About Edmund Lee | My Story — Holistic Performance & Transformation

My name is Edmund S. Lee. Most people just know me as Edmund Lee.

Board Certified Developmental Alphabioticist, NLP Master Practitioner, and holistic performance specialist based in Orange County, California. I help driven people break through the hidden patterns keeping them stuck — physically, mentally, and emotionally.

I wasn't supposed to be a healer.

At 30, I was in the best shape of my life. Then I got involved in a demanding dry cleaning business with multiple locations. For six years, I dealt with escalating physical pain alongside intense emotional and mental stress. The environment was toxic in every way — and my body absorbed all of it.

Within a few years, my coworkers were calling me "Grandpa" because of the way I moved. My muscles and joints ached constantly. Basic movements were difficult. I went from being a guy who never worried about his body to someone who couldn't get through a day without pain.

I did what most people do — I looked for physical solutions. Chiropractors, massage therapists, acupuncturists, physical therapists. Dozens of practitioners over several years. They'd help for a day, maybe a week. Then it would come back. Every time.

It wasn't until I started addressing what was happening beyond the physical — the chronic stress, the unprocessed emotions, the limiting beliefs running on repeat, the patterns I'd inherited and never questioned — that things started to change. Not temporarily. Permanently.

By year five, I was experiencing breakthroughs I couldn't explain with just physical modalities. By year six, I was pain-free. The business sold. And I had a new mission: understand exactly what happened to me and help other people do the same.

You may have come across these words before.

This quote has been shared across Goodreads, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and personal development communities around the world — often without knowing who wrote it. It has appeared on platforms including Entrepreneur.com and The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes, and has been shared by some of the most recognized voices in business and personal development.

"Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and the thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don't see it yourself."
— Edmund Lee

That's me. I wrote those words years ago, and they took on a life of their own. I never imagined they'd travel as far as they have. But the sentiment behind them is at the core of everything I do today — helping people see what's possible when the things holding them back are finally removed.

Over a decade of study across 15+ modalities.

Some are mainstream. Some are not. All of them work — in the right context, with the right person, at the right time.

Board Certified Developmental Alphabioticist — trained directly under Michael Chrane at the Alphabiotics Academy in Dallas, TX (grandson of founder Virgil Chrane)
NLP Master Practitioner and Master Coach
Time Line Therapy Practitioner
Certified Somatic Breathwork Practitioner
PSYCH-K Facilitator
Esoteric Acupuncture Practitioner
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Social Behavior — University of California, Irvine
Contributing Author — "Beyond The Shift Volume 3" (SourceCode Publishing)

Currently pursuing additional certifications through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) in personal training, corrective exercise, and performance enhancement.

Create Your Next Breakthrough

I hosted "Create Your Next Breakthrough" — a podcast focused on the mindset, healing, and personal development conversations most people aren't having. The show is currently paused while I focus on building my in-person practice, but all episodes are available on YouTube.

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If you're ready to find and remove what's been holding you back, I'd like to hear from you.

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