The Alchemy of Becoming

Name: The Alchemy of Becoming
Author: Shulin Chen

A memoir-workbook on reinvention, food, power, and finding your own permission

by Shulin Chen

After years of performing confidence in boardrooms, surviving burnout, and chasing external permission, Shulin Chen walked away from the corporate path to study plant-based cuisine in Paris and build a more honest life. The Alchemy of Becoming blends memoir, food, coaching, and hard-won systems for women ready to stop asking who they are allowed to become.

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“Reinvention did not begin when I felt ready. It began when the old version of me could no longer keep breathing in rooms where she had learned to disappear.”

About this book

A personal and practical guide to rebuilding a life from the inside out.

About the author

Shulin Chen

Shulin Chen is an American coach, entrepreneur, and writer whose work centers on personal reinvention, career identity, food, and practical self-development. A former technology sales and solutions engineering leader, she has worked across startups and corporate environments, later expanding into modeling, coaching, real estate, and plant-based culinary study at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.