As a Chinese Canadian, I went from divorced at 30, money clueless and intimidated, to building a multiple 6-figure networth while travelling to 45 countries and counting.

My journey there, however, was not smooth sailing. I naturally enjoyed spending. I hate math. I lost myself during my marriage. And I felt insecure to hang out with non-Asians, feeling like I wouldn’t have anything worthy to say.

The pain of my divorce, however, awakened my authentic self again. The world I knew was crumbling, that’s when I realized, nobody was coming to save me. I had to take responsibility of my life. Every part of it.

I started with my finances first. Because I knew, this would be the foundation that sets me up for the rest of my life.

At first, it was super difficult. My brain was not wired for charts, graphs and numbers. Overtime, pushing through the discomfort and confusion, I implemented some key finance fundamentals. When I started to see my networth grow, I started to actually get excited about how money works! Most importantly, I feel WAY more confident in managing my own finances.

But money management is only half of the equation to help us live an abundant life. The rest is actually knowing HOW to live your version of abundance.

My rock bottom led me to my 9 years of self discovery, healing work and meeting many financially independent people. I learned that the most liberated individuals are the ones who not only have enough financial resources, but they are CONSCIOUS of who they are. They are authentic.

Having a clear understanding of myself led me to a controversial decision: to sell my condo to rent and invest instead.

That decision required removing the noise from outside conditionings. (Namely my parents and friends’ opinions.) It required digging deep into knowing what my authentic self valued. This, I later realized, was the ACTUAL foundational work, that paves the way for how we can live an abundant life, on our terms.

Which brings me to my method of coaching.

Navigating the world of personal finance as a free spirit and empath had me realize that the system is not built for people like you and me:

• Financial jargon are complicated and intimidating to understand

• Budgets can feel too restrictive for freedom lovers

• Conventional financial advice are often one size fits all, logical solutions that don’t take into account human emotions and our past money relationships

• Financial messaging is often based on shame, guilt and fear.

Because of these industry blindspots, it leaves many of us scared to take charge of our finances. We often feel inadequate, or simply too intimidated to seek support. The finance industry doesn’t make it feel safe for us to be vulnerable with how much we don’t know about money.

That’s why I created Authentic Abundance