The Journey Node

The Journey Node Provide affordable access to essential life skills, practical frameworks, and supportive networks for successful adults

Yesterday, our founder Thao Nguyen was invited as a guest speaker to join Dr. Svetla Stoyanova-Bozhkova, Dr Narayan Bhat...
09/06/2026

Yesterday, our founder Thao Nguyen was invited as a guest speaker to join Dr. Svetla Stoyanova-Bozhkova, Dr Narayan Bhattarai, FHEA, CMBE,UKCGE Recognised ARS and Dr Abi (Abimbola) Dada, AFHEA for the first University of the West of Scotland Enterprise and Innovation Lab's Idea Spark Session at the UWS - London Campus.
The session brought together a fantastic group of students to explore, challenge, and develop their business ideas from the ground up - in a world where AI is reshaping what's possible faster than ever before.
But this was about far more than just building an idea.
It was an opportunity for students to sharpen the transferable skills that will define their futures - communication, pitching, critical thinking and self-awareness.
Watching students step into that process, challenge their own assumptions, and begin to see themselves as future entrepreneurs was genuinely inspiring.
More sessions to come. Watch this space. ๐Ÿš€

One of the most powerful life skills we can develop? Learning to recognise our own achievements - and actually say them ...
05/06/2026

One of the most powerful life skills we can develop? Learning to recognise our own achievements - and actually say them out loud, without shrinking, without apologising.

The workshop from Rmrkblty is a brilliant opportunity to do exactly that.

is a global movement that empowers everyone, including underrepresented groups, to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond, while challenging the social perception around self-promotion.

During this 90-minute workshop you will:
โ— Reflect on your own limiting beliefs on self-promotion.
โ— Explore what the research actually says about self-promotion and bias.
โ— Go through the main exercise to help you identify and share your achievements.
โ— Wrap up with discussion and take home exercises.

Upcoming session with Monique Ho and Irene Caprรฌ:
๐Ÿ“… Wednesday 10 June 2026
๐Ÿ•— 08:00 โ€“ 09:30 UK Time
๐Ÿ”— https://lnkd.in/eCZwBxvr

Meet our guest speakers and host joining us at Career Level Up โ€“ our upcoming hybrid event this June!๐Ÿ“ London + Online๐Ÿ“… ...
22/05/2026

Meet our guest speakers and host joining us at Career Level Up โ€“ our upcoming hybrid event this June!
๐Ÿ“ London + Online
๐Ÿ“… Saturday 20 June 2026, 1โ€“6pm

โ€‹โ€‹โœจ Our special guest speaker: Purnima Pratap, Managing Director at Accenture
Purnima is UKI Financial Services Transformation and Delivery Excellence Lead at Accenture โ€“ shaping and executing IT transformation programmes for global C-suite executives in Financial Services, often with annual spend in excess of $500m and 3,000+ resources.
With 22 years at Accenture across London, New York, Spain and India, she has partnered with leading global banks, insurers and FinTech organisations โ€“ driven by curiosity for new technology and how it can positively impact people and customers.
From an ethnic-minority background herself, she is part of Women in Tech leadership and the BAME Engage programme โ€“ building career tracks so the next generation can rise without apology.

โ€‹โ€‹โœจ Our Host: Ellen Nguyen
โ€‹Community builder, Director in Financial Services, host of the Landed podcast, and author of How You Heal in Your 20s. Ellen moved to the UK from Vietnam to study, and over the past decade, she has built an abundant life and thriving career at Mastercard, J.P. Morgan, alongside a community of 40K+ across Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

โ€‹โ€‹โœจ Our coach Natasha Neeson, Executive Communication & Career Coach
Natasha is an Executive Communication & Career Coach helping senior leaders and teams communicate with clarity, confidence and impact. Drawing on behavioural psychology and 20 years in live television, she has coached professionals from companies such as Google, BlackRock, Amazon, PwC, Monzo, the Bank of England, Workday, University of Oxford, and Boots to craft clear, persuasive messages, build authentic presence, and perform with confidence in high-stakes situations. She focuses on strengthening leadership presence, influencing decisions, and driving stronger organisational outcomes.

