In 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 distinctio...
Nov 30, 2023•54 min
In 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 managi...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Tune 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 leav...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Celebrated 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...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Clinical psychologist and author Dr. Cortney Warren is an expert on addictions, self-deception, romantic relationships, eating pathology, and the practice of psychology from a cross-cultural perspective. In today’s episode, she joins Chelsea 9:45 minutes in to talk about her latest self-help book on breakups, Letting Go of Your Ex: CBT Skills to Heal the Pain of a Breakup and Overcome Love Addiction. Gems from this episode: overcoming love addiction with radical self-honesty, the skill of self-f...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Two-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.com Kickass Recovery: via Amazon Substack: https://substack.com/profile/12500734-billy-manas elephant journal: https://www.elephantjournal.com/profile/billy-manas Music Show Dates: https://www.billymanas.com/shows Instagram: https://www.insta...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Thought 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.com The Book: https://www.monica-parke...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Keynote 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 agai...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Psychotherapist, 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, an...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr
As 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: Webs...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Married 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...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Author, 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 ma...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Psychic 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 eno...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Child 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 attent...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Sam 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 ambi...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Canadian-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 ...
Dec 29, 2022•2 hr 56 min
LA-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...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 7 min
In 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....
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Standup 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, demonstra...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Coach 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 i...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Heartbreak 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 e...
Oct 31, 2022•2 hr 9 min
Sound 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 Sherbill WEBSITE: https://www.getsoundrx.com COACHING: https://www.getsoundrx.com/you100 HYHO SOUND HEALING C...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Host 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 Grant Interstates & Heartbreak on Apple Interstates & Heartbreak on Spotif...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 7 min
At the end of March, in the midst of heartbreak and what felt like a personal falling out with myself, I set my Hinge to Los Angeles, a city I never spent one happy day in, where I lived out the most heartbreaking years and relationship of my life, a city that also just so happens to be the only place I’d ever consider leaving New York for — for the next chapter and stage and… for love. Maybe I was falling back on my oldest and truest pattern of all — pursue a long-distance relationship — or may...
Aug 12, 2022•2 hr 40 min
Founder, 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, intellec...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 46 min
Transformational 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 evolu...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Transformative 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 partne...
Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 8 min
International 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, sa...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Three-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 h...
May 29, 2022•1 hr 50 min
When 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 relatio...
May 13, 2022•1 hr 19 min
