HELLO BELOVEDS, I’M LOTUS.
A multi-faceted flower and a multi-layered human being.
LotusWong is an Artist of Life* and Soulpreneur* with 12 years of experience guiding and gathering groups to grow and heal together. With a passionate curiosity for individual and organizational transformation, Lotus is committed to helping people bring their visions to life, expand their leadership capacities, and reclaim love and liberation as their birthright.
In practice, Lotus has been on her own path of self-discovery, traveling and working in over 25 countries from Japan to Iceland to Mexico. This healing journey led her to create the School of Unconditional Love (S.O.U.L.) a BIPOC-centered global education platform offering courses, coaching and community gatherings. Lotus is also the Co-host of This Intentional Life, a soul-provoking podcast featuring women of color living wholeheartedly.
Beyond her personal ventures, Lotus recently joined the visionary non-profit Common Future who’s mission is to close the racial wealth gap in North America and rebuild an equitable economy that works for everyone and extracts from none. Lotus is also a Lead Coach, Consultant, Experience Designer, and Facilitator for several global teams (see Consulting). Her stack of skills includes organizational culture transformation, creative learning & development, diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, and leadership development.
Lotus’ clients include: Starbucks, Sallie Mae, Adobe, LinkedIn, Verizon Media, VISA, Common Future, the Greater Good Science Center, Genentech, Beneficial State Foundation, Race Forward, NYU Shanghai, Morehouse College, and Christiana Care Health.
Lotus’ educational background includes a BA in Marketing and a minor in Design Studies from Arizona State University. A certificate in International Business from the University of Economics, Prague, an Organizational Culture Coaching & Consulting Certificate from Delivering Happiness, and an Executive Education Diploma in Design and Leadership from DSIL Global certified by UPEACE, the United Nations Mandated Graduate School of Peace and Conflict Studies.
“A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and nothing else.”
ABOUT MY JOURNEY SO FAR
On the first day of the New Year in 2010, I had an encounter that I can only describe as divine.
I was traveling with friends in Mexico and our car got stuck in the sand. There we were ringing in a new decade stranded on a deserted beach without cell service, it felt like a bad omen. Just when I was ready to give up hope, I met my Spiritual Teacher.
What began as a holistic way to cure depression and heal a broken heart revealed itself to be an entry point into exploring my spiritual path and experiencing the fullness of life in its entirety. Until then, I had never formally learned about religion or spirituality and I started waking up to what it means to return to my true nature and live an intentional, liberated, and love-filled life.
I've been exploring life's mysteries ever since.
In 2014, I moved from the desert of Arizona to the west coast of California. I had always dreamed of living in the San Francisco Bay Area, knowing my ancestors had immigrated through the golden gates from Guangzhou, China generations ago. I intuitively understood the influence your environment has on you and I wondered who I might become given a diverse, creative and progressive epicenter like the Bay. I found my chosen home in Oakland, California, full of lush redwoods and soulful community.
In 2016 during my “Year of Courage”, I put my stuff in storage and left everything I knew to answer the call to adventure! I spent two and a half years getting my “Ph.D. - Pure Heart Degree” traveling and working in eleven countries throughout Southeast Asia, Central America, and North America. There I met healers, artists, and entrepreneurs from all walks of life who taught me what it means to be guided by the Universe and centered in the spiritual heart.
In 2019, my “Year of Divine Love”, I sensed the need to return to Oakland where I manifested a beautiful zen sanctuary in the heart of the city. There I began to get grounded, rebalance, and share my gifts, supporting women and communities of color on their paths of healing, wholeness and truth. I continued my worldly travels facilitating transformational learning journey’s in France, Canada, Japan, Vietnam and Mexico. Read more about 2019: Year of Divine Love.
In 2020, my “Year of Enough”, I created a Womxn of Color Healing Circle that hosts monthly gatherings. To date, we’ve brought together a community of over 100 womxn to grow and heal together. In November 2020, I stepped into my power as an Artist of Life and Soulpreneur by launching my personal brand & business: “Lotus Awakens”. I also launched my first podcast called This Intentional Life with dear friend and business partner Karmay Gorley. Read more about 2020: Year of Enough.
In 2021, my “Year of Soul”, I founded SOUL: School of Unconditional Love, a global education platform centering BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and offering transformational courses, coaching, and community gatherings to support people to live liberated, love-filled lives. In October, we launched our first course, Love & Liberation for women and femmes of color yearning to expand their capacity to love, deepen their relationships & support our collective liberation.
Coaching
Change starts here. I offer guidance and coaching to redesign your life with intention, revitalize your relationship with love, and realign your soul with its highest calling.
Consulting
Wholeness at work. I love working with purpose-driven organizations and leaders in the arenas of experience design, creative learning and development, and culture transformation.
Circles
We all want to belong. I create sacred spaces both online and in-person gatherings to support women and communities of color on their paths of healing, wholeness, and truth.
Podcast
This Intentional Life is a soul-provoking podcast featuring your down-to-earth sisters, Karmay Gorley & Lotus Wong, two women of color living wholeheartedly. Together, they share spiritual wisdom, personal stories and practical tools to guide and support you in living with intention.
“Love says, ‘I am everything’. Wisdom says, ‘I am nothing’. Between the two, my life flows.”