203: Romanticizing your life is a fun concept, but sometimes when it comes to travel, it can feel like we’re only seeing the rose-colored version of reality. Some aspects of a nomadic life are straight-up annoying. In the last year, I’ve bopped around to Croatia, Cape Town, Portugal, Spain, London, France, Mexico, Malta, Colombia, Peru, and Argentina. So, today I’m joined by my roommate, Joie Lim, to bring you a fuller picture of the digital nomad lifestyle! I met Joie in a traveling group calle...
Aug 08, 2023•2 hr 45 min•Ep 203•Transcript available on Metacast 202: Buckle up because Liz Tran is BACK this week for Part 2, and this episode is basically a free consult on how to write a book! Whether you're in book writing stage or you’re toying with the idea of creating a Substack - this episode is for you. Spoiler alert: You don’t need a huge social media following in order to make an impact as a writer AND you don’t need to “pick a lane” in order to make money or meaning. Those are two narratives that are being pushed online left and right. But Liz is ...
Aug 01, 2023•49 min•Ep 205•Transcript available on Metacast 201: Is your outlook on “success” fueled by super masculine, rigid beliefs? A lot of times, society markets success to us as numbers, status and title. But what would it mean if you start looking at your success a little more spiritually? Todays guest, Liz Tran, grew up very poor in Section 8 housing and made her way to become an executive at a venture capital firm. She was making six figures and, by all intents and purposes, she had reached “success.” But she soon realized that her definition o...
Jul 26, 2023•48 min•Ep 201•Transcript available on Metacast 200: Going against the grain and embodying a new archetype (or character) can feel wildly uncomfortable. But what if you had a planetary permission slip to follow through on the dreams that are keeping you up at night? Would that permission slip allow us to revolutionize our self-expression and escape the perfectly curated versions of ourselves? Madi Murphy, cosmic leadership coach, Co-Founder of CosmicRX, and Podcast Host of CosmicRx Radio, joins us today to get us out of our comfort zone and i...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep 197•Transcript available on Metacast 199: What myths have been holding you back from creating something like a podcast? I've heard it all: "I don't have a big enough audience", "I just don't think I have anything interesting to say", "What I want to talk about isn't that important"... Newsflash: what you have to say is important. We all have stories, and it's the fundamental way we relate to each other. In this episode, Skye Pillsbury, the creator of "The Squeeze", a pod...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep 197•Transcript available on Metacast 198: Daydreaming is a hobby of entrepreneurs; it’s how many of us started our businesses - gazing out the window, scheming up how we can help people, and devising our master plan. When we finally launch our business, or run it for years, it can start to feel like your business is swallowing you whole. SO. MANY. HATS. How can you run the business you’ve always dreamed of, while also living your dream life? In today’s episode, Chelsea interviews Lexi Merritt, the founder of Pretty Decent , to disc...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep 198•Transcript available on Metacast 197: Income claiming (How To Make $10K in 10 Days!) is one of the highest converting sales strategies in the game, yet one of the biggest “icks” in the coaching industry. Why? There’s context missing. In this solo episode, Chelsea shares ALL the context with a full breakdown of how she massively grew her income in just a few months, and how you can apply some of these strategies to your business too. When money goes into the hands of the right people, the world becomes a better place. This episo...
Jun 02, 2023•42 min•Ep 197•Transcript available on Metacast 196: Leaving Instagram while running a business can feel like one of the riskiest things an entrepreneur can do. What if you lose all your clients? How will people even book with you? What if you go BANKRUPT?! Joi Spencer, Host of Multi-Passionate Mastery podcast , is on the show today to share how she left Instagram, and did NOT see her business crash and burn. In fact, it’s only grown. How? Through podcasting baby! They discuss: how to overcome the fear of losing clients when leaving Instagram...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep 196•Transcript available on Metacast 195: The coaching industry had a massive wake-up call in 2020. People demanded more transparency, context, and nuance from coaches, and enough of the well… bullsh*t. Those that had their own flavor, style, and mission lasted and kept growing and building trust with their audience. Those who used copy and paste methods didn’t know how to sustain themselves, and struggled to keep afloat. Jaz Borri, Business Astrologer, Coach & Podcast Host of The Esoteric Entrepreneur Podcast , was one of the ...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep 195•Transcript available on Metacast 194: Today's solo episode is all about exposure therapy, finding evidence for yourself, and how both can help you embody your archetypes for 2023. Wait - what's an archetype? Check out the last episode to learn more. She dives into her own personal journey of finding balance in her health and fitness routine while living a full-time digital nomad lifestyle. She also shares how life didn’t look this way before- in fact, it was the exact opposite. She used to black out at minimum 3x per we...
