SMILE from within

#rebirthleadership #jencoaching

Smiling is a practice.

Confidence is a practice.

Growth is a practice.

Joy is a practice.

Compassion is a practice.

PRACTISE something long enough, and it becomes a “soul” within us: the smiling one, the confident one, the joyful one, the compassionate one. Some days these souls are already present. Other days they are missing, and one small practice invites them back.

TODAY’S PRACTICE: Smile with gratitude, on purpose: at someone you meet, at the sky, and at yourself when you notice you are reacting to something. Then once more.

A smile on the face is also a quiet greeting to a part within:

You are seen.

You are creating this day with me.

In 1000 Souls in Me, the joyful one in us does not have to smile all the time. Joy that walks with honesty does not wear us out. When something inside is not okay, we see it, listen to it and care for it.

When a smile only covers what hurts, proves that we are fine, or skips over what we truly feel, that same smile can become what exhausts us.

We do need to smile to cover what is true.

We smile to make enough space to see what is true — and still choose life.

Wish you smile from within, each day.

Love and gratitude from Jen.

#HelloWednesday #1000SoulsInMe #SmilingAsAPractice #JoyIsAPractice #ManySelvesOneLife #JenVuHuong

10 YEARS OF THE BOOK “30 NGÀY THAY ĐỔI THÓI QUEN”

From The You Journal to a life practice

One seed. One day at a time. One life practice.

#30daychanginghabits #30ngaythaydoithoiquen #jenvuhuong

I started journaling when I was a child. One moment that stayed with me was reading a note from my sister. Her words changed how I saw myself, and they left me with an early realisation: writing can change the way a person sees their own life. Through writing, we can also become more conscious authors of it.

A blank page gave me somewhere to put the person I wanted to become, the life I hoped to create, and the small choices that might take me there. Writing the best page I could each day became a way of living each day as well as I could. That idea has stayed with me ever since.

Around 2006, as an engineering student, I discovered what we now call the personal development field. I began consciously practising habits around productivity, positivity, learning, discipline and growth. Some days genuinely felt like a battle, especially the battle not to sink into negativity, self-doubt or the parts of myself that wanted to stop trying.

I read. I practised. I gave up. I started again.

Underneath all of it were habits I had learned much earlier, from my mother, my father, my family and the village where I grew up. Over the following years came more: from engineering, from living and studying abroad, from trying to build a life and a career with intention. By 2017, after publishing books on purpose, passion and goals, all those pages and practices began gathering into a new manuscript. I called it The You Journal: a collection of the practices that had helped me keep becoming.

When I returned to Vietnam in 2018 with the unpublished manuscript, publishers became interested in The You Journal. They recommended naming it 30 Ngày Thay Đổi Thói Quen (30 Days Changing Habits) to make it more practical and accessible for readers.

The book became an invitation: Choose the seeds worth nurturing. Practise them. Live them. Return tomorrow. One day at a time.

Later, as I took the book into independent publishing with Jen Books, it received a new cover. The first design spoke to achievement, performance and productivity. The second moved closer to what I had always felt was its deeper essence: a seed, planted every day.

Not only the habits of waking early, exercising, focusing better or managing time, but deeper seeds: the values we practise, the choices we repeat, the way we treat ourselves, the way we meet other people, the way we respond when life does not go as planned, and the way we live what we say matters. Every action plants something. Over time, what we repeatedly plant becomes a way of living.

So as 2027 approaches, I see a journey that began ten years ago returning in a new season. And this time, it does not return alone: in 2027, 30 Ngày Thay Đổi Thói Quen walks beside a book that grew from a very different chapter of my life, 1000 Souls in Me.

If 30 Ngày Thay Đổi Thói Quen asks, What do I want to practise, one day at a time?, then 1000 Souls in Me asks, Who in me is making that choice?

Who wants to move forward?
Who is afraid?
Who keeps carrying, and who wants to be needed?
Who dreams, who protects, who is tired?
And who is ready to lead now?

None of us is made of one perfect version of ourselves. We are shaped by many parts. Some were formed in childhood; some helped us survive or achieve. Some learned to care for everyone else, some learned to dream, and some are still waiting to be heard.

None of them alone is the whole of us. They meet, conflict, protect and evolve. And when we learn to relate to them differently, they begin to create a more integrated life together.

This is the bridge between the two books. 30 Ngày Thay Đổi Thói Quen reminds us that who we become is shaped by what we repeatedly practise. 1000 Souls in Me reminds us that every practice is being lived by someone within us. One began more visibly with DOING; the other travels deeper into BEING.

When 1000 Souls in Me walks beside 30 Ngày Thay Đổi Thói Quen, DOING and BEING no longer need to be two separate journeys.

Who we are shapes what we practise.
What we practise shapes who we become.

And life keeps moving between the two.

In the first month of 2027, we will begin another thirty-day journey together as a community of readers. Some of us will be meeting 30 Ngày Thay Đổi Thói Quen for the first time. Some of us will return to a book we once read as a different version of ourselves. And some will hold it beside 1000 Souls in Me, noticing how much both books, and we ourselves, have changed.

YOUR NEXT 10 YEARS
begins with a choice each day, a page each day, and a lifetime of practice.

Thank you for being part of our collective practice journey.

With love and gratitude,
Jen ❤️

#30NgayThayDoiThoiQuen #30NgayTaiTaoCuocDoi #1000SoulsInMe #JenBooks #HabitChange #ManySelvesOneLife #StayGroundedBlossomInfinitely

Hello Monday: A Soul × System Rhythm for the Week

A new week with a goal needs a rhythm where soul and system move together.

Monday can begin with excitement and, at the same time, with weight.

The weight we can see, and the weight we cannot:

A new list.
A new target.
A new expectation of who we should become by the end of the week.

In my work with founders and leaders, we anchor in one question that can turn that weight into power:

How do I want to live this day?

Not only what I want to achieve.
Not only what needs to be completed.

But how I want to move through the hours already here.

In my upcoming book, 1000 Souls in Me, I call this a Soul × System rhythm: returning to who we want to be, then creating enough structure so that way of being can live through the day.

Morning: come home before the world begins asking

Before opening messages, entering meetings or responding to what everyone else needs, we return to two practices: Gratitude x Intention.

Gratitude reminds me that life is already here before I achieve anything.

Intention helps me choose how I want to meet it.

Instead of beginning only with:

What do I need to get done?

I also ask:

How do I want to live and lead today?

Some days, the answer is patience.

Some days, courage.

Some days, deep focus.

Some days, simply moving more gently.

The intention does not need to be dramatic.

It only needs to be clear enough that I can return to it.

During the day: create conditions for what matters

Once the day begins, everything starts asking for attention.

Messages. Meetings. Ideas. Requests. Small emergencies that suddenly feel more important than what we had chosen to care about.

This is why I still value block time.

Not as another productivity technique to squeeze more out of every minute.

But as a way of saying:

This matters enough for me to give it my full attention.

One block for writing.

One for creating.

One for an important conversation.

One for the kind of work that cannot be done well with fragments of ourselves.

And somewhere in the middle of the day, I like to pause and ask:

Am I still living the intention I chose this morning?

Or have I quietly moved into reaction mode?

No judgement.

Just notice.

Refresh. Reset. Choose again.

We do not need to wait until tomorrow to return to ourselves.

Evening: integrate, appreciate, release

For many years, I knew how to begin things much better than I knew how to close them.

The mind could carry one day straight into the next:

one unfinished task,
one unresolved conversation,
one responsibility,
one more expectation.

Now I am learning to let evening become a small homecoming.

A moment to ask:

What truly moved today?
What can be completed?
What can be consciously released?
What am I grateful for?

Reflection is not another performance review.

It is a way of allowing the day to become whole.

Some things were completed.

Some were not.

Some things mattered less than I expected.

And some small moments mattered much more than I noticed while they were happening.

Then we rest.

Not because everything is finished.

But because this day is.

