Winny Faye

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My adventures in life always lead me back to LOVE.Through every heartache, mistake and challenge, I’ve found myself rede...
05/26/2026

My adventures in life always lead me back to LOVE.

Through every heartache, mistake and challenge, I’ve found myself redefining what LOVE means through different lenses, each one teaching me something new about connection, safety, authenticity and being fully human.

Growing up, I thought love looked like over-dedicating, proving, self-sacrificing, fixing and earning.

I get to choose definitions of LOVE that feel nourishing, safe, freeing and vibrant instead.

What’s a version of LOVE you’re currently redefining for yourself?

Growing up, I thought giving advice was love.As the eldest daughter in an Asian household, I became the fixer early. The...
05/24/2026

Growing up, I thought giving advice was love.

As the eldest daughter in an Asian household, I became the fixer early. The responsible one. The problem solver. The person expected to hold tension together and find solutions.

A part of me tied my worth to being helpful, capable and emotionally attuned to everyone around me.
So I gave advice constantly because I genuinely thought I was supporting people.

What I didn’t realize at the time was that unsolicited advice can sometimes feel like criticism instead of care. Even with good intentions, people often want to feel heard before they want to be guided.

A friend recently shared this phrase with me while I was opening up about my family dynamics:
LOVE = Let Others Voluntarily Evolve

That landed deeply because I’m realizing how much of my 'helping' was also rooted in discomfort.

The discomfort of watching people struggle, of seeing them make choices I wouldn't make ...and the discomfort of not being able to fix relationships that felt distant.

Relationships have often been the biggest area of my personal growth. And I'm learning all over again that love requires surrender.

To trust people's timing, trust in their own lessons and most of all, trusting that their path doesn't need to look like mine to be valid.

For a long time, my nervous system associated love with fixing, rescuing and performing.

I continue to learn all the nuanced ways that association seeps into my actions. AND, also learning that real connection leaves room for people to evolve on their own terms.

One thing I’m realizing lately is how much time I’ve spent waiting.For the right sign, to feel fully certain, for permis...
05/16/2026

One thing I’m realizing lately is how much time I’ve spent waiting.

For the right sign, to feel fully certain, for permission before moving,
or to know if something was the 'right decision'.

This was me in 2025.
I felt stuck and stagnant, trying to think my way through, hoping I'd eventually land on the perfect plan before starting.

This year, I got out of my own way and realize how much fun being in the mess can be because I'm learning so much through the experience itself.

Even now, I notice how overthinking can feel deceptively safe.

Because if I stay in analysis, I never have to risk discomfort.
or be seen in the messy middle, or to be wrong.

What's been showing up for me is this:
the mess is the throughline

It's in the mess that you get the message.

The mess reveals what fits, what doesn't, what matters and most of all,
it reveals who you are becoming.

The truth is:
You often don’t know what’s aligned until you live it.

The messy path is usually the path that transforms you fastest.

Save this for the version of you waiting for certainty before starting.

I came home from Cabos last week running on about 5 hours of sleep a night, full days of travel and what felt like every...
05/13/2026

I came home from Cabos last week running on about 5 hours of sleep a night, full days of travel and what felt like every drop of yang energy fully spent.
The first thing my body did when I got home? Reach for salty, savory foods … and the next day, salty chips.

What I also noticed were my hands and feet stayed cold, along with salty cravings I couldn’t shake.
In TCM, that's a kidney qi deficiency. Your kidneys govern your deepest energy reserve, primarily warmth, circulation, vitality. and if this reserve has been overdrawn, it craves salt, shows up in fatigue and the body’s inability to bring heat to your extremities.

This week I'm not pushing through. I'm stepping into yin, with more rest, warmth and nourishment.
What that looks like is nourishing my body intentionally with:
cacao, ginger & ceylon cinnamon to warm up the body
black sesame and black beans for extra mineral & nutritional density that fuel the kidney
bone broth and miso to strengthen the gut
light movements & flowing while creating lots of space to rest
avoiding coffee, overworking, late nights and intense movements

I’m happy I caught my body’s whispers before they became a full breakdown from pushing too hard because I’m excited and reeling in that post-retreat glow.

Your body is your compass.

If this lands with you, drop a 💧 below and send this to the friend who's been running on empty.

