How Journaling Clears Mental Clutter and Sparks Creativity

Journaling

A quiet page, a noisy mind The other night I sat down with my notebook, exhausted from training and buzzing with a hundred unfinished thoughts. Work tasks, triathlon schedules, messages I hadn’t replied to, it all felt like a noisy room in my head. I opened a blank page, wrote “Okay, what’s bothering me right […]

Man’s Search for Meaning: What I Learned About Resilience from Viktor Frankl

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The First Time I Picked Up Frankl’s Book I still remember the moment I first opened Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. I was curled up in the corner of a library, one of those quiet afternoons when you’re just looking for something to inspire you. Honestly, I thought it was going to be just […]

Seeing Yourself Clearly: A Real Guide to Cultivating Self-Awareness

Relax

A Morning That Made Me Stop It was one of those mornings when I had a hundred things running through my head. I was walking fast through the streets of London, coffee in one hand and my phone in the other. My calendar was full, my mind already three hours ahead. Then, out of nowhere, […]

What Is the Hoffman Process? A Deep Dive Into Healing and Self-Discovery

Nature

Recently, I listened to an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Podcast featuring Charles “Raz” Ingrasci, a key figure in the Hoffman Institute, and I was immediately drawn into the conversation. Alongside Raz was actor Orlando Bloom, who shared how his experience with the Hoffman Process helped him transform not only his inner life but also […]

Why Struggle Is Part of the Story, Not the End of It

Running

There’s a moment during every long bike ride, every solo run, every cold night away from home when the thought creeps in:“This is too hard. Maybe I should stop.” And for a long time, I used to think that struggle meant I was failing. That if something wasn’t flowing easily, maybe it just wasn’t meant […]

I Failed So Much in Life – And That’s Why I’m Here Today

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You see the highlights —The Ironman races.The scholarships to study in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.The travels, the adventures, the achievements. But what you don’t see are the failures. And honestly? There were a lot of them. The Truth Behind the Shine I grew up in a small town in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam. Most […]

I Didn’t Know What I Wanted – A Letter to My Younger Self

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Dear Younger Me, You’re probably lying awake in your little room, staring at the ceiling, wondering—what am I supposed to do with my life? You think everyone else seems to know. You scroll through your social media feed and see peers with straight-A grades, polished resumes, confident smiles, and dream schools. And there you are—still […]