We're sold a lot of stories about love, relationships, and romance. But even moreso, we're conditioned to never question them.
On the Hopeful Aromantic podcast, hosted by relational coach Victoria Yeung, we'll unpack just that: Why is romance considered the highest form of connection and how is that ideal reinforced? What do alternative forms of relationships outside of the norm look like? And what do we shift in order to really connect ?
Modern dating is changing, and that's a good thing. Each week we'll explore big questions and try practical actions for relationship building.
Why can’t life be easy? In this episode, I share some personal insights from implementing a flow audit in my life, using human design to experiment with reality creation, and living from an emotional baseline of ease. We all have agency when it comes to creating our lives, it starts with being conscious in our ability to choose. You’re more powerful than you think.
In this episode, we explore:
Rethinking my process and how I show up online
Using feelings as a metric and compass
Surrender, letting go, trusting the process
“Effortless” manifestation
Challenging the story that things have to be hard
Letting go of knowing “the how”
Not letting the outcome interfere with the process
Tuning into our intuition
Book mentioned:
Laziness Does Not Exist, Devon Price
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 hopefularomantic@gmail.com (mailto:hopefularomantic@gmail.com), with the subject line: Podcast question.
Book a free 30-minute coaching consult call here (https://cal.com/victoria-yeung/30min).
Let’s connect! @hopefularomantic (https://www.instagram.com/hopefularomantic) on ig <3
https://victoriayeung.coach/ (https://victoriayeung.coach/) to learn more about working together.
8 Aug 2026
25. Whose world are you living in?
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 enough
Common lenses through which we see the world and how it limits us
Band-aid solutions for bigger issues in relationships and at work
Values, principles, and rules
Working at the level of relationship vs. at the level of perspective
Changing your perspective to change your life
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 hopefularomantic@gmail.com (mailto:hopefularomantic@gmail.com), with the subject line: Podcast question.
Book a free 30-minute coaching consult call here (https://cal.com/victoria-yeung/30min).
Let’s connect! @hopefularomantic (https://www.instagram.com/hopefularomantic) on ig <3
https://victoriayeung.coach/ (https://victoriayeung.coach/) to learn more about working together.
30 Jul 2026
24. Commitment is a portal, not a fence
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 exploitation
The difference between work, effort, and exhaustion in relationships and how capitalism influences connection
Why reaching relationship milestones can expose weak foundations
Defining commitment, effort, love, and loving for yourself
Moving away from external validation to internal
Love and commitment as actions
Discernment in your personal relationships
Resources mentioned:
TikTok: @ atlasideas (https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS4F8Bv3Q/)
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Mark Fisher
The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm
Sad Love: Romance and the Search for Meaning, Carrie Jenkins
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy, Jessica Fern
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 hopefularomantic@gmail.com (mailto:hopefularomantic@gmail.com), with the subject line: Podcast question.
Book a free 30-minute coaching consult call here (https://calendly.com/hopefularomantic/free-consult).
Let’s connect! @hopefularomantic (https://www.instagram.com/hopefularomantic) on ig <3
https://victoriayeung.coach/ (https://victoriayeung.coach/)
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