MY MISSION

MY GOAL is to help you UNLOCK your DREAM WORK-LIFE BALANCE

As a coach and a storyteller, I like to think I save lives in a different way. My dream is to reach back and help support YOU, the woman just a few steps behind me--the woman who is stuck, frustrated, imperfect, and scared.
I'll be your guide, not your fixer. I'll be the lantern I wished I had when I faced my own darkest hours.


MY GOAL is simple.
I'M HERE to help you UNLOCK your DREAM WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Hello
I'm Dawn Lim.

Mother of two amazing kids. Wife.
Life coach. Photographer. Writer. Emergency doctor. 
Learner. Connector.

It was 2012.

Three patients in one shift told me that I was "the meanest doctor they had ever met." I finally woke up to my reality.

I was so burnt out.

At the peak of my burnout and in the middle of my MBA, I went on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain, also known as "the Way of St. James." The solitude of those six weeks gave me clarity and the drive to rewrite my future.

When I returned, I hired a career coach.

I signed up for photography classes.

I started writing again.

And shortly after, I became a mother for the first time.


"the favourite part of my job?
the look on your face when you realize you are in charge.
no one else."


I learned to trust my own voice rather than trying to meet external validations of success. Then I built a system of powerful habits to make my unique vision of success come true. 

My work as a burnout coach for mother-doctors is deeply influenced by Dr. Brené Brown's research on shame and vulnerability. Her research gave language to the emptiness I was feeling inside. Even during the pandemic, her lessons reminded me that I didn't need to be a superhero mom and doctor. I am tired and often angry. And that's okay.

I'm still in medicine, but I'm thriving beyond medicine. I found my way.

As your coach, I will help you find your way too.

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It wasn't easy, but I learned to say no.

Slowly, I got rid of the mind trash that limited me for so long. I developed a clear understanding of my core values of learning and connection.

Now I become myself.
It's taken time, many years and places.
I have been dissolved and shaken,
Worn other people's faces...

- May sarton

QUICK FACTS

I'm AN ENFP (like elizabeth bennett)
OBSESSED WITH books
paris is always a good idea 
PET PEEVE? people who won't even try.
ALWAYS BUYING journals and bookmarks
love coffee, cafes, and bikes
always wearing black + white + stripes
scared of public speaking--but i do it anyway