Wabi Sabi - The Perfectly Imperfect Podcast with Candice Kumai

So you: Wanna be a Shot Calla: How to know when to pull the trigger + make some real changes: Here's what I chat about in episode #18 -- Wanna be a Shot Calla  -How to know when to make a big life’s transformation & transition -How to win by always using girl code & staying chill -How to practice the Japanese traditions of:  “Shikata ga Nai” it cannot be helped  & “Wabi Sabi” - perfectly imperfect  - Take time to reflect on your life + write yourself a love letter - What was life like for you 8 years ago? -Now: Try to look at life through a different perspective + my favorite books to do so... - What will you miss the most about your past life, in reflection  -Take more chances on creating your own change. -To New Chapters, how to turn the next page, how will you know? - Think about your last 8 years -- relive it all + acknowledge your growth and success.  - How can we be graceful and brave at the same time? Like Naomi + Serena --  - What got you started? Can you reflect and acknowledge that? - What have you learned- how can you grow? - How do we make change - to upgrade your whole life? -Overall, how to be a straight G, shot calla.  Love love you + check out my new book Kintsugi Wellness + leave a 5 star review on iTunes and Spotify!! Thank you for always listening! xxx

Eight years ago, September 2010:  I packed up one suitcase + I moved to NYC, I had nothing except my smile, my character & my consistent hard work.  I slay all day, even when shit got tough, I stood up with grace. 8 Straight Never Took One Break   Welcome the Ten things I learned "making it in NYC"    Be gracious, honour yourself first + you'll better be able to honour all others Remember people will hurt you, grace and resilience will be key   Expect nothing from anyone -- no hand outs  Play hard, play fair, always be honest  Patience is the highest virtue: it will take a great deal of both time and $$$ You will gain friends and lose some - learn from this.  Try to do mostly the things that you love + that make you feel good + make time to be bad-- date all the men/women you want, stay out late, never a regret  Surround yourself with the smartest people you know, drop the dead weight + watch out for social climbers Never ever change, because who you are is so so brilliant and so special basic is so so boring -- please don't compare  Gaman - to endure with grace and resilience is your secret weapon  BONUS: Remind yourself why you do this - for me it is to help others -- please be in the present as much as you can  BONUS: if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere- its true, Frank! Now, get out there, share this pod with two friends! POST it on IG!! Go make something incredible with your one life! xxx 20 days, NY NY xx ck  Pick up my book Kintsugi Wellness + improve your whole life  Sign up for my Newsletter: CandiceKumai.com + follow me on Instagram for all new upcomings and the Wabi Sabi Tour xxx ck   

