How To Use the Japanese Concept of Kintsugi to Rebuild Your Self-Worth

If you are a regular reader of my posts, you probably already know that a few years ago, I found myself entangled in an emotionally abusive relationship that left deep imprints on my self-esteem and self-worth. The relationship left me shattered, my spirit and identity fragmented like a ceramic plate dropped from a great height. This distressing encounter with emotional abuse pushed me into a darkness where I questioned my worth, my abilities, and even my very existence. In this gloom, I realized I could not return to the person I was before this relationship. That version of myself was gone, swept away in the storm that had blown through my life. But as I began the process of healing, of picking up the fragments of my self-esteem and piecing them back together, I found that I was becoming a different person — stronger, wiser, more resilient. I was not the same, but that didn’t mean I was worse off. It was during this journey of mending and self-discovery that I stumbled upon a Japanese philosophy that resonated with my experience in a profound way. The philosophy is called Kintsugi, an art form that embraces brokenness and repair as an intrinsic part of an object’s history, and more than that, a metaphorical narrative of resilience, healing, and rebirth. Kintsugi artisans do not hide the fractures in a broken pottery piece; they illuminate them, filling the fissures with precious metals like gold or silver. Instead of disguising the damage, they honor it, they celebrate it, turning the cracked piece into a masterpiece, even more beautiful and precious than it was before its breakage. <a href="https://betterhumans.pub/how-to-use-the-japanese-concept-of-kintsugi-to-rebuild-your-self-worth-ed254e91f00e">Read More</a>