A meaningful life is also made of small returns

I used to think a meaningful life was built mainly through the big things we accomplish:

the degrees,
the companies,
the books,
the projects,
the milestones.

I still love creating and achieving.

But increasingly, I see another layer.

A life is also shaped through the small returns:

returning to intention,
returning to focus,
returning to gratitude,
returning to the body,
returning to the people we love,
returning to ourselves.

We will drift.

We will lose the rhythm.

Some days will look nothing like the plan.

The practice is not to remain perfectly aligned all day.

The practice is to notice — and return.

A simple Soul × System rhythm

So this week, we do not need another complicated system.

We can begin here.

Morning — SOUL
Practise gratitude.
Choose how you want to live and lead.

During the day — SYSTEM
Protect time for what matters.
Create the conditions for your intention to become action.
Pause. Refresh. Reset.

Evening — INTEGRATION
Reflect.
Appreciate.
Release.
Return to gratitude.

And somewhere between all the planning, creating, leading, caring and becoming—

enjoy the life that is already happening.

A Monday does not need to begin with pressure.

It can begin with presence.

A meaningful day does not need to be perfect.

It just needs to be lived consciously enough that, when we drift, we know how to come home.

Happy Monday, beautiful souls. ❤️

Jen

Sunday Rebirth: Letting Go or Giving Up? Trusting the Process or Forgetting Our Part?

Letting Go or Giving Up? Trusting the Process or Forgetting Our Part?

Give your best to the causes. Let go of attachment to the outcomes.

#jencoaching #rebirthleadership

Have you ever said, “I’m choosing to let go,” when, deep down, you might actually be giving up?

Or told yourself, “Perhaps it’s just not meant to be,” when there were still things you could have done differently?

Recently, through conversations with founders and leaders about their personal growth journeys, I have noticed two beautiful expressions coming up more often: LETTING GO and TRUSTING THE PROCESS.

Both expressions can reflect a growing sense of awareness, acceptance, and inner freedom. And there is another layer worth exploring if we want to live these ideas in a conscious and sustainable way:

Could we sometimes use these beautiful ideas to avoid facing what we still need to change within ourselves?

When letting go becomes giving up

A founder recently shared some reflections on her development journey related to this topic.

Through practicing deeper listening, self-observation, and reflection, she began noticing changes within herself. And something meaningful happened. Her growth did not remain only within her. It began to influence the people around her, especially her family.

Even as we grow, our closest relationships can remain challenging.

When people we love struggle to understand or support one another, we naturally hope they will listen, change, or discover a better way forward.

And when things do not improve as we hope?

Do we keep trying, or do we let go?

This question brought us to appreciate the distinction between ‘letting go’ and ‘giving up’:

  • Letting go can mean releasing the need to control another person's thoughts, choices, or actions, while continuing to love, listen, and show up in ways that are healthy and meaningful.

  • Giving up, on the other hand, can mean withdrawing even from the things that remain within our capacity to do, simply because others have not changed as we hoped.

From the outside, these two responses may look surprisingly similar.

Yet what is happening within us can be very different.

One comes from awareness and acceptance. The other may come from disappointment, exhaustion, or avoidance.

And sometimes, we need to look deeply to recognize which one we are practicing.

When trusting the process becomes an excuse

I have noticed something similar in our professional lives.

Sometimes, a potential partnership does not move forward. A meeting does not happen. An opportunity does not unfold as expected.

We smile and say, “Perhaps the timing wasn't right.”

Or, “Maybe it simply wasn't meant to be.”

And sometimes, that is true.

Not every opportunity is ours to pursue. Not every relationship needs to continue. Not every effort will lead to the result we desire.

But before we call something fate, timing, or circumstances, perhaps there are a few questions worth asking ourselves.

Did I prepare as well as I could?

Did I respect other people's time and commitments?

Was I clear in my communication?

Did I follow through on what I promised?

And what might I need to change in how I work, relate, or lead?

If nothing changes in how we show up, what exactly are we trusting to change?

Trusting life does not mean becoming passive.

Give your best to the causes. Let go of the outcomes.

There is a beautiful principle expressed in Eastern wisdom:

“Nhân thượng nỗ lực, quả thượng tùy duyên.” (Give your best to the causes. Let the outcomes unfold according to conditions.)

I think of a gardener who carefully prepares the soil, chooses the seeds, waters the plants, and adjusts with the changing seasons.

The gardener cannot command the seeds to sprout or control the weather. Yet trusting nature does not mean abandoning the garden.

We are responsible for how we nurture growth, not for controlling exactly when or how it happens.

Life is much the same.

We cannot determine what our parents, partners, children, colleagues, or business partners will think, feel, or choose.

We can choose how we listen, communicate, honor commitments, learn, and act.

And here is the distinction we can return to:

Letting go is not the opposite of taking responsibility. It is the practice of releasing control over what is not ours while remaining responsible for what is.

We can stop expecting others to change without giving up on how we love, listen, and communicate.

We can trust that outcomes depend on many conditions without neglecting our responsibility to prepare, honor commitments, and take meaningful action.

And sometimes, taking responsibility means choosing to rest, establish a boundary, or walk away—not because we have given up, but because we have become clearer about what truly deserves our energy.

Let go of control, not responsibility.

Release the outcome while remaining accountable for your contribution.

Perhaps the real challenge is not deciding whether to keep trying or let go. It is cultivating the awareness to recognize what is ours to influence, what is beyond our control, and when our response needs to change.

BEING and DOING: growing without controlling

For me, this reflection connects deeply with something at the heart of my work and life: BEING and DOING.

  • BEING is about who we are becoming as we move through life: more conscious, compassionate, grounded, and responsible for our choices.

  • DOING is about how we translate that awareness into action: practicing, learning, following through, and changing what is within our influence.

Neither is complete without the other.

Awareness without action may remain a beautiful intention.

Action without awareness may become endless striving, driven by the need to control results.

When BEING and DOING work together, something shifts.

  • We can give our best without demanding that everything unfold according to our expectations.

  • We can love deeply without needing to control others.

  • We can pursue meaningful goals without allowing outcomes to define our worth.

  • And we can accept what is happening without abandoning our capacity to contribute to what happens next.

That is one of the most meaningful forms of inner freedom.

Not freedom from responsibility, but freedom within responsibility.

A reflection for this Sunday

As another week begins, we can ask ourselves:

Is there something in my life that I have been calling “letting go” or “trusting the process,” when there is still something I need to learn, a responsibility I need to honor, or an action I need to change?

We can begin with just one small practice this coming week.

  • A more honest conversation.

  • A promise honored.

  • A habit changed.

  • A boundary communicated with compassion.

  • Or simply releasing an expectation of someone else, while returning our attention to what is within our influence.

And then, allow the outcome to unfold in its own time.

Act with intention. Create the conditions with care. Welcome the outcomes with peace.

Living with greater freedom is not about always trying harder or letting go more.

It is about knowing what deserves our continued attention and what is ready to be released.

May this new week bring us the courage to act on what matters, the wisdom to recognize what is beyond our control, and the freedom to embrace life as it unfolds.

With love and gratitude for our shared journey. ❤️

Jen

LEGACY — EVERY LIFE WE TOUCH ❤️

We often imagine legacy as something big.

A company. A book. A school. A movement. Something that remains after us.

Oprah Winfrey once shared a conversation with Maya Angelou after opening her school for girls in South Africa. Oprah believed the school might become her greatest legacy.

Maya offered another perspective:

“Your legacy is every life you touch.”

Legacy is not waiting somewhere in the future. It is already being created in the way we live today—

in someone who becomes a little braver after speaking with us,

in someone who begins believing in themselves again,

in a team member who eventually learns to stand without us,

in a child who remembers how we made them feel,

in an idea we pass on that someone else carries further,

and sometimes simply in the way we choose to show up in an ordinary moment.

As I write 1000 Souls in Me, legacy can be seen as not only what we build; it is also who becomes more alive because our lives crossed.

