About 8 years ago, I landed a job that seemed like a dream. It had great pay, top-notch benefits, good work-life balance, and I was working with a great team. It was at a tech company in beautiful San Francisco which was an ideal place to build a tech career since it was a tech hub. The job was everything my parents had hoped for me and everything society told me I should want.

But something was missing for me. Despite this job being the perfect package, the work felt hollow and meaningless.

In this episode, I talk about some of the fears I faced with going through a career transition and along the way, built resilience, self-trust, and found my way to more meaningful work!

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. Want to book a coaching session with me? Visit my website: alaliwei.com

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Most people knew another version of me. The one who was put together, winning at life, fun and loving, warm and giving, and conflict-avoidant. But that was only part of me. I had another side, too. The part that could cry and feel sad about things, or feel fear and uncertainty, or have insecurities. I just never let most people see it.

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. Want to book a coaching session with me? Visit my website: alaliwei.com

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My pet budgies have taught me so much about love, loss, gratitude, acceptance, freedom, and then more love (again). Their fleeting lives reminded me to cherish life – life is so precious and life is a miracle.

Back in the day, I didn’t let myself love. I put up a wall and armour around my heart because I feared the pain of loss. After many many heartbreaks, I learned that it’s possible to open up and love again and again.

In this episode, I talk about how I shifted my values in life based on lessons from loss.

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. Want to book a coaching session with me? Visit my website: alaliwei.com

* If you love this newsletter, get value out of it, and want to support the time and work that goes into these posts, consider donating to me by becoming a paying subscriber even if you don’t get anything extra. You’ll encourage me to continue what I’m doing!

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Most of the time, the medicine I offer is intangible, unseen, unmeasurable by scientific standards. It’s felt.

No matter which form my medicine takes, I know it will always spill out in the way it needs to to my family, my friends, my community, and the world. As long as I live with the utmost authenticity to what is most alive in me in every moment (today, this year, and this lifetime), that in itself is enough.

Whether it impacts one person or many is beyond my control. The only thing I can control is choosing to stay true to me. The best medicine heals not only others but ourselves too!

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. Want to book a coaching session with me? Visit my website: alaliwei.com

* If you love this newsletter, get value out of it, and want to support the time and work that goes into these posts, consider donating to me by becoming a paying subscriber even if you don’t get anything extra. You’ll encourage me to continue what I’m doing!

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One of the things I love most about life coaching is helping clients set meaningful goals right from the start. But these aren’t just any goals—they’re heart-centered goals that resonate deeply with who you are and where you want to go. To learn more about mind-driven vs. heart-centered goals, listen to this podcast!

If you’d like support with setting these kinds of goals for 2025, I’m here to support you every step of the way. Whether you prefer a single focused session or a coaching series, we can work together to set and achieve your most inspiring goals.

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. To learn more about my coaching series visit my website: alaliwei.com

* If you love this newsletter, get value out of it, and want to support the time and work that goes into these posts, consider donating to me by becoming a paying subscriber even if you don’t get anything extra. You’ll encourage me to continue what I’m doing!

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Sometimes, life surprises us in the most unexpected ways. Over the past month, I’ve realized that some of the hardest moments I endured over the last few years were the catalysts for profound healing, growth, and grace. What I once thought was the most terrible thing to happen to me turned out to be one of the most beautiful gifts. My heart now feels bigger—able to hold the full spectrum of the human experience (the light and the dark) with warmth. Listen to more of this episode for the story.

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If this supportive space feels like exactly what you need, I’ve got a gift for you! As a Christmas gift, when you book me during the month of January, I’m offering:✨ 20% off My Coaching Packages (Sprout and Sapling)✨ 20% off Ad-Hoc 1-hour Space-Holding Sessions (Seed)✨ Free 15-minute Complimentary Call

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To book coaching sessions with me, please reach out to me directly or connect with me on your complimentary call to determine which option might be most suitable for you! You are a beautiful human being, and I cannot wait to witness you! 🤗

I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. To learn more about my coaching series visit my website: alaliwei.com

It’s hard to put into complete sentences and paragraphs what I have been going through the last few weeks. This episode is currently my best expression of the process I am in. In the darkness and void, I await my rebirth.

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. To learn more about my coaching series visit my website: alaliwei.com

* If you love this newsletter, get value out of it, and want to support the time and work that goes into these posts, consider donating to me by becoming a paying subscriber even if you don’t get anything extra. You’ll encourage me to continue what I’m doing!

* Shop for stickers and prints of my artwork via RedBubble (@Liwei-Doodles). I get a cut of what you buy.

* Follow me on Instagram @tidbitsfromliwei

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Here is something that is not often said and taught in society. True joy, serenity, and love aren’t something that you have to force yourself to create or feel. 

In a world that often tells us we need to “create” happiness, peace, or love, it’s easy to fall into the trap of forcing ourselves to feel a certain way, even when it doesn’t reflect our true inner state. Real joy, peace, and love come not from pushing ourselves to feel differently, but from settling into who we are, right here and now.

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. To learn more about my coaching series visit my website: alaliwei.com

* If you love this newsletter, get value out of it, and want to support the time and work that goes into these posts, consider donating to me by becoming a paying subscriber even if you don’t get anything extra. You’ll encourage me to continue what I’m doing!

* Shop for stickers and prints of my artwork via RedBubble (@Liwei-Doodles). I get a cut of what you buy.

* Follow me on Instagram @tidbitsfromliwei

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When we begin to believe that beauty and goodness are everywhere around us, we start to notice this in our lives more and more. What we believe in has a huge impact on our lived experience because we often consciously and unconsciously validate what we believe until it feels more and more true. Start to pay attention to what stories you tell yourself.

As we live our lives, may we remember to notice and appreciate quiet acts of goodness and the people who bring them to life. Perhaps next time even look someone in the eye and share your heartfelt gratitude with them. It takes just one sentence to bring a smile to someone’s face, to make someone’s day so much better, and to make someone feel deeply appreciated. In doing so, we add a little more light and gratitude to our world.

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. To learn more about my coaching series visit my website: alaliwei.com

* If you love this newsletter, get value out of it, and want to support the time and work that goes into these posts, consider donating to me by becoming a paying subscriber even if you don’t get anything extra. You’ll encourage me to continue what I’m doing!

* Shop for stickers and prints of my artwork via RedBubble (@Liwei-Doodles). I get a cut of what you buy.

* Follow me on Instagram @tidbitsfromliwei

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I believe our bodies are a hologram of the universe. When we begin to understand ourselves more, we can understand the intricacies of the families, communities, and the world in which we live. As I’ve been navigating my journey, I’ve had to face and learn to accept dichotomies that can exist within myself. As I’ve had to do this more and more, I’ve come to accept the fact that dichotomies can also exist in the world in which we live – and that they don’t have to be seen as being in conflict and war with one another, but that they are parts of the same whole existing to keep balance. 

Here are ways you can support me and my work:

* I am a heart-centered coach who supports Asian millennials to deepen their relationship with themselves and gently free themselves from unhelpful expectations, patterns, and fears so that they can have the life and relationships they desire. To learn more about my coaching series visit my website: alaliwei.com

* If you love this newsletter, get value out of it, and want to support the time and work that goes into these posts, consider donating to me by becoming a paying subscriber even if you don’t get anything extra. You’ll encourage me to continue what I’m doing!

* Shop for stickers and prints of my artwork via RedBubble (@Liwei-Doodles). I get a cut of what you buy.

* Follow me on Instagram @tidbitsfromliwei

Tidbits from Liwei is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber at liwei.substack.com