So, I woke up next to Elon Musk Monday am on the cover of Forbes.com, woah, what a milestone for an Asian American girl!!!  Here's a sneak peek into my full motivational interview for you: let this be your fire + allow me to pave the way with grace x  Please love and comment away on my Instagram to support + share my story of adversity with two best friends! Your follows, likes and comments DO count and means so so much to me when you comment and like! I read each of your comments + reply -- because I care! ⚡️Girls you can make it in a boys club & challenge them at their game with grace: Here's a Sneak Peek into what I talk about in my Forbes interview + Waking up next to Elon Musk this am:  Forbes Interview Sneak Peek: August 27, 2018  “From the outside, Candice Kumai seems to have a perfect life. The professionally trained chef, former model, entrepreneur, podcast host, photographer and best-selling author of six books travels the world teaching her distinctive brand of Japanese-inspired wellness, while somehow still finding time for her daily cup of matcha. Talk about success.  However, Kumai’s no stranger to hardship. She has faced financial pangs, lost jobs, fought stereotypes against her heritage and suffered heartbreak—but she wouldn’t have it any other way. Like the ancient Japanese pottery technique her latest book (“Kintsugi Wellness”) is named for, in which an artisan repairs broken pottery by sealing the pieces together with gold lacquer, Kumai has learned to honor her whole self, flaws and all. It’s this celebration of the “perfectly imperfect” that grounds Kumai and keeps her relatable to her followers.  Here, Kumai shares how she’s paving the way for women in traditionally male-dominated industries, the secret wellness ingredients in her pantry and why ancient Japanese self-care rituals are more relevant than ever.” You sound like such a bad ass on the Wabi Sabi podcast—yet you aren’t afraid to get real and show your pain. How did you build the confidence to be so fiercely authentic?  Candice Kumai: I was raised by immigrant parents who weren’t afraid of hard work. They showed me that being an honest and humble person was always the best way. I’m humbled by their grace and tough love—[she’s a] Tiger Mom, for sure. They remind me to be a good person and work hard, stop complaining and take responsibility for my success. Having a sense of humor is essential, as well. We laugh so much.  When did you realize that your heritage and passion for traveling and wellness could become a business, with books, a website, a podcast, photography and so much more?  CK: I wrote so many basic cookbooks before I realized I was truly supposed to stand out. Being teased as: CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY  story by Joni Sweet  Click here to watch my full video on Grit + Humility in a boys club: WANT CK HEALTHY HAIR: YAS! It's all about that gorgeous HAIR!: Click here to check out the products I've been using the past year: I'm finally sharing my hair secret. I started using a product almost a year ago, Monat (pronounced Moe-Nate) my hair was getting damaged from heat styling and the chemicals from the various products used for work/play.  Monat, a naturally based haircare line. Monat is naturally based meaning no harmful chemicals or toxins. It’s paraben free, sulfate free, and gluten free. It’s 100% cruelty free.  CandiceKHair.mymonat.com! Click for more on my line! Let's Chat Hair Products, together! If you have questions or want to order Monat, what I use! you can email my friend Chrissy and I: CandiceKHair@mymonat.com We can help you figure out what is best for you!  --please reach out to us via email! CandiceKHair@mymonat.com BOOKS: My new book! Kintsugi Wellness is the perfect gift for self-love + acceptance, healing + humility! Hell yeah xx pos get ready for my MatchaMasterClass.com downloads! Sign up now: 

Well, it is time -- calling all the ladies-- this one is for you, it took me weeks to put this one together.... and damn I'm giving you all of this advice for free-- burning big holes in my pocket right now. So please: Karma is free and real: Subscribe, tell 3 friends this week to listen, and write reviews for my pod and books. #WabiSabi forever xx ck  Here's what Ep 15 is all about:  The Superpower Playbook: How to KILL it in a Boys Club: Stop Complaining + Start Killing it with Grace + Use what WE CAN to our advantage:  Lead by great example Take better care of thyself -- women are hot + can drop jaws just by walking into a room -- men cannot do that Be chill Be graceful Practice grace - be patient and nurturing, practice grace  Help Other Women!!! WTF!! Follow more FEMALES who are leading the way: unfollow anyone who does not make you feel good.  Females -- in business are who you should be looking to support! - females have a much different experience in business than men --  so listen to my work, support my work + give other women in business your support. Simple.  Buy female books, listen to female pods, share female work Create Original Content- Be yourself. Look for women who have broken through the barriers: support them -- show don't tell Volunteer with women you love and admire! -- HUGE thank you to: Cecelia Smith, Abiola Fasehun, Joanie Taylor, Rona Tison, Jacqueline Lobdell, Lauren Scharf+ Norby Duran for ALL volunteering your time with me (for free!) - I am beyond grateful Check in with other women -- show don't tell Don't make assumptions that other women are doing great -- you should check in on them SMILE AT OTHER WOMEN. THIS IS SIMPLE & FREE. :)  Flowers bloom, beautifully next to one another -- they do not get jealous. love you always see you on my insta. xx ck  check out my fave haircare here: CandiceKhair.mymonat.com. Monat is spelled Monat (no E on the end). If you have questions you can email ME! at CandiceKHair@mymonat.com buy my book asap if you listen to my pod: Kintsugi Wellness SUPPORT OTHER WOMEN!! WTF!!    

