Wildlight helps burned-out and bored women, parents, and 1st/2nd-gens find career excitement through inner work and communication skills.
You’re a high-achieving professional, but at the core — a rebel, rule-bender, and unwilling to conform. You’re tired of feeling mediocre, unmotivated, and uninspired. Instead, you’re ready to get clear on your values to enhance the authenticity of your decision-making. You’re ready to let your wild light shine through.
I’m Carolyn.
I am a values-driven career coach. My mission is to help women professionals who feel uninspired and bored with their daily grind find fulfillment and happiness in their work, without sacrificing their pay. I have business and communications degrees from UC Berkeley and 18 years of strategic sales leadership at high-growth companies. My coaching merges introspection with proven executive sales strategies (communications, negotiations). I'm a 2nd generation Chinese-American, 1st-generation graduate, and mom to two girls. Originally from Oakland, California I found myself while living in New York City for 10 years, and now call Portland, Oregon my home.Signature 1:1 Program | Reset & Realign
This is for you…
You have 12-15+ years of work experience and are considered an expert by many.
You’ve sacrificed time, well-being, and satisfaction to give your career everything.
However, the joy and fulfillment you once felt are not there anymore. You feel uninspired and bored.
Your recognition and sense of purpose at one point has been dormant for a while.
You feel underappreciated, undervalued, and overworked.
You are on the brink of burnout and unsure how to correct course.
The feeling you keep describing is being “stuck.”
What you will experience with coaching…
Accountability, support, and thought partnership through one-on-one virtual coaching sessions, emails, online community, messaging, and more.
Reflective inner work to uncover values and desires that have been buried away.
Mindset training and rewriting profoundly ingrained belief systems to serve you better.
Access to templates, resources, and training on topics relating to career expansion.
A renewed sense of clarity and confidence to achieve your goals.
You will walk away with…
A deep assessment and understanding of your values, strengths, and unique abilities.
A long-term (2-5 years) vision and short-term (3-6 months) actionable goals.
Systems and tools that will help fuel your momentum toward success.
Feasible and exciting values-driven options to expand into your career, such as:
✨ Finding joy in your current job using mindset training for a more positive reframe.
✨ Revise your current job by setting healthier boundaries and positioning yourself for a promotion.
✨ Seek a new job at a different company that aligns more with your desires and aspirations.
✨ Freelance or start a side business by leveraging your experience, expertise, and network.
A toolkit with resources and templates to excel in your newfound career options.
Proven negotiation and communications tactics to help you get what you want.
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Phase 1 | Get Clarity
We will examine your beliefs, mindset, values, and strengths to create a strong foundation of confidence. This will allow you to design a values-driven strategy that will lead you closer to fulfillment and joy.
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Phase 2 | Get Strategic
We will build upon your foundation of values and use it to expand into your next level more effectively. With strategic goal-setting, we will create systems and map out tools for you to get closer to your purpose.
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Phase 3 | Get Loud
With clarity on your values and a solid plan on what you want, we will refine and turn up your voice. Through communications, negotiations, and leadership training, learn to exude confidence to influence and lead.
Client affirmations.
Veronica C. | Freelance Marketer & Founder @ Opus28
With renewed confidence, Veronica negotiated for and secured a freelance rate of 197% higher than her previous. She now runs a freelance portfolio, tapping into her diverse skillsets, working on projects that genuinely fulfill her interests with people she admires.
“It feels like I have experienced a deep awakening and renewed self-confidence. I’ve been able to negotiate a significantly higher rate for a new client project and feel much more confident in understanding and celebrating my strengths."
Melissa G. | Director of Retention @ Chief
As a first-generation graduate and professional, Melissa took a bet on herself by entering the tech world, where she went from an associate to director level in less than two years, increasing her salary by 80%.
“I would, without a doubt, recommend Wildlight to others who want to develop themselves professionally and rise up in a world they might not have been taught to navigate from an early age like their peers may have been.”
Sree L. | Sr. Product Manager @ Microsoft
As an Indian woman living abroad, Sree wanted to improve her communications and visibility in corporate America. Switching industries, she positioned herself as a high-valued candidate and landed a job with a 75% salary increase.
“I appreciate that Carolyn listens well and works with me hands-on with specific focus areas I need help with. As a coach, she is invested in me and my success. I feel confident and happy about the journey we are on together.”
Hanna K. | Senior User Experience Leader @ CashApp
Overwhelmed with personal and career road bumps exasperated by the pandemic, Hanna entered a highly uncertain job market. By identifying her values as a newly single mother with a need for stability, she sharpened her negotiation tactics, secured multiple job offers, and accepted one that was 75% over her last salary with a highly competitive sign-on bonus.
“Carolyn is both real and visionary and knows how to navigate the fires of uncertainty and doubt for optimal results. I highly recommend working with Carolyn - she will be your advocate and help get you across the finish line!”
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