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Hedda Nguyen

Giving into Catharsis

Of course, that is (was?) a major appeal of the city that never sleeps.

5 min readAug 23, 2021

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Giving into Catharsis

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Hedda Nguyen

Movement Through Pain

Fact: I used to hate working out. You wouldn’t think that based on my past Instagram posts, huh? Or the fact that I became a personal…

3 min readApr 20, 2021

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Movement Through Pain

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Hedda Nguyen

Connections Found in Grief

Sometime in the midst of my never-ending game of catch-up studying, my friends managed to snag free tickets to the Stephen Colbert show…

3 min readApr 13, 2021

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Connections Found in Grief

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Hedda Nguyen

Cháo for Sickness (and the Sadness)

Sometime after Halloween, I was invited to a friend’s belated Halloween party. I was feeling up for it this time and had been planning out…

3 min readApr 6, 2021

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Cháo for Sickness (and the Sadness)

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Hedda Nguyen

Writing to Heal

For those of you who read the last blog post, you must now be thinking, “Wow Hedda! That’s great! Mr. Richie got you some friends and now…

3 min readMar 31, 2021

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Writing to Heal

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Hedda Nguyen

New Friends in New York

Mr. Richie and I ended up chatting Saturday morning for quite a while. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do after my dad died or how to…

3 min readMar 23, 2021

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Hedda Nguyen

Setting Doves Free

On Halloween, a bunch of my classmates were planning to go out. I really wanted to hang out with friends, go out, and have a good time. At…

4 min readMar 16, 2021

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Setting Doves Free

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Hedda Nguyen

Behind the “How Are You?”

“I know it’s hard to imagine right now, but things will get easier with time.” Rahul, my cherished mentor and friend, placed a hand on my…

4 min readMar 9, 2021

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Hedda Nguyen

Why I Went to Therapy

The Monday after I landed back at JFK airport, floundering in New York City again, I found myself sitting on a therapist’s couch looking…

4 min readMar 2, 2021

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Hedda Nguyen

Relationships after Loss

After you experience a loss, you have reckoning of sorts. I assume that it looks different for everyone. For some, it might be the cliched…

6 min readFeb 23, 2021

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Hedda Nguyen

Hedda Nguyen

Vietnamese-American millennial learning to live with loss and grief. Elite powerlifter and Columbia MPH candidate. Storyteller with www.growingupnguyen.com

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