Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection

Kintsugi by Céline Santini is a powerful and beautifully crafted guide to healing, resilience, and transformation—rooted in the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered gold. In kintsugi, every crack is honored, every fracture is tended to with care, and the finished piece becomes even more beautiful because of what it has survived. Santini uses this practice as a moving metaphor for personal growth, showing how our own wounds can become sources of strength, wisdom, and renewed purpose.

Through step-by-step reflections, writing exercises, and real testimonies, the book gently walks readers through the stages of repair—cleaning, mending, tending, and ultimately embracing what once felt broken. Santini blends self-care, philosophy, and creativity to help readers process adversity, rebuild confidence, and emerge more whole than before.

Award-winning and deeply comforting, Kintsugi is an invitation to slow down, reflect, and see your own cracks as pathways to beauty. Available at Dear John in Oakland.