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Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott263: Committing to Happiness with Beth RomeroIn a world filled with uncertainty and challenges, finding happiness can often feel like an elusive goal. In this episode, Chelsea engages in a captivating conversation with author Beth Romero about her recently released book, Happy AF, and her mission to prove that happiness is not just a fleeting emotion, but a choice that can be practiced and cultivated through consistent efforts. Beth addresses the incongruence between internal feelings and outward presentation and emphasizes the distinction between joy and happiness, positioning the latter as a consistent commitment and a lens through which to interpret life. Happy AF be...
2023-11-3054 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott262: Breaking The Cycle of Codependency with Cheryl FidelmanIn this courageous episode, we explore the complex world of codependency, trauma, and the healing path towards self-sovereignty. Our guest speaker The Conscious Codependence Coach, Cheryl Fidelman, bravely shares how her own codependent patterns formed as a result of her early exposure to trauma and instability. At the tender age of 4, she was sexually molested and two years later her father left after a domestic violence dispute, leaving her to shoulder the weight and responsibility of managing her mother’s mental health struggles.Throughout the conversation, Cheryl introduces her own unique methodology, Conscious Codependency Re...
2023-11-281h 05Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott261: Love In The Midst Of Anxiety with Carrie BerkTune in as we sit down with the inspiring anti-bullying activist and author of "My Real-Life Rom Com," Carrie Berk. Together, we journey through the fascinating world of modern relationships, where the realms of dating apps, influencer status, and mental health intersect.Prepare to relate as we peel back the layers of our personal stories, revealing how our self-concept intricately weaves its threads into our love lives in this digital era. We'll challenge the notion that "people always leave" and explore why raising our expectations in relationships is not only possible but essential.Carrie...
2023-09-261h 06Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott260: If Nothing Bad Had Ever Happened with Melanie SmithCelebrated for her prominent role in As the World Turns, actress Melanie Smith has redirected her professional journey toward the exploration of heartache, grief, and reinvention. Her endeavors have encompassed guiding numerous individuals in breaking free from their past, unearthing their authentic identities, and masterminding profound shifts in their life trajectories.Joining Thank You Heartbreak at the 7-minute mark, Melanie provides an exclusive peek into the genesis of her inaugural book, "Unfinished Business: 8 Steps to Heal Your Trauma, Transcend Your Past, and Transform Your Life." She delves deeply into the intricate tapestry of...
2023-08-111h 18Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott258: Never Not Recovering with Billy ManasTwo-time guest, musician, beloved mindfulness writer, and author of Kickass Recovery, Billy Manas, joins Chelsea 9:30 minutes in for their yearly check-in about all the highs and lows they're recovering from. Billy Manas:Website: https://www.billymanas.comKickass Recovery: via AmazonSubstack: https://substack.com/profile/12500734-billy-manaselephant journal: https://www.elephantjournal.com/profile/billy-manasMusic Show Dates: https://www.billymanas.com/showsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/billymanas2Twitter: https://twitter.com/billymanasChelsea Leigh Trescott:Website: https://breakupward.com
2023-05-021h 24Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott257: The Wonder Mindset with Monica ParkerThought leader and author of The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion That Will Change the Way You Live, Learn, and Lead Monica Parker shines a spotlight on the magical yet little-understood human emotion that is wonder, making a case for how cultivating openness, curiosity, and absorption in the midst of everyday setbacks, disappointments, and heartbreaks can help us breathe, believe, and breakupward. Monica Parker:Website: https://www.monica-parker.comThe Book: https://www.monica-parker.com/the-bookThe Power of Wonder via AmazonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/m...
2023-04-181h 00Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott256: MVP. Most Vulnerable Person with Simon T. BaileyKeynote speaker, success coach, author, television host, and philanthropist, Simon T. Bailey's purpose in life is to help you discover your brilliance and increase psychological well-being. Today's guest helped me regain the strength, perspective, and incentive to bring myself back to life. It was a game changer and life saver. We discuss his book Ignite the Power of Women In Your Life—A Guide for Men, heartbreak of climbing the ladder of perceived success only to discover it was propped against the wrong wall, building a house but losing a ho...
2023-04-041h 02Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott255: What's Worse Than Heartbreak with Tonya LesterPsychotherapist, Truth Teller, and advocate for being a "difficult" woman, Tonya Lester joins Chelsea 9:10 minutes in to talk about the upside of being difficult (the good kind of difficult, that is), what's worse than heartbreak (spoiler: it doesn't involve a relationship ending), the masks we wear and the self we forfeit in order to attract and keep partners, freeing ourselves from the spiral of "if-only" I had been/done/or behaved like XYZ, the healing powers of curiosity, self-compassion, and vowing to use our past to change our future, internal family systems methodology, the motive of the...
2023-03-211h 00Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott254: Welcoming in the Darkness with Jeanine ThompsonAs a pain avoidant culture, we’ve been taught to fix what hurts us. To rush to the solve. To make it go away. That something’s wrong with us if we’re not feeling lovable. In today's episode, transformational and potentiality coach and author of 911 From Your Soul, Jeanine Thompson provides us an alternative approach and her signature soul solution, encouraging us to surrender to the challenge, journey, or crisis and rest in the darkness until the next reveal illuminates. Jeanine Thompson:Website: https://www.jeaninethompson.net
2023-03-091h 07Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott253: Risk It All to Have It All with Linda and Charlie BloomMarried since 1972 and trained as psychotherapists, relationship counselors, and seminar leaders, Linda and Charlie Bloom join Chelsea 10:30 minutes in to talk about their 5th book, An End to Arguing: 101 Valuable Lessons for All Relationships.We dive deep into preventing painful interpersonal conflict, dropping the mask and exposing the whole spectrum of who you are early, dating with the agreement that you’re both practice partners who will do the best in this now moment while holding out the vision of where’d you’d like to go, the need to confront your partner about any misalignments before making...
2023-03-021h 03Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott252: What Does Healthy Feel Like? with Lindsey FrazierAuthor, poet, and advocate Lindsey Frazier joins Chelsea 7:45 minutes in to dive deeper into her memoir Oh Love, Come Close. We hit the bottom and bring up all the gold, like living with high-functioning depression, the stigma surrounding antidepressants and how taking medication isn’t about surrendering to our weakness but rather choosing endurance, suicidal ideation and the desire to escape our inescapable madness, combating the shame voices by hitting them with self-belief, leading by the mantra that "vulnerability breeds vulnerability" in parenting, the consequences of meeting our partner when we are in total trauma and the al...
2023-02-221h 02Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott251: I'm Not Lovable with Vincent GennaPsychic therapist, medium, podcast host of The Genna Effect, and author of The Secret That’s Holding You Back, Vincent Genna, joins Chelsea 5:30 minutes in to explain how we are always manifesting what we believe about ourselves — hence, why the most courageous work we can ever undergo is discovering (and changing!) what it is we actually believe. Standout takeaways: every hurt creates a scar which, left unhealed, can be inflamed by future painful events, all the “I’m nots” — I’m not smart enough, I’m not good enough, etc. — has a common denominator pain of “I’m not lovable...
