Wabi Sabi - The Perfectly Imperfect Podcast with Candice Kumai

EP- 156 A Meditation for You: Peace & Calm

If you need a moment of fresh air, breathing, birds singing, chimes, calm - here it is - enjoy friends xx ck

EP- 155 Nature's Ozempic !? Oh my!

Nature's O!? How to be true to your body: way nature intended your body/mind to function. Let's do this the way our Grandparents did & tips on how we can ALL get fit and gorgeous! Plus: A bunch of laughs and jokes in between .. like my mom & her one liners. Get healthy with your own rules, gain muscle mass, get gorgeous skin, hair nails & mentally, feel amazing. How to? Listen now thank you for being a devout listener xx Candice

EP- 154- True Wellness VS Consumerism: Which are you practicing?

Wellness Secrets vs Consumerism- Too often we intertwine and confuse the two -- one should be free and available to us at all times and the other should be completely separate as a shopping experience- for companies focused on profit should remain a consumer facing for profit business. There's nothing wrong with a for profit company - I would say it is important to know the difference and know wellness is a free and available practice to all. Here are some of my fave free ways to well & site...

EP- 153 Why you Belong in Abundance & How to Get Anything You Desire

We learn from Dr Wayne Dyer's "Being in Balance" - a master with his words. No more scarcity mindset - there is enough for all of us to go around! xx enjoy x ck

EP 152 - Real of Fake!? Skin, Career & Longevity Oh my!

Glowy, radiant, sexy, delicious!?... but real? How to know the difference between real deal and fakie wellness? Real deal IG posts and fake ones? Real food and fakie food? I've spent decades studying these things in culinary school, on the line, writing the pages of the biggest magazines in the world and reporting on the largest news outlets in the world - here are some hot tips that I've found xx you are welcome! x ck

EP 151- When it Doesn't Go Your Way & Managing Great Expectations

Knowing most business is transactional; Knowing that "appointing" can lead to disappointment and "expectations" how to manage both in real life. + To my friend Wendy Williams - I love you, you are such a champion for women in media & a pioneer of her own time. A mini tribute to my friend for Black History Month and Beyond - we love you Miss Wendy xx Candice

EP 150-Back to Wellness Basics for 2024: No BS or Snake Oil Allowed

Gestapo. Mental Wellness. Flavanoids. Why Matcha VS Coffee. Skincare. Why Workouts. Travel for Inspo. Finding Purpose: & Your Q's Answered all in one pod, no bs xx ck

EP 149 - Letting Go of Your Fears, Anxiety & Past

I'll lead by example and share with you some of my own fears & ways that we can work through our past so we can start leading in the present and let go of old ideas and belief systems (perhaps even values) that do not work for us anymore. In letting go - and being honest you can set yourself free & be on your way to a healthier/fulfilled you. xx ck

EP 148 The One Practice that Improves Your Quality of Life

Well, you'll have to listen for this one ...

EP 147- The Wellness Rules of 2024

NEW WELLNESS RULES of 2024  Quiet Individuals are Well: There's no need to brag, boast or wealth flaunt in wellness Wellness is Confidence: Wellness is about being a professional and having self -respect for your beautiful body: Save the constant need to show your boobs and butt to everyone to confidential texts or snapchat! Trust me, you'll thank me later  Wellness is a Personal Journey & It will only Happen When you go Inward: Wellness is not flaunting, showing off or purchasing products  W...

EP 146 New Year, New Mind: A Detox from 2023

"Everything changes. There is nothing to stick to. That is the Buddha's most important teaching." - Shunryu Suzuki you need a break from tech & people take more quiet time just to yourself offline take a week at a time of not returning texts right away spending time away from your desk is what can work best for a new mind next level year be mindful of what you spend time looking at - is it really necessary? Embrace the women that give a multitude of opportunity - and thus do the sam...