We may not need to know exactly what our legacy will be; we can choose to live today in a way that allows something meaningful to continue beyond us.

BEING × DOING CORNER 🌱

What is something I keep thinking should wait until “someday” — but I already know matters?

One step I can take today is…

And one thing I am grateful for today is…

DI SẢN — MỖI CUỘC ĐỜI TA CHẠM TỚI ❤️

Chúng ta thường nghĩ về di sản như một điều gì đó thật lớn.

Một công ty.
Một cuốn sách.
Một ngôi trường.
Một phong trào.
Một điều còn lại sau khi mình đi qua cuộc đời này.

Oprah Winfrey từng kể về cuộc trò chuyện với Maya Angelou sau khi khai trương ngôi trường dành cho các cô gái tại Nam Phi. Oprah nghĩ rằng ngôi trường ấy có lẽ sẽ trở thành di sản lớn nhất của mình.

Maya mở ra một góc nhìn khác:

“Di sản của bạn là mỗi cuộc đời bạn chạm tới.”

Góc nhìn ấy ở lại với tôi.

Có lẽ di sản không nằm đâu đó trong tương lai.

Nó đang được hình thành trong chính cách chúng ta sống hôm nay—

trong một người trở nên can đảm hơn sau một cuộc trò chuyện,

trong một ai đó bắt đầu tin vào chính mình thêm một lần nữa,

trong một thành viên của đội ngũ rồi một ngày có thể tự đứng vững,

trong điều một đứa trẻ nhớ về cách chúng ta đã khiến chúng cảm thấy,

trong một ý tưởng được trao đi và tiếp tục lớn lên qua người khác,

và đôi khi chỉ đơn giản là cách chúng ta chọn hiện diện trong một khoảnh khắc rất bình thường.

Khi viết 1000 Linh Hồn Trong Tôi, di sản được nhìn là:

Di sản không chỉ là điều ta xây dựng.
Di sản còn là những phần sự sống được đánh thức trong người khác khi cuộc đời chúng ta gặp nhau.

Có thể chúng ta chưa biết chính xác di sản của mình rồi sẽ là gì; chúng ta có thể đã chọn sống hôm nay theo một cách để điều có ý nghĩa có thể tiếp tục đi xa hơn mình.

GÓC LÀ × LÀM 🌱

Điều gì tôi vẫn nghĩ rằng phải đợi đến “một ngày nào đó” mới làm — nhưng thật ra tôi đã biết nó quan trọng?

Một bước tôi có thể làm ngay hôm nay là…

Và một điều tôi biết ơn hôm nay là…

Every little thing. Every life we touch. ❤️

#Legacy #BeingAndDoing #Leadership #1000SoulsInMe #JenVuHuong

OUR 'EXTERNAL DOUBTS'. OUR INNER GROWTH FRIENDS

Knock. Knock. Knock.

“Hi, there is still a seed here that needs to be revisited.”

Sometimes, these “knocks” come as external challenges—a remark, an expectation, a certain look, someone who doesn’t quite understand us, or even those who love us most.

As we journey through life, we realize these external factors may simply be “knocking” on something within us that we haven't yet truly seen.

Some seeds need to be uprooted; others need to be nurtured. Some things must be let go, while others require a clearer choice and a more steadfast commitment.

In the process of bringing to life what we deem meaningful, we begin to see things more clearly:

+ The love of our family versus the path we must walk on our own.

+ The voices of others versus our own authentic inner voice.

The difference between what others wish for us and the life we ​​choose to live—a life that may one day lead them to realize:

“Ah, my child is living a meaningful life—and they are happy, in their own way.”

Moments of wavering will always be part of the journey. The difference is that, when they arise, we recognize them more quickly and clearly—allowing us to pause and say:

“Thank you for arriving. You are not me. Yet, because of you, I have come to understand myself, others, and life a little better.”

And then, we continue to act based on what truly matters:

Love. Gratitude. And the conscious choices that guide our actions each day.

Thank you, my challenging friend.

You didn’t come to stand in my way; perhaps you came to help me hear my own inner voice more clearly.

With love. Let us keep living.

…

CẢM ƠN NGƯỜI BẠN THÁCH THỨC ❤️

Cốc. Cốc. Cốc.

“Bạn ơi, ở đây vẫn còn một hạt mầm cần được nhìn lại.”

Có những “tiếng gõ cửa” đến từ những thách thức bên ngoài.Một lời nói.Một kỳ vọng. Một ánh nhìn. Một người chưa hiểu mình. Hay đôi khi, chính là những người yêu thương mình nhất.

Càng sống, chúng ta càng nhận ra: Có khi điều bên ngoài chỉ đang “gõ cửa” một điều bên trong mình chưa thật sự được nhìn thấy.

Có hạt mầm cần nhổ đi.Có hạt mầm cần được nuôi dưỡng.Có điều cần buông.Có điều cần được lựa chọn rõ hơn và sống kiên định hơn.

Trong hành trình hiện thực hóa điều chúng ta xác định là có ý nghĩa, chúng ta dần nhìn rõ hơn:

+Tình yêu của gia đìnhvà con đường mình cần tự bước.

+Tiếng nói của người khác và tiếng nói thật sự của mình.

Điều người khác mong cho mìnhvà điều mình muốn sống để một ngày họ cũng có thể nhìn thấy:

À, con mình đang sống một cuộc đời có ý nghĩa.Và con mình đang hạnh phúc theo cách của con.

Dao động sẽ vẫn đồng hành cùng chúng ta trên hành trình. Điều khác đi là, khi dao động xuất hiện, chúng ta nhận ra nó nhanh hơn, rõ hơn — và có thể dừng lại để nói:

Cảm ơn bạn đã đến.Bạn không phải là tôi.Nhưng nhờ bạn, tôi hiểu thêm về tôi, về người khác và về cuộc sống.

Rồi mình tiếp tục hành động từ điều thực sự quan trọng:

Tình yêu. Lòng biết ơn. Và lựa chọn có ý thức đi cùng hành động mỗi ngày.

Cảm ơn người bạn thách thức.

Bạn không đến để cản đường. Có thể bạn đến để giúp mình nghe rõ hơn tiếng nói từ bên trong.

Yêu bạn. Chúng ta cùng sống tiếp.

#jen2024 #jen2026 #vtv #RebirthLeadership #HumanEvolution #SelfLeadership #JenVuHuong

TUESDAY LETTER to the integrated me

TUESDAY LETTER

Dear you — the integrated me,

Each day, I breathe you into the way I live.

Think big.
Begin with one aligned step.
Stay consistent.
Be the truest, fullest version of me — even when no one sees.
Honor the invisible work.
Re-center and remember what truly matters.
Give from the soul, not from the wounded self.
When it feels like too much, breathe — I am here. I am alive.
Respect others, and the rhythm that is uniquely theirs.

I do not need every part of me to disappear before I can move forward.

I can listen.
I can choose.
I can let the part that serves this moment lead.

I sign this with love.
I seal it with presence.
I send it to you — the self I am already becoming.

Every breath is another return.
Every aligned step brings us closer.

With all my heart,
Jen ❤️

#RebirthLeaders #JenCoaching #HumanEvolution #SelfLeadership #1000SoulsInMe

THƯ GỬI THỨ BA

Gửi bạn — trọn vẹn và hợp nhất tôi,

Mỗi ngày, tôi hít thở bạn vào trong cách mình sống.

Nghĩ lớn.
Bắt đầu bằng một bước chân phù hợp.
Kiên trì với điều mình đã chọn.
Là chính mình — thật và trọn vẹn — kể cả khi không ai nhìn thấy.
Trân trọng những công việc âm thầm.
Trở về bên trong để nhớ điều gì thực sự quan trọng.
Cho đi từ tình yêu, không từ phần mình đang tổn thương.
Khi thấy quá nhiều, hãy thở — mình đang ở đây, mình đang sống.
Tôn trọng người khác — và nhịp điệu riêng của họ.

