ComebaCK: What’s Your Story?

Thuyen Vo is the founder of Easy English Vietnam and Easy Vietnamese - 2 language centers in Saigon. She is also the seasonal host at ‘Best Ever Food Review Show’, reaching over 3M views on YouTube, hosting episodes such as “10$ Challenge” for a day’s food challenge, and more, making it one of the popular food review channels on YouTube. Thuyen has a background in digital marketing alongside this,...

Sasha is from YogaArt practice and ‘lockdown warriors Vietnam’ looking to teach yoga online during this difficult period. Sasha is a yoga and yoga therapy teacher with over 500 hours of training and over 3000 hours of teaching experience in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Russia, and has been teaching yoga to adults and kids since 2017. Her main focus is on safety through correct alignment and un...

Luis Zapiola from rock band, ‘Anesthetic Youth’, joins me today to review Green Day’s iconic ‘American Idiot’ album, upon it’s 17th anniversary. Luis previously appeared on episode 59, alongside his band mate Angelo, and TrashZilla. We discuss the longevity of this album, track by track reviews, the storyline associated, and more. You can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Insta...

Ilya Levchenko is a Ukrainian drummer, currently living in Hanoi, Vietnam, having spent time in Belarus and China, and joins me today to discuss his career drumming and performing, speaking about influences such as Red Hot Chil Peppers, and more. Thank you, Ilya! You can find out more about his work on Facebook and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Juliane Roces Pere is from the Philippines, currently living in Da Nang, Vietnam, and is immersed in a wide range of creative projects, including costume designing, fire, streaming and face/body painting artistry. You can find out more about her work on Instagram and Facebook under her name, and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram (Website coming soon!)

Niranjan Banka is initially from India, based in Vietnam, and is involved in the practices of breathwork and inner flow healing. We discuss these in more detail, and how to access self awareness. You can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Tuyen Võ is the host and creator of the "Dear Our Community" Podcast, and has a passion for connecting people through philanthropy, hoping to inspire the younger Vietnamese generation into creating positive changes & social impact. We discuss the mission behind both podcasts and philanthropy, education in Vietnam, and more. You can find out more about her work at ‘Dear Our Community’ podcast on so...

Viva Andrada O Flynn is a five time published author and writer from the Philippines, currently living in Gloucestershire, who writes about surviving, kindness, vulnerability, poetry and a whole range of topics. You can find out more about Viva at “Viva Andrada O Flynn” on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

François Bibonne is a Frenchman, who returned to Vietnam to create and produce a documentary ‘Once Upon A Bridge’, exploring classical music in Vietnam, the link between France and Vietnam, and much more alongside his journey. We discuss the process of documentary making, aims, future projects, the challenges faced due to CO-vid, beauty of Vietnam, and more. You can find out more about the project...

Chris and Fiona are both British personal trainers living in Hanoi and are the founders of ‘The PT Hub’, looking at improving clients fitness, well-being and nutrition. We discuss their fitness backgrounds, journey in Vietnam, challenges faced, favorite aspects of fitness, misconceptions of body imagery in the industry, and the work they’ve been up to during 2021, especially their recent ‘burpees...

Axe from ‘Help Hanoi’s Homeless’ joins me to discuss homelessness, both his work starting up charities related to homelessness in Prague, Hanoi, Saigon and Adelaide, their mission, aims - a project related to volunteers providing education to others - Axe’s own personal experiences with homelessness, and how we can tackle the issue. A great conversation and one of which I thoroughly enjoyed. You c...

Becca Milward is based in Hai Phuong in the north of Vietnam, and creator of ‘Mango Studio’, looking to promote art, create a community and raise awareness for issues related to wildlife in Vietnam. You can find out more about Becca and her work at ‘The Mango Studio’ on Facebook and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram (Website coming soon)!

