Hi, I'm Holly. Let's go on an adventure...

I was born in Kuala Lumpur as the youngest of four in a Chinese family. At age four, we immigrated to Houston, where I grew up a little Asian square-dancing Texan. When I turned twelve, things became uncertain at home.

To make a long story short — one day, my parents packed up our home and flew me across the world. They dropped me off at a hostel in Singapore and left me there for four years to take care of myself and attend a local school. The sudden rupture — leaving Texas, my friends, and everything familiar — brought deep culture shock, loneliness, and confusion. It was one of the darkest, most disorienting periods of my life… and the beginning of an accelerated path of self-inquiry and resilience.

As a teenager, personal development became my lifeline. Books like Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Awaken the Giant Within, and The Road Less Traveled became my teachers. I drove myself to overcome all of life's obstacles and become a high achiever at anything and everything.

In my twenties and thirties, I built a remarkable career — first as an executive engineer on billion-dollar projects, then as the CEO of two internationally respected nonprofits in China and the U.S. I collaborated with brilliant thinkers and leaders, and I even taught workshops at Harvard, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and UC Berkeley on “Leading Change.” Life was fast, global, and exhilarating. Intelligence and hard work were my badges of honor, and I was really good at the hustle.

But in 2017, I started to burn out. I was running two organizations on two continents and sleeping only ninety minutes a day. On the outside, I had everything together running organizations with an inspiring mission to “serve, inspire, and transform lives,” Deep inside, there was a piece that felt disconnected and broken. I didn't know who I was other than what I could achieve. I became physically and spiritually exhausted, and I needed healing.

One day, I walked away from all my titles. It was one of the most terrifying decisions of my life.

For several years, I stepped away from a world of grit and effort, and into a life of deeper inquiry: Who am I without achievement? Why am I so tired? What is actually true? What does it mean to live, not perform?

I traveled, studied, and trained with teachers across many traditions—ancient and modern, scientific and mystical. I immersed myself in practices of healing, embodiment, and consciousness.

And slowly, something shifted.

I stopped striving.
I started listening.
I began to experience a different kind of intelligence—one rooted in presence, coherence, and truth.

From there, everything shifted.

Today, my work is devoted to leaders who sense there is more—more depth, more alignment, more truth beneath the surface of their success. If you’re ready to deepen your joy, expand your possibility, and live from wisdom rather than fear, I would be delighted to take a walk beside you.