Why work with me?
Hi lovely people, I’m Ying, a first-generation Asian Immigrant woman with a late ADHD diagnosis. I have been fascinated by the question of how people live a happy and meaning-driven life for as long as I can remember. That has led me to devour knowledge from the field of psychology, meditate for over 7 years, try countless evidence-based strategies, become a life coach, and eventually discover I too have ADHD at age 26. Now I am passionate about helping ADHD adults like you live meaningful and fulfilling lives and cultivate what is best within themselves by working with their ADHD brains by offering coaching in English and Mandarin.
I have worked with hundreds of clients, helping them prioritize their to-do lists, make progress by taking good enough steps forward, set realistic goals, sync their to-do lists with their energy rhythms, build their problem-solving skills by drawing on their strengths, enhance emotional regulation through mindfulness, navigate interpersonal challenges related to ADHD, and craft their unique ADHD toolbox. I have extensive experience in coaching ADHD BIPOC and immigrant folks while I work with everyone from all backgrounds. Prior to ADHD coaching, I worked in a mindfulness startup cofounded by some of the most influential meditation teachers in the U.S. I also received training in Positivity Psychology through the University of Pennsylvania and I am currently in a 2-year meditation teacher training program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
If you are interested in working with me, please book a free coaching discovery so we can get to know each other, and for me to clearly understand your coaching goals as well as for you to see if our approaches align.
My Coaching Style:
I blend a strength-based approach with proven tools, mindfulness practices, and holistic techniques to help you work with your ADHD brain, not against it. Through our partnership, you’ll leverage your past successes, personal strengths, and innate problem-solving abilities, while maintaining the autonomy to choose the strategies that feel right for you. Together, we’ll:
- Identify and prioritize your values and goals, helping you focus on what truly matters instead of trying to do everything.
- Align tasks with your natural energy patterns to create sustainable productivity and positive progress.
Build resilience and motivation by cultivating a mindset rooted in self-compassion, curiosity, and mindfulness. - Create a safe, judgment-free space where you can explore your unique challenges, adjust when needed, and move forward with confidence.
- Blend insights from diverse fields—including ADHD expertise, lived ADHD experience, mindfulness, positive psychology, scientific tools for behavior design, goal setting and habit building, tarot, and astrology—for a uniquely holistic and personalized coaching experience.
I aim to guide you toward a balanced, fulfilling life by encouraging a holistic approach that respects both your ADHD brain and your overall well-being. My clients have described my coaching as resourceful, empathetic, and compassionate, with a toolbox full of actionable solutions and techniques tailored to their needs.
Who is my ADHD Coaching for?
While I work with everyone, a lot of the ADHD coaching clients who gravitate towards working with me have been Asian, BIPOC, immigrants, and adults with late ADHD diagnoses.
If the following four themes are the key areas you’d like to focus on and work through, we’re likely a great fit to collaborate.
Emotional Regulation and Self-Compassion
My approach:
Through mindfulness and strength-based approach, we work with your ADHD brain, not against it. This empowers you to:
- Effectively manage emotions in challenging situations with mindful awareness and emotional regulation techniques.
- Cultivate self-compassion, quieting the inner critic, and nurturing self-love.
- Build resilience to navigate rejection sensitivity with confidence.
Productivity and Intentional Living
My approach:
Using mindfulness, scientifically proven goal-setting methods, proven habit building methods and aligning tasks with your natural energy fluctuations. This enables you to:
- Break free from the cycle of hyperproductivity and burnout.
- Create a to-do list aligned with natural energy fluctuations for sustained focus and productivity.
- Achieve realistic, values-based goals that support long-term well-being and creativity.
- Build sustainable habits that suit your own unique needs and wants.
Relationships and Connection
My approach:
Using strength-based coaching and mindfulness communication, help you to:
- Build meaningful relationships while maintaining healthy boundaries.
- Communicate effectively and compassionately as well as advocate for personal needs within relationships.
- Foster a sense of community and connection that honors ADHD strengths and needs.
