I’ve never walked a traditional path. My brief time in the corporate world felt like a layover, something I did out of financial need and the desire for stability. Maybe even my late attempt at “adulthood.” But it became clear pretty quickly that this life wasn’t meant for me.Even though uncertainty terrifies me and I have my own anxieties about the future, I decided to take the leap: leaving corporate, betting on myself, and returning to the path of being a content creator while building my own business.This is an honest reflection on what that transition is really like, the excitement and the stress, the hope and the doubt, and the reality behind starting a new chapter, a new venture, and a new version of your life.If you’re navigating a career change, thinking about quitting your job, or exploring entrepreneurship, I hope this helps you feel less alone.📥 Grab the free Micro-Yes Starter Kit: https://www.diajin.com/free❣️ Return to Self (course waitlist) https://www.diajin.com/return-to-self-waitlist🔑 https://diajin.com(1:1 offers, and other ways to work with me)✍🏼Substack: https://diajin.substack.com/subscribeSocials:🐝 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diajin🐝 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/diajin🐝 YouTube:https://youtube.com/@diajinTopics covered:How I left my 9–5 corporate job, Career change at 30+ (why I walked away from stability), Quitting corporate to become a content creator, Transitioning from corporate life to entrepreneurship, What self-employment is really like behind the scenes, Building a business from scratch as a solo creator, The emotional side of taking a leap of faith, Choosing creativity over certainty, The hidden stressors of starting a business, How to know when a job isn’t aligned, Navigating uncertainty while reinventing your life, Mindset shifts for new entrepreneurs and creators, Honest reflections on leaving the traditional path
If you're doing the inner work but nothing's changing, you're feeling frustrated and stuck, I hear you. I've been there many times.I spent 20 years chasing breakthroughs before I realized: transformation doesn't happen in aha moments. It happens in the small, boring actions I used to dismiss as "band-aids."In this video, I break down why might still feel stuck in the same patterns (even after all your efforts), what creates lasting change, and a reminder that yes, it all matters. everything you're doing is building the bridge to future you/back home.📥 Grab the free Micro-Yes Starter Kit: https://www.diajin.com/free🔗Join the waitlist for Return to Self❣️: https://www.diajin.com/return-to-self-waitlist🔑 https://diajin.com(Courses, 1:1 offers, and other ways to work with me)✍🏼Substack: https://diajin.substack.com/subscribe🐝 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diajin🐝 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/diajinTopics:self love practices, inner work tips, feeling stuck in life, transformation journey, self worth journey, anxious attachment healing, mental health journey, personal development tips, nervous system regulation, healing journey, emotional growth, building self trust, breaking old patterns, small habits that changed my life, micro habits for mental health
You're doing all the nervous system tools: breathwork, grounding, somatic exercises—but you're still getting triggered, still spiraling, still stuck in the same patterns. Here's why: you're treating symptoms, not the system.In this video, I break down what nervous system regulation actually means (it's NOT about being calm), why the tools alone won't create lasting change, and the deeper layer most people miss, the one that keeps your system running old protection programs even when you're "safe."🔗 Ready to go deeper? Join the waitlist for Return to Self❣️: https://www.diajin.com/return-to-self-waitlist🔑 https://diajin.com(Courses, 1:1 offers, and other ways to work with me)✍🏼Substack: https://diajin.substack.com/subscribe🐝 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diajin🐝 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/diajintopics mentioned: nervous system regulation, polyvagal theory, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, self worth, conditional self worth, people pleasing, trauma healing, somatic healing, nervous system healing, how to regulate your nervous system, fight or flight response, dysregulation, emotional regulation, attachment theory, internal family systems, IFS therapy, self compassion, healing from trauma, vagus nerve, ventral vagal, dorsal vagal, sympathetic nervous system
If you're a solopreneur, creator, artist, student, or anyone who feels like they're constantly busy, near burnout, but never "productive enough" then this one's for you.In this video, I'm sharing 3 "anti" productivity practices and mindset shifts that will not only allow you to optimize your time and schedule, but to stay motivated and in love with chasing your dreams. ❣️ Return to Self (course waitlist) https://www.diajin.com/return-to-self-waitlist🔑 https://diajin.com(1:1 and other ways to work with me)✍🏼Substack newsletter: https://diajin.substack.com/subscrib🐝 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diajin🐝 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/diajin