2023-02-011h 25Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott250: Real No Matter What with Michael AnthonyChild abuse and trauma recovery life coach and mentor, podcast host of Think Unbroken, speaker, and the author of Think Unbroken: Understanding and Overcoming Childhood Trauma, Michael Anthony joins Chelsea 12:30 minutes in to talk about hitting rock bottom multiple times, the price we pay for not looking in the mirror and healing, disarming vulnerability and honoring your gut instinct, the willingness and investment in betting on yourself and realizing your why, posting and sharing for attention versus connection, why you should only date if you know what you’re getting into, acknowledging core values immediately, never leading wi...
2023-01-241h 12Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott249: Financially and Emotionally Naked with Sam GarrisonSam Garrison, the Founder of Stackin, a revolutionary behavior-based financial wellness and coaching app, joins Chelsea 16:30 minutes in to talk about investing in ourselves and relationships, overcoming financial insecurity so you can date with confidence, the significance of establishing a financial framework within a loving relationship, how to actually build a life together that meets both partner’s needs, the tug of war in dating between the head and heart, the allure (and torture) of ambiguity, charisma and flirtation being a celebrated form of manipulation, and the payoff of being spiky in life, fun in dating, and active in yo...
2023-01-121h 20Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott248: A Student of Love with Humble the PoetCanadian-born artist, rapper, spoken-word poet, and international best-selling author, Humble the Poet aka Kanwer Singh, joins Chelsea 9 minutes in to talk in depth about the most expensive book he’s ever written, his latest, How to Be Love(d): Simple Truths for Going Easier on Yourself, Embracing Imperfection & Loving Your Way to a Better Life. Leaving no stone unturned, Humble shares his notes from the trenches and leaves the key behind so we, too, can be a source of love and learn how to break free from the fences within.Topics discussed: performative hum...
2022-12-292h 56Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott247: The Other Person Is Me with Brittany SchmittLA-based and Wisconsin-raised comic, actress, and author Brittany Schmitt needs everyone to get out of her way. Joining Chelsea 11:15 minutes in, she opens up about walking away from dependencies, starting with alcohol and her funny drunk chick persona to most recently her marriage. Where is she heading now? Toward the freest version of herself. We discuss humor being a defense mechanism, the usefulness of being taken down a notch, and drinking being a performance art piece, how there’s no right time to quit but rather you stop when you want your life back, the uni...
2022-12-201h 06Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott246: Kind of an Expert Podcast with Chelsea Leigh TrescottIn this bonus episode, you'll hear me on Kind of an Expert, a podcast by Corey Tindall, where I land myself smack dab in the hot seat, sharing stories and my expertise on all things dating, relationships, and heartbreak. I loved every moment of it! You can hear both of us on Season 2, Episode 8 of The Queen of Hearts Podcast with Host Jujubee, a blind dating game show... that's fun, sexy, revealing, and quite entertaining. So dim the lights and grab the popcorn.
2022-12-121h 10Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott245: Partners Aren't Projects with Corey TindallStandup Comedian, Host of the podcast Kind of an Expert and the weekly comedy show “Ope!” in NYC, Corey Tindall joins Chelsea 15 minutes in after meeting and matching on Queen of Hearts, a dating gameshow podcast hosted by the one and only Jujuebee. Together they get deep on dating women with anxiety and depression, the consequences of not commanding emotional space within a relationship, clocking behavior rather than calling a person out, the natural tendency toward becoming jaded, demonstrating soft support in a relationship, no one is ever the perfect person, reaching a new baseline of happiness, the d...
2022-11-291h 02Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott244: We’ve All Been Hiding Something with Lee HopkinsCoach Lee Hopkins, the founder of Patterns of Possibility and the podcast host of The Patterns of Possibility, joins Chelsea for a powerful conversation about coming out of hiding once and for all, vocalizing and embodying your truth, the origins of loneliness and the catalysts for joy, the boundaries framework of needs, negotiables, and nevers, the relationship between love and understanding, what it actually takes to choose someone confidently, how following your intuition will support you in not rejecting yourself in the next stage of your life, and so much more.Lee Hopkins
2022-11-141h 21Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott243: The Self-Intimacy Journey with Ohouo GoaHeartbreak Coach, Inner Power Queen, and Author of Breakups, Healing, and Self-Love, Ohouo Goa joins Chelsea 10:30 minutes in for the most personal, vulnerable, and healing conversation yet. Together they discuss becoming that which pains us (for instance, the cheater), where the fear of intimacy originates from, cultivating body acceptance when your body carries the history of trauma, and empowering yourself to live beyond society’s boxes and embody your entire range of self-expression. This episode is a lesson on teaching yourself to stay in the emotions, honoring where you stand in your journey, un...
2022-10-312h 08Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott242: I F*ck With His Energy with Avi SherbillSound Practitioner and Empowerment Coach at GetSoundRx Avi Sherbill joins Chelsea 5:30 minutes in to talk about healing from addiction and dependency, reckoning with the question who am I away from any one person, and coming off the pink cloud, breaking through the trance of unworthiness and codependent vortex of chaos, and fully experiencing the darkness for the intelligence it is.Avi SherbillWEBSITE: https://www.getsoundrx.comCOACHING: https://www.getsoundrx.com/you100HYHO SOUND HEALING CERTIFICATION: https://www.getsoundrx.com/hyhoSOUNDBATHS SOUNDRX: https://www.getsoundrx.com...
2022-09-061h 10Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott241: Third Time's A Charm with Leslie GrantHost of the podcast Interstates & Heartbreak Leslie Grant joins Chelsea 7 minutes in to share her journey in letting her guard down and cultivating a committed relationship after multiple breaks with her now boyfriend. We get into dating burn out, how her idea of a successful date has evolved, the text that won her back, and keeping an open heart in today's modern, and often disappointing, dating world.Leslie GrantInterstates & Heartbreak on Apple Interstates & Heartbreak on Spotify Instates & Heartbreak Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/interstatesandheartbreakTikTok: https://www...
2022-08-311h 07Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott239: So Worth Exploring with Yash TekriwalFounder, Innovation Consultant, Data Scientist, and Executive and Career Coach, Yash Tekriwal went on 63 first dates in NYC, until determining dating apps leave a lot to be desired. Joining Chelsea 9:20 minutes in, he opens up about his controversial Tweet and dating journey, unpacking people’s most common assumption: if you’re still single, what went wrong? This episode is about how life and (self) love can actually go right.Topics explored within: love at first sight vs the X-Factor, intellectualizing our stories vs feeling our stories, fake vulnerability, the upside of meeting in community vs one...