Love. 💕When I was asked to answer the question "what is love?"💕 It struck me as a very profound and deep question to answer— I wasn’t actually sure I could answer it. I'm not sure that there's one answer to this question either...  I indeed thought about this one a lot —- I’ve actually, subconsciously thought about what it is my whole life. I've had a few long term relationships, I've come close to marriage + have lived with a boyfriend in LA and another in NY (no, not at the same time, dear) ... but that's not really what love is... this podcast isn't all about romance.  It is quite possible that the definition of love is different for many people but there are some fundamentals that we can all practice to better cultivate to feel love and ... to be the love we wish to find one day.  I’m a tough NYC girl, but I’m really not that tough bc I was raised in Ca. And mom and dad are both the kindest spirits. My sister too— each of us has a big and empathetic heart. We always want to love and live for one another. And no, we and especially I am not perfect... But from LA to NY, Tokyo to Barcelona, Fiji to Oz, London to Paris, Mexico to Ghana.. Canada to Greece, Hong Kong to China: these are the things I have experienced that are universally practiced as, love:  Here's what we will learn from today's episode:  Love is empathy.  Love is compassion.  Love is giving your attention to another.  Love is being present.  Love is gratitude.  Love is prayer.  Love is service.  Love is peace.  Let us practice more, there are enough shitheads out there.  And, lastly, please, don’t stress about finding a partner... don’t worry, love is patient + kind... anything worth keeping is not easy to find. What is meant for you, shall not pass you.  What is meant to be will be. Live and let live. Let us love more.  Consequently the time code on this pod is 50:50 And that’s what love is, meet you down the aisle xx see you partner xx with my love, ck  Sites + email listed in this pod:  PS love my hair!? YAS! It's all about that gorgeous HAIR!: CandiceKHair.mymonat.com! Click for more on my line! If you have questions or want to order Monat, what I use! you can email my friend Chrissy and I: CandiceKHair@mymonat.com We can help you figure out what is best for you! I hope for those have you that have been searching for something like this try it and love it! Also, Monat is in the US, Canada+ the UK! If you’re interested in more on the best shampoo + conditioner!? --please reach out to us via email! CandiceKHair@mymonat.com   Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8      

You wanna make stacks right? + you think you're gon be rich? Like and make more $$ than mom and dad?  Yep, that's what it says us millennials think...  After crushing a bi-coastal business as a small solo female bis owner..I have a much more realistic grasp on the matter. However, I'm still in the middle and, I'm in this long-haul game with you.  Here's what we will chat on in EP 13 betches:  Privilege vs Pay -- why the free stuff is just as important and it is what it is, priceless.  Stop being so entitled and acting like you're owed anything.  Learn to embrace the ebb and flow of small business finances. Just start! - Look up: S Corporation + LLC's versus working off a W9 forever. Why? -- ownership, tax write offs, respect, freedom.  Pay off your credit card each month (duh) this is so basic.  Pay your rent on time each month (again, basic).  Opening an IRA account (mutual funds) Opening a SEP IRA account (mutual funds) with  Hiring a legit CPA or Financial Advisor Hiring a lawyer, when necessary//needed Why a savings account is legit necessary  Prepare for your taxes each year, get responsible. How I overcame small, shit-talking people on my team + basically -- worked my way forward, with grace and skills. BYE! How to learn to embrace the struggle of small business + take the leap of faith --- working in your PJs or undies is the best thing, ever.  Please Subscribe + 5 STAR rate this pod like ASAP, its all free! Sites mentioned:  http://candicekumai.com/ www.nerdwallet.com/blog/small-business/small-business-grants-for-women/ https://www.bizfilings.com/ Check out Mutual Fund companies you trust for early retirement + also your CPA//Financial Advisor can help you with managing loans and savings. Werd.  

