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Kim Thai (she/her) is an interdisciplinary mindfulness writer and teacher. As an Emmy-award storyteller and a proud Queer kid of Vietnamese refugees, she has uplifted marginalized voices across different mediums for almost 20 years. Her personal essays on identity, healing and social justice have been published in New York Magazine’s The Cut, Newsweek, Buzzfeed and more. She is a certified yoga and meditation teacher and currently a student in Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Plum Village Buddhist tradition, exploring how we can liberate ourselves from oppressive systems and release embodied trauma through mindfulness.

She is currently working on a memoir/mindfulness book on how to reclaim power and joy in the world regardless of what identities you hold. You can follow her work by subscribing to her mindfulness newsletter Just One Breath, where she invites us to see how every moment is an opportunity to transform the world around us. 

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Essays

Kim's essays explore the intersection of identity and healing, weaving together the personal and the actionable so it may be of service to all. 

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Talks

From internalized oppression to centering joy, Kim has spoken on a wide range of topics, rooted in her own lived experience and how mindfulness can help us craft the lives we want to live. 

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My Family Story

After the Fall of Saigon, my father was imprisoned by the VietCong while mother searched him in a war-torn Vietnam for two and half years. Listen to their incredible love story. 

Just One Breath

Mindfulness tools and Buddhist insights to help you navigate your everyday world. This newsletter will remind you that transformation is possible in any moment — even in just one breath.

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Contact Kim

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