In 2017, I booked a one-way ticket with no savings and no real plan. I just needed to run away and escape the version of me who felt low and lost. That leap into the unknown began a three year journey across Asia, Europe, and New Zealand that ended up teaching me far more than how to travel.In this episode, I share how I started a travel YouTube channel from scratch, worked odd jobs abroad, and slowly turned documenting my life into a career. There were a lot of uncertainty along the way but it was the start of completely reprogramming my self-worth and belief system. 🔑 https://diajin.com(Courses, 1:1 offers, and other ways to work with me)✍🏼Substack: https://diajin.substack.com/subscribe(I share more personal and in-depth essays on there, plus we can chat in real time!)🐝 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diajin🐝 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/diajin🎙 My podcast "Paths Back to You" Listen on iTunes: https://apple.co/3iJVVwIListen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2PYcE3a👻 My Spooky podcast "Soup of The Night"Listen on iTunes: https://bit.ly/4fv6PVFListen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/4lg5O5d
Self-worth isn’t something we have to earn, but for many of us, childhood, culture, and past experiences convince us otherwise.In this video, I share my story of going from low self-worth and seeking home in wrong relationships to finally feeling anchored in my own worthiness. I’ll walk you through the 3 biggest shifts that changed everything for me. Work with me 1:1 or explore more at:🔑 https://diajin.com✍🏼Substack: https://diajin.substack.com/subscribe(I share more personal and in-depth essays on there, plus we can chat in real time!)🐝 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diajin🐝 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/diajintopics:self worth vs self esteemhow to build self worthinner child healing self compassion practicesbreaking people-pleasing patternschildhood wounds & adult relationshipsovercoming toxic relationshipshow to trust yourself againletting go of the past traumaself love journey / feeling enoughpersonal growth + embodimentstop seeking external validationrebuilding confidence & belonging
In this video, I share 5 key principles that helped me shift from chasing happiness to cultivating something deeper: steady joy, presence, and contentment. These aren't quick fixes or "instant happiness hacks," but practices that create spaciousness, soften self-criticism, and help you cultivate peace and contentment that is always accessible.Topics Covered in This Video:- Lasting happiness vs. fleeting happiness- How to find joy and contentment- Awareness practice (inspired by Rupert Spira)- Radical self-permission & letting yourself be imperfect- Gratitude practices that go beyond toxic positivity- Balancing grief and gratitude- Letting go of control & cultivating presence- Inner peace and acceptance in daily life- Practical mindset shifts for emotional resilience- Moving from striving to allowing🔑 https://diajin.com(Courses, 1:1 offers, and other ways to work with me)✍🏼Substack: https://www.diajin.com/subscribe(I share more personal and in-depth essays on there, plus we can chat in real time!)YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
Have you ever struggled with social anxiety, awkwardness, or overthinking every conversation? This video is for anyone who’s ever felt invisible in a crowd, terrified before a party, or drained after small talk. I’m sharing 5 practical tools and mindset shifts that actually helped me go from avoiding people altogether to enjoying social connection—even when I’m still a little awkward.How to reframe rejection and stop fearing what people thinkWhy you don’t have to be “charming” to be confidentHow to use exposure therapy without overwhelming yourselfTips for managing anticipatory anxiety before social eventsHow to build quiet, grounded self-worth that makes social anxiety lose its powerWhether you identify as socially anxious, introverted, shy, or just someone who hates awkward moments—you’re not broken. You’re human. I hope this episode will give you the tools to meet that part of you with compassion and real change.🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
Are you actually in a secure relationship—or just trying to heal in the wrong environment?If you’ve ever wondered “Is it me, or is it this relationship?”—this video is for you. We’re exploring anxious attachment, emotional spiraling, and the real reason why healing can feel like a never-ending project when your connection isn’t safe.Whether you're deep in self-work, constantly overthinking your partner’s behavior, or trying to practice secure attachment in a relationship that might not be built for it, this is a grounded and honest conversation about how to tell the difference—and what to do next.In this episode, I share:How to tell if you’re in a relationship that supports secure attachmentWhat it looks like when your nervous system feels safeThe mindset shifts that helped me stop spiraling from relationship anxietyTools for self-regulation, co-regulation, and actually feeling different (not just knowing better)If you’ve been doing all the inner work and still feel insecure, jealous, or unsettled, you’re not broken—and you’re not alone.🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
