Kintsugi, Celine Santini
Kintsugi, Celine Santini
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Kintsugi
Finding Strength in Imperfection

Author: Céline Santini

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 4 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2019


Synopsis

Learn how to embrace the adversity in your life, heal your wounds, and build a more resilient you with Celine Santini’s self-care book inspired by the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi.

Winner of the 2020 Independent Audiobook Award for Best Female Narrator and Best Non-Fiction. 

Broken, but not defeated. In the Japanese art of kintsugi, cracked pottery is not hidden or discarded. Instead, the fractured seams are sealed with gold, transforming the damage into a visible story of survival and renewed beauty. The cracks become part of the art—not a flaw to conceal, but a testament to resilience.

Guided by that philosophy, Kintsugi offers a compassionate, hands-on pathway to embracing adversity, healing internal wounds, and reclaiming your wholeness. Through reflective writing exercises, personal testimonies, and practical steps, Celine Santini shows you how to tend the broken pieces, let the light in, and allow your own “golden seams” to shine.

This book will resonate with seekers of personal growth and self-care who yearn for a gentle, creative method to move through pain and with anyone facing transition, loss, or inner fracture who are looking for a guide to not just survive—but to emerge more luminous.

Audio edition contains meditations adapted from writing exercises for an enhanced listening experience.

About The Author

Writer, coach, and blogger Céline Santini is the author of several books for children and adults. She writes about self-help themes on her blog, Jour apres jour. She lives in France.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard on February 09, 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......more

Goodreads review by Noel نوال on 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 int......more

Goodreads review by Wilma on 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 bre......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on January 15, 2020

Fun. Great photographs and inspiring quotes and a kicking playlist at the end. Self-help rather than practicing the art form.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on September 25, 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.......more