Becoming Me

Episode 84      Many of us struggle between demanding standards of virtue and holiness from ourselves/others and being compassionate as we know we are called to be.In this episode I invite you to observe the energy underlying your zeal or your desire to be compassionate. Are these tied to a fear of falling short somehow? Do you feel pushed or are you drawn from a place of loving freedom?I also explain how integration will help you navigate this particular tension with greater ease and grace.This episode is part of a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. Watch this recording on YouTube.Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:32) - Introduction(00:01:49) - Am I Compassionate with Myself?(00:03:55) - Revisiting the Three Layers(00:06:42) - Being Overzealous(00:08:33) - Uable to Accept Reality(00:16:36) - Being Overly Compassionate(00:19:51) - Where are the Energies within you coming from?(00:24:41) - Balancing Zeal and Compassion(00:27:29) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.REFLECTION PROMPTDo you identify more as someone who is over zealous or overly compassionate? Reflect on why is it you lean more towards being overly zealous or compassionate. Could it be that there is a reality that you are unable to accept?Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 83      In today’s episode I responded to a question about FREEDOM.What does it mean to be interiorly free? What is that freedom like? How do we recognise when we are unfree? How can we become more free?Listen to this episode to hear me discuss these questions from a practical and experiential perspective.This episode is part of a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. Watch this recording on YouTube.Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.Share this episode via this episode page.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:31) - Introduction(00:01:54) - Responding from a Place of Freedom(00:06:45) - Self-Interest(00:14:37) - What is Freedom?(00:19:19) - Recognising Healing in Ourselves(00:23:51) - How to Choose from a Place of Freedom?(00:30:52) - Navigating the In-Between(00:36:57) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.REFLECTION PROMPTWhat are your own experiences of unfreedom and freedom? Do you recognise the signs and fruits of healing in your journey? Perhaps, there are aspects of your journey in which you are afraid to face or let go of. Reflect on these aspects and think about how you can increase your experience of being loved and of receiving love. Is this something you can boldly ask God for help with?Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 82      What do we need to successfully embark and stay on the interior journey? In this episode I explain three factors that we often miss out in our understanding of the interior journey  - and they are Timing, Grace and Readiness.If you've been frustrated at your lack of progress even though you've been putting in effort, it may be due to one or more of these factors being missing. This episode is part of a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. Watch this recording on YouTube.Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.Share this episode via this episode page.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:35) - Introduction(00:03:43) - The Treasure Within(00:06:53) - Protagonists Of Our Own Story(00:16:58) - Wave of Grace(00:18:41) - Readiness(00:25:41) - Timing, Grace & Readiness(00:28:49) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.REFLECTION PROMPTAre you aware of the aspects of Timing, Grace and Readiness in your Interior Journey? Think about your own journey in these aspects. Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 81      One mark of a lack of interior integration is SPIRITUALISING. And this can have real detrimental impact on ourselves, our families and our communities.In this episode I talk about three specific ways spiritualising can blind us from reality, keep us from actually loving, and even helps keep real evil under a spiritualised wrap.This episode is part of a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. Watch this recording on YouTube. Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:49) - Introduction(00:03:35) - What is Spiritualising?(00:06:57) - 1. Blinds us from Emotional Wounds(00:11:20) - Over Spiritualising as a "Leader"(00:15:25) - 2. Blinds us from our Creatureliness(00:21:51) - Honouring our Limits(00:24:18) - Addictive Patterns(00:29:25) - 3. Blinds us from Seeing Others as Human Beings to be Loved(00:34:17) - Has it Happened to You?(00:41:37) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.REFLECTION PROMPTHave you been a victim of spiritualisation? Or perhaps, you have unknowingly been someone who has over-spiritualised, yourself. Try and recognise one instance in your life, or in the life of someone else that you know.Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 80      The most difficult and courageous thing I've ever had to do in the interior journey was confront the TRUTH of my relationship with my parents and the ways they have wounded me even though they loved me the best they could.In this episode I share why acknowledging the painful truth of how our parents have wounded us is a non-negotiable for anyone wanting to become integrated, and also how we can be hopeful even when nothing external changes.This episode is part of a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. Watch this recording on YouTube. Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.RESOURCEAdam Young's The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast Ep 2CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:25) - Introduction(00:01:30) - Parental Wounds(00:08:11) - The Place We Find Ourselves(00:11:58) - My Own Interior Journey(00:14:44) - 3 Parts of my Journey(00:15:02) - 1st Part - Being Trapped in my Younger Self(00:24:00) - 2nd Part - Being a Safe Adult(00:39:27) - 3rd Part - Becoming Freer(00:41:25) - Attuning to Myself & Others(00:51:20) - Recognising Some Signs of Being Ready(00:52:31) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 79      Do you trust your emotions? Our lack of a good relationship with our emotions impact our ability to TRUST OURSELVES to make good decisions and spiritual discernment.Trust is earned, even when it is with ourselves. And to lead ourselves well, we need to rebuild our trust in our emotions and let them play their critical role in our lives without overwhelming or dominating us.This episode is part of a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. Watch this recording on YouTube.Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:42) - Introduction(00:04:32) - Trusting Our Emotions(00:10:07) - Perception vs Neuroception(00:15:06) - Discernment(00:19:28) - Governance(00:22:47) - Our Inner Critic(00:26:20) - Why can't we Trust our Emotions?(00:28:53) - What Happens when we can't Trust our Emotions?(00:36:28) - Building Trust with My Emotions(00:38:54) - Two Major Things that happen when we don't Trust our Emotions(00:39:20) - #1. Emotionally Unhealthy Relationships(00:39:55) - #2. Over-Spiritualising(00:46:40) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.REFLECTION PROMPT- Are you in touch with the ache in your own human experience?  How might God be seeking to be present to you in your suffering?Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 78    So many of us struggle with how to be at home with our Self and be secure.When we don't feel secure in our own bodies, we will continue to look for security from sources outside of ourselves through exerting control. In this episode I share about the experience of coming home to ourselves and being able to be at rest.This episode is part of a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. Watch this recording on YouTube.Cf. Listen to Episode 4 | Living from the Inside OutFollow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:36) - Introduction(00:02:42) - Making the Connection(00:04:05) - Being Overly Fixated(00:04:36) - Dying to Self(00:09:38) - Created for Love(00:15:04) - Being at Home with Yourself(00:22:00) - Who are You?(00:27:40) - Acknowledging my Unhappiness(00:36:24) - Our Core Layer(00:39:06) - Subjective and Objective Redemption(00:47:11) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 77    In this episode I talk about noticing the unique pattern of brokenness in our lives and why that's a crucial part of the interior journey. The specific pattern of our brokenness contain clues and invitations to healing and also tells us something about the ways we were actually meant to live. This episode is part of a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. Watch this recording on YouTube.Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:22) - Introduction(00:02:36) - What is "Interior"?(00:06:13) - Patterns of Brokenness(00:19:30) - Facing our Shame(00:27:22) - Learning with Acceptance(00:33:26) - Growing Towards Love(00:38:17) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 76  This episode is the first in a series taken from my 30 Day Instagram Live Challenge where I went on live video to speak about different aspects of the interior journey every day for 30 days straight. On Day 1 I shared about how it was a very human experience of deep loneliness and abandonment as a teenager that led me to begin making my interior journey. It’s sometimes easy to forget that it is from the real and concrete contexts of our suffering that we recognise that we are created for more.Watch this recording on YouTube.Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:02:12) - Introduction(00:06:26) - Experiencing Deep Loneliness(00:09:27) - Emulating the Saints(00:16:36) - Falling Over and Over(00:18:42) - Being Human(00:20:29) - Conclusion TRANSCRIPTAvailable here.REFLECTION PROMPT- Are you in touch with the ache in your own human experience?  How might God be seeking to be present to you in your suffering?Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.

Episode 75  Have you ever felt trapped in a cycle of thinking of the better self you want to grow into, wanting to take action, but not knowing how to bridge the gap between where you are and where you think you should be? Listen to this episode to discover how this common trap of "Perfectionist Paralysis" might be playing out in your own life and uncover the ways you can break free from this pattern. Instead of running away from our fear of inadequacy, we explore how to let God catch up with us and guide our journey into greater holiness, wholeness and authenticity.Follow me on my Instagram account @animann for more material on the integration journey and subscribe to my monthly reflections on Begin Again.Share this episode via this episode page.CHAPTER MARKERS(00:00:00) - Introduction(00:04:37) - Why Do We Get Stuck?(00:12:09) - Fear of Failing(00:15:50) - Staying Busy to Avoid God(00:21:35) - 3 Ways To Stay Connected During Break(00:29:53) - ConclusionTRANSCRIPTAvailable here.REFLECTION PROMPT- In what ways might you be running away from God at this point in your life?- Is there something you can do to just stop running away from him or is it too scary to stop running away from him?- Is there someone you can ask to help you not get busier and more distracted, but to help you just hold yourself where you are and discover that God is holding you too. Support the showSUBSCRIBE | FOLLOW | SUPPORTSocial Media:Follow Ann Yeong on Instagram or Facebook.Newsletter:Subscribe to Begin Again for Ann's updates and reflections.Support the Show:Monthly Support (starting at USD$3)One-time DonationLeave a Review:If this podcast has blessed you, please leave a review by clicking here.