December: When Your Plan B is an act of healing
Let the season guide you inward as you immerse yourself in the Kintsugi wisdom of the second edition of the Almanac
As the year comes to an end and the festivities mood fills us with the joy and warmth of celebration, we’re also given an opportunity to turn inward into a moment of reflection – a time to look within and consider the direction we are heading.
Life often unfolds differently from what we planned or expected. And this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Philosophers and thinkers have long told us that we are the creators of our own destiny. It reminds us of our responsibility toward our wellbeing and our choices.
But how many times have we limited the choice of our work, studies, passions, or even relationships by relying solely on the logic of strategy, planning and control? “Follow your heart” has often sounded more like a comforting phrase than a genuine invitation to expand our capacity to choose.
Yet how many times has simply flowing with events – listening more to intuition than to the mind – led unexpected moments of success, fulfilment, and opportunities we never could have imagined? Even when it is precisely one of our greatest challenges or difficulties that becomes the very starting point of our greatest opportunity.
Quote of the Month
“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Honouring Your Plan B
Some of us grow and prosper following Plan A. Others begin to blossom only when Plan B appears. And we can only be grateful to life for designing it this way – it gives us a chance to rewrite our path and reinvent our story. It is the compassionate space we create for ourselves when things don’t unfold as we envisioned. It is a reminder that the path of healing may bend, reshape, pause, and restart.
Having a Plan B means a chance for renewal, a gateway to expanding possibilities, and a lesson in embracing imperfection as a starting point. Plan B can be the moment we give space to our zone of genius. It can nurture our passions and reveal our true mission.
When we allow the heart to truly guide us, give power and value to our desires, nurture our imagination, free our intuition, and listen within to discover the path we genuinely wish to follow, it is not uncommon for one door to close and another to open wide.
The Kintsugi Almanac: A Book about Wellness
“Your Plan B” is the focus of the new Kintsugi Almanac, set to be published around mid-December, a unique blend of a book and a magazine.
This edition of the bookazine celebrates the moment when people realize that Plan B isn’t giving up or second best – it is the path we truly need. And it emerges naturally when we feel grounded, safe, and connected to our inner voice.
As Kintsugi – the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold – teaches us, unexpected detours make life richer and more precious. Inspiring authors share deep knowledge and authentic tools to help us embrace true transformation, grow, and nurture our potential. The Almanac aims to offer an integrated vision of health and wellbeing and creativity as a path toward a more fulfilled life. It speaks to readers who wish to cultivate deeper awareness, healthier habits, and a more mindful presence in their everyday lives. In this spirit, Kintsugi retreats and wellness experiences become powerful allies, helping us slow down, reconnect with ourselves, and shed light on our own Plan B – gently guiding us toward clarity, balance, and renewal.
As we read through the beauty of the pages of its pages, we come to understand that moments we once considered setbacks – a career shift, a burnout, a relationship change – are actually precious opportunities for transition and reflection, giving us the chance to rethink our direction.
From traveling and cooking healthy food, to exploring the power of colours or perceiving the vibration of our voice, the Almanac guides us on a path of awakening: letting go, creating inner space, and welcoming the new. It invites us to start – or continue – our personal healing journey right from the comfort of our home.
Trust the Universe
The way we approach events in life matters. How we respond shapes our path and leads us toward transformation in body, mind and soul.
Life constantly presents us with unexpected possibilities. We create meaning by choosing to step into them. Some call it intuition, others a more mindful connection with our true self, and others still call it alignment.
Many names for the same concept: we play a crucial role in creating our destiny, but it is not a fixed, rigid map that succeeds only when followed precisely. Rather, it is a living conversation between our desires and the events we encounter, between our potential and the universe’s infinite creativity.
As Paulo Coelho wrote: “When you want something, all the Universe conspires in helping you to achieve it”.
Because the universe responds to the courage with which we choose our path. And often, when we release the need to control every step, we discover our own way of flowing with life – toward possibilities far greater than anything we could have planned.
Book of the Month
“Plan B”
by Anne Lamott.
The author confronts life’s unpredictability with humour, honesty, and grace. Through reflections on family, doubt, and a chaotic world, she offers a gentle meditation on resilience and faith, reminding us that even when plans fail, there is always room for renewal and hope.