An Interview with Life Coach and Yoga teacher, Dr. Jo
- Jul 7
- 5 min read
Updated: Jul 15
What makes you a "Divine Woman in Business✨What is your story?
I believe a Divine Woman in Business is someone who leads from alignment rather than performance. She understands that success is not measured solely by revenue, status, or achievement, but by the positive impact she creates in the lives of others. A Divine Woman honors both her ambition and her humanity. She is willing to be powerful without abandoning compassion, and she recognizes that true leadership comes from authenticity, service, and embodiment.
My journey has been anything but linear. I am a former clinical psychologist, holistic coach, yoga teacher, author, and founder of TulaSoul. For many years, I helped others heal while privately navigating my own struggles with "perfectionism, anxiety, and an eating disorder". My recovery journey taught me that healing is not about fixing ourselves, it is about coming home to ourselves.
Through embodiment, mindfulness, community, and deep self-compassion, I learned to reconnect with my body and reclaim my life.
Today, my work focuses on helping women move beyond survival mode and reconnect with their inner wisdom, confidence, and purpose. Through coaching, retreats, speaking, writing, and community-building, I help women cultivate empowerment, embodiment, and personal transformation.
What excites me most right now is a new vision that is emerging through TulaSoul Sanctuary. My dream is to "create a global network of regenerative, women-centered healing communities" where women support women through mentorship, education, sponsorship, and collective care."
The vision includes self-sustaining retreat villages, farm-to-table nourishment, leadership development, embodiment education, and opportunities for women with financial abundance to help fund healing experiences for women who would not otherwise have access.
At its heart, this vision is about redefining healing as something relational rather than transactional. I believe the future belongs to communities that value connection over competition, regeneration over extraction, and collaboration over isolation. If my story has taught me anything, it is that when women heal, they become powerful catalysts for healing families, communities, and ultimately the world.
My mission is simple: to help women remember who they are, reconnect with their bodies, and create a more compassionate and connected future together.
"What is a story of strength, survival or hardship you have overcome and what did that teach you?"
One of the most defining experiences of my life began when I was just 12 years old. I was hospitalized for anorexia nervosa, a condition that would shape much of my adolescence and early adulthood. I remember sitting in the hospital and being profoundly impacted by the psychologists, therapists, and healthcare professionals who cared for me.
Even at that young age, I knew I wanted to become a psychologist. I wanted to understand the human mind, help people heal, and offer others the support that had helped save my life.
For years, I pursued that path with determination. I earned my doctorate in psychology and built a successful career helping others. From the outside, it looked like a triumph story. But healing is rarely linear. In 2010, I experienced a significant relapse that forced me to confront a difficult truth: intellectual understanding alone was not enough. Despite years of education and professional training, I was still disconnected from my body and carrying wounds that had not fully healed.
What felt like a setback became a turning point. My relapse led me to explore Eastern philosophies and healing traditions, including yoga, meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, and embodiment practices. For the first time, I began to understand healing not just through the lens of the mind, but through the body, spirit, community, and nervous system. What started as a search for recovery became a profound spiritual awakening.
That journey transformed both my life and my work. I eventually stepped away from traditional psychology and founded TulaSoul, where I integrate psychology, embodiment, mindfulness, and holistic healing to support women in reconnecting with themselves. I discovered that many women are living disconnected from their bodies, driven by perfectionism, shame, burnout, and the belief that they must constantly prove their worth.
Today, I view my eating disorder not as the defining feature of my story, but as one of my greatest teachers. It led me to a deeper understanding of healing, purpose, and human resilience. It taught me that true transformation is not about becoming someone else, it is about coming home to who you have always been.
That lesson now fuels my larger vision: TulaSoul Sanctuary, a regenerative women-centered healing ecosystem designed to make healing, community, and belonging more accessible to women around the world. My greatest triumph is not that I survived anorexia. It is that I transformed my pain into purpose and now dedicate my life to helping others do the same.
"What advice would you give to other women to succeed as "Divine Women" in their lives?"
1. Stop abandoning yourself to earn belonging.
Many women have been conditioned to prioritize being liked, needed, attractive, productive, or agreeable over being authentic.
Real power begins when you stop shrinking or silencing yourself to gain approval. Leadership is not about becoming more of what others want; it is about becoming more fully yourself.
The moment you trust your own voice, values, and intuition, you begin to lead from a place of integrity rather than performance.
2. Come home to your body.
Your body is not an ornament. It is not a problem to fix. It is one of the greatest sources of wisdom you will ever have.
Many women spend years living in their heads while ignoring the messages of their bodies. Learn to listen to your nervous system, your emotions, your breath, and your intuition. Embodiment is not separate from leadership; it is the foundation of it. A woman who trusts herself can navigate uncertainty with far greater clarity and confidence.
3. Remember that your purpose is bigger than your fear.
Every meaningful vision will ask something of you.
You will face self-doubt, criticism, setbacks, and moments when you wonder if you are capable. Keep going anyway. Fear is often a sign that you are standing at the edge of growth. The world does not need more perfect women. It needs more women willing to lead with courage, compassion, authenticity, and love. When you align your gifts with service, purpose naturally becomes larger than fear.
- Dr. Jo ✨✨
Want to connect with Dr. Jo? Find her at...
Socials: FB/IG: @DrJo Lee | @holisticcoachjo
Website: https://www.tulasoul.com
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