Nhi Hien Nguyen is heavily involved in fashion design and content creation, from both her work and studies. She has studied fashion in the UK, and also spent time pursuing her career in China and Bangladesh. We discuss the mechanics and challenges of her work and career, her experiences first moving abroad to England, and difficult childhood experiences growing up in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Nhi also expands how she channeled her painful childhood memories into an artistic practice, the liberation of getting it onto a canvas, favorite aspects about her work, and life settling in Saigon. Really enjoyed. Thank you, Nhi! You can find out more about Nhi and her work at Nhi.Hien.Nguyen on Instagram, and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. (Website coming soon!)

Milan Smets is a content creator, photographer and videographer, currently based in Saigon, Vietnam. Milan is initially from Belgium but has traveled the world creating content, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Europe and currently Asia. In this conversation, we discuss Milan’s creative and business projects, the importance of experience and networking, cultivating these skills as an introvert, the importance of adding value for your clients, and aims for the future. It was an awesome conversation and thoroughly appreciated, thank you, Milan! You can find out more about Milan at www.mycake.sg, Milan Smets on Facebook, and on Instagram and YouTube at @milan_smets_travels. If you enjoyed, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Adam Cook joins me today to discuss paintballing at a high level, getting involved in a team sport, the practices, staying competitive and active in a 12 hour team match, how to remain motivated and how the matches are ultimately won, especially when competing at a high level. You can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. (Website coming soon!)

Ryan Hales, from Melbourne, Australia, joins me to discuss a range of topics. We begin with travel, across London, Melbourne and Saigon. We move onto self development - why power and money aren’t inherently negative, just tools, and when used wisely, to great effect. (Examples include Julius Caesar and Donald Trump). We discuss taking 100% responsibility, ‘victim’ vs ‘survivor’ mentality, doing the hard work, allowing life to manifest in mysterious ways, and more. We didn’t even scratch the surface, and look forward to the recap - thank you, Ryan! If you enjoyed, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. (Website coming soon!)

On today’s episode, (with updated/enhanced audio quality), myself and Nick discuss a lot of topics, including primarily our lessons and teachings for our future children. We also discuss the practices of self development, future of education, keeping your mind sane and active, learning to parent through pets and teaching in schools (MAYBE relevant - we will see), why it’s important to always do your best, and the “perfect” time to do something, is an illusion, only found in hindsight. If you enjoyed, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram (Website coming soon!)

California Fitness And Yoga is one of the biggest and most thriving fitness spaces in Saigon, Vietnam, and representative Lucy joins me to discuss fitness, sales, diet culture, life in Vietnam, the evolution over time, benefits of California Fitness, and more. You can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram (Website coming soon!)

Jonas Thorsager is a movement practitioner, coach and teacher, helping people improve in movement, body and mind through movement and physicality. From Denmark, Jonas has been involved in movement his whole life, from gymnastics, slacklining to acrobatics, and has been in Vietnam since 2019, helping people to do the same and reach their potential.

We discuss expat life from Denmark to Vietnam, his movement background and journey, how to cultivate self discipline, the importance of small steps and habit forming, (cc: James Clear - Atomic Habits), benefits of teaching others, his key tips, intermittent fasting, and more. Thanks very much for your time, Jonas!

You can find out more at ‘Jonas Thorsager’ on Facebook and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram (Website coming soon!)

Leo HuynhTrinh is a businesswoman, entrepreneur, former general manager at ‘Broma Not A Bar’, in Saigon, founder of SinhTolina, and has worked avidly in marketing, business and hospitality. We discuss her upbringing from Nha Trang to pursuing her education in Saigon, traits required to be successful in business, how she moved into managing ‘Broma: Not A Bar’, the journey, challenges faced throughout her career, and we also discuss Vietnamese Women’s Day, with an empowering message to women of any background. Really enjoyed the conversation - thank you, Leo! 👌🎙

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

Tuomas Tiilikainen, from Finland, joined me to discuss his experiences at the four day workshop of international self help guru, bestselling author and motivational speaker, Tony Robbins, in London 2018 - ‘Unleash The Power Within’. We also discuss his background in sales, negotiation, moving from Finland to Vietnam, the energy field at Robbins’ events, key lessons, and more. As a Tony Robbins fan I found this particularly fascinating! Thank you, Tuomas! If you enjoyed, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. (Website coming soon!)

Lea Lechtenberg is a business owner, podcaster, former coach/trainer, former HR developer, founder of ‘The StoryTree’ here in Saigon, Vietnam. We discuss her journey through education, business, coaching and more, challenges faced across her career in Germany and Vietnam, and experiences working alongside previous guest, Hugh Willbourn, on ‘The Power House’ here in Saigon. You can find out more about Lea at ‘The StoryTree’ on Facebook, and also ‘The Power House’ on Facebook, and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram (Website coming soon)