Vinh Ho is a content creator, YouTuber and runs the website Focus Asia Pacific. ( https://youtube.com/c/FocusAsiaPacific)

Vinh is originally from the US, specialized in sourcing and manufacturing in Vietnam, and joins ComebaCK to discuss his work.

Topics include

⁃ Immersing himself back in Asia and Vietnam having grown up in the US

⁃ His background in sourcing and manufacturing and moving into the digital nomad space

⁃ Focus Asia Pacific; what it is, how it operates and how it’s developed

⁃ Core values and mission

⁃ Future aims

If you enjoyed, you can find out more about Vinh at www.focusasiapacific.com and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Kelsy Ngan-Ha is a digital marketer and content creator, having spent plenty of time abroad, traveling to 33 countries and living in Netherlands, Barcelona and Denmark, joining the ComebaCK podcast to discuss her expat lifestyle and her immersion in marketing.

Topics include

⁃ Moving abroad to the Netherlands, navigating friendships abroad, and the key lessons that she’s learned on her journey so far

⁃ The benefits of youth naivety and broadening your horizons abroad

⁃ The challenges of female solo travel and being away from family and friends

⁃ Maintaining a work/life balance

⁃ Her future plans, projects and aims

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Ha is from ‘Rock Fan Club’ here in Saigon, Vietnam, based in Thao Dien, and aims to build and expand the Vietnamese rock community, brand, connect with Westerners, building live music events connected to the genre, expanding across Vietnam, and more.

Topics include

⁃ Effective marketing and production for events in Ho Chi Minh

⁃ Setting up various rock performances, such as a Linkin Park Chester Bennington tribute show (which I attended)

⁃ The origins of RFC and how the rock community has evolved here in South East Asia

⁃ Building and retaining effective customer service, friendly, positive relations and uniting people through music

⁃ Their future aims for developing Rock Fan Club

You can find out more about Rock Fan Club here;

https://www.facebook.com/rockfanclub.rfc/

Hanh Le is a business owner/entrepreneur here in HCMC, Vietnam, specifically the expat populated Thao Dien area; the owner of both Haga SmartTech and UJUICE Vietnam. She joins the podcast to discuss her journey from the countryside to Hoi An, to studying and building her business and brand in Ho Chi Minh as a young Vietnamese woman.

Topics include

⁃ Her influences, including the traditional Vietnamese ao dai

⁃ Her background in Hoi An, cultivating a disciplined and strong work ethic, and using it as a catalyst to move to the big city

⁃ Working in night school and engaging in side hustles to get through her years of education

⁃ Starting up in business, developing her skill set, and how she personalizes her brands

⁃ How she balances numerous brands, raising children and her time

⁃ The importance of habits, healthy eating and a strong structured daily routine

To find out more;

https://www.facebook.com/ujuicevn/

https://www.facebook.com/hagasmartech/

Conor and Nick dissect Chapter 4 of Napoleon Hill’s book, Think And Grow Rich, focusing on autosuggestion and getting through to the subconscious mind.

Topics include

⁃ Are we consciously choosing negative thoughts?

⁃ Can we ask ourselves better questions?

⁃ Is autosuggestion the avenue into infinite intelligence?

⁃ Keeping your mind like a garden, keeping it fertile and guarding it carefully

⁃ Be careful what you wish for and be mindful of who/what is making that wish

⁃ Channeling your intuition

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find the video version and channel here;

Pham Tra My is a recurring guest from meeting her at a wild session on the exotic island of Phu Quoc in the South of Vietnam, and recording a podcast the next day, extremely hungover and nursing a hair of the dog pint of Jasmine IPA.

She comes back for an in depth, fascinating and authentic conversation about young motherhood, raising a son at 23-32, her experiences as a single mother, tips and tricks, and more.

