
June 7, 2019
I recently became fascinated by the Japanese art form of kintsugi, so I was curious to read this book. This book centers around self-help strategies that can fall into place much like the process of making kintsugi art. I appreciated the structure - a little bit of info about kintsugi, suggestions for empowering and discovering your best self., and exercises to do to try out the techniques. I especially loved the inclusion of photographs of beautiful kintsugi art pieces throughout the book. Overall, I appreciated the author sharing her personal experiences, but much of this felt repetitive (in fact, one parable is included twice in the text in different parts of the book.) I enjoyed learning more about kintsugi and getting some self-care tips, but I wasn't crazy enough about this to recommend to others.
August 27, 2021
Challenge: Reading Goal Posts/Creative Bookshelf - Creative Wednesday August 2021 (1/5 books). Using the Japanese method of Kintsugi as an analog and narrative organization, the author walks the reader through healing what is broken in mind/spirit/body. The care that is taken in Kintsugi to repair broken objects includes intention, patience, time, and honor to make the object whole again. At times it seems the book includes too many therapeutic practices on a surface level, but the book taken as a whole once read does have a singular effect that can be useful to visualize how one can, not only succeed in the healing process, but can continue to become stronger going forward especially in the areas where wounds have become scars, and scars have turned to gold. An alchemic approach to wholeness.
September 8, 2025
As my youngest daughter readied for marriage, I wanted to give a toast -- not through the rearview mirror of my 45 year marriage, but dropping into that space before I was marrying my husband, her father. She's a pottery and had told me about kintsugi she did with one of her broken pieces. I adored the concept and thought it was a perfect metaphor for marriage - and relationships in general.
Céline does a wonderful job mapping the 6 steps in the Japanese technique to ourselves:
1) break
2) assemble
3) wait (the hardest for me!)
4) repair
5) reveal
6) sublimate
Her insights into resilience and finding strength in our imperfections was refreshing and resonated deeply.
I encourage anyone in a relationship or not, to give her approach a try.
Thank you Céline for your insights!
Céline does a wonderful job mapping the 6 steps in the Japanese technique to ourselves:
1) break
2) assemble
3) wait (the hardest for me!)
4) repair
5) reveal
6) sublimate
Her insights into resilience and finding strength in our imperfections was refreshing and resonated deeply.
I encourage anyone in a relationship or not, to give her approach a try.
Thank you Céline for your insights!
January 30, 2025
Bon livre. J'aime le fait qu'il y ait des exercices interactifs et des apartés culturels.
Cependant, si vous avez déjà lu un nombre conséquent de livres sur le sujet du développement personnel, ou que vous avez bien travaillé sur vous-même, ce livre n'apportera pas quelque chose de nouveau. Je recommanderai ainsi ce livre aux débutants en la matière, parce que c'est de cela dont il s'agit.
Le Kintsugi est davantage une métaphore pour traiter la résilience, bien que cette manière d'aborder le sujet a le mérite d'être originale et de nous plonger dans la culture japonaise.
Aussi 4* pour moi car ce livre est bon, même s'il ne m'a pas apporté de nouvelles connaissances (il faut dire que je ne pense pas être la cible, étant plutôt heureuse et stable dans ma vie).
Cependant, si vous avez déjà lu un nombre conséquent de livres sur le sujet du développement personnel, ou que vous avez bien travaillé sur vous-même, ce livre n'apportera pas quelque chose de nouveau. Je recommanderai ainsi ce livre aux débutants en la matière, parce que c'est de cela dont il s'agit.
Le Kintsugi est davantage une métaphore pour traiter la résilience, bien que cette manière d'aborder le sujet a le mérite d'être originale et de nous plonger dans la culture japonaise.
Aussi 4* pour moi car ce livre est bon, même s'il ne m'a pas apporté de nouvelles connaissances (il faut dire que je ne pense pas être la cible, étant plutôt heureuse et stable dans ma vie).
January 8, 2023
Очень слабая структура... автор перескакивает с одного вопроса на другой, так что совсем непонятно в чем была ключевая идея данной книги. Есть некоторое описание треминологии японской философии, но тоже раскрыты слабо, проще почитать Викепедию :) Большая часть книги посвящена рецептам японской кухни, здесь судить не берусь, т.к. эта часть книги вообще была неинтересна. В целом - тема книги заявлена одна, по факту об этом только несколько страниц, все остальное "куча-мала" из хотелок автора. Скучно и неинтересно.
February 23, 2023
I found this to be different than most interactive self-help books. Mostly because there was a lot of (not only Japanese) culture introduced and different spiritual practices from around the world that I had no knowledge about. I found myself often taking pictures of the pages and activities to reflect back on later. It does tend to get a little bit repetitive towards the end, but still managed to find ways to introduce new activities for each section. All in all, not a bad book for finding strength in imperfection.
