About
The DELIBERATE mission
To enable you to achieve your potential in line with your values and personal vision, so you can lead a more motivated, fulfilled and connected life - while defining a career journey that is uniquely yours.
The DELIBERATE method
Our approach to personal growth and coaching is based on psychology and mindset. We align personal goals, values and strengths with professional aspirations for authentic success that feels true to you.
The DELIBERATE difference
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Self-awareness and identity
True to our name, self-understanding, intention and ownership are critical aspects of our approach
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Exceptional listening beyond the surface
I'm quick to identify underlying factors, thanks to training in psychology, peer support and counselling skills.
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Person-centred, outcome-driven
My focus is always on the client's wellbeing, but I'll also nudge you towards outcomes, so you realize how much you're capable of
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Startup, corporate, policy, psychology
My experiences over 15+ years means a range of perspectives, and mix of experimentation, iteration, systems and structure
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Diversity as a source of strength
I'm committed to creating a safe space for clients across different backgrounds, with particular support for the LGBTQIA+ community
Hello, I'm Lin
I partner professionals to define and pursue work that fuels your growth and goals, through psychology-driven coaching.
I believe that work can be fulfilling and empowering, but it often overruns our lives. We spend 80,000-90,000 hours of our lives working. That's a long time to be frustrated, unhappy, unmotivated and doing something that isn't aligned with your best self.
Most people don't take action to build a deliberate life and career, until they hit a wall - burnout, relationship breakdown, retrenchment, disengagement.
And what holds us back from action is convention and conditioning. The patterns and expectations that served us when we were younger, don't always serve us at later stages of our lives.
I combine my training in psychology, with my experience working across different industries (venture capital, startup, corporate, public service, non-profits) and living in Singapore, Australia, China and the UK., into a process to uncover your limiting beliefs and build habits that will help you achieve an authentically successful life.
The DELIBERATE approach
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Root cause and self-leadership
Rather than focus only on the surface issue, I work with clients on recognizing underlying factors, and help you build more ownership over your outcomes, thoughts and actions
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Psychology-driven coaching
I combine coaching with evidence-based psychology and cognitive science to address mindsets, attachment, emotions, assumptions and motivations, to overcome your challenges more effectively
Empathy first, challenge next
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I see incredible strength in my coachees, and believe that psychological safety is required to bring those strengths out. Understanding and validating your experiences and concerns is a critical; I'll also design challenges that help you grow safely, towards your goals
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Reflection-Action-Experimentation
Whole of self in context
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My approach is action-focused for practical outcomes, and uniquely combines tools and perspectives from 15 years of experience in startups, corporate engagement, psychology and systems thinking. Lasting growth requires introspection AND interaction. This also helps develop strengths and confidence.
What first brings you to coaching is usually not the whole picture. While we focus on the topic or goal you have, we will also look at other factors and influences in different parts of life, for deeper, sustained change.
Our name: Why Deliberate HUMANS?
The vision behind Deliberate Humans is a growing collective of driven, thoughtful individuals committed to becoming their best selves, creating ripples of change and possibility by leading fuller, deeper lives.
If you're considering coaching, or have explored therapy, you've already got some of that deliberate, intentional juice going. You've already started doing the tough work, because you're honouring the potential for a stronger self, whether at work, at home or out in the world.
I typically start working with clients because of career or work, because that's often an environment that shapes (or reveals us) as adults. But no two people in the same role, in the same company, or industry, are alike. Like our logo, which is not a perfect circle, and is half handwritten, we are both structured and flexible, directed yet imperfect, similar yet unique, messy and beautiful all at the same time.
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