Wabi Sabi - The Perfectly Imperfect Podcast with Candice Kumai

Happy New Year Friends! + Sending you so much love from Pearl Harbor. Let's dig deeper than surfacy/basic-shit this year:  Here's a little love from today's episode+ share, share share! with love xx from a child of war:    Reflect, find out where you came from  -Remember those we have lost and those who sacrificed their lives for us  - What can we really learn from our ancestors -- so much is lost as the years pass, its important for us to document these stories.  - Pay attention to where you are being guided towards  - Visit more memorial sites, museums and cultural experiences - Let's not allow history to repeat itself.  - Leave your Legacy + ask the questions you want to ask, now.  - Practice more acts of heroism when nobody is looking  "Intoku"in Japanese  - Share more important content that matters  - Look to the flickering light "komorebi" without darkness, light cannot exist.   - Cultivate more peace in this world  Deepest gratitude xx Candice 

Happy 2019 Friends! This is the podcast you should share with every friend you know: its free and you'll come out of this podcast, smarter:  thank u, next  1- Trust Yourself and your intuition  2- Forgive Everyone on your shitlist- this is important to write out and drop for 2019 -- thank them, love them, pray for them 3- Be comfortable in your solitude - you must be comfy by yourself and give yourself more kindness, more grace and more self love (take solo trips, listen to music, journal, write, go for a hike, solo.) 4- Artistry: Should be taken much more serious, you can't be "famous" or "successful" overnight -- you're going to have to work for it  5- Smart Girls: work smarter this year- support other Smart girls -- stop being dumb - smart girls are confident, wise and they support others.  6- Patience, practice patience (meditate, run, workout, take baths, forest bathe in nature, travel, breathe, write) just get our of your head  7- Wabi Sabi: All things are perfectly imperfect-- accept this 8- Let go of the Anger: this only hurts yourself 9- The Calling is About Serving Others: be of better use to others in 2019: make this your focus!! It will change your whole life.  10- Don't Care what others think: f 'em.. its not about you anyways. Stop Trying to Control it all-- letting go of control.. being easy & ignore the judgement of others -- stop spending so much time on social. Again, judgement on you, is a reflection of others, its not about you -- let it go.  thank you, next xxxx here's to your 2019 xxxx its gonna be amazing + go grab Kintsugi Wellness to RESET your whole 2019 + buy gifts on TheMatchaShoppe.com now! Support other women! + stay tuned for my 2019 Matcha Cleanse! Coming to TheMatchaShoppe.com  xshare share share on IG xx2019 is yours for the taking. Make goals and set intent now xx Candice 

Meet my awesome big sister, Jenni G. She's legit gangster and runs her own cycling shoppe in London: The London Bike Kitchen She's smart as a whip, cool af, hipster, beautiful inside and out and all tatted up, and..she makes me laugh, her persona and who she is as a person is the same.. all we want to do is help ppl and laugh all day.  And while this holiday, things aren't perfect, they are pretty good this year. Sis is in her almost 10th year in the biz -- she's won awards, she's been written up in all the UK Cycling mags + she's got two shop fronts in the coolest hipster part of London -- Hackney.  She will teach us about what worked for her in launching he own small biz, the challenges she faced, the people she did and didn't get on with and how to overcome more obstacles with ease.  We also share some sister shit that you'll connect with on a deeper level. Spiritually, we are just here to be of service to others. That's it. CA Hapa sisters from Berkley to San Diego, SF to NY and London... Tokyo to Kyushu, we've been crushing the game, but-- Jenni and I are 1- humbled by our mistakes and lessons 2- We may be "successful" but we are not rich 3- We are both still working 24/7 to make all happen -- esp paying our staff first. -- and working with integrity + community.  Listen, laugh, cry, connect -- we are both real AF and have no intent to be famous, but rather just help more people.  Love you sis and thank you xxx we are grateful xxx ck    FOLLOW sis here + Visit Her in London for Bike Workshops, Community + hipster shit and Bike Swag for Bike Tours:  https://www.instagram.com/money_melon/ https://lbk.org.uk Gifts here: https://lbk.org.uk/collections/online-shop/products/gift-voucher-pdf-form

