Done feeling helpless and stuck in your relationships, your career, or your own mind?
Hi, I'm Ellen Nguyen.
I help self-aware women build the foundation of secure adulthood and make concrete changes.I did it myself, many times over: from growing up in a broken home with an anxious attachment to building security within myself, making decisions that serve me and enjoying an abundant life that makes me my best. From being stuck on a work visa to a fast-track promotion at J.P Morgan and a six-figure Director role at Mastercard. From an inactive lifestyle to the fittest I've been at 32.Now I teach the repeatable method, from the inside out, with a BSc in Psychology, years of writing for top publications with millions of views, and an audience of over 60K across platforms.
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What I do
My Mission
I work with self-aware women who are stuck at the point where more insight doesn't get them what they want.They have done the therapy, read the books, and can name their patterns with precision. They still find themselves delaying the actions, avoiding the decisions, and not seeing real, tangible progress towards their goals. And it's not as simple as "just do it." What holds them back is deeper and older than that.I know that place well. I grew up in a broken home and came to the UK at 17, anxious and unsure of what I wanted. I was good at learning about myself. I could name what was wrong and still repeat it. For a long time, I felt lost and stuck, full of shame and self-doubt. I didn't know what was good or bad for me. I was paralysed by the voice in my head that said, "You're a failure. You're not enough. You're not worthy."
In my mid-20s, I realised that no matter where I went or what I did, that voice came with me. It only changed once I stopped and looked inside myself. I turned my life around by building foundational skills I had never been taught growing up. I rebuilt the system underneath the behaviour: how I saw myself, how I treated myself, how I made my judgments and my decisions. And everything else moved with it.I healed my anxious attachment, changed my dating approach completely, and built an abundant life and marriage that reflect the work. I went from a low-paid assistant manager to securing a fast-track promotion at J.P. Morgan, then contracting jobs for J.P. Morgan and Google, and a six-figure Director role at Mastercard within just 4 years off the work visa. It allowed me to help pay off my family's debts and free my mum from an abusive marriage, which I'm proud of and grateful for every single day. Then, most recently, I got into the best shape of my life with a fitness lifestyle that I didn't think was possible for someone who grew up bed-rotting with unhealthy eating habits.I had used the same moves to achieve each of these life-changing transformations. The same repeatable steps, in my career, my relationships, my body. Structural changes that meant I no longer had to rely on willpower.This is what I now teach in my program, Insight to Action.I'm currently running my pilot cohort and I'm opening the next one soon. Apply now.
What my audiences and clients said
"I want to send a huge thank you for the incredible insights you shared during our 1:1 sync today! I was honestly "Wow" by how directly you addressed everything - getting straight to the point, and I was so pleasantly surprised by how you understood my situation.Your genuine care and encouragement mean a lot to me, and the fresh perspectives you provided were exactly what I needed. I feel completely clear on my next steps now and I am absolutely ready to put these changes into action!"
"There are a lot of shifts coming at once and these experiences are so precious to me."
"I really do feel like I'm writing my own story again!"
"Your posts have been like a veil being slowly removed from my face."
"I am so thankful for what you share and it is the perfect amount of detail and always makes sense. It always inspires and produces perspective and growth for me."
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I'm the founder of Landed, a community for professionals from immigrant backgrounds. Our meet-ups and workshops are where the community comes together in person to talk honestly about the things that don't get said publicly.
