Meet Kylie Kwon

We were lucky to catch up with Kylie Kwon recently and have shared our conversation below.

Kylie, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?

My resilience comes from my parents and the courage they had to take a huge risk for a better life for their children. In 1981, when I was eight years old, my parents, my little sister, and I immigrated to the U.S. from Seoul, South Korea. They were in their mid-30s and brought with them their two little girls, two bags, about $2,000, and didn’t speak English. Every time I think about the bravery and courage this took, it inspires me.

Our first apartment was a low-income basement with concrete floors. My parents went to work at 4 a.m. and often didn’t return until late into the evening. As an eight-year-old, it was my responsibility to care for my sister, who was a couple of years younger than me. We lived a very simple life with very little to our name. What we did have was a dream for a better life and a willingness to work hard to reach it.

We all endured hardships. I was made fun of nearly every day for not being able to speak English, told by adults and children alike to go back to where I came from, and mocked for the way I looked and spoke. At home, I watched and felt the burden my parents carried just to survive and care for my sister and me. I remember going to school hungry, sometimes without a lunch. I remember the struggle and hardships. What I also remember is the friendships, the community, and family coming together to support and hold each other up in an unfamiliar country and culture.

Decades of hard work and resilience allowed my family and me to build a life in the U.S. and as Americans. My parents worked and saved, had two more children, sent all four of us to college, bought multiple homes, and ran several businesses. Our immigrant story isn’t much different than many others. But it’s still one I’m proud of because it’s my family’s story, it’s my story, and it’s what has helped me build resilience through other challenges in life. It’s what inspires me to keep going and moving forward. It’s what holds me up and allows me to pick myself up through the ups and downs life brings. It’s what made me the resilient woman I am today.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I’m Kylie Kwon, a Korean American immigrant, mother of two adult children, and the founder of *Courage to Course Correct*. I’m dedicated to helping women reclaim themselves with intention, clarity, honesty, and courage, so they can finally live the authentic life they want, need, and deeply desire.

After nearly two decades as a stay-at-home mom, my life took an unexpected turn when a painful and challenging divorce ended my 20-year marriage. Suddenly, as a single solo parent, I re-entered the workforce after almost twenty years away. From a place of deep uncertainty and major challenges, I healed, rebuilt and rediscovered myself, built a career, and reinvented my life from the ground up.

That journey, from survival to sovereignty, led me to become the Chief Operating Officer for best-selling author and master life coach Nancy Levin. In that role, I managed and operated a thriving life coach certification academy, mentored hundreds of emerging life coaches, and supported private clients both in life and business.

Today, I run my own self-development life coaching and business consulting practice. Through one-on-one coaching, online programs, and self-development tools, I help women who are ready to course correct and make meaningful, lasting changes in their lives and businesses. I support them to realign with what truly matters, reclaim themselves, and take full ownership of their lives, so they can finally create and curate the life they want to be living.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Authenticity, a growth mindset, and the courage to do things differently are three qualities that have had the greatest impact on my journey. I guide, coach, and support my clients to reflect on what is real, reimagine what’s possible, realign with what truly matters, and reclaim themselves and their lives. Meaningful and lasting change happens from the inside out, and it’s vital to truly get to know yourself, what you think, want, need, and desire. These aren’t just coaching steps I guide others through; they are the very practices I’ve lived by to get to where I am today.

What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Any advice or strategies?

When I feel overwhelmed, I focus on caring for myself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. For example, I might start by playing a great song and dancing to shift my energy and shake off the stress. Next, I journal to let everything swirling in my head and heart flow out onto the pages, releasing it all. I finish with a few gentle stretches and a meditation to calm my nervous system and open myself to any messages from the universe I’m ready and willing to receive.

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