I have been dealing with imposter syndrome and other mental health challenges for a long time, and really glad to have met Lillian in my last year here at Harvard. She really is a professional, and I am just always impressed with her ability to LISTEN. She has a calm ambience and I feel I can be free in expressing myself, because I know she doesn't judge. She is also so good at bringing me back to the focus, and finding the most important thing in my cluster of messy thoughts. I need clarity, simplicity, and also new ways of looking at things, and she helps me with these enormously. I find our sessions extremely helpful during my last year, especially because they helped me start planning really early, find my true purpose, and what I really want to explore, and allow time to develop those connections, and do some projects related to that goal. I got a fellowship that I didn't even know before. I would have not had that perspective if not for her coaching. So I am really grateful that I stuck with her coaching and made the best out of my time here.

~ Chris

As I get older, I find it harder to share my true thoughts with others including my parents, but Lillian's nonjudgmental and professional coaching approach made me feel safe enough to open up. For someone who has never tried coaching or any form of therapy before, I think this was a really fortunate first experience. She held me through a major psychological dilemma | have been facing at Harvard and some of the difficulties I had in my social and professional contexts. Throughout this process, Lillian has always encouraged and inspired me to find my own answers without imposing any of her own opinion on me which suited me perfectly. This made me feel really comfortable and willing to continue with the efforts and accountability for myself. She has also shared job search resources and supported me through the process, which eventually got me where I am working right now - an amazing position I had no idea I could get. If you are young and stressed out, doubtful about your future, reach out to Lillian. 

~ Tony

What's most helpful for me has been the ITC coaching framework with my coach Lillian. It helped me see myself clearly, and having my hidden assumptions mapped out, especially how these biases negatively impact me in life, was really powerful. I got excited about designing tests to challenge my own assumptions in our coaching. Lillian has always been really easy to talk to, especially for someone who is not immediately ready to share like me. There is a trust and rapport built in our coaching and I really appreciate that. It's a solid support throughout my studies, my job search and my rocky romantic relationships. Also I really like the centering exercises at the beginning of each session - really calming and brings a lot of serenity to my otherwise generally hectic study. It was a breakthrough in our coaching when I opened up about my most inner self and explore ways to talk with him at our coaching sessions, because the oriented approach with my coach is very empowering, and I know I accomplished something in my own way by attending each session. I used to think that coaching is similar to therapy, and now I think it is completely different, at least with my coach Lillian, and so much better and effective!

~ Vivian

Harvard is A LOT! I was going through a really tough time this past year and half as a single Mum and as I pivoted in career by going back to school. Now I am celebrating the end of my amazing master degree journey at Harvard, and I can't be more grateful for Lillian's support as a wonderful coach. She has been the only person in school that I can completely trust to reach out and have a deep session whenever I feel overwhelmed, skeptical and lost. I gained my energy and confidence back, and had so many a-ha moments with her.  Lillian helps me navigate the complexity of Harvard, relationships, roles and career options, as a truely astounding listener, a compassionate coach, and an insightful guide. I like her approach as an ICF and ITC coach a lot. It is really effective for me when she combines the two and leverage both. What I am going to do next has everything to do with what Lillian helped me explore. I am going to miss our sessions so so much! 

~ Saly

I am always feeling lost, even though I have been in the US since high school, there still seems to be so much that I don't know in Harvard, especially as an Asian student. It' not just about the academic work, also how to navigate the institution, professional and personal relationships here, and future plans. Everything seems like a maze to me sometimes, and I have to stay strong at least on the outside. I didn't have the right way to handle all these before, even though I talked with my friends and mentors. I felt really lucky to have met my amazing coach Lillian this year and after the first session I decided that I will just hold on to her! Because she is so wise and so kind, and has a lot of coaching frameworks that are useful for me. She also knows a lot more about Harvard or the US than most Asian people I know. Every time we talked, I would feel more ready to be a good Harvard student.  With her, I talked about everything from school to my relationships, and my family, etc etc. She is always all ears  and super supportive no matter what I brought to our sessions. As a client, I felt fully accepted and appreciated, and never judged. It's like what she promised to me at our first coaching session: she has held on to the faith that I can figure things out and I am capable of being in control of my life at its best.

~ Lisa