EP 145 Top Secret Hot Tips in 2024

Top secret ep as I run out the door to do more volunteer work! xx happy holidays you! xx ck

EP 144 - How to Spot A Wellness Scammer!

This year has been wellness scamming and thirst in a nutshell. It's major cringe for many of us media professionals & it's also dangerous to normalize scammer behavior & marketing tactics. Here's my 2024 WELLNESS TREND CALLING OUT BS review. Watch out, be aware and be smart. Because wellness is aboyt simplicity, real foods, cooking, a simple workout, pets, practicing mental wellness, mindfulness, nature, social - in real life and lots and lots of sleep. Happy Holidays Friends! Enjoy and pleas...

EP 143- 20 Years Since Top Chef: Top 20 Things I've Learned

In reflection - next year marks my 20 years since I was the youngest chef to compete on Bravo's Top Chef - things that have made me? and what's worked well -- or -- not? Take a Listen xx and pls share with two friends! Be a good Person - while this does not seem to be valued in our society these days -- I can tell you that if I still exist and you still exist - we can certainly reward goodness, purity and those who do care about being a good person - do not follow or reward those who get wo...

EP 142 Wellness Do's and Don'ts in 2024

The simple things getting on real wellness can DO and losing the bogus wellness fakeness that's a DON'T! - Ask yourself - what is your offering, legacy and use to the world - what do you want to be remembered for? - Professionals can offer you the most useful advice & experienced practices - Stop buying "courses" - Start reading time-tested books - Workout 5 days a week: the endorphins, blood flow, cardiovascular health benefits and muscle tone are just few of the many benefits you'll get ...

EP 141 Miranda Kerr: Organic Beauty Pioneer, CEO & Leaving a Legacy of Philanthropy

Happy Holidays Friends! Today we are sharing an hour long special episode of the Wabi Sabi Podcast: EP 141! With Special Guest: Miranda Kerr, CEO of Kora Organics, mogul, model and philanthropist. We chat on wellness, love, gratitude, business, cooking, support systems, beauty and of course, Moms! You'll learn in this podcast the importance of self-worth, confidence, growth, family and giving back to others. Miranda has a keen eye for not only beauty, fashion and wellness, but she is the pi...

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

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 relat...

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 strate...

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 &...

EP 137 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

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

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

EP 133 Unfking Beauty & Wellness For You xx

Well, you're welcome -- someone had to do it! xx Ck

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

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

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 standpoi...

EP 130 The Secret to Stop Comparing Your Life + Start Living It!

So many of us compare on a daily basis - and while things are not what they seem - we still believe our own thoughts sometimes. In today's episode 130 we explore what a world beyond social media is like - and how people online or "influencers" are not important at all. They are not better than you - and they certainly don't hold the answers to life's most profound and deep questions. So why are you so attached to them and comparing? Well- today is your chance to let go - and realize how you ...

129 Face Your Challenges & Embrace Obstacles in Your Favor

Embrace your challenges & use them to your advantage - this mindset will keep you moving while the. rest of the world keeps complaining. You can spend time with an old friend, share your challenges, embrace the good times and the bad. Clear out the old friends that hold you back, set boundaries, leave your job, and say "no thanks" to societal norms. Champagne problems all around - but also a great reminder you don't have to hustle too hard, take poor advice from online weirdos or go on some...

Ep 128 How to Pursue Every Fantasy & Dream, Now

Who, What, Where & How of all Fantasies & Dreams - listen now to get the juicyness “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ” - Mark Twain - listen now and go out and live every fantasy, man, woman, dream, sexual or not - it's all your oyster. Thank you for listening xx ck

EP 127 Humility: The Deeper the Root Sweeter the Fruit

Five things to remember & to admire in others: Humility, kindness, grace, love & being of service to others. Being curious about the next stages of our lives even when we feel lost or when we are in between jobs. Write down five traits you admire and value: What will your extra wild and free ones be? And what are five things you really love about yourself? What are five wild cards about yourself that keep you humble!? The deeper the root my friend the sweeter the fruit! Keep humble and shinin...

