About

Hi, I'm Mandy!

I'm a career coach, holistic healer, and author of the "Should I Quit" workbook and upcoming book, Career Wounds, to be published by New World Library in the Fall of 2025.

After working in Corporate America for 15+ years at Condé Nast, American Express, and several high-growth startups, I developed emotional fatigue. I was tired of masking, of battling imposter syndrome, and being gaslit into thinking I wasn't good enough. I brought all of these feelings into a private coaching practice, where I worked with clients who were similarly looking for love in all the wrong places at work.

I brought my coaching from real life to the internet, posting my first TikTok videos in 2021. I didn't know anyone on TikTok so I could just be weird and honest. Turns out, I wasn't the only one feeling this way - and I had an opportunity to bring my learnings as a coach to more people, building a community of people seeking more balance and meaning in their lives.

I have my BA in Sociology from Brown University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. I am a graduate of a shamanic practitioner program and a 200-hour certified yoga teacher. I'm all about mind-body connection, holistic healing, and understanding root causes.

I was raised in the Midwest suburbs, and transplanted back home to Asia (Hong Kong and Beijing) during my middle and high school years, so I am a true international citizen of the world (read: f'd up third culture kid).

You can follow along in my free weekly career advice column, After Hours: https://careercoachmandy.substack.com/

I'm married with two kids and two cats, Mochi and Chillbear, and live in Eugene, Oregon (go ducks!). Thanks for reading!

xo

Mandy

PS. If you're looking for a career coach or any type of coach, I'm not taking on new clients - but I have compiled a list of wonderful practitioners that I can highly recommend here.