- Utilize mindfulness techniques to enhance empathy and deepen connections in your relationships.
Personal Growth and Life Design
My approach:
We will integrate your ADHD brain into a holistic, well-rounded life by exploring your passions, setting realistic goals, and utilizing mindfulness to support your growth. This empowers you to:
- Reconnect with passions and activities that bring fulfillment.
- Create a strengths-based narrative that integrates ADHD into a balanced life.
- Achieve meaningful life goals that are both realistic and aligned with personal values.
- Use mindfulness to stay grounded and adaptable as your journey unfolds.
- Explore holistic methods such as birth chart and tarot to uncover deeper insights into your path and growth journey.
Praise for Ying’s 1:1 coaching:
“Because Ying knows and understands so much about how ADHD brains work, because Ying is so resourceful and patient, and because I sense that Ying feels genuine empathy and compassion for me in these efforts, I feel as if I’m in a safe place to be radically honest with myself about what I’m doing and what is and isn’t working, to be courageous about making change, and to work at it consistently. That’s huge! — Carrie H.”
“Ying aced at guiding me to create achievable plans and reach my goals. She helped me break down my plans. Ying offered practical examples of how to reduce task difficulty and enhance task completion. — Tiffany”
“I really appreciate that Ying creates a safe and non-judgmental place for me to express myself. — Dan S”
“I appreciate Ying’s patience and sharpness in each session. She always leads me to face key questions that I tend to avoid facing. She is the most amazing life coach I have ever encountered! I have started to believe I can improve those areas too by finding my own strength and seeking support from others. — C.C.”
“Ying’s toolbox is truly impressive, filled with actionable solutions that have a direct impact on my ADHD challenges. With a wide range of tools, I never worried about whether a tool would work forever. If a tool works, I will continue using it; if it doesn’t work, I will try the next one. I have created an ADHD toolbox that is the most suitable for me and my ADHD brain with Ying’s help. — Client“
“Ying always has the ability to extract the most valuable bits from my ramblings, helping me to continuously try new methods and improve. Each coaching session gives me a boost for at least a week. I always look forward to the next session. — Client”
“Thanks to Ying’s coaching. I feel like I’ve made some really great progress lately. I genuinely believe my overall state has improved. This boost in confidence is definitely going to help me shine in my work. Now I have more courage in exploring tools and methods that work for me to tackle my own issues. — Client”
Ying’s Credentials:
- Certified Transformation Life Coach, graduated from a one-year-long program (ICF accredited Coaching Education Provider) with 60 hours of peer practice and a written exam as the certification requirement
- Mindfulness teacher in training with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s 2-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program
- 5-course training in Positive Psychology with the University of Pennsylvania
- Currently working as an ADHD Coach for one of the leading ADHD startups that specialize in providing coaching for ADHD adults
- Continuous ADHD learning shared on Twitter
- Have meditated regularly for more than 7 years
- 7-week training in Mindfulness – The Power of Awareness Course with The Awareness Institute in association with UC Berkeley
- Level 2 Certified Relationship Astrologer
Why choose ADHD coaching?
ADHD coaching is a great choice for individuals who want to focus specifically on managing their ADHD symptoms and improving their daily life functioning. I design my coaching to provide practical strategies, tools, and supportive mindsets for managing the day-to-day challenges of living with ADHD as well as cultivating your strengths. Coaching is action-oriented and solution-focused, helping clients set goals, develop new habits and routines, and build the skills necessary to manage their symptoms effectively. I offer support, accountability, and guidance to help you stay on track and make progress toward your goals. If you’re looking for a hands-on approach to managing your ADHD, and want to work with a professional who understands the unique challenges of living with this condition, then ADHD coaching is the right choice for you.
By investing in ADHD coaching, you can address these concerns and benefit from a range of strategies and tools to help you succeed. Whether it’s improving your productivity, managing your time more effectively, or developing a greater sense of self-efficacy, resiliency, and motivation. ADHD coaching can help you live a meaningful and fulfilling life.