May 15, 2023•23 min•Ep 194•Transcript available on Metacast 193: What’s your favorite video game character? Why? Is it their slick ninja gear? Or their ability to shoot fire out of the palm of their hand? Or that they backflip on command? Our ability to get lost in video games is largely based on fantasy and escapism - for a fraction of time, we get to be someone else. But what if you could activate a video game character in real life? What if by simply changing your look, location, or self-talk, you could become the person you’ve always wanted to be… wi...
May 10, 2023•46 min•Ep 193•Transcript available on Metacast 192: How can we make everyday feel like our birthday? Waking up on your birthday and getting showered with gifts, Facebook Posts, IG Stories shoutouts, texts, and blowing out trick candles usually happens once a year. But in this solo episode Chelsea discusses ways to elevate the quality of your life and make every day feel like a birthday, 365 days a year. Birthday energy activation tips: auditing your time on a constant basis building a life around what brings joy and energy, not Instagram joy...
Apr 04, 2023•33 min•Ep 192•Transcript available on Metacast 191: Guess who’s back? Back again? Chelsea’s back…tell a friend… After an accidental hiatus turned perfectionism paralysis, Chelsea is back with a SERMON. She shares her decision to scale back on content output (specifically on social media) and focus on what feels good and exciting to her, including moving her newsletter to a monthly cadence, and making more space for podcasting (shocker!) She also drops a controversial statement: she doesn’t care about helping you hit $10k months or scaling to...
Mar 13, 2023•54 min•Ep 191•Transcript available on Metacast 190: Today's episode is a bit different - Chelsea sits in the guest seat as her online bestie Serine Goodmond fills in as host! Chelsea just rebranded, and Serine is here to peel back the layers of Chelsea's origin story to understand more context around this rebrand, and where Chelsea is headed next. Tune in to hear: - where Chelsea's love of storytelling came from - why she's obsessed with creating and sharing stories - her journey to podcasting - how podcast coaching and strategy came to be h...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep 190•Transcript available on Metacast 189: Chelsea is BACK in the hot-seat for this solo episode, answering listener Q’s and voice notes, and sharing Part 2 of her 2022 Year in Review: Business Edition. Catch Part 1 HERE before tuning in to Part 2. She breaks down her thoughts around: Why DFY (Done-For-You) services are probably what we all need more of How business operations is different from biz coaching, and why you’ll want to seek out operations help ASAP When you grow, you won’t be perceived in the same way & how to handle...
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep 189•Transcript available on Metacast 188: Let's cut to the chase - this is the episode you've been waiting for all year... the nitty gritty details of what REALLY went on in Chelsea's business this year. She shares: her numbers (yes, really) what happens when you ignore your gut qualifying clients because not everything is worth the sale when she knew it was time to hire a VA auditing your time to optimize it IG is STILL not it why brand partners probably won't be in the mix in 2023 Oh... and this is just Part 1. Buckle up buttercu...
Dec 23, 2022•53 min•Ep 188•Transcript available on Metacast 187: Chelsea is BACK with Part 2 of the demystifying the podcast world episode! This week, she gets geeky with it, and divulges some advertising secrets brands probably don't want you to know... oops! Just here to help. This ep is for you if you've been wondering: If it's time to join a podcast network How to secure brand deals with a small audience How do people get wealthy from podcasting How much energy, time, and money actually goes into this Examples of people who have built empires from th...
Dec 16, 2022•59 min•Ep 187•Transcript available on Metacast 186: We all know podcasting blew up in the last 5-10 years. Huge shows like "Call Her Daddy" penned a $60M deal with Spotify (yes, that's an M for million), "Dirty John" turned into a TV show, and "Serial" is still a cult-fan favorite years later - we're still invested into what happened with Adnan's case. But what REALLY goes on behind the scenes? Why does it feel like such a mystical world sometimes? Why do some shows take off, and others don't? How do you even get guests - do you have to pay ...
