<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-26120" src="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-02-200x300.jpg" alt="Diana Bok Hoffman Podcast" width="272" height="408" srcset="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-02-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-02-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-02-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-02-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-02-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-02-350x525.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;I<span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="be14d0fa-be6b-9987-a80d-7af5b4660921" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">t</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="82817de0-3c14-1df4-b7f0-c64787534978" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">is</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="edde89c3-e0db-553b-9f53-a545b6f5bfb0" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">my</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="988bdd7d-88ff-f5d8-0459-e90e2fed7868" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">life</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="b1683491-4ea7-1e53-a53b-ddab0a46b298" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">that</span> I <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="6a9804a5-b60b-6fee-f71c-aa5e51df8cd2" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">claim.</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="0ac5878d-0190-d92a-51b3-1a24271772b2" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">That</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="dbb4b890-17d8-59ec-c57d-32a5d8c5f7c3" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">sense</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="2bb11778-671e-c828-0021-63e32acb810d" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">of</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="529ef9a7-2eaa-fac8-b5ad-5caa3096bdf0" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">empowerment</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="98736b17-c0b4-a39d-890b-df1bdea65919" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">wouldn&#8217;t</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="dfff48ba-ad8e-9e81-9ae5-f7f2f468a60f" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">have</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="19901b37-15ca-e569-77bf-e0f61db888b6" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">happened</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="7cf725ec-f6cf-5b53-beb2-4553dcd39773" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">without</span> <span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="b59d0b8e-deaf-953e-25d3-f86974fcbf83" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">the</span> P<span class="transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted" data-uuid="7eb65a45-cfa6-aace-f33b-0e702804c239" data-highlighted="false" data-playhead="false">rocess.&#8221; </span>Ana Bok</em></p>
<p>Today&#8217;s conversation with Hoffman graduate <strong>Ana Bok</strong> begins with Ana sharing a story that happened three years after her <a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/the-process/">Process</a>. Her <a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/the-process/">week at Hoffman</a> provided a powerful foundation that would come to help guide her through a tough time.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;">Since childhood, Ana&#8217;s dream has been to become a doctor. At age fourteen, she came to the United States. After graduating with her undergraduate degree in  Neuroscience with a concentration in Behavioral Studies, Ana planned to attend Yale Medical School. But first, she was a post-graduate research associate at a child psychiatry research lab at the Yale Child Study Center. She was on her way to her long-held dream. </span><span style="color: #333333;">But there, Ana found herself in inner turmoil and conflict. Already a Hoffman grad, Ana had thought to herself that after <a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/the-process/">the Process</a>, she was on her &#8220;right road&#8221; and that everything was &#8220;supposed to work.&#8221; She didn&#8217;t know what was wrong, but she knew her Quadrinity was out of alignment. </span></p>
<p>Listen in to hear Ana tell about this pivotal moment along the journey of her life. <a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/the-process/">The Process</a> offers a powerful foundation for navigating life. Ana found hope at the Process. Hope and her Spiritual Self guided Ana through this difficult time.</p>
<p>Ana&#8217;s story is powerful because it reminds us that after doing <a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/the-process/">the Process</a>, life is still life. How life works hasn&#8217;t changed, but we have. We hope you enjoy this deeply vulnerable and moving conversation with Ana and Drew.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #0e2d6d;">More about Ana Bok:</span></h3>
<p><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-26117 alignleft" src="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-Baby-photo.jpg" alt="Diana Bok Hoffman Podcast Childhood photo" width="130" height="136" srcset="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-Baby-photo.jpg 566w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-Baby-photo-287x300.jpg 287w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-Baby-photo-350x365.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px" /></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;">Ana was born in Korea, raised in China, and moved to the U.S. alone at age fourteen. She studied Neuroscience with a concentration in Behavioral Studies at Columbia University and spent five years researching molecular pathobiology and pain mechanisms during and after college. In 2022, Ana attended <a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/the-process/">the Hoffman Process</a>, which affirmed her deep interest in child and adolescent mental health. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-26119" src="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-01-225x300.jpg" alt="Diana Bok Hoffman Podcast" width="184" height="245" srcset="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-01-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-01-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-01-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-01-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Diana-Bok-Hoffman-Podcast-01-350x467.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px" />Ana recently completed two years of postgraduate training at the Yale Child Study Center. She continues her research on obsessive-compulsive disorder at the Yale School of Medicine. Fascinated by the intersection of science and spirituality, Ana hopes to one day integrate spirituality into early mental health interventions. Alongside her research, Ana has mentored middle and high school students, supporting their academic and personal growth.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;">Ana served as a <a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/graduate-groups/#newyork">NYC Hoffman Graduate Group</a> Leader in 2022–2023 before her fellowship at Yale and recently returned as a co-facilitator for the NYC Uptown Hoffman group. She welcomes connections from fellow Hoffman graduates and can be reached at <a style="color: #333333;" title="mailto:dianabok.connect@gmail.com" href="mailto:dianabok.connect@gmail.com" data-linkindex="0">dianabok.connect@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>

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<h3><span style="color: #0e2d6d;">As mentioned in this episode:</span></h3>
<p><a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/left-road-right-road-visualization/">Left Road/Right Road</a>:
The left road represents repeating patterns from your past, while the right road is the path of authenticity, choice, and self-responsibility.</p>
<p><strong>The Quadrinity™ Symbol</strong></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/bob-hoffman/">Bob Hoffman</a> designed the Hoffman Quadrinity™ Symbol in 1967 to represent the wholeness of Self. The circle represents the Body; the large vertical diamond in the middle represents the Spirit; the 2 smaller horizontal diamond shapes represent the Intellect and Emotions. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"><strong>Korean fortune-telling:</strong>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">&#8220;Saju&#8221; is a t</span>raditional Korean fortune-telling system that analyzes an individual&#8217;s birth year, month, day, and hour to create a personal profile. It is a widely practiced cultural tradition for seeking guidance on personality, relationships, career, and life path. It is often used for entertainment as well as for serious life decisions. Rooted in ancient Chinese metaphysics, saju calculates cosmic energy at the time of birth to provide insights into one&#8217;s destiny. </span></p>
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