Ep 126 So It's Taking Forever: How to Know its on its Way!

While many of us are out of work, or in fear of losing our jobs or cash is bleeding out. It's great to reflect on what we can do to make a successful life from scratch. And how to build more real stability. And how the quiet months off work can be used to better self-improve, make clear decisions and get yourself into a less co-dependent spot. Here are my best forms of advice from personal experience only on how we can do hard things & become better individuals and partners//parents, friends...

Ep 125 Analog Wellness: The Joy Before Social Media Hype

Analog Adoration & Wellness Back before 2000: You were notable and/or well-known because you were talented, skillset, knowledgeable, educated & you had degrees and or you were excellent in your field due to hard work. Titles were earned - not self proclaimed. Martha Stewart was Baking & Publishing her Mag Alice Waters was cooking  Thich Nhat Han Was writing books  Dr Wayne Dyer was giving talks The Bulls were winning basketball games  Men's Health was the hottest mag  Models Modeled Actors...

EP 124 Feeling Rejected or Dumped: Listen to this Pod

If you feel rejected or dumped - its best to remember that everyone is in a position where they can feel on top of the world on e day & the very next - you only have one other place to go. In today's episode you'll be able to feel comfort, shared feelings of loss, rejection and shame. As well as learning of the difference between solid advice and just someone's opinion. Along with my own recent rejections, low lows and how I figured out how to get my self out of this situation and pivot. I c...

EP 123 How to Become the Most Valuable Person In Your Field

Want to publish your first book? Do you know how to read the room? Are the individuals you are following legit or truly accomplished? Find out on today's pod full of real shit & things to laugh about while learning xx Wabi Sabi - Candice Kumai

EP 122 The Dark Side of Social Media & How to Handle

Mental Health matters - each month- beyond this month. I'm here to share some simple ways you can overcome your own mental health battles - in a world where so many are dishonest about who they are and where they came from. Choose to face your own demons and mental health battles with ease, kindness, boundaries and your own light. Take your time as well, there is no rush to be better and no need to be a part of the social media (wasted time) rat race. Choose to be of good use to others. Don...

EP 121 Why Spiritual Wellness is the Next Big Thing

How Spiritual Wellness can keep you balanced, grounded and propel you into the next phase of your life! Keep doing the inner work, keep the darkness as balances as the light, keep a deep understanding with an open mind. Keep being of better service to others, keep letting go of the things that don't serve you. Move into the next phase of your life- spiritually with ease. Changing your mind is the best gift to open for yourself xx Candice

EP- 120 Let Go of The Things, People & Fears Holding You Back

thank you for listening + letting go is a gift you can give yourself - so keep the positivity up and pray for others as you learn to let go, let go, let go - attachment leads to all suffering! you've got this xx Candice new book audible.com/spirited candicekumai.com for newsletter xx

EP 119 Understanding Your Darkness as Much as the Light

Choosing to better understand ourselves - from the monks, from poets, artists and friends... Understanding Your Darkness as Much as the Light - is what will set you apart from everyone else. It will keep you sharp, a futurist and ahead of the curve. A poem by Rumi the guest house: This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd ...

EP 118 Finding Spirituality in a World of Toxicity

A very special free gift: a free chapter of my new book spirited: out on audible.com/spirited drops April 27th 2023. A spiritual wellness guide, Spirited shows you how to find more fulfillment and peace in modern life by applying timeless Buddhist wisdom. Beneath Candice Kumai’s polished image as a wellness icon, she was tormented by anxiety, competitiveness and deep inner suffering. It wasn’t until she re-embraced the Buddhist principles she’d been taught in childhood that she began to cha...