Me and Nick discuss some of the many concepts of wisdom that come from Robin Sharma’s fable and my favorite book, ‘The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari’. This also leads onto conversations about the self, non dualism, Victor Frankl, purpose and meaning, autonomy at work, and more. If you enjoyed this podcast, you can find out more at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Mary Nguyen joins the podcast to discuss numerology, the practice, how she began, and what our names and birthdays mean in discovering our life cycle, life’s purpose and meaning. Fascinating discussion - thank you for your time, Mary! If you enjoyed this episode, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Dr Elena Tyutyuma is a cosmetologist and massage therapist from Ukraine, currently living in Da Nang, Vietnam, and joins me today to guide us through advice and knowledge of our body, techniques to self massage, the importance of her work, and science behind massage therapy. You can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Jordan from ‘State Shifters’ joins me today to discuss shifting your emotional state, a series of self development techniques such as breathwork, cold water challenges, NLP, journaling and more, life in Australia, figures such as Eckhart Tolle, Dr Joe Dispenza, and Tony Robbins. We also discuss the State Shifters work that Jordan is up to with his brand and clients. You can find out more about Jor...

Nhi Mai is a VietKieu currently living in Saigon, Vietnam having being raised in Switzerland by her Vietnamese parents, and joins me to discuss her upbringing, discovering her identity, challenges faced, being multilingual, and her move back to Vietnam, becoming immersed in Vietnamese and Western communities. She also has her YouTube channel, ‘NowOrNhi’, which focuses on travel, culture, food and...

Riho Tsuji is a Japanese American expat in Saigon, Vietnam, and since 2019, has experienced Vietnam from a different perspective than most expats when they arrive. Through her work in social impact and sustainability, she has seen first hand the current state of disadvantaged communities whilst working with orphanages and people with disabilities - including the lasting effects of Agent Orange. Ri...

Karina Zima is a professionally trained actress and the founder of ‘Bravo Theatre’ here in Vietnam, having taught and studied in Italy, Romania (her home country), and the UK. We discuss her acting career, being trained at East 15 theatre school, misconceptions of actors, channeling nerves and excitement pre performance, channeling alter egos, living abroad, and her work with ‘Bravo Theatre Vietna...

Dean Coulson is the founder of ‘Lean Warrior’, helping successful people regain balance of their life through achieving self mastery. He is a coach, writer and author, and heavily involved in martial arts, also training with world renowned martial arts instructor Geoff Thompson. Dean shares his love of fitness and nutrition in this episode, dives into the key lessons taken away from his martial ar...

Julie Leonard is a Scottish coach and author who helps people uncover their limiting beliefs and mindsets to achieve their full potential. Julie went from an extremely shy, introverted youngster into a coach whose benefited the lives of over 1,000 people. We discuss her techniques in self development, taking responsibility, how important her practice is, her 30 years experience in health, psycholo...

Lecilia Du Toit joins me today to talk about her background in South Africa, Psytrance and her exposure to the sub genres, her time as an expat in Thailand and Vietnam, and thrill of playing live as a DJ. You can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram (Website coming soon!)

Kim Kelly, a teacher of both English and Vietnamese, joins me today to discuss her background in teaching and creating art to channel her passion for social justice and mental health, primarily Vietnamese feminism and the concept of ‘losing your virginity’. We discuss her passion for activism, history of feminism in Vietnam, how we can improve attitudes, her work, challenges faced, and more. Great...

Helen Uskovic, from Sydney, Australia, has done quite a lot in the self development space, from working with clients in improving mindset, resilience and responsibility through her coaching. Today she opens up on her comeback journey from the entertainment industry, suffering back pain and severely damaged eyesight. She talks about how she used gratitude, positive affirmations and manifestation to...

In episode 3 of Ronaldo’s return, and episode 3 with James Hammond from the ‘Winging It Travel Podcast’, we discuss Cristiano Ronaldo’s astonishing United reunion, and also Bolivia, a country I had no knowledge of, and James has a lot of experience with. This follows on from James’ appearances on Episodes 111 and 145 of ComebaCK, where we also discussed football and travel! You can find out more a...