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    • My Life in Mud: A MemoirNoel Nguyen is a Vietnamese American author and trauma-informed mentor. Evacuated from Vietnam during Operation Babylift, her work explores adoption, identity, and healing through memoir and reflective practice. She is the author of My Life in Mud and an International Impact Book Award winner.
    • My Life in Mud: A Path to Choosing LoveDesigned as a companion to My Life in Mud: A Memoir, this guided workbook transforms lived experience into practice. Through reflective writing prompts, somatic awareness exercises, meditations, and affirmations, readers are invited to gently explore the patterns shaped by adoption, emotional neglect, addiction, codependency, people-pleasing, and relational abuse.
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  • Daily Lotus Reflection
    January 22, 2026

    Daily Lotus Reflection

    You do not need the perfect words to show up for someone who is suffering. Sometimes the most loving thing you can say is, “I don’t know what that is like for you, but I am here.”

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  • Why My Life in Mud Is Listed on SheBiz — And Why It Matters
    January 15, 2026

    Why My Life in Mud Is Listed on SheBiz — And Why It Matters

    Support women-majority-owned businesses in health and wellness. Discover purpose-driven brands creating impact through healing, equity, and storytelling.

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  • Daily Lotus Reflection: Today’s Taboo Word — Forgiveness
    January 13, 2026

    Daily Lotus Reflection: Today’s Taboo Word — Forgiveness

    Forgiveness is often misunderstood as excusing harm. In this Daily Lotus Reflection, forgiveness is reframed as an act of self-love, self-awareness, and liberation—especially for trauma survivors learning to bloom beyond the mud.

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  • What If the Very Thing You Fear Is What Sets You Free?
    January 12, 2026

    What If the Very Thing You Fear Is What Sets You Free?

    What if fear is not a warning but an invitation? A trauma-informed reflection on how the very thing we avoid may be the doorway to healing, freedom, and becoming who we truly are.

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  • A Letter for the Ones Who Survived the Shedding
    December 23, 2025

    A Letter for the Ones Who Survived the Shedding

    This year did not ask politely. It asked us to shed—layers of self, expectation, certainty, and the stories we once used to survive. The Year of the Snake arrived not as a whisper, but as a reckoning. Skin after skin fell away, revealing tender places we did not feel ready to show the world,…

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  • From Trauma Memory to Witness: Preserving History Through Story and Survival
    December 18, 2025

    From Trauma Memory to Witness: Preserving History Through Story and Survival

    This Lotus Daily Reflection explores trauma memory, survivorship, and witness—honoring Operation Babylift adoptee stories and the power of truth-telling to preserve history and heal community.

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  • Keeping Your Word: Trauma Healing, Trust, and The Energy of Integrity | My Life in Mud
    December 11, 2025

    Keeping Your Word: Trauma Healing, Trust, and The Energy of Integrity | My Life in Mud

    Trauma survivors experience broken promises differently. When someone doesn’t keep their word, it can reopen old wounds of abandonment, mistrust, and invisibility. This reflection explores why integrity is foundational to healing, how to prepare for disappointment without collapsing into old patterns, and how The Four Agreements offer a guiding path back to self-trust and…

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  • Left Before I Was Known: Abandonment, Identity & Healing | My Life in Mud
    December 9, 2025

    Left Before I Was Known: Abandonment, Identity & Healing | My Life in Mud

    Chapter One of My Life in Mud: A Memoir, titled “Left Before I Was Known,” does not simply recount history—it exposes the psychological imprint of loss that occurs before memory has language. This opening chapter is not a remembrance in the traditional sense. It is a somatic record of abandonment, war, displacement, and identity…

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  • Read All About It: Finding Your Voice After Trauma
    December 8, 2025

    Read All About It: Finding Your Voice After Trauma

    A trauma-healing reflection inspired by themes of courage, voice, and truth. Discover how silencing, fear, and survival patterns keep us hidden—and how reclaiming your voice becomes an act of self-love and healing.

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  • From Heeling to Healing: Self-Reflection
    December 7, 2025

    From Heeling to Healing: Self-Reflection

    Eleven years ago, I sat in heels, smiling for the world. Today, I sit in truth. This is a reflection on confidence, survival, and the quiet beginning of becoming.

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