There’s beauty in the imperfection
Repairing broken pottery with gold is the Japanese art called Kintsugi (金継ぎ)
Instead of hiding the cracks, you highlight them.
Instead of throwing away what’s broken, you make it more beautiful.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.
3 years ago, I had a breakdown.
→ I had to quit my consultancy business
→ I was unable to do much
→ I felt completely shattered.
Kintsugi gives us valuable life lessons :
1/ The cracks are part of our story
↳ Don’t hide our failures
↳ They’re proof we tried something hard
2/ Repair makes us stronger
↳ What broke us also taught us
↳ Resilience comes from the rebuilding process
3/ The gold lines are unique to us
↳ Our experiences set us apart
↳ ‘Scars’ become our competitive advantage
4/ Broken doesn’t mean worthless
↳ Sometimes we need to fall apart to rebuild better
↳ Our lowest moments can become our greatest assets
When I started Female Founders Rise, I still healing.
I was broken, but I was also honest about it.
✅ That vulnerability became my strength.
✅ The founders who joined weren’t looking for perfection.
✅ They resonated with someone who had been there
✅ Someone with visible gold lines.
Today, FFR has 10,000 members.
Not despite my breakdown, but because of it.
The Japanese believe that when something breaks and is repaired, it becomes more beautiful than before.
Our failures aren’t flaws to hide.
They’re gold lines that make us unique.
Sometimes our cracks become our greatest strength.
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