We recently connected with Winnie Chan Wang and have shared our conversation below.

Winnie Chan, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today So let’s jump to your mission – what’s the backstory behind how you developed the mission that drives your brand?

Our mission is to empower everyone with the ability to heal themselves and deliver LOVE AS MEDICINE – to help everyone discover their original wholeness.

In my life, I have suffered from chronic physical pain and mental disorders that eventually led to a divorce and parental alienation. There were moments when I was angry at everyone that hurt me. There were others when I felt scared, confused, and powerless about what the future holds. In 2021, after countless dark nights of the soul and doing deep shadow work where I stopped being a victim and began taking ownership of manifesting everything in my life – I experienced the most magical, compassionate transformation.

Today, I share with all my patients, clients, and students that every pain is an opportunity to dig deeper and discover who we are. Ever heard of “The Body Keeps the Score”? By combining the meridian energy map of Traditional Chinese medicine with spiritual breath work, we can remove blockages stored in the body, such as shoulders, hips, organs, and any cell in your body.

My passion is to help everyone restore the natural flow of qi for optimal health, relationships, and finances! All it takes is the courage to align your soul, heart, mind, energy, and body. I truly believe that wellness belongs to people regardless of their income level; that is why I started a nonprofit called Compassionate Transformation https://lovect.net/programs/ so that others can experience group healing if they cannot afford the private experience https://mindfulhealingheart.com/rebirth.

Winnie Chan, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My brand is the “fun hacker lover.” I believe that laughter is the best medicine and the glue that unites us all. For much of my life, I took everything too personally and too seriously!!! When everything is important because our ego is attached to looking good, our nervous system is flooded with stress hormones that turn us into fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. For the first 37 years of my life, I felt unloved. No love could enter because my heart was so closed. A new death car accident gave me a spiritual awakening. Ha – apparently, we are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS!

Ever since that moment, I have embarked on a journey of self-discovery, healing, and love. Perhaps because I have four science degrees, including Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, from MIT, I view my journey as one big hack. This means that we keep trying until we find the password that gives us access to what we need. Also, because I used to work in Wall Street, I am always trying to deliver value. When it comes to healing, it means I am dedicated to finding the fastest, easiest, and cheapest solution to guide my clients to wholeness.

I used to get angry at God, “Why did you give me so much trauma?” Now I know the purpose of life is to serve, to experience love and connection. Therefore, without weakness, without vulnerability, without trauma, I would have no need to connect and no skill to serve! Because of healing, I gave birth to a best-selling book called “Honoring Darkness: Embrace Shadow Work to Nourish and Grow Your Power.” When each of us can take responsibility for our darkness, we will transform the blaming and judging nature into compassion and empowerment.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

Have you ever heard of the Wu Wei concept called “doing, not doing”? Chapter 22 of Tao Te Ching says, “If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, let yourself die. If you want to be given everything, give everything up.” (Translation by Stephen Mitchell).

True resilience is like water. By being flexible and not having a fixed shape, water cannot be broken. Does a river get tired and need to take a break from going downstream? No. A river just keeps going. To me, resilience is about aligning yourself with the Tao / God/source / universe. The will to keep going doesn’t come from my ego. (My ego is far too weak to be resilient!) The reason I can keep going is because I trust the Tao / God/source / universe to tell me where to go. For example, a river’s job is to go downstream. As long as I keep following gravity, if I run into a rock, I simply go around it. I don’t miss a beat!

When my daughters were 0-7, we were best friends. Then they became teenagers, and I had a divorce, and my ego used to get sad that we don’t hang out anymore. Resilience is not giving up and not feeling discouraged. Sometimes, a river can diverge, but eventually, all rivers return to the sea. Whether my daughter wants to spend time with me or not, I am committed to loving her. That is resilience.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

The biggest lesson I had to unlearn was that I needed to work hard. Can you imagine having parents and grandparents who were refugees who escaped their country on a boat? As an Asian immigrant, I thought that working harder than everybody else was my ticket to freedom. LOL. Working hard is my ticket to slavery, misery, and mental imprisonment!

The biggest gift is learning how to love God, communicate with God, and trust God. It was literally a life changer when I learned to ask, be still, and receive. Yes, “be still,” says the girl with four science degrees. Try it!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://mindfulhealingheart.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulhealingheart/?hl=en
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/winniechanwang
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@welovectc
• Other: http://lovect.net/