2022-07-221h 46Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott238: Surrendering To Our Next Level with Kute BlacksonTransformational Speaker and National Best-Selling Author of You.Are.The.One. and, most recently, The Magic of Surrender, Kute Blackson has been recognized as the mindfulness guru that billionaires go to for advice. Joining Chelsea 15 minutes in, Kute shines a light on surrendering, a topic that both rules and limits our lives but, with better understanding, can actually liberate us to our next level. We discuss surrendering to whatever life is currently trying to express through you, the evolutionary nature of goals, attracting our mirror manifestation in romance, understanding the protective intention of the ego...
2022-07-081h 08Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott237: The Fiery Feminist Spirit with Frieda HoffmanTransformative coach, mediator, creative consultant, and first time author of Carry Me: Stories of Pregnancy Loss, Frieda Hoffman joins Chelsea 10 minutes in to normalize the dialogue around death and desire and open up about the emotional seesaw of infertility and pregnancy loss, cycling between hope and disappointment, an all encompassing love and then estrangement, and learning to chart one’s own path with a fiery feminist spirit in the midst of surrendering to the vulnerable space of partnership, the mystery of one’s body, and the lurking sense that maybe this isn’t meant for me. We...
2022-06-251h 07Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott236: The Big Stings Of Existence with Jordan Seth KozeyInternational Mentor, Consultant, Depth Therapist, Writer, & the Founder of Promethean Men's Groups, an epicenter of continual development for men to rise out of confusion and Live Their Own Myth, Jordan Seth Kozey, joins Chelsea 14:00 minutes in for a poignant and mutually confronting conversation on the formidable experience of crying, of honoring one's life by not holding on to grief in total defeat, removing the obstacles of love and learning to bathe in the blessing of being loved, saying yes to the pain and no sooner and more efficiently in dating, the exhausting leak of compassion fatigue, over-identifying...
2022-06-031h 08Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott235: Help Men Feel Better with Paul RontoThree-time guest Paul Ronto (ep. 172 & 191) joins Chelsea 12:15 minutes in to talk about the journey toward his most daring and earnest adventure yet, starting his company Type3Life, a facilitated curriculum designed to teach men to live a Type3Life through wilderness adventure trips targeting motivation, self-growth, leadership skills, confidence, community, and a way to get past what’s holding them back. With radical introspection and his classic dose of charisma and candor, Paul dives heart first into how he confronted the darkness and division within through couples therapy and a life altering diagnosis of Traumatic Bra...
2022-05-291h 50Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott234: Seeking A Bigger Life with Laura WhitfieldWhen Laura Whitfield was fourteen, her extraordinary brother, Lawrence, was killed in a mountain climbing accident. That night she had an epiphany: Life is short. Dream big, even if it means taking risks. So, after graduating from high school, she set out on her own, prepared to do just that. Laura's stirring memoir, Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground, is about a young woman’s seeking nature and the quest to fill the void left by her brother’s death through complicated relationships, the demanding nature of New York City, the chance to become a cover girl...
2022-05-131h 19Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott232: For God's Sake, Get Up Girl with Suzannah GallandBritish-born empath, fear buster, and internationally acclaimed life advisor Suzannah Galland joins Chelsea 7:00 minutes in to talk about counteracting fear and tapping into your inner knowing and divine intelligence in moments when you feel deprived of certainty and connection. She shares insight on having the courage to opt out, why rejection leaves us helpless and recovery is so brutal, and offers post-heartbreak guidance in cultivating faith that something greater is coming versus self-criticism that something is wrong with us. Suzannah Galland:Website: https://suzannahgalland.comBlog: https://suzannahgalland.com/blog
2022-04-281h 11Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott231: Main Character Energy with Peter SageA world-renowned authority in self-mastery, Peter Sage is a 6X TEDx Speaker, international & serial entrepreneur, philosopher, teacher, and best-selling author. His most recent book, The Inside Track: An Inspirational Guide to Conquering Adversity, is the collection of 11 private letters that Peter sent to his elite coaching groups throughout his 6-month sentence in the most violent prison in the UK as the only non-criminal prisoner. Instead of playing the victim, he chose to identify as a ‘secret agent of change' and went from mentoring frustrated billionaires to transforming the lives of his prison inmates."You couldn't ma...
2022-04-211h 12Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott230: Running Away From Toxic with Dr. Heidi Brocke“The day I ran away was the scariest day of my life but I did it,” says Dr. Heidi Brocke, a Toxic Relationship Awareness & Healing Specialist. After spending 14 years in an emotionally and narcissistically abusive marriage, Dr. Heidi did the impossible and fled her prison of toxicity. (Spoiler: it only feels impossible but, as Dr. Heidi will show you, it is possible to leave). Joining Chelsea 5:30 minutes in, Dr. Heidi opens up about starting over in a whole new city and in a whole new marriage, a rebirth that wouldn’t liberate her overnight but which would eventua...
2022-04-121h 08Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott229: Asking Myself Why with Jenna ParkanyJenna Parkany, the Founder and CEO of JC Creative Media, a remote digital marketing business primarily focused on helping business owners find their "digital voice” and tell their story, opens up about losing her brother in a tragic fire and then losing her "dream" job during the pandemic. We dive into the heartbreak of discovering your dream job isn’t a dream after all, the internal conflict of not being able to present as who you truly are at work, overcoming the crippling effect of imposture syndrome, the sequential order being put to a halt duri...
2022-03-101h 07Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott228: The Ego is Exhausting with Tony BlankenshipTony Blankenship, the author of Self-Help Sucks: The Anti Self-Help Guide to Inner Peace and Contentment, joins Chelsea to shed light on the ways in which anger is fear, how the endless quest to get this, do this, and be that is inevitably a heartbreaking chase to close the gap between where I am and where I believe I need to be, prioritizing equanimity and contentment, the desire to fall out of love with one’s exhausting ego, freedom is not being a slave to your demands, and why the spirituality of the 12-steps is possible for an...
2022-03-0455 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott227: From Chemistry to Casual to Committed with Michelle HoffmannRelationship Coach, Speaker, and Author of Life Worth Living: A Practical & Compassionate Guide to Navigating Widowhood & Sole Parenting, Michelle Hoffmann joins Chelsea 5 minutes in to talk about finding what there is to honor in a traumatic and transitionary experience so grief can actually move you forward, the two primary reasons relationships are out of alignment, why seeking approval from someone outside your core value system is never going to garner authentic acceptance, and how to effectively navigate the three part process of every relationship from chemistry to casual to committed so you can go from lonely to...
2022-02-2444 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott226: Stop Overlooking, Start Connecting with Sasha NicoleSasha Nicole, the creator of Fearless Nfluence, a curation of digital experiences and content about mental health, motherhood, love, food and more, champions overcoming obstacles by embracing one’s truth and identity fearlessly. She joins Chelsea 6:30 minutes in to talk about the heartbreak of invisibility, of being overlooked or made a joke of for being obese, and the power she's walking with as she lets go of who she used to be. She opens up about her weight loss journey, the grief of looking different but still expecting people to look at her the same, the trauma em...
