I know what survival is. And how to live again.
I was born in Busan, South Korea. My mother took me in right after I was born, and I spent the first ten months of my life in an orphanage. When I arrived in the Netherlands, I was so small and quiet that the doctor didn’t believe I was already ten months old. My parents later called me a dead little bird. They breathed life back into me.
I had never learned to talk about what I felt. In my adolescence I lost my way, and at the age of twenty I stood empty-handed: no home, no people around me, and a body that was exhausted.
My parents called me a dead bird. They breathed life back into me.
Paul Veen
That was when my transformation began. I started working on myself and never stopped doing so. Therapy, personal development, and above all: new habits. A regular morning routine, a regular evening routine, conscious eating, exercise, and breathing. Those habits have been my salvation, and they still carry me every day.
At the age of 32, I started my training as a physiotherapist. I wanted to help others regain their health, just as I had done myself. Now I run F3 Fysio with seven locations in Rotterdam and the surrounding area, F3 Gym and FitFoodFocus.
I recognize myself in many people who come to me. Patterns that keep you small: sugar, alcohol, or always being on the go and living in tension. It seems to keep you afloat, but it drains you.
You don't break a pattern with willpower alone. You break it with habits that you maintain until they become automatic.
What I’ve learned myself: You don’t break through such a pattern with willpower alone. You break through it with new habits that you maintain until they become automatic. That’s what I FitFoodFocus developed for that purpose. The program helps you build your resilience and strengthen your recovery so that your body can do what it was made for again.
I am alive. I am not surviving anymore. I wish that for you too.
In six weeks, you will build together the habits that you carry — live in Rotterdam or online by a specialist who trained Paul. Limited to five new people per month.