SHARE! This podcast on IG + I'll repost xxx I'm going to share three stories related to San Francisco in which three different men tried to dim my bright light. Here's what you can do to overcome and grow//learn//love and shine!: -Take pride in all that you do, always give 100 - Thank the haters, thank them, say thank you - Take the high road  - Read: Dale Carnegie "How to Win Friends and Influence People" - Read: Don Miguel Ruiz "The Four Agreements"  - Keep making decisions that propel you into the light and the right direction.  - Ignore, take the high road and learn from them.    All the Stars ✨✨✨✨ ..... when you told me I’d never make it, I smiled inside and gracefully went back to my desk.  when you didn’t give me the opportunities others in my space got, I created my own.  when you told me I should get a real day job, a was already working 15 + launched my INC at 23. when you discriminated against me because I was an Asian female, but tried to hide that, I knew & it pushed me closer to my heritage.  when you tried to ride my coattail, and abuse my kindness, I silently knew + I handled it with grace.  when you didn’t support me through the tough times, I took notes.  If you want to be of “influence” I suggest you go back to your desk/kitchen/school/studio/creative space/inward + work smarter + harder, for 10 years ++ show us what you’re made of. Educate yourself.  when the battery dies, how valuable is your heart? How profound your work? It took me a really, really, really long time to get here + I’m still struggling to be my best self.... if you have IT—- keep shining.   Navigate through the tough times w grace + be smart— Because YOU CAN’T dim the light of those who are destined for greatness.  Pick up Kintsugi Wellness ASAP + SHOP TheMatchaShoppe.com  to support this free podcast xx Candice 

taking a break from NY to travel +restart my perspective on life wasn’t easy: gratefully, I’ve found, it’s been worth it. here’s what I’ve learned so far + hope this can help you on your next reset:  1- Very Little: there’s very little that’s actually important: health, family, friends, laughter, being yourself, creating, freedom + chillin  2- Being Genuinely Happy For Others: to me, this feels really fking good. I want everyone to find great love + from the depths of my soul, I wish for all to find contentment in their hearts, even when our paths are not the same. Embrace one another.  3- I Can’t Change People: I can work to better myself + accept that everyone is doing their best. I can work on my heart + mind at anytime.  4- Expectation Isn’t Reality. I gotta meditate and surf on this more! but perception is also not reality. This, I found, I like who I am in real life way more than for work. + maybe there’s a a hybrid to mesh more of both in my upcoming endeavors.  5- Showing: the space I’ve given myself, being in nature + w all my childhood friends has shown me my capacity to love, the true love between my surfboards + I never died. I moved to NY to make my dreams come true + I picked them right back up. I hope you can give yourself this same time/space to do the same.. be gentle, be kind.  6- Go Slow: Rushing never did anything but stress all of us NY magazine editors out; for what? For an issue to hit stands like OMG!! Slow + steady, thoughtful, stillness, meaningful work, more time can work more magic. 7- this life: it’s not perfect, it’s draining, it’s gonna suck +  totally f you over — and you’re gonna come out of it golden.  I’m on 3 startups: LA, NY, Paris, Tokyo, Poland + no guys, sh ain’t easy - but it’s worth it. like all imp things in life. . If I’m living proof, —- good things happen to good people. You don’t have to do what everyone else is doing. You don’t have to take everyone’s advice. let go You will have to be patient + try to help as many people as you can.  Found within the blurred lines —-there is a pursuit of greatness + to find that one last deep breath. We’ve got a big calling ahead of us ♥️

Dude, I wrote/drafted out a whole podcast for you, 3x... the program Im using wiped out my files 3x - wabi sabi -you're gonna have to listen to this one on your own for all the juicy freedom tips//tricks xxx  go shop at TheMatchaShoppe.com like ASAP to get good karma! xxx ck 

It's that season babes, the season where we have the opportunity to make more space with our life and our time... In my two months of non-stop travel out of New York I've learned a lot... mostly, the little things:  friends, fam, health, laughter, nature, girlfriend BFF time, surfing, barre, hot asses.. all of that ... even scotch, pizza and pasta.  traveling by myself, reading more books I love and letting go..  in this pod, I'll share how to practice gratitude in your heart + how the little blessings are the BIG ones. + how the worst travel day of the season, helped me to appreciate all of the things I have.  that's it. please share this podcast with two besties this week + get my book kintsugi wellness ASAP as a gift for your three BFFs this holiday! thanks for being such a babe xx ck  