2022-02-091h 03Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott225: Get Sturdy with Blair ChristopherFashion designer and young visionary Blair Christopher joins Chelsea to talk about all the things including the advantages of shaking every hand and cutting the chit-chat, seeing the world from both sides and multiple rungs on the ladder, getting sturdy and being unforgivingly oneself, West Elm Caleb, weeding out the weak and regularly elevating your circle, owning our insecurities aloud and never settling, and how losing everything after the army and winding up in jail gave him the vision and conviction to go for everything because he no longer had anything to lose. Blair C...
2022-02-021h 23Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott224: Eyes Wide Open Sex with Irene Fehr"My story was typical," Sex & Intimacy Coach Irene Fehr says describing her picture perfect marriage with her ex-husband. "We fell in love. Everything was wonderful in the beginning. We had amazing chemistry. We were the couple that everyone looked at and said, wow, we want to have what you’re having. It looked great from the outside but, on the inside, just by getting married, it didn’t make us experts in being married. It didn’t all of a sudden make us know each other and know how to make a relationship work, how to mak...
2022-01-271h 01Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott223: Everybody Is Paralyzed By Something with Robert PaylorIn 2017, Cal-Rugby player Robert Paylor started the NCAA National Championship game as a sports star and left on a stretcher, a quadriplegic. His future was grim, his identity taken in an instant. Today he talks about death waiting for him to quit and the mission he’s on to walk again, the universal experience of paralysis, dark nights with his thoughts, and the staying power of accountability. He gets real about his hardest heartbreak — losing his identity, the times he’d see himself in the mirror and feel pity, and the pride that he’s been able to reclai...
2022-01-191h 11Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott222: Calling The Wedding Off with Natasha Pearl HansenComedian, Podcast Host of Future Role Model, and CEO/Founder of My Breakup Registry, a community-driven platform that allows people to crowdfund their break-up or divorce and more, Natasha Pearl Hansen joins Chelsea 6 minutes in to talk about the choices leading up to calling off her wedding and deciding to record and self-produce her first comedy special titled “I Was Supposed To Get Married Today…” (Amazon Prime Video) at the venue instead, how dropping her ego and walking away from the “showy stuff” in the midst of heartbreak helped her figure out the most important question, what am I feeli...
2022-01-061h 02Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott221: Only For The Brave with Ruchika Lal"As adults, because we’ve experienced pain, a lot of what we go through in life is pain avoidance rather than truly living," Ruchika Lal, the Founder & CEO of Winked!, an app that aims to make adulting joyful, joins Chelsea 8 minutes in to advocate for embracing our inner child, and with that our whole range of emotions, picking up the lesson and dropping the story, the opportunity in outgrowing ourselves, surrendering to helplessness rather than shunning it, and why the road to warriorhood is paved with feeling it all and letting transitions fill us with won...
2021-12-271h 02Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott219: Not Just A Housewife with Laura Friedman WilliamsAuthor of the memoir Available: A Memoir of Sex & Dating After a Marriage Ends, Laura Friedman Williams opens up about the loneliness of a stay-at-home mother, what her marriage—and life—looked like when she measured it by being happy enough, what it means to no longer be playing the supporting character in her own life, and the sexual liberation following her divorce that set her on a path of self-expression, self-enhancement, and self-sufficiency.——Laura Friedman WilliamsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurafriedmanwilliamsTwitter: https://twitter.com/laurafwinnycFace...
2021-12-041h 22Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott218: Lazy Loving with Lil Sebby“That’s literally what it is,” today’s guest recording artist Lil Sebby tells Chelsea 57:25 minutes in, "lazy loving. You’re not fully committed. You’re not ready to ride throughout the ups and downs. And there are going to be down times. It’s inevitable. It’s never just going to be perfect. But once it’s not as fun anymore, they dip. They just dip. Ghost culture.”HIGHLIGHTS.2:35 — I don’t even know if I should be comfortable being close to you. I’m just looking at you from a distance. You could have COVID. The...
2021-11-031h 22Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott191: Where Did The Joy Go? with Paul RontoCMO of Run Repeat and two-time guest (episode 172) Paul Ronto joins Chelsea 7:45 minutes in to talk about who he's become in the 18 years since his father's passing and how his fear of being a burden persists to this day. With candor, Paul gets deep about the role regret plays in his life, how an abundance of self-confidence and a lack of self-confidence equally impacts a relationship, and why he's trading in the carefree glory days of avoidance and adventure for purpose and connection. To connect with Paul, visit his:LinkedIn: https...
2020-09-031h 48Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott190: Making Amends with Katie WolfMindset Coach for creative entrepreneurs and Founder of The Centered Creative, Katie Wolf, joins Chelsea 9 minutes in to talk about the catalyst that's needed to confront and challenge our limiting beliefs, what a relationship audit looks like and learning how to be a friend, the reward of having risky and uncomfortable conversations, and the raw process of getting to know one's self as an adult in sobriety. To connect with Katie, visit her:Website: www.thecenteredcreative.comServices: Six-Figure MindsetInstagram: www.instagram.com/the.centered.creative
2020-08-2851 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott189: The Meaning of Life is Growth with Nathanael Garrett NovoselProfessional researcher and advisor with over 20 years of experience studying individual and group behavior, Nathanael Garrett Novosel, joins Chelsea 14 minutes in to talk about his book The Meaning of Life: A guide to finding your life’s purpose. Unpacking the 8 core principles, Nathanael also reflects on two catalysts that inspired him to explore the meaning of life in such depth: the great thinkers of the world and his father’s sudden disappearance when he was 5 years old. Touched upon in this episode is, today's crisis of fatherless children, the difference between happiness and fulfillment, blaming yourself versus feel...
2020-08-241h 04Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott188: I Can't Wait For Men To Meet Me with Kathryn PirozzoliSpecializing in dating without a destination, Life and Relationship Coach, Kathryn Pirozzoli joins Chelsea 18:30 minutes in to talk about her post-divorce two year pause from dating that forever transformed the way she lives, loves, and leads her life today. If you thought Brené Brown had already said it all about vulnerability, you're yet to hear Kathryn's sassy take on zeroing in on your intention, embracing your most authentic answer, and confronting the demons that will otherwise keep you walled off from the partners who are meant to experience you in your full expression and expansion.To connect w...
2020-08-131h 10Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott186: It Can Be Beautiful Again, Beautiful But Different with Mary OdgersNurse, Life Coach, and author of the memoir Six Funerals and a Wedding, Mary Odgers joins Chelsea 9:45 minutes in to go deep about the incomprehensible amount of grief she endured within a span of 14 months and how the promise she made to herself to not look back and cry forever enabled her to create a new life that she could treasure now. To connect with Mary, visit her:Website: www.sixfuneralsandawedding.comCoaching: https://sandiegocoach.comHer Memoir via Amazon: Six Funerals and a Wedding: A Memoir__
2020-08-051h 00Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott185: I Miss Nick: The Heartbreak of Schizophrenia with Miriam FeldmanArtist, author, and mental health advocate, Miriam Feldman, joins Chelsea 8:30 minutes in to talk about her memoir, He Came In With It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness, a story of how mental illness, specifically her son's schizophrenia, unspools an entire family and how, in the midst of chaos, an invisible force can motivate a mother to step in and do the unimaginable in order to protect and care for her child. To connect with Miriam, visit her:Website: https://www.miriam-feldman.comArt: https://www.miriam-feldman.com/art...
