Best Chelsea VanBuskirk Podcasts (2025)

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Heart AF Trailer - Rise, Heal, and Live Heart AF 1:16

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Welcome to The Heart AF Podcast with host Chelsea VanBuskirk—wife, mom of three, and recovering mother-hustler. This show is about refusing to let hard seasons harden our hearts. Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Each week, expect honest stories, practical tools, and conversations with healers and women who’ve walked through grief, bet…

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Heart AF Trailer — Rise, Heal, and Live Heart AF 1:16

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Welcome to The Heart AF Podcast with host Chelsea VanBuskirk—wife, mom of three, and recovering mother-hustler. This show is about refusing to let hard seasons harden our hearts. Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Each week, expect honest stories, practical tools, and conversations with healers and women who’ve walked through grief, bet…

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37. Breaking Free: The Power of Embracing Your Authentic Self 19:18

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In this week's episode, join me as we take a look at Disney Pixar's movie Elemental and uncover one of the profound life lessons it has to offer. Watching this enchanting animation, I was able unravel the damaging truths about the relentless pursuit of people-pleasing. I explore how we often poison our own lives by suppressing our dreams and needs …

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36. Transforming Grief into Compassion: A New Perspective on Relationships 19:20

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In this emotionally poignant episode, we delve into a deeply personal journey of grief and self-discovery that ultimately leads to a profound shift in perspective. I had a heart-wrenching moment of grief about my dad that became the catalyst for a transformative realization about not only my relationship with him, but the other relationships in my …

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35. From Ashes to Enlightenment: Lessons from the Maui Fires Part 1 16:32

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I get personal in this episode, sharing some of my own moments of self-discovery that have led me through the transformative power of letting our ego thoughts burn down. We tend to identify and value ourselves based on our relationships, our jobs, or our assets. But the truth is all these things can be lost or taken away from us. And when any of th…

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34. ”Let Them.” - Embrace Empathy: Letting Go of Judgment and Rising Above Negativity. 19:15

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Welcome to another enlightening episode of The Heart AF Podcast Episode 34- Let Them. In this episode, I discuss the profound practice of letting go of judgment, and instead, choosing to rise above negativity when faced with the words and actions of others. We live in a world filled with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences, it's all …

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33. How To Rise Above Our Painful Experiences 20:12

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Have you ever felt that you could be addicted to pain or drama in your life?Sometimes we get so used to dealing with painful moments in life we tend to get stuck in these negative loops of painful experiences. Our egos can become drawn to the negative feelings we feel, to those lower vibrational feelings of being a victim. There is a community with…

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32. Change Your Life by Changing The Lens You Look Through 🧐 19:56

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32. In this episode I talk about how going through life looking through the lens of fear heightens our insecurities and negatively affects our lives by increasing our personal suffering. BUT, we do have the power and ability to change our perspective, and in this episode I share some tips on how to get back to looking at life through the lens of lo…

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31. Riding the Storms of Life, Making a Comeback! 💪🏼 17:14

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It happens to all of us, times in our life when a fierce storm comes out of nowhere and knocks us off our feet. We can get swept away, struggling to keep our head above water to breathe. It happened to me recently. And it was ROUGH. For awhile. These storms, as painful as they can be, do serve a purpose though. Let's talk about it in this comeback …

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30. #AprilActivation Fun Ways to Elevate our Energetic Frequencies 20:59

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Attitude is literally everything. Our attitude creates our experience and our thoughts create our reality. In this week’s Heart AF episode I dive into the importance of our energetic frequencies and what it means to be high vibe. And why it's important we want to work at raising our frequencies to be more ‘high vibe.’ This month me and my friend St…

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29. Spring Intentions- How to Bloom with a Spring Mindset 20:11

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This week's Spring inspired episode is all about planting seeds of intention in order to watch yourself bloom into this new season. This season is a time for renewal, to feel re-energized for what's possible for you. The increased warmth and sunshine provides the energy and hope to believe in ourselves in what's possible. Believe in you, and affirm…

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28. Mind Power- Losing Weight with My thoughts. 22:23

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I am still shocked at the unbelievable power our minds have in and over our lives. Our minds can seriously change our reality and how we experience our external world. I share with you some recent experiences in my own life where I literally changed my external experiences by changing my mindset. It changed the progress I was making in my weight lo…

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27. Erica Marie and Me -Why LOVE is all You Need- 32:50

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Such a special heart filled episode with guest Erica Marie! ❤️ Erica Marie is an Uplifter, Speaker, and Success Coach. Her expertise in business & life success coaching, along with her passion for mental, physical, and spiritual wellness, has helped countless individuals achieve a more fulfilling, balanced, purposeful, and mindful life. You can fin…

