About Chinie
From hustle
to wholeness
I built a career most people dream about. International model scout and manager with Elite Model Management. Founder of Prima Stella Management — the first talent agency in Asia focused on Filipino and Eurasian models. Casting Director for Solar Entertainment Network. Brand Strategist for San Miguel Corporation. Single. And a mom. Doing all of it at once, for years.
During the pandemic, I made a conscious decision to walk away from everything — the hustle, the comfort, the identity I had built. I realized I was just surviving. Performing. Achieving. But incomplete inside. I was helping everyone else — building their dreams, elevating their careers, showing up for the world — except myself.
I didn't know who she was anymore. The woman underneath all of it. There was a small voice — quiet, persistent — that I kept shutting down. I told myself I was too busy. Too needed. Too responsible to stop. But she never stopped knocking. All I knew was I had spent so long needing to prove — to the world, to everyone around me, to myself — that I had completely lost her. And one day it hit me: if I couldn't truly see myself, how could the people I love most ever really see me? My children deserved more than a version of me running on empty. They deserved the fullest, most alive version of me. And honestly? So did I.
So I made a conscious decision to start healing. I enrolled in a transformational coaching program — not to become a coach, but to understand myself. What I discovered changed everything. I dove deep into mind-body coherence — the undeniable connection between what we carry emotionally and what manifests physically in our bodies. I couldn't unsee it. So I kept going. Deeper. More obsessive. I studied everything I could find — NLP, Trauma-Informed Coaching, EFT/TFT, Reiki, Acupuncture Detoxification through NADA Philippines where I eventually became a certified Mentor and trainer. I became deeply immersed in TCM and Face Yoga as part of my daily practice, studied the Science of Well-being, pursued social work and counseling — not for a degree, but because I needed to truly understand people. And myself.
I didn't just read about healing — I lived it. I still live it every single day. And yet — even after years of this work — I hadn't fully met her. Not completely. Until last year, when I found myself in Costa Rica at Rythmia Life Advancement Center, one of the world's most respected healing retreats. That experience was one of the most profound gifts of the very practice I carry — a living proof of what this work can do when you fully surrender to it. Something came to life in me there. And I finally — fully — met myself.
That is what I want for every woman who finds her way here. Healing comes when you're ready. The real transformation begins on the day you decide to go all in — when you find the courage to leave the comfort, the familiar, the version of yourself that was never really yours to begin with. It takes time. A lot of time. Patience. Kindness. Honesty. And self love — not the hashtag kind, not the performative kind — but the fierce, unapologetic, daily practice of choosing yourself. Over and over again.
Somewhere along the way I became a voice. Not because I planned it — but because I lived it openly. And I want this for all of us. Because we all deserve to feel the love that we give — and to finally receive the love we deserve.
The people I've mentored and worked with — watching them grow, share their gifts, become inspirations in their own right — that is one of the most validating, beautiful and humbling experiences of my life. That is why I do this.
"Every follower, every view, every connection — built entirely organically. Through purpose, passion and authenticity."