2020-07-3049 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott184: The Trauma Of Being Watched and Power Of Being Seen with Dr. Taryn Marie StejskalChief Resilience Officer & Founder of Resilience Leadership, Dr. Taryn Marie joins Chelsea 8 minutes in to talk about being a PTSD survivor turned thriver after being stalked throughout high school, how resilient people harness challenge, change, and complexity, allowing themselves to be enhanced by those experiences rather than damaged, how confronting the discomfort of loneliness is a shared pain point during this global pandemic, the ways in which she walked the walk of resiliency during her divorce, writing her own roadmap to evolve her former husband and her’s connection to no longer be a romantic couple but st...
2020-07-221h 01Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott179: There Was No Heartbeat with Esha Herbert-DavisCo-Founder of Events by Ashé, a full service travel agency for life-changing Caribbean experiences, and the author of Carnivalista Lifestyle Esha Herbert-Davis joins Chelsea 9:45 minutes in to reflect on the sudden and gut-wrenching loss involved in having a miscarriage, searching for a reason in the unexplainable, and the healing power of having a partner who can bare the grief with you and show up thoughtfully in the darkest of hours.To connect with Esha, visit her:Website: https://trinidadcarnivalpackages.comInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/eventsbyasheFacebook: http://facebook.c...
2020-06-171h 07Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott177: Stronger Than I Thought with Sedruola MaruskaThe light within her went out when she was 27 then, at 47, it came back on. Personal Development Coach & Speaker Sedruola Maruska joins Chelsea 4:30 minutes in to talk about the three events that happened one decade after the next that collectively taught her she’s stronger than she ever thought and capable of more than she was allowing for. Speaking with emotion, candor, and brightness, Sedruola revisits the experiences she once shunned herself for or overlooked the significance of—the loss of a baby, the birth of her first healthy baby ten years later, and the cancer diagnosis ten...
2020-06-041h 03Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott175: This Is The Time with Lisa Swift-YoungAfter a series of trial and tragedies, marketing maven and author of Pause 2 Praise: 30 Days to Happier and Healthier Relationships Lisa Swift-Young and her family turned moments of grief into a momentum that launched four businesses and established a grant-giving foundation. Lisa joins Chelsea 6:30 minutes in to share why she thinks the simple act of creating a gratitude circle was the foundation for their turnaround. To connect with Lisa, visit her:Book via Amazon: Pause 2 Praise: 30 Days to Happier and Healthier Relationships with Your Adult ChildrenFacebook: https://www.facebook...
2020-05-2939 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott174: Do What Growth Would Do with Pamela SavinoUntethered and liberated for the first time in years, LiveAuthentically.Today’s founder Pamela Savino’s divorce was a life changing event that placed her on a spiritual path where everything could be reframed and the mantra she followed was: Find your voice, speak your truth, live authentically. Joining Chelsea 9:20 minutes in, she reflects on the vulnerability that was missing from her first marriage, the persistent grief of “we should have been” that is unique to a miscarriage, how her children are benefiting from her rockstar coparenting style, and why extra time in quarantine has been a gift that allows h...
2020-05-241h 00Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott173: The Truth Shall Set Us Free with Allen KleinAuthor, Therapeutic Humor Expert, and the world’s one and only Jollytologist, Allen Klein joins Chelsea 3:15 minutes in to talk about tapping into humor to rise above the dark side of death, the simplest and most significant way to support someone through their grief, how his gut was his guide through his wife’s death and ever after, the question he measures his life by, how intention gives way to life’s abundance, and how his wife’s passing allowed him to become the full expression of himself. To connect with Allen, visit his:
2020-05-2242 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott172: Shortcuts Don't Make You Smarter with Paul RontoCMO of Run Repeat, Paul Ronto joins Chelsea 3 minutes in to talk about the 3 ‘D’s—death, depression, and dating. Reflecting on the day of his father’s funeral, he recalls the pressure he was suddenly under at 18 to step up and how, from that moment on, he built a persona around a misguided understanding of strength. He opens up about the time in his life when putting the brakes on anything that got too personal was second nature, how contingency plans and future tripping aka the cycle of rumination factors into his depression, why regret i...
2020-05-181h 18Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott169: Living On Borrowed Time with Amanda WebsterMind-Body Wellness Coach Amanda Webster joins Chelsea 7:45 minutes in to talk about grieving the death of a man she’d never met but whose voice both counseled and consoled her in the aftermath of breakups, the loss of her parents, a sexual assault, drug addiction, and self-harm. It wasn’t until she lost her last security blanket in Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, and was on the literal ledge of a hotel herself, ready to end it all, that she found the resolve to make it on her own. To connect with Amanda, visit...
2020-05-0859 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott168: Catching Vulnerabilities with Antoinette BeauchampEmpowerment Mindset Coach & the Co-Founder of One & Many, Antoinette Beauchamp joins Chelsea 8:15 minutes in to talk about beating limiting beliefs out of yourself by diving into vision, the moment she realized she was scared of being left behind during the Coronavirus, and how she opened her heart and let herself fall in love with a man who she initially worried could have had a different lifestyle than her.To connect with Antoinette, visit her:Website: oneandmany.coServices: oneandmany.co/the-practiceInstagram: instagram.com/oneandmanyofficial__Work with...
2020-05-0659 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott164: Fear Is Healthy with Kate WiswellComedy writer, logic teacher and author of Full-Frontal Nerdity, Kate Wiswell joins Chelsea 8:30 minutes in to talk about learning how to be a person (and not just a nerd) with the help of improv, the necessity of having a point of view, how nerves can be a comforting feeling, being intellectually curious about the critical feedback you receive, why it’s never too late for closure, and how thinking like a pro poker player helps her reframe rejection. To connect with Kate, visit her:Website: www.full-frontalnerdity.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/FF...
2020-04-1755 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott163: This Is Not A Dress Rehearsal with Kathy HammondAuthor of How to Kill Your Husband’s Ex, Attorneys and Then Some Kathy Hammond joins Chelsea 7 minutes in for some straight shooting advice on surviving Stepmotherhood. She also opens up about the secret ingredient that has kept her and her husband devoted to each other for 28 years (unconditional respect and support), how an out of character cruise led her to her husband, why you can’t wait for someone else’s approval, how fear often protects us from an incredible future and why, if it’s right for you, do it. To connect with Kath...
