051 | Becoming Precious After Being Broken | The Kintsugi Perspective of Life | With Celine Santini

Welcome to this heart-warming interview of Celine Santini, the author of ‘Kintsugi- Finding Strength in Imperfection”. This is our very own show ‘Bootstrapping Your Dreams’ hosted by Manuj Aggarwal.

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In this episode, Celine Santini talks about the Kintsugi perspective of life and finding true meaning in the imperfection and being broken.

Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery and artifacts by mending the cracks with Gold or similar lustrous substance. The repaired piece, according to Kintsugi philosophy, tends to look even more aesthetic and beautiful. 

Celine discusses her new book ‘Kintsugi - Finding Strength in Imperfection’ and brought a unique connection of the art of Kintsugi with our real life and how we can apply it in our professional and personal lives and benefit from it. She also shares her own life story, the power of intuition and her daily routines which keeps her healthy and motivated. 

In this episode, we will learn about:

• The Kintsugi Metaphor.
• Six Steps to Mend Your Broken Past.
• Resilience and Success.
• Changing careers.
• Launching your own business.
• Solving a mistake with the Kintsugi approach.
• Practicing habits to success.
• Benefits of Kintsugi approach in personal and professional life
• Meditation and MBSR (Mindfulness-based stress reduction)
• Kintsugi, pedagogy, and entrepreneurship.

About Celine Santini

Education: Celine Santini studied International Business at the Europe Business School in Europe.

Experience:

• 1) Project manager in the flavor and fragrance industry 
• 2) Project manager in the design industry 
• 3) Marketing teacher 
• 4) Wedding planner 
• 5) Event planning teacher 
• 6) Self-help coach 
• 7) Writer (about self-help, education, a new consciousness, for adults and children,   fiction and nonfiction).

Accomplishments: Santini has written more than 20 books. She has won the

Professional Resilience Award for her book about Kintsugi. ‘The Kintsugi-Finding Strength in Imperfection’ has been published in 10 countries. On a personal level, she is the mother of two daughters.

Fun Fact: Celine was 6 when wrote a pro-LGBT story/tolerance illustrated

Children's books: the little pink riding hood; (still looking for a publisher). Celine can find a 4 leafed clover under 5 minutes in any clover field. That’s why she considers herself very lucky, and it is a question of the way you look at life and take action. 

She can type very quickly (professional speed). The amazing thing is that she taught herself on a typewriter when she was 17, whereas at that time she had no idea about computers, internet, etc.

Obstacles Overcome: Her main obstacles were probably when she was a child: cockeyed eye and she said she was very shy. As an adult, she had many turns in her career. She had also faced two divorces. 

Links & Mentions From This Episode:

Celine’s Website: https://esprit-kintsugi.com/en/

Celine’s Personal Website: http://celine-santini.com/

Celine's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celinesantiniauteur/

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