✨ The Heart AF Podcast with Chelsea VanBuskirk ✨
I’m Chelsea, a wife, mom of three, and host of The Heart AF Podcast. Through real stories, soulful tools, and vulnerable conversations, I help women rise above life’s hardest seasons and come back home to themselves.
🎧 New episodes drop weekly. Tune in, laugh, maybe cry a little, and leave feeling more hopeful, connected, and empowered.
43. The Courage to Heal: Shadow Work, Sobriety & Spiritual Growth
On this episode of the Heart AF Podcast, I sit down with high-end energy healer and trauma-integrative coach Katie Wessels to talk about what it really looks like to heal from the inside out. Katie shares her raw sobriety jou...
42. Grieving During the Holidays And What We Can Do
If the holidays feel heavy this year, this one’s for you. I’m talking about how grief can sneak up when the world feels merry and bright, why it’s okay to miss your person, and how to let yourself feel sadness and joy at the same time. I also share a special story about my dad sending me signs from the other side—powerful reminders that love never leaves us. 🌟
41. When We Face Our Sh*t, We Free Our Soul
After a straw-that-broke-the-camel’s-back moment, I share how a full-body release—crying, screaming, naming the truth—helped me move through suppressed emotions instead of numbing them. We unpack the weight of suppressed emotions, why partners often act as mirrors, and practical ways to process triggers (journaling, somatic movement, speaking your truth) so you can reconnect to faith, joy, and your Heart AF self.
40. Faith Over Fear: How Surrender Saved Our Family
In this heartfelt episode, I share one of the most terrifying seasons of my parenting life when we were helping our daughter through a deep mental-health struggle and how it taught me to surrender control when fear was all I could feel. This episode delivers compassion, hope, and a reminder that you are never alone.
39. What to Do When Big Emotions Take Over Both You... AND Your Child
Big emotions. Dysregulation. Meltdowns. I share a personal story about how I learned to regulate myself while supporting my child, and how to find calm in the chaos.
Welcome Back: Rising After the Hardest Seasons
In my first episode back, I share why I stepped away, what I’ve been walking through, and how I found the courage to start speaking again after one of the hardest seasons of my life. This episode is raw, real, and filled with hope. Because if there’s one thing I know — it’s that pain doesn’t get the final word.