Merry C Lin, PhD, CPsych
Executive Director

Dr. Merry C. Lin is a psychologist, author, and podcaster with almost 30 years of experience. She is the Executive Director of Dr. Lin & Associates where she leads a team of leadership and life coaches and HR Management consultants. Dr. Lin is also a leadership coach working with personal, leadership, and team development. Additionally, she consults with corporations and not-for-profit organizations, providing expertise in a wide variety of areas, including mental health, stress management, trauma, resilience, leadership and team development. She has an extensive background in assessment, working with individuals and organizations for selection, career assessments, developmental and leadership coaching purposes, and the selection of leaders and executives. 

Dr. Lin also provides clinical services at the Charis Clinic for Mental Wellness. She offers clinical consultation and supervision of psychotherapists and in-home specialists, who work with individuals, couples, children and families. An additional service she offers through the clinic are psycho-educational and diagnostic assessments to identify giftedness, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and behavioural/emotional/mental health issues.

A wise counsellor and respected speaker, she can be heard on her popular podcast, The Fully Lived Life with Coach Gillian, where they speak about life, love and purpose through the lens of faith and science. She has made regular TV appearances on 700 Club Canada, 100 Huntley Street, A Better Us, and See Hear Love, and her teaching videos are available on RightNow Media. Dr. Lin is the author of The Fully Lived Life: Rescuing Our Souls from All that Holds Us Back.