Topics include

⁃ Going through post natal depression and adapting to life as a mother, particularly as a single mom for large periods

⁃ Negotiating with a child rather than scolding, and allowing them to pursue their hobbies and pursuits

⁃ Balancing a work/life balance, career alongside parenthood

⁃ Giving your own set of non negotiable behaviors in a household

⁃ Making a list of priorities and sticking to them rigorously

⁃ The beauty of motherhood

Annie Chopra is an entrepreneur, Founder of ‘She The Queen’ magazine, author and marketing expert who joins the podcast to discuss self development, the importance of hard work, immense confidence, and more.

Topics include

⁃ Managing extreme self belief and confidence (which is an intrinsically cultivated skill), alongside high levels of anxiety

⁃ The importance of journaling and focusing on the big four questions

⁃ Lessons from moving around various countries at a young age and having to adapt and immerse

⁃ Childhood stories related to The Law Of Attraction

⁃ The benefits of dopamine dressing

⁃ The importance of persistence and burning desire

⁃ Every conversation that you meet, make sure you provide value

⁃ How she’s built her brand, books and businesses with her mission and values

⁃ Her future endeavors, importance of networking, and where she’s going next.

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about Annie here;

https://instagram.com/annie.chopra?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

And if you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Note: This episode is sponsored by UJUICE and Haga SmartTech, two local businesses in Thao Dien, Saigon which aim to deliver exemplary customer service, friendly care and professional products across two different sectors. The owner, Hanh, has built her brands from scratch in the big city of Vietnam after hailing from the Hoi An countryside. I strongly suggest you check out both brands for your healthy and technological needs here;

https://www.facebook.com/hagasmartech/

https://www.facebook.com/ujuicevn/

Ana Chopra is a personal trainer, health and fitness enthusiast and certified nutrition expert from a third culture background, and joins the podcast to discuss her varied international background, health and fitness journey, and lessons along the way.

Topics include

⁃ Sibling dynamics

⁃ Growing up in a constantly changing international environment (Dubai, India, Spain, Mexico, Laos), the privileges gained as a result, mixed with the challenges

⁃ Starting out in her health and fitness journey and her evolution over time

⁃ Body image issues that move across cultures

⁃ Having a complete balance with your fitness and nutrition and the importance of home cooking

⁃ Valuing consistency over the “quick fix” approach

⁃ Her website, ‘Nay To Yay’ and future aims on informing and benefiting people on their health

You can find out more about Ana at

https://instagram.com/naytoyay?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Www.naytoyay.com

Kasey Daye is my first ever ComebaCK guest, dating back to 2021, and comes back to catch up on leaving Vietnam, developing a career in teaching, dealing with challenges such as a BPD diagnosis, the evolution and learning journey over the last 18 months, and more.

Topics include

⁃ Coming to terms with borderline personality disorder and what that means

⁃ How teaching and guiding her students has helped her throughout difficult moments in the last 18 months

⁃ The turbulence of leaving Vietnam for Romania throughout the summer 21 Vietnam lockdown and settling in Bucharest

⁃ Navigating friendship and connections abroad

⁃ Finding the tools to become your own best friend

⁃ Our collective future aims

If you want to listen to our first conversation, listen below;

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0p4dk93KO4wpOv8TdUvc27?si=7CrQkoTETjWA-rBBIDpaag

Mads Singers is a people management consultant and outsourcing expert, with over 10 years experience in helping businesses become more successful.

Topics include

⁃ His motivation to jump into the worlds of entrepreneurship and management

⁃ The core values of basic management skills and how they can be developed

⁃ The power of building strong, empathetic, caring relationships with your team

⁃ Outsourcing, delegating and it’s impact on ultimate performance

⁃ How essential it is to communicate properly

⁃ Managing motion vs action and avoiding procrastination

⁃ The benefits of honesty, clarity and assertion

⁃ Building great resilience and preparation for the inevitable troughs that will crop up throughout life

⁃ Focus on your impact rather than accumulation of numbers

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.