Human Up

In this episode, I talked with Heather Dagley, budtender and writer at Bud and Blossom. Her work around the intersection of cannabis, mindfulness, and spirituality resonated with me after hearing her story dealing with burnout.We talked about: The grounded spirituality in cannabis. Intentional cannabis use - why are you consuming cannabis?.= Working with a coach to maximize the positive effects of cannabis. Going into the medical side of cannabis. Managing the emotions that cannabis brings up. 5 core emotions.-------------------------------------Resources: Read her blog at https://budandblossom.blog Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherdagle-------------------------------------If you get value out of this podcast, please consider donating to physically and emotionally keep the fire going in producing this: https://bit.ly/humanuppodcastdonation.Get on the waitlist for the Virtual Emotion Gym for Asian Men’s minds and hearts: https://victorung.com/membership.Connect with other Ba

I found Erin Allan when searching for ganja yoga classes in Seattle. And boy was I stoked. If you’ve been following this podcast, you’ll know that I’ve been on an emotional health and spiritual journey the past two years, if not all my life. And cannabis and yoga, separately, has been a huge tool in helping me through it.Erin calls herself a reformed marriage and family therapist after 10 years in the counselling field. In her desire to help however, she found herself burning out, became overweight and depressed, and taking many medications to reduce the physical and emotional pain.At her low point, she decided to try cannabis, which became legal in the state of California, with the intention to escape. Instead, cannabis helped her drop right into the core of what she was feeling and everything became clear to her.Now she runs HR for a local dispensary and teaches ganja yoga at Kula Movement in the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle, WA.We talked about: Her journey from a mental health professional to a budtende

I went on a roadtrip this last week, all during a lockdown because of a global pandemic, as well as violent riots happening around the world because of yet another cold-blooded murder of an innocent black man by a white cop and other complicit cops of color. Seeing this brings up so many emotions from all different sides. And unfortunately, regardless of what side you’re on, those who can’t manage those emotions, even from a place of good intentions, end up behaving in very unproductive, unhealthy, even dangerous ways.I missed releasing an episode last week because I was on this road trip, but also because I needed time to really process all of this for myself. I still am. And I’m starting to develop my voice around it, without having any expectations of saying the “right” thing, or what I’m supposed to say. Just expressing the truth in what we feel for ourselves right now, which could be good things, positive things, seemingly irrelevant things. You might think your feelings are alone, but that doesn’t make

In this episode, I talk to author, Katharine Chan about her new book, “How To Deal With Asian Parents.” I related to her stories about her parents (along with her research of the many other stories online) who were mostly unknowingly draining her mental and emotional health. Through the generational trauma, cultural gaps, and language barriers, it’s difficult for Asian parents and their children to properly communicate and really address the deeper emotions behind their words, which eventually takes a toll on the children’s wellbeing. If you struggle developing a relationship with your Asian parents, or want to be mindful about becoming a parent, this book and episode is for you.-------------------------------------Resources: Read her book: https://amzn.to/3cUb7F1 Her website: https://sumonsleeve.com/ Connect with Katharine: https://www.instagram.com/sumonsleeve/-------------------------------------If you get value out of this podcast, please support me in maintaining the fees to keep the show and stories go

In this episode, I talk with Amanda Tran after finding an interview she had with the Asian Americans for Cannabis Education. I became curious about her work with MedMen and in the operations side of the cannabis industry. And resonated with her mission for social justice and mental health with cannabis as an Asian American woman.**Disclaimer: Cannabis can be used to improve wellbeing in some consumers, but it does NOT replace formal therapy for serious medical conditions. I am not a medical professional. If you are experiencing disabling thoughts, emotions, or behaviors, please seek professional help. The wellness applications of cannabis are still being researched. Please proceed consciously.**We talked about: How Amanda used cannabis to manage her stress and burnout Weed is like many things, it can be used for both good and bad “Weed is like therapy, you can have a bad therapist that might ruin what you think about therapy, but there are many different styles of therapy.” There’s a lot of social justice t

