Joseph Nguyen

It usually comes from other people, mainly our parents, our friends, our coworkers, people we were closest with. And the mental chatter that we say to ourselves that really beat ourselves up and create the suffering, all those things are most likely things that someone has said to us before, and we just replay them in our own minds. So the thoughts that we think are ours aren't even really ours.

It usually comes from other people, mainly our parents, our friends, our coworkers, people we were closest with. And the mental chatter that we say to ourselves that really beat ourselves up and create the suffering, all those things are most likely things that someone has said to us before, and we just replay them in our own minds. So the thoughts that we think are ours aren't even really ours.

There is just a broken record that we've been hanging on to for years and years. And as soon as you begin to become aware of that, of what is actually someone else's thoughts and what is mine, and do I even need to keep any of these things and to believe in them, then you can start to break some of the shackles and the grip that it has on our lives.

There is just a broken record that we've been hanging on to for years and years. And as soon as you begin to become aware of that, of what is actually someone else's thoughts and what is mine, and do I even need to keep any of these things and to believe in them, then you can start to break some of the shackles and the grip that it has on our lives.

There is just a broken record that we've been hanging on to for years and years. And as soon as you begin to become aware of that, of what is actually someone else's thoughts and what is mine, and do I even need to keep any of these things and to believe in them, then you can start to break some of the shackles and the grip that it has on our lives.

And that is very empowering to understand that we don't have to believe everything we think anymore, that we don't have to continually overthink, and that at any moment we have the power to let that go and to come back into our hearts. That is the most... freeing thing that we can experience. And it doesn't require changing anything external. It actually just requires letting go.

And that is very empowering to understand that we don't have to believe everything we think anymore, that we don't have to continually overthink, and that at any moment we have the power to let that go and to come back into our hearts. That is the most... freeing thing that we can experience. And it doesn't require changing anything external. It actually just requires letting go.

And that is very empowering to understand that we don't have to believe everything we think anymore, that we don't have to continually overthink, and that at any moment we have the power to let that go and to come back into our hearts. That is the most... freeing thing that we can experience. And it doesn't require changing anything external. It actually just requires letting go.

We don't even have to change ourselves for that matter. But once we start to have a little bit more compassion for ourselves, then we inevitably change as a byproduct and shed all these layers and walls that we've been putting up to protect ourselves after all these years. And then a little bit of our own light starts to break through some of those cracks. And that's a source of joy.

We don't even have to change ourselves for that matter. But once we start to have a little bit more compassion for ourselves, then we inevitably change as a byproduct and shed all these layers and walls that we've been putting up to protect ourselves after all these years. And then a little bit of our own light starts to break through some of those cracks. And that's a source of joy.

We don't even have to change ourselves for that matter. But once we start to have a little bit more compassion for ourselves, then we inevitably change as a byproduct and shed all these layers and walls that we've been putting up to protect ourselves after all these years. And then a little bit of our own light starts to break through some of those cracks. And that's a source of joy.

And that's what I found in my life. And readers have been able to find that for themselves as well. So that's what I would say is to become very cautious of, very skeptical of our own judgments and our own mind.

And that's what I found in my life. And readers have been able to find that for themselves as well. So that's what I would say is to become very cautious of, very skeptical of our own judgments and our own mind.

And that's what I found in my life. And readers have been able to find that for themselves as well. So that's what I would say is to become very cautious of, very skeptical of our own judgments and our own mind.

Thank you so much for saying that, John. It's truly, again, such an honor of being here and thank you for sharing your story and opening up. And I think that created a lot of space for a lot of people to do the same. And they've clearly done so by the person writing to you and things like that. So thank you for all you do and for sharing your light with the world.

Thank you so much for saying that, John. It's truly, again, such an honor of being here and thank you for sharing your story and opening up. And I think that created a lot of space for a lot of people to do the same. And they've clearly done so by the person writing to you and things like that. So thank you for all you do and for sharing your light with the world.

Thank you so much for saying that, John. It's truly, again, such an honor of being here and thank you for sharing your story and opening up. And I think that created a lot of space for a lot of people to do the same. And they've clearly done so by the person writing to you and things like that. So thank you for all you do and for sharing your light with the world.

As soon as the parents don't feel enough worth, they're going to make their kids feel like that too, to make them work for approval, for praise, for love. And that's how the parents believe that the child can grow up to become quote unquote successful. But is success worth it if the person is not happy? not at peace.

As soon as the parents don't feel enough worth, they're going to make their kids feel like that too, to make them work for approval, for praise, for love. And that's how the parents believe that the child can grow up to become quote unquote successful. But is success worth it if the person is not happy? not at peace.

As soon as the parents don't feel enough worth, they're going to make their kids feel like that too, to make them work for approval, for praise, for love. And that's how the parents believe that the child can grow up to become quote unquote successful. But is success worth it if the person is not happy? not at peace.