(Re)defining: Motherhood, Identity, & Work
Supporting women and organizations through the identity shifts that reshape how we think, live, and relate
Why I Do This Work
I work with individuals navigating the identity shifts that often come with motherhood, career change, and major life transitions.
Many of the women I support are used to being the person who can handle everything. They’re ambitious, capable, high-performing, and much of their identity has been shaped by achievement, independence, and being good at what they do. Then motherhood or another major transition changes the equation entirely. There is a mental, physical, emotional, and philosophical shift that changes how they see themselves and how they move through the world.
I know that experience personally.
I grew up in Canada as the eldest daughter in a first-generation Chinese immigrant family, where achievement and responsibility were deeply valued. After graduating from McGill, I moved to Hong Kong in 2007 and built a career across start-ups and global technology companies including Google, Apple, and LinkedIn. From the outside, things looked successful, but like many women I now work with, I tied much of my identity and self-worth to performance, productivity, and external validation.
Motherhood forced me to re-evaluate all of it. It was one of the first times in my life where strategy, discipline, and achievement alone could not solve what I was experiencing physically, emotionally, and psychologically. I had to rebuild my relationship with ambition, success, my body, and my sense of self with far more intention.
That experience is what led me to this work. Today, I combine coaching, facilitation, and movement-based practices to help women navigate change with greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust in a way that feels more sustainable, aligned, and human.
Work With Me
For women navigating identity shifts across career and life, I work with those balancing demanding roles alongside motherhood or other transitions reshaping their priorities and sense of self.
Using Co-Active Training Institute’s holistic, client-centered approach, I help clients clarify what matters now, realign their values and systems, and turn that into practical action, leading to clearer decisions, stronger boundaries, and more sustainable ways of showing up.
Coaching for Women in Transition
For organizations investing in the development, retention, and wellbeing of working parents.
I speak on identity, leadership, and the transitions that shape how people work and lead, combining lived experience with professional insight.
Audiences leave with practical reflection, language for complex experiences, and tools they can carry forward.
I also offer small, customizable workshops built on my signature coaching tools.
Talks on Career, Motherhood & Identity
For organizations navigating complexity, change, or people development.
I facilitate workshops and off-sites that create clarity, alignment, and forward momentum.
My facilitation style is structured, thoughtful, and human, supporting leaders and teams to engage in meaningful conversations, navigate transition, and translate insight into action.
Team Facilitation & Off-sites
For individuals seeking strength, stability, and a deeper connection to their bodies.
I’m a Level 1 certified STOTT PILATES instructor, focusing on postural alignment, core strength, and efficient movement across mat, reformer, cadillac, chair, and barrels.
Sessions are tailored to individual needs, including pre and postnatal support and post-physio rehabilitation.
Group sessions are also available, adaptable from beginner to advanced.
Pilates for Body & Mind
Clients & Partners
What Clients Say
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"I would highly recommend Tingi and her (Re)Define Motherhood program to any woman navigating the transition into motherhood. The depth of the program also surprised me. You’re not skimming the surface -- you’re working through questions around values, purpose, and identity in a way that feels safe, honest, and thoughtful."
— M.K. K
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“From our first session, I felt instantly safe and understood. She has this incredibly calm, grounded presence that makes you feel like you can exhale. It never felt clinical or prescriptive. It felt personal, intuitive, and genuinely supportive…working with Tingi gave me a deeper sense of connection to my body and confidence in my decisions…I’m so grateful for her and couldn’t recommend her more highly.”
— Nicole Butler
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"I cannot recommend Tingi enough for the profound impact she has had on my life perspective. Her coaching has helped me release outdated narratives that were holding me back, allowing me to embrace a more optimistic and proactive approach to life’s challenges. This mental clarity has been invaluable in my role as a mother."
— Yik Kwan