In this episode, I talk with the founder of Empowered In Color, and host of the podcast by the same name, Kriselle Gabriel. We connected over the common passions in maintaining our mental health after seeing how being limited in that education and language has limited us in living our best lives.We talked about: Her hesitation to open up to people about going to therapy because of stigma The cultural and familial nuances in therapy and mental health How to talk about mental health with Asian families Being scared of disrespecting elders made her into a people pleaser The struggle as a person of color to let go of toxic cultural values-------------------------------------Resources: Listen to her podcast: https://www.empoweredincolor.co/podcast. Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empoweredincolor.-------------------------------------If you get value out of this podcast, please support me in maintaining the fees to keep this going: https://bit.ly/humanuppodcastdonation.Join the Flowmasters T

In this episode...We talked about: Leaving stability and developing grit to take the chance in living on his own terms Why it takes a lot emotional intelligence to run a business How the chase for stability can become too comfortable-------------------------------------Resources: Learn more about his business: https://www.distribution-central.com Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeltuon-------------------------------------Get access to a free 90-min Emotional Intelligence 101 Training at: http://victorung.com/eqtraining.Join the Facebook Group with other like-minded EQ nerds: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanup.If you’re a reader, clap for my writing on Medium: http://medium.com/@victorung.If you want to be on the podcast, visit: http://victorung.com/podcast.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/victorung/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor

In this episode, I had a casual chat with an old friend after reconnecting on social media. It’s a super raw, candid conversation that I initially didn’t think about putting on the podcast, but I know many of you may be in a similar place, so I hope this could give you another perspective. We were both in a transitional phase in our lives when recording this and went for a drive to just talk.We talked about: Mental health Asian American stigma Passion Entrepreneurship Recency bias-------------------------------------Resources: Add Iran on IG: https://www.instagram.com/iranthongdy/ Listen to his songs on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2e5EWyNrzEyQ2sXDs2hHnd-------------------------------------Get access to a free 90-min Emotional Intelligence 101 Training at: http://victorung.com/eqtraining.Join the Facebook Group with other like-minded EQ nerds: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanup.If you’re a reader, clap for my writing on Medium: http://medium.com/@victorung.If you want to be on the podcast, v

In this episode I talk to Brandon Stover, a Startup Executive Coach, who’s aim is to help startup founders enhance leadership. He does this by focusing on a holistic approach to build clients emotional literacy in order to support their entrepreneurial goals.Brandon explores how the quality of relationships, mental, and physical health directly impact how entrepreneurs show up in their businesses.Brandon also shares his personal journey of leaving a career in architecture to pursue a career as a life coach. The value of having that support while starting a business and ways you can be your own coach regardless of where you are starting out.-------------------------------------Resources: Learn more about Brandon and his resources at: https://www.instagram.com/brandonastover/ Connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonstover/-------------------------------------Get access to a free 90-min Emotional Intelligence 101 Training at: http://victorung.com/eqtraining.If you're willing and able, support me

In this episode, I talk to Matthew Nadu, a multimedia Content Creator and Social Media Manager for Evryman men's group, as he shares His personal journey of growing up in Philly starting out as a sports columnist leaving mainstream news to pursue adventure in La. Exploring human emotion and connection through learning how to sit with heartbreak, fear, anger,and Vulnerability. By building community and taking on Leadership. Get the full shownotes at http://victorung.com/podcast.-------------------------------------Resources: Work or collab with Matt at: http://instagram.com/matthewnadu Learn more about Evryman and their men's groups at https://evryman.com-------------------------------------Donate to the podcast at: http://anchor.fm/victorung/support.Get access to a free 90-min Emotional Intelligence 101 Training at: http://victorung.com/eqtraining.Join the Facebook Group with other like-minded EQ nerds: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanup.If you’re a reader, clap for my writing on Medium: http://medi