Tôi không cần mọi phần trong mình biến mất rồi mới có thể bước tiếp.

Tôi có thể lắng nghe.
Tôi có thể lựa chọn.
Tôi có thể để phần phù hợp nhất với khoảnh khắc này dẫn đường.

Tôi ký tên bằng tình yêu.
Tôi niêm phong bằng sự hiện diện.
Tôi gửi đến bạn — phiên bản mà tôi đang từng ngày trở thành.

Mỗi hơi thở là một lần trở về.
Mỗi bước chân phù hợp đưa chúng ta gần nhau hơn.

Từ trái tim,
Jen ❤️

#TaiSinh #TaiSinhLanhDao #TuHuanLuyen #JenCoaching #RebirthLeaders #HumanEvolution

WHEN THE NOISE OUTSIDE MAKES US WAVER, WHERE IS OUR INNER GROUND?

#jencoaching #rebirthleadership

Living Deeply. Growing from Within.

This reflection was opened by a recent conversation with a coachee I had the chance to walk alongside. Our conversation reminded me of a deeply human pattern many of us meet in everyday life: there are seasons when, as we open ourselves more to the world, meet more people, and listen to more perspectives, we begin to feel that we are somehow… not enough.

Not deep enough.
Not focused enough.
Not thoughtful enough.
Not knowledgeable enough.
Not good enough.

A piece of feedback from a colleague. A conversation with someone more experienced. A new environment. An opportunity we are not able to step into yet.

Any of these can make us waver.

But perhaps what is happening is not that we are becoming less capable.

We may simply be seeing more of what we could not see before.

And sometimes, growth begins there.

1. Feedback is information, not a definition of who we are

Some feedback is worth listening to.

Be more attentive to detail.
Focus more deeply.
Listen more carefully.
Take greater responsibility for what you create.

These reflections can help us see the distance between who we want to become and how we are currently living and working.

But there is a profound difference between:

“This part of my work can become better.”

and

“I am not good enough.”

One opens the door to learning.

The other can pull us into a cycle of self-rejection.

I am increasingly learning to receive feedback like a mirror: look into it, keep what is useful, then return to myself and choose what I genuinely want to change.

2. Living deeply does not mean becoming a “deep person” overnight

When we notice what is missing, the natural response is often to do more.

Read more.
Learn more.
Listen more.
Join another programme.
Find another method.

All of these can be useful.

But when the energy underneath them is mainly the fear that “I am not enough,” even personal growth can quietly become another race.

Recently, I have been finding that living deeply can be much simpler.

Staying a few more minutes with what I have just heard.

Writing down a thought before reacting.

Completing the part that belongs to me.

Noticing that I am wavering without immediately following every voice around me.

Depth is not only found in what we know. It is also found in how we live what we already know.

3. We do not need to wait for our ideal self before beginning to love ourselves

There is a question I find worth holding:

If it takes another 30 years to become the person I hope to be, will I wait another 30 years before allowing myself confidence, peace, and self-love?

We often carry an image of a future self.

More knowledgeable.
More confident.
More mature.
More peaceful.

And sometimes, without noticing, we place today’s happiness in the hands of that future version.

But life does not begin on the day we become complete.

Today, while there are still things we do not know, cannot yet do well, and have not yet mastered, we can still live with self-respect, love, and responsibility.

A seed does not need to become a forest before it has value.

It already carries life within it.

What it needs is soil, water, sunlight, time — and the right conditions to continue growing.

Perhaps we are not so different.

4. An opportunity that does not fit now does not mean life is passing us by

Sometimes someone enters our life and opens a new environment, a new programme, or a new way of seeing.

We feel inspired.

And then we realise: this may not be the right time.

Perhaps because of finances.
Time.
Energy.
Or simply because life is asking us to honour another priority.

We may feel some regret.

But one programme is not the whole path.

One method is not the only source of growth.

One teacher is not the only place from which we can learn.

Tools may come and go. What remains is the person who is living, choosing, and growing through what life brings.

So instead of asking only:

“How can I access this opportunity?”

I am also learning to ask:

“What is it in me that is seeking this opportunity? And how can I begin nurturing that today?”

5. The value of a life is not measured only by how many people remember our name

There are moments when I also think about the mark I hope to leave.

How many people will remember?
What will remain?
Have I created enough value?

The desire to create impact can be beautiful.

But then I also ask myself:

Does the value we create always need to carry our name?

A teacher may change how a student sees life, even if years later the student no longer remembers the teacher’s name.

A colleague may give someone enough courage to continue without ever knowing how deeply that moment mattered.

Someone may care for a family, do meaningful work, nurture a community, and leave goodness behind that carries no signature.

Being remembered is beautiful.
Creating value even when we are not remembered is equally beautiful.

Perhaps legacy is not only about what remains after we are gone.

It is also in how we show up for the person in front of us today.

RETURNING TO OUR INNER GROUND

When there are too many voices outside, returning to ourselves does not mean shutting the world out.

We can still listen.

Still learn.

Still notice what needs to become better.

But among all those voices, we can keep a quiet space where we ask:

What truly matters to me in this season?

Which feedback is helping me grow — and which voice is simply pulling me into comparison?

What is one small action today that would help me live more deeply, more truthfully, and with greater responsibility?

We do not need to give up the desire to grow.

We simply do not need to use growth as a reason to continually reject who we already are.

We do not need to wait until we become a forest before learning to cherish the seed.

And perhaps maturity is not the day we stop wavering.

Perhaps it is when, even in the middle of uncertainty, we become increasingly able to return to what we truly value — and from there, continue living, choosing, and moving forward.

Meet ourselves. Then meet the world.

Stay Grounded. Blossom Infinitely.

With love & gratitude,
Jen VuHuong
Jen International | Human Evolution

💛 And for you, when the noise outside becomes loud, what helps you return to yourself?

#HumanEvolution #SelfLeadership #LivingDeeply #JenVuHuong #JenInternational

KHI TIẾNG ỒN BÊN NGOÀI KHIẾN TA DAO ĐỘNG, ĐÂU LÀ ĐIỂM TỰA BÊN TRONG?

Living Deeply. Growing from Within.

Bài viết này được gợi mở từ một cuộc trò chuyện gần đây với một coachee mà Jen có cơ duyên đồng hành. Bạn nhắc tôi nhớ về một trải nghiệm rất con người mà có lẽ nhiều chúng ta vẫn gặp mỗi ngày: có những giai đoạn, khi mở mình hơn với thế giới, gặp nhiều người hơn, nghe nhiều góc nhìn hơn, chúng ta lại bắt đầu thấy mình… chưa đủ.

Chưa đủ sâu.
Chưa đủ tập trung.
Chưa đủ chỉn chu.
Chưa đủ hiểu biết.
Chưa đủ tốt.

Một lời góp ý từ đồng nghiệp. Một cuộc trò chuyện với người giỏi hơn. Một môi trường mới. Một cơ hội mà lúc này mình chưa thể bước vào.

Tất cả đều có thể làm ta dao động.

Nhưng có khi, điều đang diễn ra không phải là ta kém đi.

Ta chỉ đang nhìn thấy nhiều hơn những gì trước đây mình chưa nhìn thấy.

Và đôi khi, trưởng thành bắt đầu từ đó.

1. Phản hồi là thông tin, không phải định nghĩa về con người mình

Có những phản hồi rất đáng lắng nghe.

Cần chi tiết hơn.
Cần tập trung hơn.
Cần lắng nghe sâu hơn.
Cần có trách nhiệm hơn với điều mình tạo ra.

Những điều ấy giúp ta thấy khoảng cách giữa điều mình muốn trở thành và cách mình đang sống hôm nay.

Nhưng có một khoảng cách rất lớn giữa:

“Việc này của tôi cần tốt hơn.”

và

“Tôi là một người không đủ tốt.”

Một câu mở ra học hỏi.

Một câu dễ kéo ta vào vòng lặp tự phủ nhận.

