Wabi Sabi - The Perfectly Imperfect Podcast with Candice Kumai

Ciao from Sardinia this week!

I've been traveling the globe to interview wise locals and experts on life longevity + happiness + wellness around the globe .. this month I've been studying in Italy + Sardinia!

In order for the monks here in Ravello, Italy and throughout the world to pray, they acknowledge that dark places do exist & we can choose to do the same & make light from it. 

Wabi sabi— life is not meant to be perfect. 

It’s about accepting more, growing, choosing to be different — it can be so fulfilling, too. 

Some Actionable Ways to Help you Boost your Mental Health + what we learn in this episode: 

• the answer is being there for others - check in more often
• make no assumptions about other's lives 
• learn more about what you can do to help mental health issues in your community 
• be real af, stop wearing a mask + pretending everything is perfect
• Get out there and find a job you love that helps others!

If you are in TV, media, modeling, publishing, the arts -- I urge you, especially the executives and producers to please start changing the face of media--- its so fake and contrived and not realistic. 

• let's focus on media, publishing + programming that is positive + uplifts more! 
• less on drama, competition and tearing one another apart
• less on violence and terror 
• Remember to Practice: 
• MORE on love, peace + the cultivation of better community 
• pray for others 
• exercise more often - plan a schedule to work out 5 days a week 
• get some sunshine + get outside
• tell others they mean so much to you! a sense of belonging and what to live for
• YUIMARU - your inner circle is important 
• know that life for all is perfecty imperfect -- #WabiSabi

The only way we can change the face of media, is if we all start making our masks off. Life is not perfect.
If you can’t be real.. how could you ever be well? 

Please call 1-800-273-TALK or Text CONNECT to 741741 —anytime you’re feeling alone. We all have ups and heavy downs, we all have sadness & darkness & it’s important for us to share we are only human. 1-800-273-TALK. Love you always and please be well xx ck 

In episode three, I’ll chat more about how to be a self-made boss + how incredibly imperfect my journey has been. Like a rollercoaster. But I wouldn't have it any other way!

Here's what we will talk about:

• How to be a Better Boss + keep your character overall
• Simple steps you can take to be an even better person
• Books to read that I recommend (they have helped me in business + character)
• Do more of what you love in your pajamas every am
• An S-Corp vs being an independent contractor
• What tools, resources and business colleagues have helped me
• How to keep going when things get down or bad
• The two main things you must do to survive as a small business owner
• How to keep going with endurance
• What success really looks like - a visual for you to remember
• Having confidence that without light, darkness will not exist

Keep going no matter what, I'll share you notes on my best and worst moments in the duration of my wellness career.

I love you guys + hope this can help on your journey through life! Remember, wabi wabi, it will not be perfect.

Please subscribe now, 5 star rate us and comment on my Instagram for any feedback!

Sending you love and hugs + wabi wabi forever xx Candice

insta me: @CandiceKumai for hot CK pics in Italia!+ beyond
my new book!: Kintsugi Wellness -- yes, it's book #6

Overall, just keep doing you! Don't change for anyone!

Episode 2:

It is the beginning of the podcast launch and my whole life. I first want to share why I started this podcast.. my whole career has been a waiting game... and I have made it to a point where I no longer wanted to wait for other people at the top, that had all the money and comfort they needed, to make decisions about my career .. it was time to take my career into my own hands.. and that's exactly what I did. thanks for your support on the launch of wabi sabi!

More deets on Episode 2-13 coming soon! 

comment on my IG me all your notes and questions, too! 

thank you sooo for subscribing xxx always wabi sabi, ck 

It is the beginning of the podcast launch and my whole life. I first want to share why I started this podcast.. my whole career has been a waiting game... and I have made it to a point where I no longer wanted to wait for other people at the top, that had all the money and comfort they needed, to make decisions about my career .. it was time to take my career into my own hands.. and that's exactly what I did. thanks for your support on the launch of wabi sabi:

What you will learn more about is my past history of my childhood, my past  and my journey to writing 6 books and becoming what Elle mag calls me--"the golden girl of wellness." I’ll dive into how I was raised as a mixed kid and how I always felt so different. I want us all to note that my life and your life are both and all perfectly imperfect. There is a pathos to life, many ups and downs and that we can all accept so much more of what we cannot help.

In Japanese we call this "shikata ga ai" 

more coming on episodes 3-13 coming each week! 

comment on my IG me all your notes and questions, too! 

thanks for subscribing xxx always wabi sabi, ck 

Coined "the golden girl of wellness" by ELLE magazine, Candice Kumai, bestselling author, chef, wellness writer and former model shares with us her painfully-imperfect life lessons and experiences that have shaped her 15 year career in media, publishing, wellness, food, modeling and content creation.

Arianna Huffington recently named Candice "a Top 20 NEW role model + Kumai is proud to share with you how to transform your life, accept the beauty of imperfection and mend what feels broken --- with Japanese repair.

In short, you'll learn to shine from the inside out. Please welcome one of the most "real" girls in media crushing the wellness game. Candice has penned 6 books, sits on the Well + Good council, is a regular contributor to Girlboss, Shape, Cosmo, Bon Appetit, Men's Health, Dr Oz Show, E! News + Byrdie...and she can't wait to share how to transform all of our perfectly imperfect lives. Welcome wabi sabi and all the life lessons your perfectly imperfect heart desires.