Kintsugi

Kintsugi Themes

• Broken pieces are valuable and necessary- Opportunity
• Imperfections add value to the story of the object- Appreciation
• Highlights our vulnerability and innate resilience- courage

Essential Human Needs

• Belonging-to self and others
• Love and worthiness
• authentic Self Expression

self inquiry Questions

• What do you feel when you see your teen's broken pieces?... or you see your own pieces?
• What do you do when you see these pieces?
• can you acknowledge the hammer, the impact, and broken pieces?
• What is most difficult about acknowledging these parts?

Holes and Cracks

• Cracks create the spaces for other influences to come in
• Holes allow the realization of loss and change
• Everything is seen as valuable
• This is part of the evolution of all beings.
• This is a rite of passage

Integration

• Identity develops through the reassembly of pieces
• Holes and cracks leave openings
• Our form is always evolving nothing is fixed
• Perfectionism and the loss of connection

Bringing it together

• Witness
• acknowledge broken pieces
• connect
• Repair
• Integrate what happened

Kintsugi Workshop