About

Hi, I’m Nina

Growing up as a first generation Taiwanese American in the SGV, the prescribed "recipe" for success was medical school or bust. While working in a radiation oncology lab, my body staged a full-scale protest. I’ll spare the gory details but well, I busted. After a week in the hospital, I finally heard what I couldn’t verbalize, my system was screaming : this isn't your path.

That detour led to a whirlwind career—climbing from an HR assistant in South Gate, Ca to the hustle of a Forbes Global Top 5 firm in NYC, navigating a decade of relocations, another career pivot, still trying to stomach the culturally prescribed life, suppressing the emotional pains and dismissing the cognitive dissonance my body signaled though persistent physical pains.

I’m now immenselty grateful for my body’s persistent nagging. Now, knowing how to listen and make sense of the data my body is revealing. Crucial decisions are accompanied by postural ease, not a tight stomach. New revelations, perspectives and ideas emerge constantly without trying. As I’ve finally cameto listen to, trust, and act according to my own senses I’m simply happier in my skin than ever before.

I’m not a gatekeeper; when there’s something that works so well, I share.

That’s why I created Somatic Intel - to share the science and applications that once seemed “woo woo” in somatic intelligence.

I help high-achieving, often gifted leaders reunite their sharp intellect, emotional sensitivity, with their most authentic, primal , sensing selves.

My joy is to partner with you in embracing all your intelligences and capabilities to enjoy your most meaningful personal and professional life in a body you’re at peace with.

I’m looking forward to meeting you,

Nina

    • Digital Security Consulting

    • Herzog Wine Cellars & Tierra Sur Restaurant

    • JP Morgan Chase Bank

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    • Iota Solutions

    • The Hon Company

    • Viloma

    • USC

    • Delta Air

    • Cedar Sinai

    • Amazon

    • Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)

    • Certified PREP/Enrich Premarital Therapist 

    • Certified Employee Assistance Professional (EAP-Clinical) 

    • Certified Executive Coach through Certified Coaches Federation (CCF)

    • America Group Psychology Association (AGPA)

    • Gottman Method Level 2 for Couples Therapy

    • Internal Family Systems

    • Polyvagal Theory

    • Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)  with Dan Siegal

    • Brainspotting Level 3

  • M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy
    Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology, Pasadena, Ca 

    M.A Industrial-Organizational Psychology
    New York University, New York, NY 

    B.A Psychology, Minor: Applied Developmental Psychology
    UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Therapy vs. Coaching

If you are struggling with underlying mental health or personal issues you’ve been managing alone and are unsure if it’s coaching or therapy you need, reach out anyways and we can figure it out together. If you are know you’re struggling to the point that your personal life or work life are negatively impacted for longer than you’d like, I am available to support California residents with therapy or trauma informed somatic experiencing if you are not a resident of California.