About Po-Hong
Where Leadership Meets Soul: Guiding Founders and Leaders to Live and Lead with Clarity, Courage, and Heart
Everything I share is rooted in lived experience. I’ve been an entrepreneur since 2001, an acupuncturist since 2011, and a coach since 2013, but the depth of my work comes from what I’ve lived through and risen from.
My path has been shaped by deep healing and a profound remembering of who I am. In 2013, psychedelics cracked me open and changed the trajectory of my life. Since then, plant medicine has become one of the powerful tools supporting both my own evolution and the transformation of my clients.
My dad, a former Jesuit priest turned Taoist spiritual teacher, taught me the power of presence, surrender and what it means to live from the heart. My stepdad, a grandmaster of martial arts and doctor of Chinese medicine, inspired me to be a healer and showed me what’s possible with Qi (energy). Their teachings live through me, and continuing their legacy is an honor.
I don’t separate life and leadership, business and being, strategy and soul. Whether I’m guiding a founder or next-gen leader through a major professional transition or a deeply personal one, I hold the whole of who they are.
Some fun facts about me:
As an acupuncturist, I specialized in the connection between physical symptoms and emotional pain.
I’m highly sensitive and started tapping into my intuitive gifts around age 8.
My Top 5 Clifton Strengths are: Activator, Empathy, Strategic, Responsibility, Futuristic.
Human Design: Sacral Manifesting Generator 2/4
Myers-Briggs: INFJ
I’m known for my laughgasms that come from the depths of my belly!
Where I come from:
I had a unique upbringing with parents that were unconventional, brave, intuitive, and rooted in spirituality.
The web that connected my mom, dad, and stepdad was their devotion to being of service, their relationship with energy, and trusting the flow of it.
Their medicine is a part of me and I’m so grateful for their impact on my life and my work, and how they continue to inspire me.
Learn more about them below…
About my lineage
My Mom: Badass Leader & Brave Soul
My mom had such a fire burning in her and lived life to the fullest. Observing how she fearlessly followed her intuition and created new expansive opportunities for her family and community gave me so much permission to follow my dreams. Because of her, I always go for it. Plus, I got my deep belly laughs from her and we would cackle together at the top of our lungs.
My Dad: Ex Jesuit Priest Turned Taoist Enlightened Teacher
My dad has been my spiritual teacher since I was young. We would talk about spirituality and energetics for hours in my parent’s laundromat. He taught me how to be an alchemist and a space holder with his transmissions on surrender and love and by the way he held and guided me in my darkest moments.
My Stepdad: Grandmaster & Chinese Medicine Doctor
I feel so blessed that I had such an intimate relationship with martial arts and herbal medicine because of my stepdad. It's a deep-rooted part of me that has informed my life in so many ways. His ability to facilitate healing and work with Qi inspired me to be a healer. And witnessing his generosity of service impacted me deeply.