Tôi ngày càng học cách nhận phản hồi như một tấm gương: nhìn vào đó, giữ lại điều hữu ích, rồi trở lại với chính mình để lựa chọn điều gì cần thay đổi.

2. Sống sâu không có nghĩa là phải trở nên “sâu sắc” ngay lập tức

Khi thấy mình còn thiếu, phản ứng rất tự nhiên là muốn làm thêm.

Đọc thêm.
Học thêm.
Nghe thêm.
Tham gia thêm một chương trình.
Tìm thêm một phương pháp.

Tất cả đều có thể hữu ích.

Nhưng nếu động lực phía sau chỉ là nỗi sợ “mình chưa đủ”, hành trình phát triển bản thân rất dễ trở thành một cuộc chạy đua khác.

Gần đây, tôi thấy sống sâu đôi khi đơn giản hơn nhiều.

Là ở lại thêm vài phút với điều mình vừa nghe.

Là viết xuống một suy nghĩ trước khi phản ứng.

Là hoàn tất phần việc thuộc về mình.

Là nhận ra mình đang dao động mà chưa cần lập tức chạy theo mọi tiếng nói.

Chiều sâu không chỉ nằm ở những gì ta biết. Nó còn nằm ở cách ta sống với những gì mình đã biết.

3. Ta không cần đợi phiên bản lý tưởng xuất hiện mới bắt đầu yêu thương mình

Có một câu hỏi tôi thấy đáng để giữ lại:

Nếu mất thêm 30 năm để trở thành con người mình mong muốn, liệu ta sẽ đợi thêm 30 năm mới cho phép mình tự tin, bình an và yêu thương bản thân?

Chúng ta thường có một phiên bản tương lai trong đầu.

Hiểu biết hơn.
Tự tin hơn.
Trưởng thành hơn.
Bình an hơn.

Và đôi khi, ta trao quyền được hạnh phúc hôm nay cho phiên bản ấy.

Nhưng cuộc sống không bắt đầu vào ngày ta hoàn thiện.

Ngay hôm nay, khi vẫn còn những điều chưa biết, chưa giỏi và chưa làm tốt, ta vẫn có thể sống với sự tự trọng, tình thương và trách nhiệm.

Một hạt mầm không cần trở thành khu rừng mới có giá trị.

Nó đã mang trong mình sự sống.

Điều nó cần là đất, nước, ánh sáng, thời gian — và điều kiện phù hợp để tiếp tục lớn lên.

Có lẽ con người cũng vậy.

4. Một cơ hội chưa phù hợp không có nghĩa là ta đang bỏ lỡ cuộc đời

Đôi khi một người xuất hiện và mở ra cho ta một môi trường mới, một chương trình mới, một cách nhìn mới.

Ta thấy được truyền cảm hứng.

Rồi cũng nhận ra: lúc này chưa phù hợp.

Có thể vì tài chính.
Vì thời gian.
Vì năng lượng.
Hay đơn giản vì cuộc sống đang có một ưu tiên khác.

Ta có thể tiếc.

Nhưng một chương trình không phải là cả con đường.

Một phương pháp không phải là nguồn trưởng thành duy nhất.

Một người thầy cũng không phải là nơi duy nhất ta có thể học.

Công cụ có thể đến và đi. Điều ở lại là con người đang sống, lựa chọn và trưởng thành cùng những gì mình gặp.

Vì thế, thay vì chỉ hỏi:

“Làm sao để tôi có được cơ hội này?”

Tôi cũng đang học cách hỏi:

“Điều gì trong tôi đang tìm kiếm cơ hội ấy? Và hôm nay, tôi có thể bắt đầu nuôi dưỡng điều đó bằng cách nào?”

5. Giá trị của một đời người không chỉ nằm ở việc bao nhiêu người nhớ tên ta

Có những lúc tôi cũng nghĩ về dấu ấn mình muốn để lại.

Bao nhiêu người sẽ nhớ?
Điều gì sẽ còn lại?
Mình đã tạo đủ giá trị chưa?

Khát vọng tạo ảnh hưởng là một điều đẹp.

Nhưng rồi tôi cũng tự hỏi:

Giá trị có nhất thiết phải mang tên người tạo ra nó không?

Một người thầy có thể thay đổi cách một học trò nhìn cuộc sống, dù sau này học trò không còn nhớ tên thầy.

Một người đồng nghiệp có thể giúp ai đó đủ can đảm bước tiếp mà chẳng bao giờ biết ảnh hưởng của mình lớn đến đâu.

Một người có thể chăm sóc gia đình, làm tốt công việc, vun đắp cộng đồng và để lại những điều tử tế không hề mang tên mình.

Được nhớ đến là một điều đẹp.
Tạo ra giá trị ngay cả khi không được nhớ đến cũng đẹp không kém.

Có lẽ di sản không chỉ nằm ở những gì ta để lại sau này.

Nó còn nằm trong cách ta hiện diện với con người trước mặt mình hôm nay.

TRỞ VỀ VỚI ĐIỂM TỰA BÊN TRONG

Khi bên ngoài có quá nhiều tiếng nói, trở về không có nghĩa là đóng cửa với thế giới.

Ta vẫn lắng nghe.

Vẫn học.

Vẫn nhận ra điều cần cải thiện.

Nhưng giữa tất cả những tiếng nói ấy, ta giữ lại một khoảng đủ yên để hỏi:

Điều gì thực sự quan trọng với tôi lúc này?

Phản hồi nào đang giúp tôi lớn lên — và điều gì chỉ đang kéo tôi vào so sánh?

Hôm nay, đâu là một hành động nhỏ giúp tôi sống sâu hơn, thật hơn và có trách nhiệm hơn?

Chúng ta không cần từ bỏ khát vọng phát triển.

Chỉ không cần dùng khát vọng ấy để liên tục phủ nhận con người mình đang là.

Không cần đợi đến khi trở thành một khu rừng mới bắt đầu trân trọng hạt mầm.

Và có lẽ trưởng thành cũng không phải là ngày ta không còn dao động.

Mà là khi giữa những dao động, ta ngày càng biết cách trở về với điều mình thật sự trân quý — rồi từ đó tiếp tục sống, lựa chọn và bước đi.

Meet ourselves. Then meet the world.

Stay Grounded. Blossom Infinitely.

With love & gratitude,
Jen VuHuong
Jen International | Human Evolution

💛 Còn bạn, giữa những tiếng ồn bên ngoài, điều gì đang giúp bạn trở về với chính mình?

#HumanEvolution #SelfLeadership #LivingDeeply #JenVuHuong #JenInternational

Hello November: Meet ourselves then meet the world

1000 Souls in Me × Rebirth Leadership × Soul Evolution

Last week, I spent much of the day refining the Rebirth work—words, images, questions, bringing different pieces closer together.

Then last night, I dreamed I was back at school trying to solve a maths problem. An equation with x and y. I worked on it for a long time. Someone beside me seemed to have solved it already. I looked at more materials. I changed where I was sitting. I tried again.

Still, I could not solve it.

Yet I also remembered that somewhere else in the dream, something had come almost effortlessly—and the examiner seemed far less concerned than I was.

As November begins, that stayed with me: life can be something we try to solve, something we pause to notice—or both.

We often keep asking:

What should I do next?

What needs changing?

What am I still missing?

The Achiever looks for the next result. The Planner looks for certainty. The Giver notices what others need. The Strong One keeps going.

These parts have carried us far. And another part can join.

Ambition can come with stillness.

Rest can come with discipline.

Compassion can come with determination.

More of ourselves can become available for the moment we are living.

That is one idea I keep returning to while writing 1000 Souls in Me:

No soul needs to disappear for another soul to become available.

...

And this November, we can keep living one question:

What happens when joy and productivity no longer have to compete?

These seven Soul Couples are ones you can join me in bringing into the month:

1. Vision × Practice

Vision gives direction.

Practice brings it into reality.

