
Walking through the Death Portal
03/06/24 • 61 min
In this MUM episode, life coach Yvonne Chung shares about her experience with major decision-making alongside uncertainty and fear, the impact of living beyond complacency, and waking up through the death portal.
About Yvonne Chung:
Yvonne is a Korean-American child of immigrants whose work lies at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern science--the research and the woo. She is a certified coach, self-love mentor, Human Design guide, and dream architect, here to help as many people as she can live fearlessly so they can die without regrets.
Her life has been a series of deaths and rebirths that ultimately led her deeper and deeper into her life's purpose.
In 2017, she quit her corporate job and abandoned the identity and life she was told to have in order to travel the world and discover her own path of purpose and meaning.In 2019, she answered the call of her Soul's Work and began her journey as a coach and guide. In 2021, at 32 years old, she came face to face with her own mortality, catapulting her deeper into her life's purpose.
And in 2023, she left a 7-year relationship and engagement, uprooted her life, and set out on a new life path in Mexico. Over the course of her life, she has had to make choices to leave one life in order to step into another. Life has taught her how to trust the death process and has shown her how deaths (in their many forms) can be initiations and portals toward a more expanded life. Now, her mission is to help as many people discover what it means to really live so they can get to their deathbeds with as few regrets as possible.
Link with Yvonne:
- Free Human Design Masterclass: A deep dive into your Human Design type to learn what it means to live an Aligned, Empowered, & Embodied way.
- More Offerings
MUM is produced by Ellen Wong and edited by Stepfanie Aguilar. Your support allows us to continue creating this podcast. If you enjoy this episode, please take a moment to rate and review. Keep this conversation alive by bringing it to your communities.
Follow Mum on Instagram @mumthepod.
If you are interested in working privately with Ellen, visit tripwithellen.com to learn more about her Death/Birth program and her spirit medicine solo retreats.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tripwithellen.substack.com/subscribe
In this MUM episode, life coach Yvonne Chung shares about her experience with major decision-making alongside uncertainty and fear, the impact of living beyond complacency, and waking up through the death portal.
About Yvonne Chung:
Yvonne is a Korean-American child of immigrants whose work lies at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern science--the research and the woo. She is a certified coach, self-love mentor, Human Design guide, and dream architect, here to help as many people as she can live fearlessly so they can die without regrets.
Her life has been a series of deaths and rebirths that ultimately led her deeper and deeper into her life's purpose.
In 2017, she quit her corporate job and abandoned the identity and life she was told to have in order to travel the world and discover her own path of purpose and meaning.In 2019, she answered the call of her Soul's Work and began her journey as a coach and guide. In 2021, at 32 years old, she came face to face with her own mortality, catapulting her deeper into her life's purpose.
And in 2023, she left a 7-year relationship and engagement, uprooted her life, and set out on a new life path in Mexico. Over the course of her life, she has had to make choices to leave one life in order to step into another. Life has taught her how to trust the death process and has shown her how deaths (in their many forms) can be initiations and portals toward a more expanded life. Now, her mission is to help as many people discover what it means to really live so they can get to their deathbeds with as few regrets as possible.
Link with Yvonne:
- Free Human Design Masterclass: A deep dive into your Human Design type to learn what it means to live an Aligned, Empowered, & Embodied way.
- More Offerings
MUM is produced by Ellen Wong and edited by Stepfanie Aguilar. Your support allows us to continue creating this podcast. If you enjoy this episode, please take a moment to rate and review. Keep this conversation alive by bringing it to your communities.
Follow Mum on Instagram @mumthepod.
If you are interested in working privately with Ellen, visit tripwithellen.com to learn more about her Death/Birth program and her spirit medicine solo retreats.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tripwithellen.substack.com/subscribe
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About Marta Macbeth:
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Link with Marta:
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MUM is produced by Ellen Wong and edited by Stepfanie Aguilar. Your support allows us to continue creating this podcast. If you enjoy this episode, please take a moment to rate and review. Keep this conversation alive by bringing it to your communities.
Follow Mum on Instagram @mumthepod.
If you are interested in working privately with Ellen, visit tripwithellen.com to learn more about her Death/Birth program and her spirit medicine solo retreats.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tripwithellen.substack.com/subscribe
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About Justine Anweiler:
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MUM is produced by Ellen Wong and edited by Stepfanie Aguilar. Your support allows us to continue creating this podcast. If you enjoy this episode, please take a moment to rate and review. Keep this conversation alive by bringing it to your communities.
Follow Mum on Instagram @mumthepod.
If you are interested in working privately with Ellen, visit tripwithellen.com to learn more about her Death/Birth program and her spirit medicine solo retreats.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tripwithellen.substack.com/subscribe
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