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Welcome to the The Kintsugi Way of Embracing the Journey of Healing, a powerful new book by Dr. Charlotte Wang, released on October 10, 2025.
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The Kintsugi Way
of Embracing the Journey of Healing
BOOK RELEASE DATE: 10.10.2025
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ABOUT THE BOOK
The Kintsugi Way of Embracing the Journey of Healing is a reflective and inspiring guide that explores how we can transform pain into purpose and setbacks into growth.
At once deeply philosophical and profoundly practical, The Kintsugi Way of Embracing the Journey of Healing blends Eastern wisdom with existential philosophy, modern psychological and neuroscience insights, alongside real-life stories into a book that honors the full emotional texture of what it means to heal. Drawing from the wisdom of wabi-sabi—the appreciation of imperfection and impermanence—the book speaks to those navigating grief, loss, trauma, or personal transformation.
This book invites readers to confront suffering not as a flaw in the human experience but as an opening to meaning, authenticity, and transcendence. In the spirit of existentialism, it affirms that healing is not about erasing pain, but about confronting it with presence, choosing to act with courage, and making peace with life’s inevitable uncertainty.
With clarity and warmth, Dr. Charlotte Wang encourages readers to reframe their life challenges as opportunities to grow stronger and more authentic. The golden seams of Kintsugi become symbols not of damage, but of strength, wisdom, and survival. This is not just philosophy—it’s practice. A way of seeing. A way of being.
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About the Author
Charlotte Wang, Ed.D., is an educator, leadership consultant, and partner at Integral Advantage®, a leadership development and strategic consulting firm. With over two decades of experience spanning the public and private sectors, Dr. Wang brings a human-centered, interdisciplinary lens to the fields of education, psychology, and leadership. Her work has been recognized with national awards for excellence in equity and innovation in education. In both her teaching and writing, she is known for blending insight with empathy—and for helping people see themselves with new eyes.
For Dr. Wang, Kintsugi is more than a metaphor. It is a spiritual and psychological framework that offers readers a way to understand grief, loss, trauma, and personal reinvention through the lens of dignity and renewal, reminding us that wholeness is not the absence of wounds, but the integration of them.
Early readers and educators have called the book “profoundly validating,” “visually beautiful,” and “a gentle companion during the hardest chapters of life.” Its rich integration of cross-cultural perspectives and emotional intelligence makes it a valuable resource for both individuals and practitioners.
PEER REVIEWER
I am grateful to Dr. Wang for entrusting me with the very first edited copy of the manuscript for my review. It was an amazing journey to navigate through the pages of this book and to reframe my perspective of where I have been and where I am going.
“Each of us bears fractures. They can strike suddenly through death, betrayal, or illness, or develop gradually from silence, neglect, or the gradual wear of years.
-EXcERPT FROM The kintsugi way
Kintsugi is more than just a craft. Based on the philosophy of wabi-sabi, it embodies a perspective that values imperfection, impermanence, and the subtle flow of time. Its insight teaches us that scars are not defects but truths, showing what we have endured and encouraging us to find beauty in what was once seen as loss.”