2. Ambition × Gratitude

Ambition helps us grow.

Gratitude helps us stay whole while growing.

3. Courage × Calm

Courage helps us move forward.

Calm helps us stay rooted as we move.

4. Giving × Receiving

Giving creates contribution.

Receiving creates sustainability.

5. Discipline × Rest

Discipline creates momentum.

Rest restores clarity and life force.

6. Determination × Compassion

Determination helps us continue.

Compassion helps us continue without losing ourselves.

7. Structure × Flow

Structure creates stability.

Flow allows creativity and life to move naturally.

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What is your Soul Couple for this week?

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We do not need to solve the whole equation today. We can notice what is here, choose what leads, and take the next real step.

Love and gratitude,

Jen ❤️

Stay Grounded. Blossom Infinitely.

#1000SoulsInMe #RebirthLeadership #SoulEvolution #JenVuHuong #LeadFromWithin #ConsciousLeadership

REVIVAL with the “Jen” plant ❤️

#rebirthleadership #jencoaching

“Can I throw this plant away?” the cleaning lady in our office asked Team Jen when she saw that the little plant named “Jen” had withered.

“Please don’t. We’ll try to bring it back to life,” the team said.

So they started watering it again, moved it closer to the window for sunlight, and gave it a little more care and attention.

A few days later, new life appeared.

The leaves turned green and fresh again.

Thank you to the plant for coming back to life.
Thank you to Team Jen for not giving up on it too quickly.
And thank you to the cleaning lady for noticing and telling us in time.

This small moment stayed with me.

Sometimes what looks finished may simply need the right conditions to live again:

Water. Light. Attention. Care.
And sometimes, a little time.

The same can be true for us.

A part of ourselves. A relationship. A dream. Our energy. Our work.

Some things do need to end.

But not everything that withers needs to be thrown away.

One question we can carry today:

Does this truly need to end, or does it need to be nourished differently?

May today be a day of giving and receiving the kind of care that helps life return.

🌱

#Revival #JenVuHuong #JenCoaching #SoulEvolution #StayGroundedBlossomInfinitely

Gratitude for Being Misunderstood 💙And coming home to ourselves

#RebirthLeadership #JenCoaching

When I was a child, someone looked at my hand and told me: “Throughout your life, you will often be misunderstood, especially by people and in things that matter deeply to you.”

I don’t know whether a hand can predict a life. But the sentence stayed with me, and over the years there have been moments when I wondered: is this what that person meant?

Recently, after some difficult conversations, I noticed how draining it can be to keep explaining: the intention behind a decision, what we were trying to protect, what others may not have seen. And still, a part of us can whisper: one more explanation, and they will understand.

Sometimes explaining is right. Sometimes we did communicate poorly, and another person’s response shows us something we genuinely need to see.

“They don’t understand me” can become a hiding place if we use it to avoid looking at ourselves.

But underneath all that explaining, there can be another layer.

The deepest pain may not only be that we are misunderstood. It may be that, through being misunderstood, we begin to misunderstand ourselves.

We begin looking at ourselves through someone else’s interpretation. Their disappointment can start to feel like proof that we have failed. We can spend so much energy correcting the picture outside us that we stop listening to the person inside it.

Different Souls in us can arrive in that moment.

The One Who Longs to Be Understood wants the whole picture seen; she cares about truth and connection.

The Good Daughter asks, “What did I do wrong?” because she takes responsibility seriously.

The Achiever wants to repair everything, perfectly.

The Angry One says, “If you can’t understand me, then leave,” protecting something precious.

None of them needs to disappear.

And The Compassionate Witness can sit beside them and ask:

What is actually true here?
What is mine to repair?
What needs to be communicated more clearly?
And where have I begun to see myself only through someone else’s eyes?

Sometimes the answer is to apologise.

Sometimes to clarify.

Sometimes to change.

And sometimes we have already explained enough, acted with integrity, and can let another person keep an interpretation we cannot control.

Not every misunderstanding needs another explanation.
And not every interpretation of us needs to become our identity.

This is not:

“I know myself, so no one else’s view matters.”

Nor is it:

“If someone sees me differently, I must be wrong.”

We can know ourselves and still stay open.

We can listen to feedback without surrendering what we know.

We can apologise for what we did without deciding we are wrong as people.

We can examine what is ours, repair what needs repairing, and return to ourselves with greater clarity.

We can clarify once, and then stop defending.

And sometimes we can allow a relationship to change without turning that change into a war.

Being misunderstood can still hurt. Gratitude does not mean being grateful for the hurt itself.

It can mean being grateful for the invitation underneath it: to return, listen more deeply, and understand ourselves before deciding what someone else’s picture means about who we are.

Perhaps that is the rebirth inside misunderstanding:

not becoming harder,
not becoming indifferent,
but becoming more able to come home to ourselves while remaining open to what another person may be showing us.

One question to carry into the week:

When I feel misunderstood, am I only trying to make someone understand me—or am I also taking the time to understand myself?

Love and gratitude from Jen ❤️

#1000SoulsInMe #JenVuHuong #SundayRebirth #SoulEvolution #ConsciousLeadership

TIME REBIRTH: We May Have More Time Than We Know

Mastering the transition between moments

#RebirthLeadership #JenCoaching

If we have ever thought, "I need more time to do this…" or "I don't have time for that…", two recent coaching conversations opened another way to look at time.

One client leads several companies. His days often move from one thing straight into the next, yet he stays remarkably present—productive, mindful, and still enjoying what he does.

I asked him:

"What is one principle that makes this possible for you—the thing you would triple down on?"

He said:

"Mastering the transition time between things."

Not creating a bigger gap between activities.

Finishing one thing, releasing it, and arriving at the next.

Another client showed the other side of the same question.

"When I don't do something well," she told me, "I can spend half a day—even a whole day—thinking about it and tormenting myself."

Being hard on ourselves can come from responsibility.

We care. We want to do better. We don't want our mistakes to affect other people.

In 1000 Souls in Me, I call two of these parts The Achiever and The One Who Proves. The Achiever in us can hold on to the upset as proof that we care. The One Who Proves can keep replaying what went wrong, hoping that enough self-criticism will stop it from happening again.

Both have helped us keep our standards high and remain accountable.

And there comes a point when reflection has already given us the lesson—and we keep paying for the mistake anyway.

An hour becomes half a day.

Half a day becomes a day.

Then we say: "I need more time."

Sometimes what we need is not more time. We need to notice what we are still carrying into the next moment.

Here, another part of us can join them. The Compassionate Witness can ask:

What happened?

What is mine to learn?

What needs repairing?

What will I do differently next time?

And then, gently: Can I move on now?

Responsibility does not require endless self-punishment.

This week, we can experiment with transitions.

Let one conversation end before the next one begins—even with a single breath.

When a task frustrates us, notice whether we are carrying that frustration into the next task.

Notice one hour that disappears into worrying, replaying or reacting—and gently return some of it to something that genuinely matters.

Seen this way, time management begins before the calendar.

It begins with how we carry attention, energy and meaning from one moment into the next.

One question to carry into the week:

What am I still carrying that has already finished its work?

We can notice it, thank it, and put it down.

Love and gratitude from

Jen

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WHEN NOT BEING OKAY IS OKAY: LETTING STRENGTH HAVE COMPANY

WHEN NOT BEING OKAY IS OKAY: LETTING STRENGTH HAVE COMPANY

#RebirthLeadership #JenCoaching

During a meeting of our international entrepreneurs' community on leadership, where shadow meets light, one member asked another:

"Why did you try to look okay in front of everyone when you were not okay inside?"

She paused.

"Because I didn't want them to worry."

It took me back to my student years. I once cycled seventy kilometres alone, in thirty-seven-degree heat, to visit my sister. I was so tired that I fell asleep on the bike and rode into a parked car.

When I arrived, I told her:

"Your sister is strong, you know that. That was great."

I never told her about the car.