In this episode, I talk to Anne Beaulieu, a financial emotional intelligence coach, about her journey going from managing millions of dollars in the financial world but still feeling unhappy to being an international speaker, author, and coach. She now combines her financial background with her coaching experience and helps people develop a deeper relationship with money so they can attract more of it in a way that is meaningful and still invokes happiness.-------------------------------------Resources: Learn more about Anne and her resources at: http://walkinginside.com Connect with her at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-beaulieu-------------------------------------Get access to a free 90-min Emotional Intelligence 101 Training at: http://victorung.com/eqtraining.Schedule a call with me 1-on-1 to develop your own emotional intelligence to create more life clarity and deeper relationships: http://victorung.com.Join the Facebook Group with other like-minded EQ nerds: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanup.I

I'm excited to be back! After a few months of a break for me to zoom out and look at what I really want out of this podcast, the Human Up brand, and life overall, I realized that I love this podcast and podcasting in general. And I want to continue using this space to have the deeper, more long-form conversations where I get to nerd out with other emotional intelligence experts, mindset coaches, business/execute coaches, speakers, writers, and wait for it... cannabis educators! If you've been following this podcast, you'll know I left the tech industry after burning out and hitting a quarter-life crisis, which led me into an exploration of myself and my own emotional intelligence. During it, I was using cannabis recreationally (legal in the state of Washington), and at the time, I thought it was for fun, but looking back, it was what got me through being lost and overwhelmed, healing me emotionally and spiritually. So I do see a huge connection between emotional intelligence and cannabis as tools to

If you’ve been listening to this podcast, first, thank you! I appreciate your loyal listenership and for caring about emotional intelligence. I hope it’s been valuable to you, if it has, I need that ego boost and would love to hear from you!But this is my official wrap up announcement of Season 1 of the Human Up podcast as I take time for myself to dive even deeper into myself, why I’m doing this, and how I could help. I'll continue creating content on my Youtube channel here: http://victorung.com/youtube.Thank you again for listening and I hope to catch you again in Season 2!-------------------------------------Subscribe to get your free list of 11 Emotional Intelligence exercises and join my Facebook Group at! http://victorung.com/subscribe.Help me write the book for those 11 exercises by taking this 2-question survey: http://victorung.com/book.Join the waitlist for the video course and group coaching program to learn how to regulate our emotions and use them for personal clarity: http://victorung.com/group

In this episode, I read my blog post, 11 Qualities To Look For In An Emotionally Intelligent Partner.I’m not one to tell you who you should date or what you should value in a partner. No one can. You have to find what it is you care about, both within yourself and with a partner.But as I’ve observed, myself, others, and our relationships throughout my life, these are the qualities I find that people gravitate towards.-------------------------------------Subscribe to get your free list of 11 Emotional Intelligence exercises and join my Facebook Group at! http://victorung.com/subscribe.Help me write the book for those 11 exercises by taking this 2-question survey: http://victorung.com/book.Join the waitlist for the video course and group coaching program to learn how to regulate our emotions and use them for personal clarity: http://victorung.com/groupcoaching.Join the Facebook Group with other like-minded EQ nerds: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanup.If you’re a reader, clap for my writing on Medium: http:

This week, I geek out with Di Ye, Career and Leadership Coach, Trainer, and Founder of Zhennovate about emotional intelligence, leadership coaching, and continual transformation.  After a few years realizing how her lack of confidence was holding her back from expressing her innovative ideas, she worked with her own coach to break out from her own limiting beliefs and took full responsibility of her own life.There’s a lot of coaching concepts and constructive interpersonal skills being taught in this one!-------------------------------------In this second part of a 2-part series, we talk about: Developing psychological safety to build trust with one another Her experience and relationships with the 5 Core Emotions-------------------------------------Resources: Connect with Di on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-ye-2b638922 Learn more about her company at: https://zhennovate.com-------------------------------------Subscribe to get your free list of 11 Emotional Intelligence exercises and join my F

