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BEEN vs BEING:

These "troublesome" words have continued to be a headache to many writers who often use one in place of the other.

Both have the same root "be". My advice is always pause and carefully consider and cross-check the particular one you want to use.

I don't want to go into the nitty-gritty of grammar; simply take it that BEEN refers to past tense of "to be". It describes an action already concluded.

"I've BEEN to Abiriba on four occasions." But incidentally, you will still see someone writing " I've BEING to Abiriba on four occasions."

BEING, on the other hand, describes a present continuous state of "to be".

"I'd love BEING in the US this moment," Angela said. Somehow you'd see a majority of writers exclaim "I'd love BEEN in the US this moment."