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Life Worth Living with Wesley Tran

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Welcome to Life Worth Living with Wesley Tran. This is a hub where we talk about our identity, purpose, and many more things in our life. If you're looking to fill up your life with richness in relationships, character, and growth, please check out the series below! Recovering Travel Junkie is a podcast about how travel affects a person's personal growth, purpose, and passion. The Imago Dei Podcast exists to create uncomfortable conversations amplifying the voices of Christians of color in the US.
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Recovering Travel Junkie: Bre Byrd - New York City, London, and Bogota

We both met studying abroad in London! Her journey began from small southern town to the big city of New York! She's now working as the Studios Marketer for Spotify! She's my friend Bre Byrd! A lover of people and a big theology nerd! After graduating college, she had the opportunity to spend a year in Bogota, Colombia!

Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 11

Recovering Travel Junkie: Viet Bui - Bay Area, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Russia, New York City, London, Vietnam

He is an Organizational Psychologist currently working in the realms of leadership assessment and diversity & inclusion at a consulting firm called Korn Ferry. He is a coffee enthusiast. He is also obsessed with Spikeball, cocktails, and film photography. And is a networking coach. He's my friend Viet Bui. He's from Los Gatos and did his undergrad at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. He had the opportunity to study in San Francisco as a chaplain and go on a choir tour in Latvia and Russia. ...

Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Recovering Travel Junkie: Brian Knocik - Poconos, Slovakia, Chicago, Cuba

Welcome to recovering travel junkie! He is a virtual education consultant, he is everyone’s favorite cheerleader, and is using his voice to tell stories in his podcast, he is Brian Knocik. Yeah, so Brian and I really pushed each other to pursue our podcasts and we’ve become accountability partners! There’s this quote from the book The Defining Decade that talks about weak ties or acquaintance level relationships. “It is the people we know the least well who will be the most transformative.” I’ve...

Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Recovering Travel Junkie: Annika Phillips - Cape Breton, London, Uganda

We talked about Cape Breton and how it was growing up there. The sense of community is strong here because everyone knows each other. The Celtic Colours festival is a big 9 day music festival where the people of Cape Breton celebrate the trees changing color. She then volunteered in the mountains of Peru. She saw so much brokeness there working at an orphanage. She transitioned into the big city of London. She originally worked in Oxford and commuted to London. She also started a non-profit here...

Oct 07, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Recovering Travel Junkie: Holly Aldridge - Therapy, Orange County, Ukraine, and Florence

Today we have a special friend of mine! She is a leader of a homeless ministry at PLNU, is obsessed with dogs, and is always down to get boba or a baja blast from Taco Bell, she is my friend Holly Aldridge. She is from Orange County, and is passionate about counseling, therapy, and psychology. She's lead mission trips to Ukraine and studied abroad in Florence.

Sep 29, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 7

The Imago Dei Podcast - Episode 1 Being Black and Vietnamese in America

This podcast was created in response to the death of George Floyd and the injustices of Black people across the United States of America. we exist to create uncomfortable conversations amplifying the voices of Christians of color in the US. the backgrounds of POC Christians are multi-faceted. we aim to highlight various voices, and in so doing, help our white brothers and sisters understand the diverse experiences of the church. but we in no way claim to speak on the behalf of the entirety of an...

Sep 05, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Recovering Travel Junkie: Wesley Tran - My Story and How Traveling has Impacted my Personal Growth and Purpose

Welcome to the first episode of Recovering Travel Junkie! We'll be exploring different places and how each place has developed a person! I was born and raised in San Jose, California to two Vietnamese parents. I then moved to San Diego for college. From then on, traveling has taught me to be humble, minimal, frugal, while at the same time enjoying what life has to offer. Thank you all for listening and I hope you join me on this adventure as I bring guests onto the show!

May 29, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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