I Make The Rules: Recent Episodes
Kristen Wang
"Our minds are a great tool, but they're not meant to take the wheel."
In my new Asian American series, I chat with Veronica Kim, an actress residing in LA who, prior to jumping into the acting world last year, was a marriage & family therapist, and prior to that she was on her way to becoming a Catholic nun. In Part 1 of our conversation, we talk about our healing journeys, tapping into the heart and thoughts on spirituality. (Side note: sorry about my shitty audio quality in this one)
show notes:
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2:10 - veronica's superpower
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4:03 - being "too" self-aware
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5:15 - letting go of over-thinking
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5:53 - tapping into your heart's consciousness
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8:32 - healing with kundalini yoga
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12:05 - dr. joe dispenza's work on emotional addiction
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14:51 - releasing old stories & creating a new identity
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19:53 - being driven by the mind vs. the heart's intelligence
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23:18 - we never stop becoming
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24:56 - the journey of trying to find your "calling"
topics mentioned:
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kundalini yoga & meditation
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dr. joe dispenza
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holotropic breathwork
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heartmath institute
Kristen talks about why she disagrees with the saying "it's about the journey, not the destination" because for a long time, she was too journey-focused and forgot that she's a human who also desires a destination too.
Kristen talks about not being afraid to express and show yourself to the world, whether it's through posting a selfie of yourself where you just think you look cute AF, or sharing about your latest scientific invention. I didn't actually talk about the latter in this episode, but it seemed to flow nicely with this description. Anyways, just post the hot pic of yourself. As long as you think you look hot, that's all that matters. Because who else is going to hype you up, but you?
Kristen is joined by Aruna, former corporate executive turned entrepreneur & lifestyle coach at thebigforty.com
In Aruna's "past life," she worked at Yahoo! and AOL during the early days of tech, became Head of Data & Partnerships at L'Oreal, led tech start-ups around the world and, during this all, casually made her way across 100+ countries. Despite being "successful" by societal standards, she still felt there was something off. Tune in to hear about Aruna's journey in finding herself, living life on her own terms, and now empowering women in their 40s to do the same. It's never too late (or too early) to do what your heart is calling you to do!
In this episode, I talk about my decision in becoming sober, then eventually drinking again. We got a little spiritual and philosophical up in here.
In this episode, Kristen talks about being your authentic self, whether it's through periods or ugly crying. Thanks for tuning in!
In this episode I discuss creating your own rules for your life, rather than doing something just because someone told you it was the "right" or "better" way to do it.