โœจ Who this event is for
๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€‹Women who want the real conversation, with peers who get it, and senior women who've lived it
๐ŸŒ Early and mid-career professional women from immigrant, ethnic minority, or other underrepresented backgrounds who are looking to progress in their careers

๐Ÿ‘‰ SIGN UP: https://luma.com/jd2q5l6t?utm_source=thejourneynode

What to Expect at Our Upcoming Event: Career Level Up for Immigrant Women in Corporate UK? ๐Ÿ’กThe Unspoken Rules of Climbi...
19/05/2026

What to Expect at Our Upcoming Event: Career Level Up for Immigrant Women in Corporate UK?

๐Ÿ’กThe Unspoken Rules of Climbing the Corporate Ladder for women as immigrants, ethnic minorities, or from other underrepresented backgrounds

๐ŸŒŸ How to level up - get seen, recognised, promoted, and rewarded for what you are worth in corporate UK!

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ SIGN UP: https://luma.com/jd2q5l6t?utm_source=thejourneynode

๐ŸŽค Fireside with Purnima Pratap, Managing Director at Accenture โ€” a candid conversation about what it actually takes to climb. What gets people promoted, what holds women like us back, the unspoken politics of senior careers, and what she wishes someone had told her earlier.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Peer discussion led by Ellen Nguyen โ€” she will share lessons from her unconventional journey to Director level in financial services. The room shares what weโ€™ve been noticing, sitting with, getting stuck on.

๐ŸŽญ Live coaching with executive coach Natasha Neeson โ€” role-plays of the hardest conversations: asking for a promotion, negotiating salary, asking for sponsorship, pushing back when credit is taken, navigating a pivot.

โœจ Connection in a beautiful space โ€” an intentional room of women navigating similar things.

โž• Optional extended session โ€” smaller group, deeper coaching with Ellen and Natasha.

This is for early- and mid-career immigrant women progressing in corporate UK.

Director-level women looking for peers.

If youโ€™ve been noticing the gap between what career advice promises and what actually happens โ€” come.

๐Ÿ“ London + livestream

๐Ÿ“… Saturday 20 June 2026, 1โ€“6pm

๐Ÿ’ท Early bird ends on 27 May

We had a wonderful time at Accenture last week! ๐Ÿ™Œ Our coach Natasha Neeson explored what it takes to land your message w...
18/05/2026

We had a wonderful time at Accenture last week! ๐Ÿ™Œ
Our coach Natasha Neeson explored what it takes to land your message when the critical moments come. Thank you to Monique Ho and Cheng Li for the warm welcome. A huge kudos to them for investing in their colleagues by driving the wellness and inclusion agenda in the Technology Strategy and Transformation offering area.

As AI takes on more of the technical and analytical work, the skills that set people apart are increasingly human ones. And yet powerful communication is something most of us learn on the job, without ever being formally taught. That leads to a lot of value leakage. Talented, capable people who are ready for the next step โ€” missing out on promotions, losing the room in critical conversations, or simply not getting the visibility their work deserves. Not because of what they know, but because of how it lands.

Life skills are too often overlooked, and that gap is exactly where we work.
If you're ready to invest in life skills for your people, we'd love to talk. Communication is just one of the topics we cover.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Explore our workplace programmes: https://thejourneynode.com/for-corporates
๐Ÿ‘‰ Upcoming event on 20 June - Career Level Up for Women from Underrepresented Groups in Corporate UK: https://luma.com/jd2q5l6t?utm_source=thejourneynode

Something special is coming this JUNE โ˜€๏ธWe're co-hosting Career Level Up with Ellen Nguyen โ€” Director in Financial Servi...
13/05/2026

Something special is coming this JUNE โ˜€๏ธ
We're co-hosting Career Level Up with Ellen Nguyen โ€” Director in Financial Services, host of the Landed podcast, and author of How You Heal in Your 20s.
Ellen moved to the UK from Vietnam to study, and over the past decade has built an abundant life and thriving career at Mastercard and J.P. Morgan โ€” alongside a community of 40K+ across Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. She founded Landed Community โ€” a space for immigrant women navigating careers, relationships, the inner and outer work of building a life that's actually theirs โ€” and this event is exactly that spirit in a room.