2020-04-131h 00Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott162: Self-Doubt Doesn't Discriminate with Katherine WintschCEO of The Mom Complex and author of Slay Like a Mother, Katherine Wintsch joins Chelsea 8 minutes in to talk about dropping the mask she carried for 20 years, slaying her dragon of self-doubt, learning to dance on the plateau rather than scale the mountain higher, and unearthing the golden nugget that revealed her greatest obstacle, saved her spirit, and transformed her life: “I don’t like myself because I’m not being myself.”To connect with Katherine, visit her:Website: https://katherinewintsch.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/kwintschFacebook: https://www.facebook...
2020-04-0858 minThank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott161: Bringing Ruby Home with Tara SkubellaFounder and Tantra guide for Earth Tantra as well as wilderness survivalist Tara Skubella is no stranger to self-reliance and seclusion. Living on the side of a mountain at an elevation of 9,500 feet in a tiny home with her life partner, she joins Chelsea 13 minutes in to talk about knowing this life was for her from an early age, allowing for independence and solo adventure within a growth-oriented relationship, and how two people come together to serve a purpose. Tara and her ex-husband’s purpose was to adopt their beautiful daughter Ruby and bring her home from Ch...
2020-04-0358 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott133: I Saw My Power In His Eyes with Elisa RobynBefore having Transitions Expert and Prosperity Astrologer Elisa Robyn join Chelsea 17 minutes in, Chelsea talks about pride and why we win in life when we have less of it. Whether it’s extending an apology, acknowledging the motive and intention behind our less than becoming behavior, confronting our fantasy and finally meeting in real life, taking a chance and expressing romantic interest, or working extra shifts and side gigs to keep our lifestyle intact, the point is, filtering out the reality of who we currently are and where we’re currently at may make us look Instagramable but it doesn’t help...
2019-10-061h 04
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott131: The Dark Night Of My Soul with Makeda Smith131: The Dark Night Of My Soul with Makeda Smith by Chelsea Leigh Trescott
2019-09-1848 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott121: Your Story Is Not Too Big with Chelsea QuintAt the innocent age of 3, Transformational Healer and Coach, Chelsea Quint, watched her older brother die of a traumatic head injury. Unfortunately, the trauma wouldn’t end there. Joining Chelsea, she opens up about being an incest survivor and how she quickly moved from shock to acceptance when her first abuser—her father—took his own life. Life is very fleeting, she realized, and not just in an existential way but, in the sense that, people do leave the world. Reflecting on what it was like to live through those experiences, Chelsea talks about the significance behind renaming herself, choosing who sh...
2019-07-101h 31
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott102: Nobody Knows Me Like You with Nick Kamboj102: Nobody Knows Me Like You with Nick Kamboj by Chelsea Leigh Trescott
2019-04-2048 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott099: It Used To Be Harder To Say No099: It Used To Be Harder To Say No by Chelsea Leigh Trescott
2019-04-0837 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott098: Graduating From The Game with Ex-Pickup Artist Mojo098: Graduating From The Game with Ex-Pickup Artist Mojo by Chelsea Leigh Trescott
2019-04-041h 01
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott097: Nothing's A Mistake, Nobody's An Accident097: Nothing's A Mistake, Nobody's An Accident by Chelsea Leigh Trescott
2019-04-0137 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott093: Talking Not From The Wound But The Scar with Lodro Rinzler093: Talking Not From The Wound But The Scar with Lodro Rinzler by Chelsea Leigh Trescott
2019-03-1351 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott077: You Should Date A Vegan with eHarmony's Jeannie Assimos077: You Should Date A Vegan with eHarmony's Jeannie Assimos by Chelsea Leigh Trescott
2019-02-1457 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott049: Foreign Feelings with Katia VlachosSeasoned expat, transition coach, and author of A Great Move: Surviving and Thriving in Your Expat Assignment Katia Vlachos helps expats and globally mobile professionals navigate various stages of their moves. She joins Chelsea at 8:30 to talk about the similarities between leaving one's home base and leaving one's partner which, in both cases, is often an invisible grief that requires you to reimagine and rebuild your concept of home.Shedding a light on the complexity of uprooting with your partner, Katia emphasizes the conversations that are crucial to have before any move and admits to not even thinking about what...
2018-12-281h 01
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott048: Meet Me In The Middle with Chris ArmstrongCertified Relationship Coach, Certified Master Facilitator, Award-Winning Diversity Advocate and Owner of Maze of Love, Chris Armstrong joins Chelsea to talk about what’s really behind the plea for men to be a “real man.”The conversation doesn’t stop there. Cultivated over the course of his 10 year career as a relationship coach, his over 500 clients and his experience working on the Kavanaugh investigation, Chris has a talent for moving people who are angry, both within romantic relationships and work relationships, from screaming pitchforks to healthy discourse. In today’s episode, you’ll even hear him offer his two cents on how he wo...
2018-12-2255 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott047: Nesting Isn't Just For Sitcoms & Celebrities with Beth BehrendtWhether it’s how we find partners, commit to partners, or not only commit to one partner, navigating today’s ever changing landscape of relationships can be anything from overwhelming to exhilarating. Trends seem to constantly be emerging that free people to date on demand, marry later and even forego marriage altogether. However, what's not as readily explored are alternative ways to end unhappily ever after. Perhaps this is because divorce still bares with it a stigma which keeps couples defensive and resigned, on a bullet train headed for the worst. As a result, when it comes to divorcing, families rare...
2018-12-1747 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott046: If Only A Man Could Be with Elliott KatzWe’ve all known, heard or been the woman to say, all I want is a nice guy. Or a loyal guy. But, what about a leader? Elliott Katz, author of Being the Strong Man a Woman Wants: Timeless Wisdom on Being a Man, says after speaking to women from all walks of life, what women really want is a man to be a leader. And, the kicker? It never even occurred to men. At minute 9, Elliott joins Chelsea to discuss why trying to do anything to make a woman happy doesn't just make her happy and, ultimately, how oblivious me...
2018-12-1453 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott045: There's No Finish Line with Chelsea NielsenThe process of unlearning that happens on the yoga mat is what exposed holistic and abundance coach Chelsea Nielsen to the tools she needed to cope with the full spectrum of life, including deep childhood traumas and emotions she hadn’t explored in a long time. What led her into teaching yoga aboard super yachts was three-fold: her divorce, the yearning to stretch past her comfort zone—her community in Charleston, SC where she had experienced, up until that point, the best years of her life, and her desire to live her practice off the mat and sailing the sea, in a...
2018-12-111h 07
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott044: Lord, Show Me This Isn't It with Megan FenyoeAuthor of You Are Enough: 5 Steps To Move From Struggle To Strength, Licensed Mental Health Therapist, Transformational Mindset Coach, Podcast Host of The Blonde Bombshell and Veteran, Megan Fenyoe, opens up about the time in between her clients, when she was on her office floor hysterically crying and in the grips of a narcissistic abusive marriage. She talks about the love bombing from her ex that urged her down the aisle in a beautiful Napa wedding within 12 months of meeting each other, the shift in control that happened almost instantaneously once they were married and, unbeknownst to her friends, continuing...