January 24, 2025
คินสึงิ คืองานศิลปะระดับสูงของญี่ปุ่น เป็นงานซ่อมเครื่องปั้น จำพวกถ้วย ชาม แจกัน ที่แตกออกเป็นชิ้นๆขึ้นรูปต่อกันเป็นจิ๊กซอ ประสานกันด้วยยางรักของไม้ เคลือบรอยร้าวด้วยผงทอง และเคลือบเงาด้วยยางรักในขั้นสุดท้าย (https://www.pinterest.com/renblue/kin...) ผู้เขียนโยงศิลปะคินสึงิมาเข้ากับชีวิตของเธอที่เคยแตกสลายมาตั้งแต่เธอยังเล็ก แต่เธอเอาชนะอดีตที่เลวร้ายด้วยศิลปะคินสึงิที่เป็นหลักการยอมรับการแตกสลาย ค่อยๆซ่อมแซม และแสดงบาดแผลในใจที่เกิดขึ้นในอดีตในผลลัพธ์ที่เป็นปัจจุบันอย่างมีเอกลักษณ์และสวยงามอย่างวัตถุที่ผ่านกระบวนการคินสึงิมาแล้ว
March 4, 2022
Wonderful! Encouraging!
A very pleasant and encouraging read! I appreciated the walk through the Kintsugi process as it applies to life. I also really liked how each chapter had practice exercises and prompts at the end. As a Marriage & Family Therapist, I plan to use some of these exercises with my clients struggling with low self-esteem. I also enjoyed the many pictures, stories, and inspirational quotes.
A very pleasant and encouraging read! I appreciated the walk through the Kintsugi process as it applies to life. I also really liked how each chapter had practice exercises and prompts at the end. As a Marriage & Family Therapist, I plan to use some of these exercises with my clients struggling with low self-esteem. I also enjoyed the many pictures, stories, and inspirational quotes.
June 14, 2022
El concepto que trata es precioso, otra de las grandezas del mundo oriental: reparar las roturas con oro y así llenarlas de belleza. Pero no trata sobre kintsugi, sino que lo emplea como hilo conductor para superar momentos y etapas de la vida, para curar heridas emocionales.
Me ha gustado que vengan ejercicios para reflexionar y escribir, porque aunque el contenido es bastante justito el libro en general es entretenido y hace pensar y reflexionar, lo cual siempre es bueno.
Me ha gustado que vengan ejercicios para reflexionar y escribir, porque aunque el contenido es bastante justito el libro en general es entretenido y hace pensar y reflexionar, lo cual siempre es bueno.
May 16, 2020
Kintsugi by Céline Santini is an uplifting self-help guide about how to take your imperfections, your broken pieces and turn them into works of art, like in the Japanese art form Kintsugi. This book provides little meditations and small stories, some of which are of the author's personal experiences.
June 27, 2021
As this is a workbook to help you come to terms with your cracks and imperfections, it deserves all the time necessary to go through the process. However, I did flip to random pages and the writing is wonderful and information is very helpful. I think this has the potential to help a great many people. I can hardly wait to go through the process at a reasonable pace.
February 19, 2022
Het boek gaat veel meer over de praktische technieken om kintsugi toe te passen dan over de emotionele reis die de korte inhoud adverteerde. Beetje een tegenvaller voor mij, al kan ik de voorwerpen waarop kintsugi toegepast werd nog meer appreciëren nu ik iets meer weet over het geduld en de nauwkeurigheid waarmee ze tot stand kwamen.
October 3, 2024
Ja wow, eigenlijk totaal onverwachts vond ik dit een heel mooi boek. De metafoor van kintsugi wordt zo zorgvuldig en volledig uitgewerkt, met aanvulling van mooie citaten. Soms werd het me wat te zweverig, maar het is een boek dat mooi past bij mensen die zoeken naar handvatten om door te kunnen. Aanrader!
June 15, 2019
This was a unique approach to embracing your imperfections and healing from past emotional wounds. I had never heard of this Japanese approach to healing, but found it to be interesting and beneficial.
May 19, 2020
An incredibly interesting concept, presented in an okay way. Lots of personal stories and exercises, but in fact it all takes a long time. Really enjoyed learning about what it is, and the big idea: honoring and celebrating imperfection. A bookend to wabi-sabi.
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October 2, 2022
I think this book was good as it explained the whole idea and process step by step. Overall I think it’s fine, but I don’t think it was great and I found myself scanning it more than reading towards the end. Maybe that’s just me.
May 12, 2024
un buon libro, amo la metafora che si cela dietro al kintsugi, è una bellissima filosofia di vita.
Il libro tuttavia per la sua struttura è più studiata per essere un diario più che un libro da sola lettura, e la cosa può piacere o meno a seconda della persona.
Il libro tuttavia per la sua struttura è più studiata per essere un diario più che un libro da sola lettura, e la cosa può piacere o meno a seconda della persona.
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