Slowing down to the speed of now with ĐƠN GIẢN

May 4, 2025

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As ever, this is an episode where I was learning as I went… something I will be forever grateful for and is a completely unexpected gift from hosting this podcast.

In this episode I’m, joined by ĐƠN GIẢN (pronounced Dunzan) an American coach living in Ho Chi Min City in Vietnam. ĐƠN GIẢN changed his name from Dave Berman a few years ago because of ĐƠN GIẢN’s meaning in Vietnamese: Simple. Like me ĐƠN GIẢN has a fascination with Simplicity: mine being the “Simple Reflections Podcast” and “Simplicity in Mind”; ĐƠN GIẢN’s not only being the name change but also his “Let it be Simple” community.

ĐƠN GIẢN and I met through both being hosts of the “Heartfelt Presence” platform (a free, 24 hour Zoom room. Hosted by coaches with a grounding in the Three Principles). It was through getting to know ĐƠN GIẢN briefly there that I thought he’d be a great guest for the podcast, and I wasn’t wrong…

Our conversation ranged from the power that come from slowing down to the speed of now, to establishing connections through shared understanding and creating experiments, to the infinite world of ideas and possibilities that we are all a part of.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the idea of slowing down in life and seeing what can be created from there?

Website: https://letitbesimple.com/

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Dave

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