Hi, I’m Betty

AUTHENTICITY LIFE COACH, FACILITATOR & SPEAKER

I guide first-gen code-switchers to confidently embrace who they are by shedding their armor.

By understanding life’s messy moments, we start to trust and love the “contradictions” that make us unique.

This practice of authenticity builds resilience and reassurance – when we we make choices that respect our time and energy, we honor what matters most and celebrate the twists and turns of our legacy.

The world will see you once you see yourself.

Finding my wisdom in discomfort.

As a first-generation, Asian American daughter, I learned early on to follow the rules and ignore my desires.

I became deeply uncomfortable with breaking away from expectations – of others and my own.

So I kept checking off the ‘right’ boxes. I graduated with a good education, worked tirelessly for impressive titles, found myself a reliable partner, and bought my first home.

Yet, in the quiet of the night, I felt empty inside. Despite these successes, my life didn’t feel like my own, but I didn’t know what to change.

Working with a life coach helped me put into words why I was stuck: how can I celebrate if I don’t even know what makes me who I am?

Coaching was the first time I experienced a space to explore myself without advice and hidden expectations. This encouraged my curiosity, which took me to some confronting places, but my coach’s companionship gave me the courage to keep going and uncover what was truly important to me. I wasn’t doing this alone.

Now, guided by my inner wisdom, I am making new choices – each transforming my crooked, little path into the early chapters of the purposeful story it is today.

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My mission is to contribute to a loving, inclusive world by transforming how we think, lead, and succeed using the power of gentleness. My values shape my coaching, which sits between healing and goal-achieving so you can make meaningful choices that deprioritize capitalism and white supremacy.

My Mission + Values

Authenticity

Honor your whole self: past, present, future

Kintsugi

Celebrate mistake as beautiful progress

Dovetail

Our gaps are bridges for connection

Credentials

    • Trained ontological coach with 500+ hours of coaching experience

    • Certified facilitator for workshops and retreats

    • Public speaker at US and UK conferences

    • Over 10 years’ experience in people development and project management at agency and global organizations

    • Accomplishment Coaching Graduate, International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited program for ontological coaching

    • Certified Facilitator, High Tides Facilitation Certification Program for inclusive dialogue and discourse.

May you find
strength in softness,
power in flexibility,
perfection in mistakes,
success in failure,
clarity in confusion
and love in letting go.

— T A O T E C H I N G