Years later, that same strength came with me into my teams. I kept looking okay, even when felt I was carrying too much.

There is another layer too.

Sometimes being okay becomes connected to being strong.

Being strong becomes connected to being reliable.

And being reliable quietly becomes connected to being worthy of love.

So we keep showing up. We carry the meeting. The team. The family. The work. Sometimes even the emotional weather in the room.

And when we are tired, hurt or uncertain, a familiar voice says:

"It's okay. I can handle it."

...

In 1000 Souls in Me, I call her The One Who Does Not Want to Worry Anyone.

This Soul loves deeply. It has always wanted to protect others.

It does not need to disappear.

But for its strength to last, it needs company.

In the book, I call that companion The Supported One: the part of us that can receive help and be supported without immediately having to give something back.

With this soul beside us, we can:

Say, "I'm not great today," and still know we are worthy.

Let someone care, without rushing to reassure them.

Be loved not only for the version of us who can carry everything.

To the founders and leaders who have carried a lot:

You do not have to look okay every moment to be someone others can trust, respect and love.

REFLECTION CORNER

Letting ourselves be not okay does not mean staying there.

We stay long enough to see it and feel it.

Then we can ask:

1. What is one thing I can appreciate here?

2. What is one thing I can do to move forward?

And one more for this week:

Who is one person I could let see a little more of me?

Jen

#1000SoulsInMe #SelfLeadership #Founders #Vulnerability

WOW🌱 GENERATE YOUR OWN ENERGY AND PLACE IT WHERE IT TRULY MATTERS!

This morning, during our 5:34 AM session, the team revisited a passage from the book ‘30 Days to Change Your Habits.’

Day 15: Generating your own energy every single day.

Back then, I was living with Uncle Malc in England.

Every morning, I would shout out loud:

“WOW!”

One day, Uncle Malc came rushing down from upstairs, looking quite alarmed:

“Are you alright?”

I smiled and replied:

“I’m doing great! I’m just greeting the new day and generating some energy!”

At first, he didn’t quite get it.

But eventually, he started saying “Wow” back.

From then on, “WOW” became our shared language.

A simple sound.

Yet, it served as a reminder that energy isn’t always something we have to wait for.

We can create it ourselves.

There is another layer to explore here.

In the past, I used to ask:

How can I get more energy?

How can I take more action?

How can I keep moving forward?

Now, we might ask:

Where is this energy going?

Because sometimes, while we’re excellent at generating energy…

…we end up pouring it into someone else’s sense of urgency.

Into an opportunity that just popped up.

Into a project we’re perfectly capable of taking on.

Into a relationship that needs some attention.

Into a problem we know we have the ability to solve.

And because we’re strong enough, things start to move.

But “movement doesn’t necessarily mean growth.”

Growth, however, might look like this. Generating energy from within,

staying firmly and consistently connected to your core,

and choosing what is truly worthy of that energy.

WOW is no longer just about:

“Get up and do something!”

It can also be:

“Wow… I am alive.”

I have a body to care for.

A mind to cultivate.

A family to love.

People to journey alongside.

Things I genuinely want to build.

A life that doesn’t require chasing after every open door.

...

This is also part of ‘Rebirth Leadership’.

It’s about not waiting for the world to provide you with energy—

yet, at the same time, not squandering your energy on just anything that makes enough noise.

Generate your own source.

Return to your center.

Then, choose where you want your life to blossom.

And sometimes…

everything can begin quite simply.

WOW!

What is your “WOW” today?

With love and gratitude,

Jen

KINDNESS ❤️ YOU MATTER!

# KINDNESS ❤️ YOU MATTER!

One of the beautiful gifts we can offer ourselves and others is helping someone feel that their presence truly matters.

Yesterday, I reconnected with a friend—someone I once shared the experience of affirming each other’s significance with. That energy brought to mind the touching story of Teddy and his teacher, Mrs. Thompson.

Teddy was a quiet, withdrawn fifth-grader whose academic performance was slipping. Upon reviewing his file, his teacher learned that his mother had fallen gravely ill and passed away.

That Christmas, Teddy gave her an old bracelet missing a few stones and a nearly empty bottle of perfume. She wore the bracelet and used the perfume; they were things that reminded Teddy of his mother.

This act of kindness became a cornerstone of a relationship that helped both the teacher and the student grow. Years later, having become a doctor, Teddy invited his former teacher to take the seat reserved for his mother at his wedding. She attended, honoring his request.

Teddy mattered to his teacher—and she, in turn, received a profound gift from him: the realization that she was valued, both by Teddy and within her own vocation as an educator.

Accompanying leaders and founders on their journeys of renewal—and through the completion of her book, '1000 Souls in Me'—we have come to deeply appreciate the practice of being aware of:

+ Sometimes, we observe a person’s behavior before understanding what they are actually going through.

+ At times, we treat parts of our own inner selves in that very same way.

We criticize the versions of ourselves that are tired, fearful, silent, hurried, or perhaps unable to achieve what we had hoped for.

A question that can shift our perspective—and, consequently, our actions—is this: What if we were to offer kindness to those parts of ourselves?

Listen before you judge. Understanding doesn’t always mean needing to fix everything. It means seeing a person as more than just a single difficult moment.

At times, we are Teddy—longing to be truly seen. At other times, we are Miss Thompson—learning to look at others with deeper care. And sometimes, we learn to be a kind friend to ourselves.

A thousand versions within us. One single life. Every part deserves to be heard.

We can co-practice today:

+ Noticing someone whose efforts, struggles, or presence might otherwise go overlooked—and letting them know that they matter.

+ Looking back at a part of yourself that you may have neglected, and thanking that part for simply being there.

You matter!

With love and gratitude,

Jen

(Inspired by the story “Three Letters from Teddy” by Elizabeth Silance Ballard.*)

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The Deeper We Travel Within, the More Clearly We See Beauty

#MONDAY REBIRTH: The Deeper We Travel Within, the More Clearly We See Beauty

#rebirthleadership #jencoaching

Phil: “Are you in Europe?” (Phil texted me when I shared with you a picture of the field)

Me: “In the universe — my hometown.”

Phil: “Anywhere can be that beautiful when you decide to look at it this way.”

Some places are naturally beautiful.

And sometimes, something within us opens us up to seeing more beauty.

The same road.

The same trees.

The same hometown.

A different way of being with them.

This is part of coming home.

Sometimes we travel out to find what is beautiful; other times we travel within every day, being present to see what is already here.

In life, leadership, and building ventures, we can become very focused on what is missing, what needs improving, and what comes next.

We can still create.

We can still grow.

And we can also see what is already alive.

...

THIS WEEK, WE LOOK DEEPER:

At the place.

At the person.

At ourselves.

At the unexpected things.

At the tiredness.

At the vibrancy.

We can still see the 'not beautiful side,' and we can still look deeper to see the 'beautiful side'.

Love and gratitude from Jen

#jenvuhuong #mondayreflection #joyempowermentnature #rebirthleadership #soulevolution #consciousleadership

SUNDAY REBIRTH: WHEN CONTEXT MEETS CLARITY

This week, I had an experience with a service provider that stayed with me.

A request had remained unresolved for nearly two months. I had called different times without bringing the whole process to completion, so last week a manager took over after seeing the call history.

I asked her to hear me first. I wanted her to understand what had happened and why I had called different times and sorry as I didn't fulfill the info needed.

She listened for a while, then said:

“You want to solve the problem, right? Let me speak. You are giving me a lot of context.”

I smiled inside. A moment earlier, I had been asking her to listen to me. Now she was asking me to listen to her.

She gathered what she needed, said she would handle it that day, and reminded me that I could simply ask for what I needed rather than giving all the context.

Later, I shared the story with my niece. Her response was simple: when she uses a service, she just asks for what she needs.

There is a part of me that loves context. It wants to understand what happened before and what lives underneath what we can immediately see. That part has helped me a lot — in coaching, research, leadership and relationships.

We do not need to lose that part. We can let it blossom at the right time, in the right place.