From first heartbreak to finding a home in myself, this is a personal reflection on the six movies that quietly shaped my life—from age 17 to 34.If you’ve ever rewatched a film and felt like it mirrored a past version of you, this episode is for you.We’ll explore themes of identity, love, emotional growth, and the unexpected life lessons that come through coming-of-age stories, cinematic storytelling, and the movies that changed us—without us even noticing.Movies mentioned:Eternal sunshine of the spotless mindCloserLost in translationEat Pray LoveArrivalPerfect Days🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
"The ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function is the mark of a superior mind." - F. Scott FitzgeraldLet's talk about why trying to "make sense" of everything can leave you feeling stuck, and how learning to live inside your own contradictions, and the ones out in the real world, can actually give you an edge. If you've ever wrestled with self-acceptance vs. self-growth, openness vs. boundaries, ambition vs. surrender — this is for you.You’re allowed to be everything, all at once.🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
An honest conversation on themes that has been coming up for me in the last few months. Fear of uncertainty, impermanence, how to feel my feelings again, the paradox of wanting to plan or envision a future vs. being fully present in the now. I hope some of what I say resonates with you. 🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
Sometimes life continues to take unexpected turns. I thought everything would magically click into place when I reached my 30s. At least, I'd feel much more like standing on solid ground. I hope some of these personal and hard earned lessons I share in this video helps you feel less alone, ignite a little bit of optimism, or creates the space for you to reflect on which way you'd like to go. 📥 Grab the free Micro-Yes Starter Kit: https://www.diajin.com/free❣️ Return to Self (course waitlist) https://www.diajin.com/return-to-self-waitlist🔑 https://diajin.com(1:1 offers, and other ways to work with me)✍🏼Substack: https://diajin.substack.com/subscribeYouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
Sometimes, things can feel like its "too much". Sadly, even with support, we can feel isolated in our stressful or overwhelming moment. I hope these 3 practices can help ground you in an embodied way, so that you can find your equilibrium. You got this. 🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
If negative self-talk and being self-critical worked, we would all be perfect. Catching yourself in frequent negative self talk can be the first step of awareness to transform and shifting how you experience yourself and your reality. It is both a responsibility and a superpower to shift your relationship with yourself, and your inner dialogue, to choose thoughts and beliefs that are most beneficial for your well-being, and in turn, those around you. 🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
It can be painful when we continue to repeat patterns or attract patterns into our lives. I hope this episode helps you with some insights on demystifying why we continue to stay stuck in undesirable patterns, and how to bridge the gap between where we are and where we want to be. (or our current self vs. our dream self) 🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
Just as elusive as the word "love" is, when used in the context of romantic relationships, there seems to be no clear path to learn how to truly love ourselves. Often times, the journey of our healing and growth inadvertently takes us on a path of 'self-centric' isolation. In today's episode, I want to talk about practical ways and mindsets to approach this idea of "self-love", and I hope this helps you discover your path back home. 🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
Real confidence is not cold, detached, or uncaring. Quiet confidence is firm, but open and receptive. It embodies self-love, self-trust, and self compassion, which allows others to feel safe being their full selves in the presence of it. Once you're able to embody this energy from the inside out, then magnetism happens naturally. You can trust yourself to be selective, stand by your decisions, yet remain curious and open to differing ideas and opinions. 🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
Do you feel overwhelmed at times, unsure of how to balance a lifestyle that is disciplined, productive, yet also relaxed and spontaneous? In a world where we're inundated with information, it's more important now than ever to figure out your own unique "magic middle". I hope these 5 tips I'm sharing can help you check-in and reflect on how to create more synergy and balance in your own life. Sometimes the first step to living your best life is to simply allow yourself to be imperfect ;) 🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok
Have you ever felt frustrated with concepts in manifestation? Or you feel the gap between where you are and where you want to be is too wide for you to "pretend" you're already there? I've tried all the methods under the sun, and today - prefer a much more grounded approach to achieving my dream reality and life. Once you understand and start to embody these concepts, you won't have to be "delusional" anymore. The magic exists in our everyday lives. 🔑 Get access to members-only content[A private space for deeper essays, live chats, curated recs, and more]YouTube ChannelInstagramTikTok