Hiya, I’m Joanne!

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who had lotsa feelings of all colors, shapes, & sizes.

But along the way, people around her didn’t know what to do with her BIG feelings (or ANY feelings for that matter).

To keep their own (effing!) peace, they judged and called her:

  • TOO sensitive

  • TOO emotional

  • TOO much

Over time, the little girl built a hard shell on the outside to avoid getting into trouble.

She also developed MAJOR RBF (Resting Bitch Face) so others wouldn’t judge her. She kept her mouth shut, head down, and nose to the grind…

…and guess what? She got praised for it cause she was the “good, easy kid".”

But the feelings on the inside didn’t go away…

…they just kept building, sloshing back and forth, leaking out at

the WORST TIMES,
the WORST PLACES,
and in the WORST WAYS.

Eventually the pressure on the inside grew so much that the hard shell EXPLODED, unleashing all kinds of dark & stormy feelings and causing all kinds of stress in her life & relationships.

…And now?

She’s having the time of her life because she actually BEFRIENDED her feelings instead of rejecting them!

I’m your Feelings Coach who GETS it!

I’ve had my share of heartaches in trying to figure out how to navigate the messy inner world of deep feelings in an outer world of anti-feelings.

I felt like I was a glass jar trying to contain a tornado inside...burying myself in school, work, and helping others, all so that I could EARN love.

It was only a matter of time…

…until these feelings morphed into full-on anxiety, depression, dissociation, and panic attacks, which took YEARS of therapy to claw my way out of them.

I eventually became a therapist, learning whatever I could get my hands on about feelings.

Fast forward, after years of working with other BIG Feelers, I created a simple 3-step framework that describes:

  1. What happens when we DON’T do feelings well (aka The Emotional Vortex)

  2. How we can do feelings WELL (aka The Emotional Flow).

This framework sped up their healing journey from 3+ years down to 8-10 months (just 1/4 of the time)!! Why?

I taught them how to work WITH their feelings so their feelings can work FOR them.

It was SO EFFECTIVE that I branched out beyond therapy to make a School for Feelings that anyone anywhere could access and afford!

Even though I still am helping people as a therapist specializing in using the Enneagram & Brainspotting to help people create fulfilling relationships, I put everything I know about feelings into this new entity so that people all over the world across various economic situations can learn how to harness the power of emotions to create our dream lives & relationships.

Here are some ways I can help you do just that:

The BIG Feelings First Aid Kit

A FREE PDF guide that gives you quick next steps when your feelings show up in the WRONG TIMES, PLACES, and WAYS.

The BIG Feelings Masterclass

A 1-hour course that shows you how feelings work, what happens when we work AGAINST them, and how to work WITH them so they can work FOR you

The BIG Feelings Foundations

More thorough than the Masterclass, with bite-sized videos & exercises showing you how to turn your feelings into your greatest allies — in practice, not just theory!

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Some other Deets & Quirks

I’m a Highly Sensitive Person, INFJ, and an Enneagram 4SP. I’m also a firstborn daughter to Korean immigrants, a queer kid who grew up in the church, and formerly a pastor — aka SUPER repressed for most of my life.

For the majority of my life, I lived believing that I AM my feelings and have to EARN affection by suffering silently solo.

Today, I’m a happy & proud owner of 3 dream businesses, including:

In my free time, I dabble in all kinds of creative hobbies, including pumpkin carving, cocktails, escape rooms, and whatever else is on my Fuck-it List!

Enough about me!

How can we help YOU create your dream life?