The Self-Relationship Revolution: Being Kind to Yourself with Lin Yuan-Su

What if the most important relationship you'll ever have isn't with your mentor or business partner, but with yourself?

In this episode, Lin Yuan-Su, a mindset coach for high-achieving entrepreneurs, shares her journey from being a "miserably successful" registered dietitian to building a thriving coaching business. After six years of education and eight years in a soul-sucking career that looked perfect from the outside, Lin found herself crying in a parking lot, making what she calls a "spiritual decision": something must change, even though she had no plan.

Through a 30-minute video ad on social media, Lin discovered her mentor Mary Morrissey from Brave Thinking Institute, and everything shifted. That relationship, along with coach Kirsten Wells, changed her life so profoundly that she named her daughter Mary in honor of it. From helping a burned-out restaurant owner expand from one struggling location to five thriving restaurants to manifesting $50,000 in hours to save her own event, Lin's story proves that the right relationships reveal who you've always been meant to become.

Lin reveals why being kind to yourself is the first step to transformation, how her mentors kept her from drowning in fear, and why we're all perfect exactly as we are.

 

[00:05:01] The Journey: From China to Canada to Crying in a Parking Lot

• Born and raised in China, came to Canada at age 20

• Studied nutrition for six years (undergrad + master's degree) because she loved food and was curious about the human body

• Became a registered dietitian, worked in healthcare for 8 years

• From the very beginning, felt unfulfilled but was too afraid to change

• Everyone saw her as successful: secure job, good pay, pension, benefits

• But inside, she was "miserably successful," shiny on the outside, hollow and miserable inside

• The turning point: crying in an empty parking lot, devastated about the life she'd worked so hard to build

[00:08:20] The Spiritual Decision: Something Must Change

• Made a decision in that parking lot moment: "something got to change"

• Had no plan, no idea what the change would be

• Calls it a "spiritual decision," trusting that something must shift

• Things started showing up differently in her life after that decision

• Began building her entrepreneurial journey part-time while still working full-time

• Led to discovering her calling as a mindset coach

[00:09:08] What Lin Does: Helping Entrepreneurs Discover Their Truth

• Mindset coach for high-achieving, heart-centered, passion-driven entrepreneurs