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Identity & Work

How to Tell If It’s Time to Quit Your Job

Oct 27, 2026

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9 min read

How to Tell If It’s Time to Quit Your Job

I wasn't ready when I left corporate for the first time in 2021. Here's why it's different now.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen
Why You Keep Doubting Yourself When Dating Men Who You Know Are Wrong for You

Oct 23, 2026

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10 min read

Why You Keep Doubting Yourself When Dating Men Who You Know Are Wrong for You

You carry shaming beliefs about what you’re allowed to want

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

About me

Hi, I'm Ellen Nguyen! I create content about personal growth and self-worth in action for an audience of 60K+ across platforms. My work gives women the language for their experiences. They feel seen, then they're inspired to act: end the wrong relationship, hold the boundary, go for the job. The acting is the hard part, and it is what I coach.

Insight to Action is my eight-week programme for self-aware women to trust their own judgment and live and date on their terms. It's a forcing system that produces measurable outcomes and an internal shift, and I hold them to it week by week.

Previously, I was a Director in Financial Services and worked for companies like Mastercard and J.P. Morgan. As a writer and journalist, I have bylines in the BBC, Business Insider, Cosmopolitan UK, Metro UK, Refinery29, and many others. I have a BSc (Hons) in Psychology.

This is my weekly newsletter where I publish essays and resources on self-discovery and growth, for those unafraid to look inward and live on their own terms.

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Dating reset series

Dating Reset

Part 3: I Changed Everything I Believed About Men and Love. Then I Found the Marriage I Always Wanted.

Sep 23, 2026

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11 min read

Part 3: I Changed Everything I Believed About Men and Love. Then I Found the Marriage I Always Wanted.

How I rebuilt my self-worth, challenged the beliefs that kept me accepting less, and changed the way I chose a partner.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Dating Reset

Part 2: I Quit Dating. Here's What I Did to Change My Love Life Forever.

Sep 18, 2026

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13 min read

Part 2: I Quit Dating. Here's What I Did to Change My Love Life Forever.

What I did during my ultimate dating break to stablise my life and eventually meet my husband

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Dating Reset

Part 1: Uncomfortable Truth About Why I Kept Losing Myself in Dating and Choosing Unavailable Men

Sep 10, 2026

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9 min read

Part 1: Uncomfortable Truth About Why I Kept Losing Myself in Dating and Choosing Unavailable Men

Changing the men never changed the ending.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Foundational skills

The 5-Stage System I Used to Change My Life Trajectory

May 31, 2026

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5 min read

The 5-Stage System I Used to Change My Life Trajectory

How to turn every experience, especially the painful ones, into self-knowledge you can act on

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Foundational skills

How to Feel Everything without Losing Yourself

May 9, 2026

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4 min read

How to Feel Everything without Losing Yourself

Intense feelings aren't really the problem. Here's what high-intensity women actually need.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Foundational skills

If You're Afraid of Falling Apart, Read This

May 2, 2026

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5 min read

If You're Afraid of Falling Apart, Read This

The difference between the life that broke me at 24 and one that holds me at 31

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Foundational skills

I Spent My 20s Healing. My Early 30s Revealed What I'd Left Behind

Mar 10, 2026

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4 min read

I Spent My 20s Healing. My Early 30s Revealed What I'd Left Behind

Inner child parenting, shadow work, and the parts of yourself worth going back for

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Relationships

Why the Early Stage of Dating Was Practically Hell for Me

Oct 15, 2026

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9 min read

Why the Early Stage of Dating Was Practically Hell for Me

Any small change in a date's behaviour could trigger my worst fear of abandonment.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Relationships

10 Online Dating Mistakes I Made Before Finding My Husband

Oct 2, 2026

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7 min read

10 Online Dating Mistakes I Made Before Finding My Husband

They cost me not just time but also my wellbeing and dignity.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Identity & Work

How to Tell If It’s Time to Quit Your Job

Oct 27, 2026

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9 min read

How to Tell If It’s Time to Quit Your Job

I wasn't ready when I left corporate for the first time in 2021. Here's why it's different now.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Identity & Work

I'm Done Chasing Job Titles. Here's What I'm Doing Instead.

May 23, 2026

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4 min read

I'm Done Chasing Job Titles. Here's What I'm Doing Instead.

After 15 years in the UK, the chip on my shoulder finally fell off. I got what I came for, and I'm ready to use it to serve me before anyone else.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Identity & Work

The Corporate Trap No One Warned Me About as an Immigrant Woman

May 16, 2026

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5 min read

The Corporate Trap No One Warned Me About as an Immigrant Woman

I avoided labouring for men in relationships only to realise I've already laboured plenty for the systems they run.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen
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Ruthless Advice

My Hinge Date Is Going Through a Hard Time. Should I Wait for Him?

Aug 27, 2026

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4 min read

My Hinge Date Is Going Through a Hard Time. Should I Wait for Him?

My ruthless advice column: you ask, I answer ruthlessly.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Ruthless Advice

Should I date people I don't find physically attractive if my usual type is toxic?

Jul 8, 2026

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2 min read

Should I date people I don't find physically attractive if my usual type is toxic?

My ruthless advice column: you ask, I answer ruthlessly.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Ruthless Advice

Men talked marriage then pulled away at 4 months. Am I missing red flags?

Jun 24, 2026

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3 min read

Men talked marriage then pulled away at 4 months. Am I missing red flags?

My ruthless advice column: you ask, I answer ruthlessly.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen
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Relationships

Uncomfortable Lessons to Date and Marry Well

May 30, 2026

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21 min read

Uncomfortable Lessons to Date and Marry Well

The full post of my viral Instagram series: Uncomfortable things you had to do to marry well

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Quiz

How Ready to Date Are You, Really? FREE QUIZ

Jun 8, 2026

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1 min read

How Ready to Date Are You, Really? FREE QUIZ

18 *REVEALING* questions to ask yourself before you date. Free. Instant access.

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Quiz

Can You Date without Losing Yourself? FREE QUIZ

Aug 22, 2026

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4 min read

Can You Date without Losing Yourself? FREE QUIZ

The 7 Foundational skills you need to date like you matter

Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

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Essays and resources by Ellen Nguyen on self-discovery and growth in your 30s, for those unafraid to look inward and live on their own terms.

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