Anne Phung Nguyen

Anne Phung Nguyen. Hello! I'm Anne Phung Nguyen. A Vietnamese American entrepreneur who lives with her amazing husband JP and her family in Orange County California. Henry is a very happy and lucky dad. Most people know me via my Instagram @annephung, where I document my life - highs, lows, and everything in between. My parents took my family to America in the year 1990 when I was only one and a half years old. I would not be able to share my story with you today had my parents not worked to the max and sacrifice. Knowing I had an opportunity at a better future I strived to impress them and was a shrewd entrepreneur in the direction of success. In my mind, I had a plan to live my life. You go to college and then graduate. Wed. Purchase a home. Create children. This was my vision of what success would look like. But life had other plans. In 2013, my job as a corporate employee was a job I hated. Money and status were not what I needed to feel happy. I believed that I wasted my life to earn a paycheck. While navigating my way through a different job, I realized that I was meant to work as a personal trainer. I loved exercise, I loved having fun, and I love helping people. This year I will celebrate the 7th year anniversary of my business. In 2014, I launched my own company. There are a few Asian women in the industry. To lead in my industry and to provide quality coaching to assist others in achieving a happier and healthier life by establishing a life that is tailored to their specific needs and to reach their objectives. It is my goal to inspire others to pursue their dreams, and to live the lives they have always dreamed of. My career was beginning to flourish, I experienced the most devastating loss of my life, my mother's loss of life. She won her eight year fight with the disease and now rests in Heaven and with me in my mind and heart always. The lessons of life are often hidden from us, but they can be extremely useful. My loss has impacted my life in many different ways. I truly believe that her death gave me the chance to start an entirely new chapter. On Tet/Lunar New Year Day, she passed away. Now it was time to go on into her new chapter, as well as my opportunity to lead one that was meaningful and enjoyable. As I approach my 30s I am awestruck by the feeling that I am alive and living. I'm not feeling as if I'm just a mere existence anymore. I am sharing my experiences to you with the hope that you can resonate with my stories and thoughts so that you can feel secure knowing that you're not the only one, to be aware that you are far more capable than anything else you set your mind to the fact that real love is there and therapy is normal and needed as health is the greatest form of wealth. Because death is all that we can have, I hope you enjoy your life and die with no regrets.