2018-12-081h 00
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott043: Talent Can Always Make A Comeback with Brittani Louise TaylorYouTube sensation and unexpected author of A Sucky Love Story: Overcoming Unhappily Ever After, Brittani Louise Taylor, had no intention of ever writing a book, let alone a memoir, about the unimaginable demise of her rom-con worthy romance. But when her go to medium for processing her experiences was suddenly the one place she was legally not allowed to share her story, Brittani found herself alone and silenced for the very first time. To recover her sanity, worth and integrity, Brittani found herself weaving together the narrative of her very first love story, a story so deceptive, terrorizing and depleting...
2018-12-041h 19
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott040: Sincerely, Torn And Miserable On ThanksgivingChelsea responds to Torn And Miserable On Thanksgiving, a listener who is dealing with the unexpected loss and grief of her sister the first holiday after her passing while trying to negotiate the expectations of her husband who does not want her attending the family Thanksgiving celebration. How can she show up for her mother while not abandoning her husband on such a special and sensitive day? Chelsea gets to the heart of it.—Work with Chelsea at: www.breakupward.com/shopFind Chelsea’s website at: www.breakupward.comSign up for Chelsea’s newsletter at: bit.ly/tyhbletterConnect and send in you...
2018-11-2214 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott039: Waiting Is A Great Way To Not Get Anywhere with Richard BoehmckeThis hour conversation with writer & producer Richard Boehmcke runs the gamut with sensitivity, intelligence, pop culture references and humor. In addition to tackling one of the most popular questions sent to Chelsea, how to wait for a woman who isn’t ready for you, Rich delves into the grief involved in ending a relationship where nothing’s really wrong but nothing’s really right, the danger of relying on one gear in order to create, growing the plant you feed, the human tendency to look for permission to be multidimensional, striving for expression but settling for repression, moving forward without lettin...
2018-11-191h 08
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott034: Cutting Off The Exes with Dr. Benjamin RitterThe Founder of Live for Yourself (LFY) Consulting and The Breakup Supplement Dr. Benjamin Ritter helps clients develop their internal leader while cultivating greater levels of alignment, confidence, and emotional intelligence in the areas of Life, Intentions, Values, and Expectations. He joins Chelsea to talk about leading oneself in the wake of heartbreak. He’s full of wake up calls, aha moments, and plenty of wise counsel as he challenges Chelsea to rethink what it means to block an ex and provides advice to two listeners who have written in with a dating question as well as a question surrounding co...
2018-11-021h 01
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott024: Sincerely, Stuck in LoveChelsea responds to a letter from Stuck in Love, a listener who’s seeking advice. 8 years ago, Stuck in Love put his feelings on ice when he found out the woman he was attracted to was married. Fast forward to three months ago, and she’s reached out, letting him know that she’s separating from her husband. Sparks immediately fly, trips follow not too far behind, along with the “L” word. But, this love story comes to a sudden halt when Stuck in Love regretfully expresses his impatience and the woman who’s captured his heart opens up about her husband...
2018-08-2750 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott022: Uncomplicating Yourself with Alex NahaiChelsea talks dating in 2018 with Alex Nahai, music producer and Founder and CEO of Alex Nahai Enterprises.Alex gets deep and quite frankly schools Chelsea about:— The power of self-awareness— Perfectionistic dating— The conditioning you come into a relationship with and how that directs or deters you from certain people — Readying yourself for love and the benefits of waiting for yourself to become right for a certain kind of relationship— Why breakups are one of the most teachable moments of our lives— The best and worst personality type for Tinder— What is more complimentary in a loving, thriving relationship, dating someone who th...
2018-08-1034 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott021: Less Secrets, More Speaking Up & Believing What Someone Tells YouPiggybacking off “How To Move On When You See Your Ex Every Day,” Chelsea responds to three listener's letters that relate to the topic. Instead of shelling out advice, Chelsea tries to point out what each letter is not communicating despite their confessional nature. Chelsea jumpstarts the episode with her usual psychobabble, wondering "where should I begin?,” as if this were a therapy session she desperately needs. She talks about the difficulty of asking for help, the guilt of talking about yourself and why it’s so important to have someone or at least some outlet that you can turn to that...
2018-08-0355 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott020: How To Move On When You See Your Ex Every DayWhether you’re seeing your ex at work, in class, or simply on your social media feed, there are two ways to confront the reality that you both are alive and yet no longer privy to the intimate details of one another’s world. You can avoid one another or you can brave one another. In this episode, Chelsea responds to A Confused Train Wreck, a listener’s letter who’s been left with the daunting task of having to see their ex every day. Chelsea reflects on the benefits of doing what isn’t easy to do for the very reaso...
2018-07-2930 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott019: I Can Care About Him Without Having To Be Caring AnymoreOn last week’s episode, Chelsea woke up feeling the burn of her breakup, only to fly back home that day to discover, that when she landed, her heart had let go. This subtle and transformative shift came with relief and revelation. In this episode, Chelsea talks about the revelation that snuck up on her in the wake of heartbreak. She also backtracks over the events surrounding this shift and the moments—and men—she experienced that solidified as well as validated her experience of breaking upward. She finishes up the episode with a listener’s live question—when to let go of...
2018-07-1627 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott018: Learning To Love Yourself Will Heal Your LonelinessHave you ever been sad and lonely within a relationship? Have you ever been sad, not about what you were feeling but, about how much you weren’t feeling? Has your heartache ever been over, not what your partner was lacking but, all that seemed to be missing in yourself? Chelsea has. In today’s episode, Chelsea talks about the years she was dependent on love and latched onto boyfriends in an effort to distract herself from the magnitude of her own issues as well as the searing pain she expected would come with being alone. She talks about loneliness—her fe...
2018-07-0518 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott017: Snooping On Social Media, Being More Than One Shameful Year & Tears On AirChelsea responds to "The Girl In A Situation," a listener's letter who describes what she's found while snooping on her new boyfriend's social media. She worries about what it means and how it makes her feel, and Chelsea helps her get to the heart of it. Themes within this episode include: love triangles, not being wild enough, apologizing for yourself, self-sabotaging intimacy by needing to know everything about your partner's past, taking in versus taking on other people's stories, letting past partners be a benchmark for what you must live up to, overcoming judgment, not deleting evidence of your past...
2018-07-0220 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott016: How To Prioritize Your Emotions When Your Partner Is EmotionlessChelsea responds to a listener’s question about the effects of a partner’s sexual history. Basically, can a decade of transactional sex and porn use cause someone to be emotionally distant? Chelsea gets to the heart of it, exploring not only the question itself but the mystery surrounding it. Like, is it possible to look for safety—or comfort, rather—in a man who is emotionally distant even if emotion is the intimacy you crave? If so, why? Let’s go there. —Sign up for Chelsea’s newsletter at: bit.ly/tyhbletterFind Chelsea’s website at: www.breakupward.comWork with Chelsea at...