Our Coach Natasha Neeson โ€” an Executive Communication & Career Coach, will be there leading live, practical coaching on the hardest conversations: asking for a promotion, negotiating salary, asking for sponsorship, pushing back when credit is taken, navigating a pivot. Drawing on behavioural psychology and 20 years in live television, she has coached professionals from companies such as Google, BlackRock, Amazon, PwC, Monzo, the Bank of England, Workday, University of Oxford, and Boots to craft clear, persuasive messages, build authentic presence, and perform with confidence in high-stakes situations. She focuses on strengthening leadership presence, influencing decisions, and driving stronger organisational outcomes.

๐Ÿฆ Early bird tickets open until 27th May.
20 June ยท Central London ยท In-person & Online.

๐Ÿ”— Grab your ticket: https://luma.com/jd2q5l6t?utm_source=thejourneynode

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€” how youโ€™re perceived at work, how you show up in relationships, and how much o...
09/05/2026

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€” how youโ€™re perceived at work, how you show up in relationships, and how much of your potential the world actually gets to see.
If youโ€™ve ever left a meeting wishing youโ€™d said more. Stayed quiet when you had something valuable to say. Or felt overlooked despite everything you bring to the table โ€” this is for you.

Explore our Communication Programmes for every stage of your journey:
๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ
Stop being the person whoโ€™s overlooked โ€” 4 weeks to become someone people listen to, remember, and respect.
๐Ÿ‘‰See details: https://stan.store/thejourneynode/p/the-confident-communicator-blueprint-programme

๐ŸŽค ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€
Stop shrinking, start owning the room โ€” in just 90 minutes youโ€™ll have the tools to speak with confidence and leave a lasting impression.
๐Ÿ‘‰See details: https://stan.store/thejourneynode/p/in-the-spotlight-speak-with-impact-masterclass

๐Ÿš€๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
Big presentation? Difficult conversation? Get personalised coaching so you show up ready, not rattled.
๐Ÿ‘‰See details: https://stan.store/thejourneynode/p/11-speak-with-impact-intensive

๐Ÿ† ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ
If youโ€™re tired of not being heard โ€” 5 personalised sessions to transform the way you communicate at work, and in life.
๐Ÿ‘‰See details: https://stan.store/thejourneynode/p/11-communication-breakthrough-programme-

Your voice matters. Itโ€™s time the world heard it. Which programme speaks to you? ๐Ÿ‘‡

Most people are out there figuring life out alone โ€” navigating career decisions, self-doubt, big transitions โ€” with no r...
08/05/2026

Most people are out there figuring life out alone โ€” navigating career decisions, self-doubt, big transitions โ€” with no real space to talk about it honestly.

Thatโ€™s exactly why The Journey Node exists.
A community where ambitious professionals come to grow โ€” not just professionally, but as people. Real conversations, real skills, real relationships with people who get it.

Hereโ€™s what you get when you join:
โœ… A growing network of 100+ professionals across industries and nationalities
โœ… Life skills that school and work never taught you
โœ… A safe, judgement-free space to be yourself
โœ… People who see you, hear you and push you forward
The right community changes everything.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Join us here: https://stan.store/thejourneynode/p/join-the-journey-node-community-

And our Summer 2026 events for the community? ๐Ÿ‘€ You do NOT want to miss out. Follow us for updates! ๐Ÿ™Œ

02/05/2026

The gap between who you are and who youโ€™re meant to be isnโ€™t talent. Itโ€™s CLARITY.
Your perspective vs. reality.
Your current path vs. the life you actually want.
What youโ€™ve been accepting vs. what you actually deserve.
The ๐Ÿงญ Inner Compass Programme closes that gap.
๐Ÿ‘‡ Comment โ€œCompassโ€ and we will send you the link to join The Inner Compass Programme [Or Link in bio: https://stan.store/thejourneynode/p/the-inner-compass-programme]

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