And we can also welcome another part: the one that can stay with the essence of the moment and let some of the story rest.

There is room for both.

We want to be understood. We want the whole story to have a place. And sometimes what helps the moment move is simply naming what matters now.

Sometimes context is care.

Sometimes clarity is care too.

This happens beyond customer service — in leadership, partnership, family, and in the way we speak to ourselves.

In 1000 Souls in Me, I keep noticing how many parts can arrive in one ordinary moment: the one wanting to be understood, the one wanting to explain, the one wanting to move, the one ready to listen.

No soul needs to disappear.

REFLECTION CORNER:

This week, we can notice one ordinary conversation and ask:

What does this moment need from us — more emotional context, more clarity, or both?

When sharing a goal with a team member, do they need to understand why it matters — and what we are creating together?

When asking someone to do something, have we shared enough context for them to take ownership — and enough clarity for them to act?

When listening to a customer, can we hear the experience behind the request — while also staying close to what they actually need?

It is not about choosing context or clarity.

It is about noticing what this person, this relationship and this moment need from us now.

Love and gratitude from Jen.

#1000soulsinme #jenvuhuong #sundayrebirth #soulevolution #consciousleadership

'SOUL PAIRS' FOR A PRODUCTIVE, JOYFUL WEEK

'SOUL PAIRS' FOR A PRODUCTIVE, JOYFUL WEEK: Who gets on our boat this week?

#rebirthleadership #jencoaching

Look at a dragon boat: five pairs are paddling, one person steers, and one keeps the rhythm with the drum.

Everyone is in the same boat, moving in the same direction, while playing a different role. The boat moves best not when each person rows harder, but when strength, direction and rhythm work together.

Our inner world can feel like that too. We enter a new week carrying many parts of ourselves — the one who wants to move fast, the one who wants certainty, the one who is tired, excited, proving, or simply longing for some peace.

If this week were a boat trip, which souls would we invite on board?

(*) Five pairs paddling — moving the boat

1. Clarity + Courage

See what matters, and take the next step even when not everything is known.

2. Calm + Commitment

Stay in the lane and keep moving without turning steadiness into pressure.

3. Truth + Innovation

See what is true, while staying open to a new way.

4. Discipline + Compassion

Do our part fully, without becoming hard on ourselves or others.

5. Joy + Devotion

Care deeply about the work, without forgetting to feel alive while doing it.

(*)The steerer — Discernment

Discernment helps us feel what belongs to this week — and what can simply pass by.

(*)The drummer — Rhythm

Even strong paddlers lose power when everyone rows at a different pace. Rhythm keeps reminding us: breathe, row; breathe, row — together.

Sometimes we do not need to row harder. We need better coordination among the different parts already within us.

So as we enter this week:

Who is paddling our boat?

Who have we allowed to steer?

And what rhythm are we moving to?

May we row with enough strength to move, enough wisdom to choose direction, and enough rhythm to remember that we are not rowing alone.

With love,

Jen

#SoulFriends #1000SoulsInMe #JenVuHuong #SundayRebirth #SoulEvolution #RebirthLeadership

SUNDAY REBIRTH: Raising the Frequency- 7 practices for a new week

This Sunday, a message from a client about “high vibrant frequency” brought a question back to me:

Before asking what I need to do next, what state am I doing it from?

There is a part of us that can move fast — think, solve, create, connect, help and carry. That part has helped us build a lot.

And when the body is tired, the mind crowded, or something inside is unsettled, we may do exactly the same things from very different soil.

So raising our frequency is not about rejecting sadness, fear, anger or tiredness.

They belong too. They may even have something important to tell us.

It is noticing what we are feeding, and asking what other part of us might also become available.

Seven practices for us this week:

1. Notice the words we feed.

Before giving have to, impossible, why again, they should... another round of energy, notice what is underneath them.

2. Restore before pushing.

The Strong One can keep going. And sometimes sleep, food, silence or a real pause allows another part of us to meet the situation.

3. Choose relationships that enlarge us.

Stay close to people around whom courage, honesty, calm and possibility become more available —and allow clearer boundaries where a relationship repeatedly drains what matters.

4. Return to spaces that bring us home.

Trees. Water. Morning light. Running. Some time without producing anything.

5. Move what does not need more explanation.

Walk. Stretch. Sing. Breathe. Run. Sometimes the body can move what the mind has been trying to solve.

6. Protect energy for what matters.

Before messages and requests take the clearest part of the day, let something meaningful receive that space first.

7. Release one unnecessary carrying.

Not every misunderstanding needs another explanation. Not every imperfect decision needs our intervention. Not everything we can improve is ours to carry.

Sometimes changing our energy is not adding another practice.

It is putting down one thing we no longer need to carry.

The tired part, ambitious part, worried part or controlling part does not need to disappear. Each may have been trying to help us in its own way.

And another capacity can sit beside it:

rest beside ambition

listening beside knowing

space beside carrying

choice beside habit

One question for the new week:

What am I feeding before I ask life to blossom?

Notice one thing.

Change one condition.

Then notice what becomes available.

Love and gratitude,

Jen

#1000soulsinme #jenvuhuong #sundayrebirth #soulevolution #consciousleadership

COME HOME AND FROM HERE, WE MEET THE WORLD AGAIN

Coming home can sound like turning inward.

Listening more carefully. 

Meeting each part of ourselves more fully.

 

We needed that.

 

But HOME was never meant to become another place to hide.

There was still a world outside.

People we loved. 

Work that mattered. Money to earn. Promises to keep. Things worth creating. 

People we had not yet met.

 

Coming home had not removed any of this.

 

It was changing how we met it.

 

One morning, I opened my laptop and saw the waiting world.

Messages to answer. Documents to review. Possibilities asking for attention.

 

I could hear different parts of me.

The Achiever wanted movement. 

The Builder saw possibility. 

The Helpful One could already see who might need support. 

The Strong One said, I can handle it.

 

These parts matter.

They helped build much of the life I am grateful for.

 

But now another question sometimes arrives first:

What is actually mine today?

Not everything meaningful. 

Not everything I could help with. 

Not every possibility I can imagine.

Today.

 

That question has changed ordinary things.

I can say no without withdrawing love.

I can lead without carrying everyone’s decisions.

I can give someone space to find their own answer.

I can receive without asking it to prove my worth.

I can keep a promise before beginning another beautiful project.

 

None of this looks extraordinary.

That is why it matters.

 

For years, I understood impact mainly through what we could create.

A programme. A community. A company. A leader growing. A venture beginning.

 

I still want to create.

But now I also notice what happens while we create.

Do people become more capable, or more dependent on us?

Can what we build grow without consuming the people building it?

Do the people we love receive our presence, or mostly our intentions?

 

These questions have not made my ambition smaller.

They have made my understanding of impact wider.

I think again of the girl from Bắc Giang.

The village road. The bicycles. The field. The kite.

She wanted to know where the road went.

 

I am glad she went.

Glad she studied, travelled, worked, tried, built, loved and dreamed beyond what she could see.

I do not want to stand at the other end of the road and correct her.

 

I want to thank her.

And tell her:

You do not have to choose between the road and HOME.

You can live from HOME while walking the road.

 

There will still be mornings when I forget.

The Achiever will wake. 

The Builder will become excited. 

The Good Daughter will want everyone to be okay. 

The Dreamer will already be somewhere beyond the horizon.

 

And another voice may quietly say:

Jen.Come back.

Sometimes I will hear her sooner.

Sometimes I will not.

But I know this now:

I can return without rejecting the part of me that wandered.

 

Return to my body.

To the person in front of me.

To the work that is mine.

To love, play and ordinary life.

Then open the door again.

 

Because there are still people to meet, things worth creating and lives worth living.

The thousand Souls do not need to become quiet before we begin.

 

They can come with us.

Not as a crowd fighting for control.

As the many parts of one life.

Many selves. One life.

And from HOME, we meet the world again.