Hoping we can all start sharing more on the courage to be disliked ... to explain what this means, its a new book I've been reading - focused on: separating tasks + learning of yours and theirs  learning to live life for yourself  unhappiness vs happiness  why life is not a competition  + how to feel you have value -- because you do!! :)  + sometimes, not sharing is the best share -- living to just simply be.  flew in late, gotta be up early for a shoot, in my beloved, NY thank youuuu for downloading wabi sabi for 25 episodes now!  I am so beyond grateful!  we did it! xx ck 

One of My Long-time Secrets to Chillin? Trusting & Knowing the Best is Yet to Come, that's what I'll be doing, because its all I've got. My life is imperfect, its full of sh*t, that's right + I try to make the best out of it... Here's what I try to do to keep moving it all forward and living a life, the one I've always dreamed of xx  Pioneering is the only thing that really keeps me going --  I don't look around much, I only try my best to look inside + look forward.  Here's What we Will Learn About in Today's Pod: 1- Times are Changing + We Must Change, too 2- Stop the Worrying -- it's a waste of your mental real estate   3- Keep Yourself Busy -- keep it all going forward + stop thinking so much, execute more -- there's ALWAYS more work that can be done -- and weekends aren't a "side hustle" anymore -- they are part of entrepreneurship! If you hate your job, QUIT! 4- Supportive Friends for the Win, Always -- you know exactly who they are, take breaks from those who don't make you feel awesome x Arianna Huffington + All of my Mentors, we support one another and open opportunities 5- Learn to Adapt to the Times -- these will come and they will go, life is a rollercoaster.  6- Be Grateful for the Hard Times-- they help us to learn and grow -- say thank you to all the shitty people who hurt and f-ked you over -- BE GRATEFUL you are not like that -- be the bigger person and move your life forward.  7- Ask Yourself: What are you so worried about? What are you really afraid of? There is nothing to really fear. When you learn to trust and pioneer, when you don't worry -- the shifts, the new chapters will happen. I am certain of this.  8- - Why are you listening to someone else's rules anyway? There's no need to conform? This is your life, you've got one time to make it worth it -- stop being so afraid and get out there and love, live, fast deep, wide, hard, with no rules or expectation. GO WORKOUT, SWEAT, SLEEP better, these are simple tools that WORK.  Point is, great work, those who were born to stand out, will...but you're going to have to put in your time, constantly work at it, be your best self, be honest, pay your bills and taxes on time + be a good person.  Being Honest Will Keep you out of Trouble.  It takes one step to start.   oh and write that 5 star review! It takes 1 minute!! xx with thanks and love xx ck  Email me for my fave MONAT Shampoo! ckumai@mymonat.com or SHOP here:  candicekhair.mymonat.com/   Pick up my new book, Kintsugi Wellness for the Holidays, NOW!xx   

hi friends, ep 23 has arrived!  had to take a mini break last week bc shit ain't perfect here -- I was on the mend for a few personal things xx all is going to be all g x with all of the hate we've been seeing all over the news these days, its becoming hard to believe that we implement very little  to stop hate from being published all over the web. I've got a few haters who love writing negative comments about me, when they have no idea what it's been like to walk this line for 15 years. Completely self-made + a solo business owner, and sadly, they come with the territory. What we can do as a community to gather more strength and love? to better come together as a community? -The best practice I can show you? -- Giving more grace  -I'm not perfect --I have a lot of work to do, but practicing grace is what we can give, its what we can do and what we can be -- graceful.  -In this podcast, we will discuss more on grace .. -How to practice it, how to give it, how to receive it.  - grace is empathy - grace is compassion - grace is time - grace is endurance  - grace is not ego, its not having to be right, its taking the high road - grace is swallowing your pride + showing up for others - grace is acceptance and moving forward - grace is love xx  -It's not just about telling you or showing you, I want you to feel the grace, and be the grace ...practice ... exercise your grace + watch the benefits rise! +PLUSSSS I answer ALL of your burning questions Thanks for being so amazing xx pls write a POSITIVE podcast review on iTunes + drown out the hate, with love! Write to me on Instagram! @CandiceKumai I always write back! with thanks and in gratitude with grace, Candice xxxx