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 ...

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 manag...

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...

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 b...

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 ...

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.ins...

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.mon...

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 ag...

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,...

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: ...

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...

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 th...

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 sm...

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 atten...

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 am...

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 lear...

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...

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.

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, dem...

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 ...