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26. When You Are Feeling a Little Less Than.. 21:56

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We all experience moments of insecurity, feeling small, or not quite as good, maybe feeling we don't belong, or aren't good enough. This week's episode is about some recent experiences of mine where I have felt this way. And what I recently learned that has shifted my perspective, and I hope it helps shift yours too. I spoke about a beautiful image…

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25. It won’t be like this for long- A message of HOPE 23:50

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The things that often break us are the things that actually make us strong. When we are in the midst of pain, heartbreak, or tough moments in life it can be so hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Nature is a good reminder that there are seasons and cycles to life, and that life itself continues. The sun continues to rise and shine EVERY…

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24. ForGIVE You- How to Move on, up, and forward from your mistakes. 21:52

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Heart AF Episode 24! Have you ever felt stuck or frozen in your progress because of a mistake you made? Got too emotional, didn't follow your plan like you wanted? Self guilt can be a really nasty block for us. Preventing us from growing and moving forward to reach our goals. It prevents us from being open to manifesting and seeing miracles. Guilt …

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23. PIVOT like Ross, Brush Your Shoulders Off like Jay-Z, stay UP like Cardi B and Keep F’n Going. 21:30

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HAF Episode 23 has take a step back and reflect where we are going with our life in the goals we have for ourselves. Are we in alignment with what really brings us joy? I bring up the book the Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware Which are: "I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." "I w…

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22. Be More You- Recognize Your Brilliance, You Have Nothing to Prove. 18:19

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This Episode is POWERFUL. So many things came flowing out that are so important. I real gut check to see if we are really recognizing and acknowledging our true divinity, our true power to create. How we can get sucked into feeling like we are never enough, always needing to improve and change ourselves to feel validated and worthy. Really sit with…

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21. New Year, Who Dis? Zero to 💯 real quick is NOT the way to go, let’s take it step by step this year. 22:35

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This years mantra is remembering the bad ass bitch within! When things get hard, we have to remember that bad bitch part that's still inside us, and tap into that power to pull ourselves up and keep moving forward. The first episode of the year is all about those new resolutions, goals and intentions for this new year. I see you out here working on…

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20. No Apologies - Just because someone doesn’t recognize your brilliance, your worth, and your divinity, doesn’t mean you have to start questioning those pieces of you. 18:03

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Sometimes people hurt you, and sometimes you never get an apology. Which can make you feel pretty small. But you are NOT small. Just because someone doesn't recognize your brilliance, your worth, and your divinity, doesn't mean you have to start questioning those pieces of you. It's time to get your mind right and REMEMBER WHO THE F*CK YOU ARE (See…

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19. Keep Your Peace - How we are choosing to spend our energy and be more discerning with our time and energy. 22:30

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Do you find yourself overextended and feeling more stressed this time of year? Full calendars, mile long to-do lists paired with never ending activities, events, and gatherings can really run us down. It's really important to be aware of how we are choosing to spend our energy and be more discerning with our time and energy. This episode explores t…

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18. Remembering Our Loved Ones in Spirit Over the Holidays 18:27

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The Holidays can be super stressful and emotional. We can feel lonely and there can be a lot of grief we may carry. This week's episode dives into making it through the season and the signs we can receive to remind us we aren't alone. I share some unbelievable signs I recently received and what mind blowing lesson my middle daughter taught me about…

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17. The Healing Power of Spirit - Interview with Certified Psychic & Physical Medium Sarah Milligan 38:06

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This week I had an amazing opportunity to host a beautiful interview with my long time friend and one of my most influential spiritual teachers. I talked about her in Episode 13 Everything Happens for a Reason Part 2. Sarah Milligan was a big part of my own spiritual growth, my healing, coming into my own understanding. Discovering my own spiritual…

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16. Mother Fn’ Manifestin’ - Coming into our power of being the co-creators of our lives 21:07

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Have you consciously manifested anything in your life before? Have you wanted to? This episode gives you some insights and tips on how you can attract what you want into your life. I even give you some real life examples on how I manifested our house and my current car. We have the power to co-create our lives. I want you to be able to experience t…

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15. Do You, Boo!💋 How to get away from trying to live up to others expectations of who you should be 22:24

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Are you living your life for you? Or are you living your for others? Conforming into what you think you have to be? Are you letting the expectations of others of what you should be doing control your life? This episode takes a look at how hard it can be, and how much we can risk by following our hearts, being true to ourselves, and coming out to th…

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14. Signs from Spirit- Becoming aware of the signs you are receiving from up above 22:22

