キャンディス・クマイのインスタグラム(candicekumai) - 8月2日 22時41分
When @bonappetitmag @healthy_ish gives you their cover story:
This excerpt is adapted from my book Kintsugi Wellness: highlighting the Japanese traditions & practices that inform my perspective on wellness, combining recipes and memories to show a path towards cultivating true + real"radiant health." At 26, after honing my skills in restaurant kitchens, and saving every dollar, I packed a single suitcase and bought a one-way ticket from sunny and comfortable Southern California to bustling NYC. After living next to a East Village squat house and four different apartments and bouts of couch-surfing across the city, I finally made a home for myself in East Williamsburg. I wrote my heart out about food, worked tirelessly to develop recipes, & pinched every penny I had to (barely) make rent.
Gradually, I started to get the urge to know more about my Japanese culture. I found myself inspired by the people of Japan, the foods I grew up w, my family’s history.
I saved up for a trip back to the land of my ancestors with mom. I was so inspired by the family I met there and their traditions that I began an annual tradition of returning. I’ve been going back now for eight years straight. I’ve grieved there and healed there, and I’ve learned to practice patience.
These trips showed me the beauty in humility: Japanese culture centers itself on the pillars of politeness, respect, hard work, but most of all humility. I learned that kaizen cannot exist without another Japanese concept: #wabisabi, or the practice of accepting things as they are. In early stages of struggle, I never could have understood this practice. I saw, while chasing a passion was admirable, I could also accept+ respect the person I already was.
I began writing & speaking about kaizen, wabi sabi, & other tenets of Japanese culture, and my little food and wellness business grew. The #Obama administration called on me to represent the #WhiteHouse Initiative for Asian American Pacific Islanders in Hawaii, I spent time with local kids in lower-income communities there, cultivating health & wellness through education.... click link in bio for full story. #RealDeal #selfmade #KintsugiWellness #NotBasic
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