Dec 09, 2022•53 min•Ep 186•Transcript available on Metacast 185: Do you feel like a mad scientist every day? You have minimum 12 tabs open at all times. You have Post-Its everywhere. A bunch of different notebooks are strewn along your desk and bedside, as well as digital sticky notes, half-used paper planners, and a white board that has an old quote from 3 months ago. You SWEAR the white board was going to help you become a master planner! You, my friend, may be a Chaotic Creative. Which is one of the best kinds of creatives to be - your big ideas will ...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 185•Transcript available on Metacast 184: Social media has made it easy for us to not only express ourselves and connect with each other, it’s also helped businesses and brands reach success by going viral. Hi TikTok! But what happens when our mental health suffers, or we can’t keep up with algorithm changes, or we just plain hate the platforms we’re on? We’d rather poke our eyeballs out than make another Reel pointing to bubbles, yet we get on and draft a video week after week. How can we get off this hamster wheel, or better yet,...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep 184•Transcript available on Metacast 183: When you’re tied to your desk in a corporate office, eyes glued to a MacBook screen, eating a Sweetgreen salad at your desk, and working overtime, (even though no one asked you to), the thought of quitting to start your own business and throw this whole “corporate thing” in the trash sounds dreamy. But what happens when you leave, and have to shed an old identity? An identity built on accolades, titles, praise, and high salaries? Today, Chelsea sits down with Andi Eaton Alleman to discuss s...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 183•Transcript available on Metacast 182: Ever check your to-do list and see small tasks like “send email”, “send gift”, and “pay online bill”, and get EXTREMELY overwhelmed? “How can it be THIS hard?!” you think. Sending an email takes 5 mins! You can send an e-gift! And the online bill is just entering your credit card info. But somehow, you wait until the last minute, when the pressure is on, the timer is counting down, and the credit card company sends a “late payment” notice. You may be someone who needs accountability to get ...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 182•Transcript available on Metacast 181: Did you know millennials are the most burned-out generation, with 59% experiencing some symptoms of burnout? And Gen Z burns out much faster than any other generation: they went from 47% to 58% in just a year?! Recovering from burnout is never easy. But it shouldn’t be that hard as well. Chelsea learns from the burnout recovery expert herself, KC Rossi, on how to get over getting burned out from grinding and hustling hard, while still keeping yourself in the game. On this week’s episode, Ch...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep 181•Transcript available on Metacast 180: Are you scared of starting your own podcast for the fear of being ‘too much’? Do you feel like no one’s going to listen to you anyways? Or do you feel awkward sharing the most intimate parts of your life through audio content creation in general? Join Chelsea and Emmy as they talk about helpful tips to stop overthinking and how to just do it for you and the community you want to serve. On this week’s episode, Chelsea sits down with Emmy to discuss: Existing out loud - Emmy shares about her ...
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep 180•Transcript available on Metacast 179: Are you thinking about starting your podcasting journey? Are you figuring out your purpose and finding where to start? Join Chelsea and Chioma as they talk about how they found their inspiration and purpose, how they fought podfade and creative blocks, and how they connected with podcasting to bring out their inner voice of influence, change, and empowerment. On this week’s episode, Chelsea sits down with Chioma Njoku to discuss: Why it matters - Chioma shares her childhood story and how be...
Sep 26, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast 178: Are you someone who regrets investing in a business coach, so much so that it keeps you up at night, and you can’t believe what you paid for? Are you tired of spending your life savings and not getting the results you want for your biz? Is it really on you, or is it because the business coaching industry has a few cracks that need to be sealed, like yesterday? On this week’s episode, Chelsea sits down with Serine Goodmond to discuss: “The Big Boom” in the business coaching industry - where ...
Aug 31, 2022•2 hr 35 min•Ep 178•Transcript available on Metacast 177: Are you someone who rolls their eyes when you hear someone talk about astrology, their birth chart, or their “Big 3”? Or maybe it does sound intriguing, but you just don’t get how it works. Is it real, or just total B.S.? On this week’s episode, Chelsea sits down with Dana from Self-Help Witch, to discuss: Dana’s journey to discovering astrology - it was actually prompted by a weight-loss journey Deep diving into natal charts - what exactly do the houses, planets, and signs mean, and why yo...
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 177•Transcript available on Metacast 176: How do you create a podcast consistently for over five years without resenting the process or the system that’s supposed to support your creative output? This week Chelsea re-airs an episode from The Twelfth House Podcast, hosted by Holisticism's Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz & Wallis Millar-Blanchaer. They discuss what systems were created in order to run her business and how to run a successful multi-year long podcast with clarity, a good sense of humor, and ease. CONNECT WITH HOLISTICIS...
Aug 05, 2022•45 min•Ep 176•Transcript available on Metacast 175: Sick of using only social media to grow your business? Tired of spinning your wheels day after day for content creation? It may be time to start a podcast! Today's episode is repurposed from Natalia Benson's Podcast, " The Power of Podcasting for Your Business w/ Chelsea Riffe" Chelsea was a guest, and they discussed: Taking the leap and launching your podcast The powerful impact of podcasting Bringing your business to life with your voice Your mindset for podcasting Best practices for syst...
Jul 29, 2022•55 min•Ep 175•Transcript available on Metacast 174: Ever get that feeling when you visit a place or see a city in a movie and think "I feel SO pulled to this location... maybe I should live there!" It might be a location on your astro-map that's pulling you there... aka locational astrology. Today, Chelsea sits down with Lynnette Wennerstrom, a holistic astrologer with a passion for inspiring others to explore their unique astrological journey. They discuss: Locational astrology fundamentals - what are they and why should we care? Breaking d...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 174•Transcript available on Metacast 