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Have you ever seen repeating numbers? On a clock, a license plate, or a receipt? Ever seen an animal or insect that gave you a feeling that it could be a loved one that has passed away trying to send you a message? Signs are everywhere. This time of year is the halfway point between the fall equinox and the winter solstice it is a time in which it'…

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13. Everything Happens for a Reason Part 2- The ripple effect of our experiences 22:51

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Adding on to last weeks episode on how every encounter we have has a ripple effect through our lives in how everything happens for a reason and in divine timing. This episode is my personal story in how one person created a ripple effect in my own life, this one person led me down my path of spiritual growth and coming to know my true self, that le…

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12. Everything Happens for a Reason Part 1 -Taking a new perspective on life 22:46

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Do you believe everything happens for a reason? That all the good, bad, and ugly that transpire throughout our lives all has a purpose? I share some insights and personal stories to inspire you to really think about your life, and see if you can gain a higher perspective and see a reason for it all. To perhaps see things a little differently or fin…

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11. 100% Genuine- How we experience incensarities in our life and also participate in them too. 20:37

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Getting 100% real on this episode. Again talking about some of the incensarities we experience in our life and also how we sometimes participate in them ourselves too. Gaining some perspective from my friends grandparents allowed me grow a greater awareness and in how I can be more genuine in my interactions with others. Hopefully it can do the sam…

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10. This is Heart AF- Overcoming our fears in order to make positive changes in our lives 19:15

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How to overcome fear to make positive changes in your lifeBy Chelsea VanBuskirk

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9. Fakers Going to Fake - Getting real and honest with ourselves and how to stop playing around with our lives 16:11

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Time to get real and stop playing around with our lives. If there is stuff going on that you are struggling with, that you are unhappy with, there is only one thing that you can do to make changes. This episode is quick but filled with some solid gold nuggets of info on dealing with fake people as well as taking care of your own business, your own …

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8. Guilt Trippin’ - Dealing with those that have you doubting and questioning yourself, laying on the guilt 22:20

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Ever have an interaction with someone who makes you feel guilty? Has you questioning yourself, doubting yourself? Whether someone wants to give their opinion on your parenting or self care practices, they should really sit the F down and mind their business... But there is a more responsible approach you can take to shield yourself from these negat…

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7. Soul Survivor - Facing the risks in order to allow yourself to fully bloom 16:13

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6. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin I totally butchered speaking this woman's name on this week's episode when I read this, but her quote is one I hold very tightly to my heart. As I had to face the risks in allowing myself to fully bloom. In this episode I elabo…

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6. This is Thirty- Five - Reflecting During the Milestones of Your Life 24:27

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Have you ever made a wish list for your life? Or taken the time to reflect during the milestones of your life? In this week's episode I talk about the list I made 5 years ago when I was 30 and the things I had written out for what I wanted in my life in 5 years. How I happened to find that note recently and was shocked to see everything I had writt…

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5. The Blame Game - Who are you blaming for the circumstances in your life? 22:28

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Who are you blaming for the circumstances in your life? Such a great questions to ask ourselves. It's so easy for us to place blame on external forces for why things are going wrong in our lives. We never stop to think about what responsibility we have in every situation. We forget our power, we forget we have choices and options In this episode I …

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4. Painful Addictions - Numbing the pain of hard truths can be a path that leads to addiction. 24:44

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Numbing the pain of hard truths can be a path that leads to addiction. Pain can also be produced from the experiences with an addict. In this episode I am getting super vulnerable and sharing some of the experiences I had having a mother as an addict. How I felt, and a few of the traumatic moments I had with her as a child. I also go into depth on …

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3. What Vecna from Stranger Things Season 4 Illustrates Inside Us 19:12

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*SPOILER ALERT* This podcast episode contains spoilers for season 4 of Stranger Things! As a huge fan of Stranger Things, this 4th season blew my mind! This season showed us the power of music in Kate Bush's song 'Running up that hill' and the new characters and plot twists made for an incredibly entertaining season. In this Heart AF episode I talk…

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2. #momguilt It’s all G- double o- d, Good. 17:46

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Time to side with Ross from FRIENDS and really instill the "WE WERE ON A BREAK" mindset. From my own personal story, this episode addresses the internal struggles of wanting to take time off and away from our responsibilities but feeling so guilty about it, why we may feel guilty, and how to let go and release control to take that much needed BREAK…

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1. The Who, What, and Why Heart AF? 14:00

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Spilling the tea on who I am, what the F this podcast is all about and why you might want to listen! Contact me at my website www.chelseavanbuskirk.com or email me at [email protected] to be a guest or collaborator on the show or if you have any questions or topics you want discussed , or explored on the show ❤️…