05/12/2026

I went into last week's biz intensive retreat willing to be changed.
I didn't expect to leave carrying pieces of people in my heart. But that's exactly what happened.

There's something about being in a room full of people who are genuinely willing to go deep.
The ones who are courageous enough to bet on themselves, to share, to open up, and to allow others to see them break down so they can break through.

When you witness that in someone, it lands in you.
I came home with a bigger heart.
With more color and vibrancy, more warmth and way more capacity to stretch into a bigger version of myself.

That's what real connection does. It doesn't just inspire you. It expands you.

I'm so grateful for for creating that container, her team of incredible coaches and every soul I had the pleasure of connecting with last week.

05/08/2026

Came out of 's biz intensive retreat and I'm already experiencing ease, magic and flow, after choosing to stay in deep presence, trust and surrendering to life happening for me, that it gets to happen in the most magical way possible.

Halfway into my ride to the airport I realized I left my bag containing all the essentials to fly back home. Instead of contracting and holding shame, guilt and anxiety, I stayed regulated and open to what was possible and who I get to BE in this moment.

Remembering my contact to be trusting, I stayed open to trusting that whatever happens will create space for magic & opportunities AND that I could figure it out and am supported.

Holding this truth even when the agent said nothing could be done and I had no options but to pay for my next flight, I continued to choose to believe that it will all work out AND it I had to pay, the money flowing out will come right back in so I was safe and my nervous system didn't contract. This alone showed me the amount of capacity I built from just 4 days!

When you follow your body's signals and move from devotion to your highest most vibrant self, life has a way of connecting all the puzzle pieces needed to bring you into your next expansion. Including beautifully aligned leaders, mentors, containers and friends who feel more than friends.

I'm grateful, nourished and in awe of the life I get to live and learn because I continually choose to step into the fire, while moving with grace, regulation AND aliveness (fully owning and feeling all the emotions that come up with this work). 🤍✨

04/29/2026

Something I'll never outgrow is climbing trees. I remember being a kid and asking myself if everything around me was climbable. From banisters, to door frames, and outdoor structures. If it looked fun, I was on it. Climbing trees came naturally and became second nature. Finding a nice spot to perch and watch the world from up high brought me so much joy and peace.

Last spring I got to share that with my niece. My dad taught her how to climb a year before and she's been excited to do it every chance she gets. Watching her confidence grow as she figures her way out of tricky spots and challenging herself to climb higher, swing or jump from the branches has been one of the most magical things I get to witness. She's a natural.

I can already picture our future travels being nature focused, finding the best trees to climb together. Moments like these are the ones I hold onto.

And if you’ve never climbed a tree before, play isn’t just for kids.
…seriously though, find a tree and climb it!

The version of you that keeps second-guessing herself isn't lost. She's just been looking in the wrong direction.You ha...
04/28/2026

The version of you that keeps second-guessing herself isn't lost. She's just been looking in the wrong direction.

You have the answers all along.
Your body has been giving you answers the whole time.
You just haven't been still enough to hear them.

Save this for the next mental spiral, and when you're ready to go deeper, you know where to find me.

DM me FLOW

04/27/2026

I teach slow living and I still fight it.
When my body signals rest, part of me honors it, but only up to a point. Then the resistance kicks in. The questioning, the stories, the frustration and guilt.
"It's already been 2 days, why am I still this way"
"I should be doing more"

and just like that, I'm frozen.
Not from laziness, but from fighting myself.

As an Aries sun, Sag moon, Leo rising, I am fiery.
Movement is natural to me and sometimes, stretched stillness can feel like I'm lost or falling behind.

But my nervous system’s freeze response isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s showing me where I’ve pushed past my edge again.
It’s information, showing the gap and what I can lean into, rather than lean away from.
Because underneath this freeze is fear, minimizing my capabilities and personal power.

Slowing down isn’t something I’ve mastered. It’s something I continually practice.
Some days with more grace and other days with obliged frustration.
The oscillation is real. And, it tells me exactly where I need to build more capacity and where I need more compassion with my journey.

If you catch yourself oscillating between knowing and fight/flight/freeze/fawn response, you’re not broken. You’re human and you’re in good company.
Stick around. I’ll be sharing my go-to’s for leaning into dysregulation instead of running from it.

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