It's time to do the work bae, you ready? Because you know, I don't play-- It's all real deal here + here's the key on how I was able to survive my media and publishing career -- and being thrown to the wolves. ... it was always my friends.  Friends, how important are they to you? They're vital to your survival and to your success in this one lifetime. Be good to them -- don't just tell -- show them + show up.  Let's talk about the ebb and flow of friendship- no, friendship is not found without flaws --- friendship is the epitome of wabi wabi -- its perfectly imperfect. I've been crushed by some "friends" and some lovers over the years + I have moved on from them, with kintsugi and grace.  How we value one another, matters. Here's what you can do in this week's episode for one another:  Compassion, practice more compassion for one another, keep calm and cool. Non-Judgement - we can all do the work on ourselves and judge less, try meditating, volunteering more + working in the service industry for others.  "Yuimaru" - your inner circle of friends in Japanese this is vital  Lifelong Friends, be good to them + show them, don't tell, show up -- be a good friend in real life.  Work Relationships, we can value them just as much as our life-long friends and friends IRL. Be good to those you work with  Support one another, sincerely  Listen to others, its free. We need more listeners + less noise Love you + please pick up my book Kintsugi Wellness!  + Give us a FIVE STAR review on iTunes asap! This free- no-ad podcast is here only because a writer, I want to be of better, free service to you.  My new book + podcast are being called the very new guidebook + podcast to healing + real-life, real-deal wellness. xxx ck 

Hey guys! What's up .. I just landed back in California + I'm taking some extra time to write this out for you! Enjoy, LE POD, WABI SABI EPISODE #11:HOW to Get your SHIT Together + Make it Look Fabulous xx all is perfectly imperfect!  What a Mentor Can REALLY do for you.  Why Working Weekends is: beneficial and cumulative to your ultimate success. + its pretty darn easy.  How to gain real clarity and perspective on where you want to go.  Why you should pray for others + their success.  Don't Gossip: there's simply no need and no time for it - it is absolutely a waste of time and not necessary to becoming who you were meant to be.  How to better HUMBLE THYSELF -- check yourself, always before you wreck yourself + why humility is a scarlet letter//asset to becoming a successful entrepreneur.  Surround yourself with SMARTIES!!!  -- who do know more about what they are doing than you! Everyone is a pro at something + collaborating as a team on the end game - that's what makes you strong and successful.  Pay your bills on time - this is legit business - its a transaction + its responsible + important.  Support Others: This is imperative to do sincerely and with your whole heart.  Remember that SUCCESS isn't what we all need more of -- as the Dalai Lama says: “The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds." -Dalai Lama What NYC has taught me on the weekends + how you can continue to do it + put your back into it. hahah.  Love you, I'm such a geek + this pod almost made me cry again!! Go purchase Kintsugi Wellness , like now xxx Candice  PS I have no idea what I'm doing.        

..so the story continues... you'll hear about three different life scenarios on wabi sabi podcast episode 10: one from a perfect stranger, from a Tokyo-Born-Indian, on the other side of the world, one of my own I stumbled across in Fiji, and one that was given to the people of Japan and the world. Each of these stories has the small potential to impact your life, but only in the way you'd like for it to. You allow how you'd like for each of these stories to impact you. After SXSW I received an email about how my SXSW speaking event  helped to mend a family and their trauma.  The story was so touching, I had to share it with all of you... When I went to Turtle Island Fiji this past year to study the local culture and food .. I stumbled across a woman named Deb, who forever changed my life. "We are all okay", "all is okay" + you don't even need to know someone very long, to know, you love them.  Their is a city in Japan, that became a historical place, a place of kintsugi.. in 1945 at 9:15 am. It even hurts to write out about these events. But You'll be able to hear about the recovery from broken to beautiful.  How to do the work + where to find it.  I hope you love episode 10, its short and very sweet + I also answer a few of your juicy IG questions! Send me your notes on Instagram on my latest post -- just comment! get kintsugi wellness now!  + See you on my Instagram stories + on the Today Show Aug 8th! xx ck   

I bless the rains in Africa, and this will all make sense in today's pod: Let's get adventurous!: My Resume is my Clapback.  No time wasted bickering here... only work and good quality work: How to be a better person + learn, stay chill + grow, giving to others and flourishing your life's romance --- your resume stands strong and nobody can take that away from you.  Build it.  Grow it.  Stay consistent AF.  Romance that shit.  Check your ego at the door.  Im tired and I don't feel like writing tonight lollzzz its 12 midnight + I gotta be up for the Today Show -- cuz I'm real AF. -- go listen to it bitches xxx ck  + buy this book dude: Kintsugi Wellness and thank you for being the loves of my life x