Hopeful Aromantic

You tried fixing the relationship, you tried fixing the dynamic at work, you tried fixing how you’re perceived… and it keeps showing up in another form. Sometimes it feels like you’re playing whack-a-mole with your problems, because resolving patterns requires you to zoom way, way, way out and find the thread that unravels everything.In this episode, we explore:Why awareness of what’s wrong is just the start, but not enoughCommon lenses through which we see the world and how it limits usBand-aid solutions for bigger issues in relationships and at workValues, principles, and rulesWorking at the level of relationship vs. at the level of perspectiveChanging your perspective to change your lifeSend in your relationship-related question for a chance to be featured on a future episode! You can send in a short ~1 minute voicenote or short written question to [email protected], with the subject line: Podcast question.Book a free 30-minute coaching consult call ⁠here⁠.Let’s connect! @hopefularomantic on ig <3https://victoriayeung.coach/ to learn more about working together.

Please mark yourself safe from the Breakup Season that just passed!Dominant culture has a lot to say about what it means to commit to someone in a romantic relationship and stick it out, no matter what. But what really matters when it comes to merging lives and building connection?In this episode, we explore:How culture’s romanticization of pain and suffering in love creates conditions for exploitationThe difference between work, effort, and exhaustion in relationships and how capitalism influences connectionWhy reaching relationship milestones can expose weak foundationsDefining commitment, effort, love, and loving for yourselfMoving away from external validation to internalLove and commitment as actionsDiscernment in your personal relationshipsResources mentioned:TikTok: @ atlasideasCapitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Mark FisherThe Art of Loving, Erich FrommSad Love: Romance and the Search for Meaning, Carrie JenkinsPolysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy, Jessica FernSend in your relationship-related question for a chance to be featured on a future episode! You can send in a short ~1 minute voicenote or short written question to [email protected], with the subject line: Podcast question.Book a free 30-minute coaching consult call ⁠here⁠.Let’s connect! @hopefularomantic on ig <3https://victoriayeung.coach/

Liminal spaces are real and they live within us! So you’ve decided to drop an old identity, an old way of being, and you’re ready to step into your new life, but how do you get from point A to point B? Self transformation and healing is messy, non-linear, and really fucking confusing. I’ll be sharing a bit about my own process, examples, and tools to help you along the way.In this episode, we explore:How what you resist persistsWhat may come up when you let goThe mechanics of identity shiftingWhat embodiment looks likeHelpful tools and ideas for your jouhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1FYIsY66RUSucj5xV__whmmoE6V9svB4f/view?usp=sharingrneyHomework at 48:01 - SurrenderResources mentioned:Core Values ExerciseThe Untethered Soul, Michael A. SingerThe Surrender Experiment, Michael A. SingerIFS Embodiment meditation (on the Insight Timer App)Send in your relationship-related question for a chance to be featured on a future episode! You can send in a short ~1 minute voicenote or short written question to [email protected], with the subject line: Podcast question.Book a free 30-minute coaching consult call ⁠here⁠⁠.Let’s connect! @hopefularomantic on ig <3https://victoriayeung.coach/

Today we’re going through a non-exhaustive guide of questions you want to consider while getting to know people. You can also use these to re-evaluate any current relationships in your life to better understand who you choose to be with and how they do or don’t mesh with your values and preferences.Surface level:What's their vibe?How do they speak about themselves?How do they speak about others?Do they take care of themselves?How do you feel around them?Deeper levels:What do they care about? How do they make decisions?How do they take responsibility?How are they similar to the people closest to them?How are their boundaries?Do they respect themselves?How do they get their needs met?How do they reciprocate?Even deeper levels:How do they handle conflict?What patterns repeat in their life? What is consistent?How do they handle a boundary set on them?How do they handle uncertainty?How do they handle change?How do they make meaning in their world?Do you feel like you’re being your fullest, most authentic self around them?Resources mentioned:How to make friends? Study reveals how many hours it takesSet Boundaries, Find Peace, Nedra Glover TawwabSend in your relationship-related question for a chance to be featured on a future episode! You can send in a short ~1 minute voicenote or short written question to [email protected], with the subject line: Podcast question.Book a free 30-minute coaching consult call ⁠here⁠.Let’s connect! @hopefularomantic on ig <3https://victoriayeung.coach/

By now, AI has infiltrated just about every aspect of our lives to where it seems like there’s no escape. While CEO’s are threatening us to adopt or get left behind, our real human relationships are begging for us to log off, put the device away, and be here now. What’s the middle ground? And how can we shape what we want our futures to look like?In this episode, we explore:How depending on AI for relationships will get you left behindWhy you can’t rehearse real life with a robotHow technology hasn’t solved our connection problems yetThe risks of offloading essential skills for connectionHow changing your beliefs is the first step to changing realityHomework at 37:09 - Uncovering storiesResources mentioned:Empire of AI, Karen HaoEncyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial IntelligenceThe Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder (2022- )No, Artificial Intelligence is Not Conscious, Ted ChaingClaude’s ConstitutionThe first step in getting rid of billionaires is to believe they don’t have as much power as you think they do - @femmefranktank on TikTokThe AI Resist ListResist Against AuthoritarianismBook a free 30-minute coaching consult call ⁠here⁠.Let’s connect! @hopefularomantic on ig <3https://victoriayeung.coach/