Your Coaching Questions Answered
What to expect in a coaching session?
In our first coaching session after the discovery call, we will also discuss your top 3 goals for coaching and work to identify strategies and tools that will help you achieve those goals that you can start trying.
As we move forward with subsequent sessions, the agenda and priorities come from you. I will facilitate by helping you:
- Review the progress you made since our last session together
- Review what worked well
- Identify current priorities
- Identify any barriers that arose
- Adjust goals, timelines, and tools accordingly to make the goals realistic and achievable
- End the session by identifying clearly what you commit to accomplish before our next session.
- Each coaching session comes with in-between session assignments (you can opt out of them if you want to, but I strongly encourage you to give those assignments a try).
- After each session, you will get a wrap-up email from me that contains a brief summary of clear action items from each session with any resources I mentioned
What happens in between coaching sessions?
By purchasing my coaching packages, you will receive complimentary text check-ins during the week to help you stay on track and make steady progress toward your goals.
Each coaching session also comes with in-between-session assignments (you can opt out of them if you want to, but I strongly encourage you to give those assignments a try). In between sessions, is the time to experiment with new tools and work on the assignments!
How many coaching sessions do you recommend to start with?
I recommend 8-12 30-minute session coaching sessions for my clients, meeting once a week or once every two weeks. 2-3 months are how long people need to build new habits and see real transformation.
If you feel hesitant to commit to a coaching session every week for at least the first month, please make more room and bandwidth in your life for coaching before you commit to this process.
What methods do you prefer to use to track your clients’ progress and determine the effectiveness of specific methods or strategies for them?
I provide clients with three assessment points throughout the program: an optional intake assessment, an optional midpoint evaluation, and a mandatory end-of-program assessment. These assessments are designed to help clients reflect on their progress and growth in the key areas impacted by ADHD.
In terms of one certain method and strategy, I do not think there is a magic wand for ADHD. Instead, I help my clients cultivate their dynamic ADHD toolbox by going through testing strategies, select strategies, and retaining those strategies. ADHD brain loves novelty so keeping the tools and methods on rotation has worked well for my clients. Having a tailored and curated toolbox also prevents my clients from chasing the next shining tool and focusing more on working toward their goals.
Moreover, regular check-ins at the beginning of each session and open communication will allow us to assess the effectiveness of strategies and make necessary adjustments.
If some strategies aren’t working for your clients, how do you usually handle that?
If certain methods or strategies aren’t yielding the desired results, I believe in an adaptive approach and we will adapt together often. We’ll analyze challenges, adapt our techniques, rewards, or environment as well as explore alternative strategies to suit your needs better. I encourage open discussions and open feedback along the way to ensure we stay aligned with your goals and adapt our approach as needed.
How do you characterize yourself as a coach?
I embody empathy, actively listening to pinpoint the key areas for growth, and fostering a supportive and empowering environment enriched with valuable resources.
What level of engagement and commitment do you anticipate from your clients during your coaching sessions?
I encourage my clients to be present, embrace new experiences (try things on), and engage in open and honest communication. I place my trust in you as the expert of your own mind, inviting you to explore new tools and provide feedback on their effectiveness, so we can make necessary adjustments together. I believe in your innate creativity, wholeness, and resourcefulness, and my coaching approach will honor and nurture these strengths throughout our journey.
Coaching is a process that works best when the client can consistently commit to showing up to the coaching sessions and trying out new strategies in their life. I find clients who can commit to weekly coaching sessions make the most out of their coaching investments and build momentum and long-lasting changes, especially at the beginning.
If you feel hesitant to commit to a coaching session every week for at least the first month, please make more room and bandwidth in your life for coaching before you commit to this process.
Do you provide a sliding scale?
I am committed to making ADHD coaching available for people who need help. To the best of my ability, I offer some availability for clients who pay with a sliding scale (usually there is a waiting list for these spots). If you are interested in my coaching but the cost is prohibitive, please schedule a discovery call.