This week, I geek out with Di Ye, Career and Leadership Coach, Trainer, and Founder of Zhennovate about emotional intelligence, leadership coaching, and continual transformation.  After a few years realizing how her lack of confidence was holding her back from expressing her innovative ideas, she worked with her own coach to break out from her own limiting beliefs and took full responsibility of her own life.There’s a lot of coaching concepts and constructive interpersonal skills being taught in this one!-------------------------------------In this first part of a 2-part series, we talk about: Social-emotional intelligence is about shifting a negative emotion into something more constructive Democratizing premium personal and professional coaching for lower levels How coaching empowered her confidence Transformation has no end, it's a lifestyle Acknowledging progress is how transformation is sustained How to increase self-awareness without a coach-------------------------------------Resources: Connect wi

The Japanese philosophy of ikigai says that your reason for being is at the intersection of what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs, and what the world will pay you for.If you’ve been feeling stuck recently, this framework is a good tool to use as a compass to get you back on track.-------------------------------------Subscribe to get your free list of 11 Emotional Intelligence exercises and join my Facebook Group at! http://victorung.com/subscribe.Help me write the book for those 11 exercises by taking this 2-question survey: http://victorung.com/book.Join the waitlist for the video course and group coaching program to learn how to regulate our emotions and use them for personal clarity: http://victorung.com/groupcoaching.Join the Facebook Group with other like-minded EQ nerds: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanup.If you’re a reader, clap for my writing on Medium: http://medium.com/@victorung.If you want to be on the podcast, visit: http://victorung.com/podcast.--- This episode is sponsor

I’m guilty of making decisions with a bias towards comfort. But when we prioritize the safety over everything else, it eventually leads to stagnation and apathy towards life.On this episode, I talk with life coach, author, speaker, and host of The San It Project podcast about her travels through life and the many transitions she’s made to get to where she is today.We talk about how being stuck in our lives is not because of our circumstances, it stems from the negative thought habits that keeps us in place. With just a slight shift in thinking, we can start to envision and design our lives for the better.-------------------------------------In this episode, we talk about: Joanne's story of many transitions Is emotional resilience given or built? How to choose your own values Designing your life vs learning as you go How to push through failure Fulfillment lives outside safety Standing up for yourself comes from within Joanne's experience with the 5 core emotions-------------------------------------Resourc

Entrepreneurship requires a lot of emotional intelligence. Not only in being able to empathize and connect with your customers, but to push through the many internal emotions that come up in taking such large physical and emotional risks in putting yourself out there.One emotion is the fear of failure, which needs to be embraced as a possibility if we were to move forward. Rather than debilitating ourselves in that fear, how we can stand up to it, be aware of it when it’s happening, and learn to respond to it productively instead?-------------------------------------In this episode, we talk about how: Danylo's love for entrepreneurship Failure is a necessary part of entrepreneurship How to deal with failure How culture affects personal freedom of expression Emotional intelligence is about the small things The importance of owning your weaknesses and honesty on what you don't know Emotional Intelligence will be an important skill in the future Danlyo's experiences with the 5 core emotions----------------

On this journey to improve my own emotional intelligence, I've already been having so many great conversations with friends, family, and even strangers!One of them shared such an important concept that I share not to force you to take on the belief whole-heartedly, but to ignite some thought and reflection that might help your life.Live with authenticity, not positivity.It hits on the idea that a lot of us might be putting up a front, or a mask of positivity, subconsciously or not. We try to keep our heads afloat, hide the negativity, tell people that "I'm doing great!" when in reality, you couldn't fall asleep until 4am last night because you were staring at your ceiling not knowing where your life is going.Part of why we're feeling this way is because of how far we've strayed from who we are. We hear all of these messages to stay positive, the other side is greener, etc. Don't get me wrong, I still think positivity and optimism is a powerful tool to live a great life, but if it's at the expense of addressin