EP 117 Beware of the Dark Side of Wellness

darkness has taken over the wellness space: and here we are having to clean up the toxicity & share more of what's real. good deeds, good words and follow a good path ... while we are not all perfect - we can do our best to be self aware -- to open our eyes and to find our own personal paths to well! opportunities are created when we allow for good people and deserving ppl to shine - celebrate excellence above all things and be well - not perfect - but well xx ck

EP 116 How to Build a Successful Business w Meaning & Good Intent

Now this podcast may seem a bit harsh - but as a writer I speak no lies and I wanted to get down to real biz here: SWOT analysis - write this out and know your strengths and weaknesses as well Create a Business Plan and get organized and specific HIRE way way smarter and more experienced than you Capital - do you have it? Do you need it? Where will your financial stability come from? CPA //LEGAL Also what kind of legacy do you want to leave? Are you experienced in the field you wan to move...

EP 115 Humble Beginnings & Detox From Egos

Welcome back to NY - the podcast continues in NYC & I'm excited to share more insights on humble beginnings as a writer in Brooklyn and how I got here. You too can make your dreams come to pass and get to where you want to be -a hero's journey you are on. Take one step at a time, be gentle and dont forget to celebrate the small wins. Thank you for listening & have a beautiful week! xx Candice

EP 114 Get Spiritually Successful Without the Ego

The one thing that will get in the way of your personal development is your ego. It will get in the way of spiritual development, a growth mindset and your financial, emotional and physical growth. When we are humbled with grace we can see the world so much clearer. Be kind, be open be loving and most of all be the best spiritual practitioner you know. Look to those who have SUCCESS without EGO. You are present here with all of your gifts, now, open them Because spirituality, and success is f...

EP 113 How to Build Your Own Brand & Business with Jenelle Hamilton

Meet my friend Jenelle Hamilton - a PR Pioneer from London to NYC and LA. She has pioneered the future of PR as a woman of color and as a single mom. Her definition of success is being free and being happy. We have been friends for over a decade and counting. She has solid advice for you today- don't feel stuck- keep going, thrive. Jenelle is a prima example of a woman who did it on her own, in her own way. https://jenellehamilton.com follow Jenelle https://www.instagram.com/jenellehamiltonin...

EP 112 Letting go of the Sh You Don't Need

EP 111 Cleansing From Fake Wellness: Real Wellness is FREE

I've been curious about how fake wellness practitioners have been trying to buy your way well. When wellness comes from many marginalized voices and from our ancient ancestors practices. If we learn more about foolish con-artist thirst VS wholesome nutrition, sleep, cold plunges, water, changing our thoughts, breathing, meditation, walking, pets, the library, community events, or simply boundaries with crazy ppl. We become better wellness practitioners - bc when you are real and authentic - y...

EP 110 Detox the Shit From Your Life

Hot tips on cleansing your whole life. From old beliefs to partners, old friends to dumb social media, sugar, alcohol, drugs and addictions... we are all in need of a shift & here are some simple ways to think and cleanse -- with an open mind. Enjoy xx thank you for listening xx ck

EP 109- How to Be Spiritually Well: A No Bullshit Path to Being Better

Spiritual Wellness is different for everyone. We live in a world where we can learn to see other's beliefs and values. Let's choose to respect and honour all beliefs: (not just yours). Open your small and narrow mind this year. Follow those with a resume & decades of experience - trust me it will change your life Be yourself and be vulnerable - being fake AF is out, sorry. Humility - grace- merit - these things matter. Look to the light in this world - that's what Kintsugi is. Look to the...

EP 108 - Debunking Wellness Bullshit Part II: True Wellness is Free & it Starts With Cleansing the Mind

True Wellness is Free & it Starts With Cleansing the Mind. It's not monetary and its not wrapped in a box and shipped. Wellness needs a full overhaul//its own cleanse. It's time to clear your mind, get the bad friends and toxic ppl out of your life and start living well. Wellness is a clean mindset that starts with forgiveness, letting go and un-attaching from ideas, behaviors, patterns, additions and toxic people that don't work for you anymore. That includes websites you follow, ppl you fol...