The Kintsugi workshop begins by framing the activity within the paradigm of Japan's Wabi Sabi: finding beauty in imperfection. This is then briefly seen in the context of the lived experience of two people with bipolar 1, Joshua and Devin. Joshua has had 6 involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations and two arrests. Devin attempted to end his life by jumping off a 3 story building, resulting in him becoming a paraplegic. And yet both Joshua and Devin have experienced "Post-​Traumatic Growth," and both say their lives are better now than they ever were before due to the meaning and purpose they discovered! A Western parallel is drawn with Dr. Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, delivered in a one minute beat poetry format. Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth are unpacked, along with ways to nurture them and a framing of the perpective of the big picture. The workshop then transitions to the Kintsugi activity, where Participants are guided through not only the steps involved in creating their own Kintsugi bowl, with the metaphorical implications as well. Participants smash their bowls and strategically glue the pieces back together using gold glue, while the symbolism is contemplated to ambient background music. They then have a chance to share what their experience was like in a final group discussion section.