

Wabi Sabi - The Perfectly Imperfect Podcast with Candice Kumai
Candice Kumai
Coined "the golden girl of wellness" by ELLE & FORBES, Candice Kumai, 6x bestselling author, chef, wellness writer and model shares with us her painfully-imperfect life lessons and experiences that have shaped her 17 year career in media, publishing, wellness, food, modeling and content creation.
Arianna Huffington named Candice "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 best-selling books, sits on the Well + Good council, is a regular contributor to Goop, Cosmo, Bon Appetit, Men's Health, E! Daily Pop, Vogue, Forbes + 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. Subscribe now!
Sign up for Candice’s newsletter asap: http://eepurl.com/wMCN5
LEARN MORE: CandiceKumai.com
Pick up my new game-changing book, Kintsugi Wellness: https://www.amazon.com/Kintsugi-Wellness-Japanese-Nourishing-Spirit/dp/0062669850
Visit my new web shoppe, like asap: https://thematchashoppe.com/
Arianna Huffington named Candice "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 best-selling books, sits on the Well + Good council, is a regular contributor to Goop, Cosmo, Bon Appetit, Men's Health, E! Daily Pop, Vogue, Forbes + 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. Subscribe now!
Sign up for Candice’s newsletter asap: http://eepurl.com/wMCN5
LEARN MORE: CandiceKumai.com
Pick up my new game-changing book, Kintsugi Wellness: https://www.amazon.com/Kintsugi-Wellness-Japanese-Nourishing-Spirit/dp/0062669850
Visit my new web shoppe, like asap: https://thematchashoppe.com/
Episodes
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Nov 13, 2023 • 37min
EP 140 How to Surrender to the Melancholy of Life
Actionable ways to let go and start following your intuition & loving yourself this holiday season - plus hot tips as always xx

Oct 31, 2023 • 34min
EP 139 -Growth Mindset Practices Leaders Embody
A big thank you to Japan America Society Houston for allowing me the grace to receive the J. Thomas Schieffer Leadership Award -And to Executive Director Patsy Brown - you are a wonderful human & a prize in this world: I thank you for sharing this honour with myself and my family!
Thoughts at this time: Wellness - Wellness means you are real, vulnerable and share a common sense of wanting to connect with others around you in your community- it is not wanting to be a leader who is not relatable or feels that they are holier than others.
Ask yourself to look at the leader in you- you already posses this: Now: What traits would you like to possess and who in life are you looking up to? Who is giving you advice? Where are you learning your everyday values from?
Be kind to yourself, let go of old, stale beliefs and surrender to the unknown. What word of the day do you want to focus on?
Shall we mend our friendships and harbor better diplomacy in our own lives?
Do you have humble and gracious mentors in your life?
Mend, pray for others, listen to your enders, prize them & war- can we better learn from these times? So we do not repeat history?
Can we erase hatred from our own hearts? Can we lean into a better understanding of one another simply by listening & choosing curiosity? Thank you for listening & have a great week all xx ck

Oct 17, 2023 • 46min
EP 138 - Do these 5 Things Before 2024: The Year to Shift Your Energy & Success
It's that time of year again - where we start rounding up the things we learned in our 30's and now 40's and sharing what makes sense in this current climate with you: Listen for these 5 things to do now before 2024.
Refocus & Recalibrate your values, old belief systems, business ideas, old dreams/hopes & tap into what works for you, now
Learn to let go of attachment - this is an ongoing practice
Stop saying yes to things that are not serving your health and mental wellbeing
Create a strategy/or a business plan before 2024
Spend more time working on your healing journey and practice solitude

Oct 2, 2023 • 30min
EP 137 Simple + Free Self Care Steps to Freedom
Self Care - Don't ever feel guilty for taking time to do you - get off group chats, work on your heart, heal, sleep, workout, make time to save $$, to sleep, to build your own life! You do you. Let go, steer your life into the direction that you've always dreamed of. Sometime the best gift you can give to others is: grace, time, understanding, space and love - from afar. Sometimes ppl need to get their lives back in order for a year or two ... everyone is different & remember to reciprocate & don't take anything personal. Comments and actions are a reflection of those speaking/acting them - not a reflection of you xx ck

Sep 25, 2023 • 43min
EP 136 Unfking Your Expectations & Your Burning Questions Answered
Well, a straight shooter will answer them straight from Brooklyn & as live as it gets xx thank you for listening - xx Candice

Sep 4, 2023 • 52min
EP 135 Unfking Decision Making: Love, Home & Business
Three ways to make the hard decision making work for you! Love, Home & Biz! You've got this! Listen for more juiciness & have a beautiful week. Thank you for listening xx Candice

Aug 21, 2023 • 39min
EP 133 Unfking Beauty & Wellness For You xx
Well, you're welcome -- someone had to do it! xx Ck

Aug 14, 2023 • 36min
EP 132 Braving Uncertainty: How this Practice Gets Better with Your Wisdom
For some of us uncertainty is a way of living - for others it's the scariest part of life... for today - we reflect on how braving uncertainty can help us to get to the other side -- to our ultimate success and to find inner peace. For braveness is not easy to achieve; it will take decades to master and it is immeasurable in its own way. Thank you for listening and have a great week friends xx ck

Jul 31, 2023 • 27min
EP 131 Your How, What and Why: These Will Shape the Quality of Your Whole Life
Please listen to this whole ep on your own HOW, WHAT & WHY?
Be gentle on you, celebrate your small wins & ask yourself what is your why?
+ please donate to: LWNYC.ORG Little Wanderers NYC
Be a good person & always help others when you are able xx Candice

Jul 17, 2023 • 50min
EP 131 Smarter Weight Loss in Our Modern Day Times (Naturally)
Take Stock of your Why? Ask yourself why do you care about weight loss so much - is it all so superficial? Do research on your family history of health - prevention is key here. And How to Take Action? Real life steps, tried and true ways that work to shed 5, 10, 15 pounds in a nutritious and healthy way. And stop feeling into, trends, fads, bullshit, snake oil and scary prescriptions. Remember - you have got this and you don't have to focus on weight loss from a painful or suffering standpoint - it can also be done with fun, athletics, nutrition and a good challenge in mind. You have got this! Be easy and be kind to yourself - please reach out to your Doctor or dial a medical professional if you are seriously struggling with weight loss. Thank you for listening xx ck