2018-06-2628 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott015: Listen To This If You're Waiting For Your Real Life To BeginChelsea talks about one of the—if not the—most disempowering acts of all time: waiting. Whether it’s waiting to break up or to start dating a person of a certain stature or compatibility, whether it’s waiting to quit a wasteful habit or a destructive dependency, it all circles back to our fear of assuming our full potential. Chelsea gets real about her frightening dependency on Adderall and her tendency to put her “real life” on hold… for an entire decade… and why freeing herself from her own self-restraint is the bold move that quickly launched her into, not only having...
2018-06-1837 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott013: How To Maintain A Relationship With An Emotional AbuserChelsea responds to a listener’s question about emotional abuse. How can one stay friends with someone who’s been emotionally abusive in the past and what kind of boundaries can be set to protect themselves against future harm? Chelsea gets to the heart of it. —Sign up for Chelsea’s newsletter at: bit.ly/tyhbletterFind Chelsea’s website at: www.breakupward.comWork with Chelsea at: www.breakupward.com/servicesConnect and send in your questions and/or letters on Instagram.com/thankyouheartbreak or by email Chelsea@breakupward.com—Referenced in this episode:Zen and the Art of Falling in Love by Dr. Brend...
2018-06-0422 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott011: How To Get Closure When Your Ex Is A No-ShowChelsea responds to a letter from Fiancée Left Behind. The central question surrounds our need for closure, and our tendency to look to our ex for answers and peace. Chelsea gets to the heart of it, offering an alternative view of what closure means and how one can achieve it on their own. Also discussed in this episode is, how we don’t always know what we are working for or really moving towards and, because of this, the importance of having strength on reserve. —Sign up for Chelsea’s newsletter at: bit.ly/tyhbletterFind Chelsea’s website at: www.break...
2018-05-1842 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott010: Taking Back The Reins of Your Life by Living, Loving & Losing in Your Own WayThe morning after attending a funeral, Chelsea wakes up feeling good, really good about life. Instead of focusing on why this is, she tells her listeners HOW this is. In other words, how can someone wake up and feel good? How can we wake up in the aftermath of grief and feel better?With utter transparency, Chelsea walks her listeners through her day. Showing them that life is a series of choices, and the bolder we can be, the better we will feel for the very reason that we are living life on our unique terms. In this episode, she...
2018-05-1138 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott009: Why Hanging Out With My Ex Was A Breakupward Moment & Other Small RevelationsTYHB listener’s voted for a solo episode so here it is. It’s 1:55 am and Chelsea has just returned from an evening out with her ex boyfriend and the first love of her life. It was an unexpected, unfiltered, unmediated rendezvous and so is this episode. Chelsea reflects on their night together and, really, the relationship her and her ex shared. She talks about why their time together was a Breakupward moment in and of itself and why she thinks she’s able to see her ex all these years later with nostalgia and without any trace of animosity, regret...
2018-05-0334 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott008: How To Be Powerful When You’re Treated Like You Don’t MatterChelsea responds to a letter from Discardable, a listener who’s seeking advice. Discardable feels unsupported and like she’s constantly prioritizing her partner’s feelings over her own. How can she know whether she’s in the “devalue/discard” phase of a relationship? Chelsea gets to the heart of it. —Sign up for Chelsea’s newsletter at: bit.ly/tyhbletterFind Chelsea’s website at: www.breakupward.comWork with Chelsea at: www.breakupward.com/servicesConnect and send in your questions and/or letters on Instagram.com/thankyouheartbreak or by email Chelsea@breakupward.com
2018-04-2723 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott006: Making A Moment & Killing The MomentChelsea jumpstarts this solo episode with a passage from A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller. Reflecting on the importance of making more of our moments, Chelsea uncovers the hidden beauty of doing this not only for and with others but with and for ourselves. After discussing the joy and serendipity that comes from letting our intuition and our own yearning guide us, Chelsea makes a confession. Something happened recently and she's not proud of it. With plenty of humility and her own brand of humor, Chelsea divulges the details and reflects on the teachable moment.Sign...
2018-04-2437 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott005: How To Let Go Of Who You’ve OutgrownChelsea responds to a letter from At A Loss, a listener who’s seeking advice. At A Loss is outgrowing the man she loves, a man who makes her laugh and is genuinely a great guy, but is simply unmotivated. Should she sit down and talk it over or cut her losses and leave? Chelsea gets to the heart of it. Sign up for Chelsea’s newsletter at: bit.ly/tyhbletterFind Chelsea’s website at: www.breakupward.comWork with Chelsea at: www.breakupward.com/servicesConnect and send in your questions on Instagram.com/thankyouheartbreak—Books discussed in this episode:Can’t Help Mys...
2018-04-1019 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott004: How I Lost My Voice (Chelsea's Story)Chelsea goes deep real quick in her first solo episode as she talks about her journey from losing herself, returning to herself, and now becoming more of the woman she’s always yearned to be—for starters, a podcast host. She reflects on her college years and the decade of her twenties, her habit of clinging to a new long-distance relationship each time she moved to a new city, isolating herself and losing her voice in the process, overcoming anorexia and depression, and ultimately saving herself from herself in thanks to singleness, New York City, and coaching.Sign up for Chel...
2018-03-2444 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott003: Self-Blame and Self-Confidence Post-BreakupChelsea answers questions sent in by TYHB listeners. This week Chelsea tackles Brian’s question on grappling with self-blame and Chris’ question on regaining self-confidence post-breakup.—Sign up for Chelsea's newsletter at:www.bit.ly/tyhbletterFind Chelsea's website at:www.breakupward.comWork with Chelsea:www.breakupward.com/servicesEmail Chelsea:chelsea@breakupward.comConnect and send in your questions on Instagram.com/thankyouheartbreak
2018-03-2214 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott002: Reacting Less and Allowing More with Transformation Coach Jennifer ButlerChelsea sits down with Transformation Coach and Community Leader at DivorceForce, Jennifer Butler. They talk about raising her son to be a future man, conscious parenting, choosing to allow versus control another person’s journey into self-actualization, and how she met her ex-husband at 18, married him at 22, and wound up the sole parent of their son. This is a must listen for anyone who is looking to lead with their intuitive powers as well as react less and allow more. In this episode you’ll learn why it’s so important to love people in a way that frees them to be...
2018-03-2142 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott001: Introduction - What 'Thank You Heartbreak' Is All AboutIn this introductory episode, breakup coach, advice columnist, and the founder of Breakupward Chelsea Leigh Trescott introduces her listeners to what the heart of the matter really is surrounding Thank You Heartbreak. She talks about her intentions for TYHB and her desire for the podcast itself to be a place—a go to destination and mentality—that her listeners can come to rely on for connection, reliability, piercing sincerity, unfiltered but thoughtfully considered perspective, encouragement and, of course, relief from heartbreak. She also provides clarity around the kind of heartbreak this podcast will so passionately discuss which is, as expected, the...
2018-03-2010 min