Notes From the New World

Put on your spacesuit - we're headed to the moon with this conversation. Today, I get INTO IT with Giana Cerasia about anti-binary leadership, rejecting niche culture, long-term inner work, and creating containers that hold the full complexity of being human. Giana walks listeners through her work all rooted in playing with paradox. Sexy as fuck. Themes from the episode: How businesses functi...

Today I sit down with digital nomad + "U.S. dropout" Bianca Lynch to talk about ditching the matrix, living abroad for less than half the cost of the U.S., finding flight deals that seem fake, and redefining what “freedom” really means. Bianca breaks down the hacks, mindset shifts, and lived experiences that help her cross borders without breaking the bank. Episode highlights: The best t...

Two Chelseas jump on a mic and proceed to dismantle everything you thought you knew about sales, pricing, and running a business under capitalism. Chelsea Quint (aka The Business Whisperer) joins me for a conversation about the stuff most business coaches won't touch: how to price yourself without losing your soul, why that $5/hour VA in the Philippines isn't the flex you think it is, an...

Maia Benaim is back for PART TWO on expanding your capacity - this time for deeper love, romance, traveling to new environments, how to cultivate patience, and so much more. She shares her journey with her partner and how committing to one person after polyamory required expanded capacity to hold her own depth, why we don't want partners who idolize us and why that's a hard switch to mak...

In the last year, I've been able to expand my capacity for wealth, visibility and holding more . How? Expanded capacity. Creative powerhouse, writer, business coach and head witch of Expansion mastermind Maia Benaim held the space for me to expand into new spaces I never thought possible, and today, we're breaking down exactly how to hold more without brute force. We have 2 part conversa...

This is essentially one long voice note I'm sending you, sharing everything I've been going through these last few months, including: The whiplash of logistical planning every few weeks Why settling down feels like a "downgrade" How the fear of committing to a location mirrors my fear of intimacy in relationships TBD on motherhood and realizing I should at least have options (a...

In this episode, I dive deep into the cultural firestorm surrounding Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny — two modern day titans who've become lightning rods for conversations about identity, belonging, and makes me wonder all the things we project onto celebrities.  I'll be honest: I outlined this episode about 40 different times because I kept realizing this isn't really about music qualit...

PLOT TWIST EPISODE: You're listening to a full episode from Chelsea's limited series podcast: The Art of the Ask . Get ready to learn HOW TO ASK FOR MONEY! I'm breaking down why money is such an anxiety-inducing topic, and the different ways to ask for money, including asking for a raise, a family investment into your biz, a refund from an airline and more! PLUS, I spill the tea on...

Ever notice how we obsess over hitting these insane follower milestones, thinking that's when we'll finally feel legit? Chelsea's fed up with this narrative and breaks down why you don't need massive numbers to create something extraordinary.  Just like you wouldn't throw a dinner party for 100 people and expect intimate conversations, your business thrives when you focus...

Your favorite creator is BACK - PJ aka Poster Journal returns to spill the tea on why they nuked their entire YouTube channel ( listen to Part 1 from last year for the lore), how they went from snark machine to reformed human who actually cares about kindness, and what it's like being creatively pregnant.  We dive deep into sustainable creativity, the exhaustion of being perpetually anti-ever...

Ever notice how your most profound realizations happen when you're completely out of your element? In this episode, Chelsea sits down with Edila Smith (in-person in Lisbon!) to explore why disrupting your environment might be the fastest way to disrupt unconscious patterns that are running your life. From the reality of working while traveling to building a business that feels like home, this...

If you've ever bulldozed through your day on black coffee and determination, ignoring every signal your body sends until you're bent over crippling in a parking garage (literally, in Shantani's case) — this episode is your wake-up call. Chelsea chats with Body Intelligence Coach Shantani Moore about where we learned to ignore our body, why "fine" is the enemy of extraordin...

The next stop on the sabbatical train: PUERTO RICOOOO! Chelsea takes us along for the ride through the island:  family reunions the size of small weddings the beauty and chaos of island time the night that led to one violent hangover (!!) releasing the grip on making plans for the fam the surprising ways reconnecting with her Latina roots shifted how she wants to show up in life and business (yes,...

279: Chelsea dishes on her sabbatical starting with Chicago: the extreme sticker shock, the regrets, and the revelations that came with finally not working. Here's what you didn't see on Instagram: A Hallmark movie moment on the airplane that didn't pan out Nonstop commentary on Chicago prices Why was it so EERILY QUIET?!!? The exhaustion of starting calls at 9 am and going back to...

278: " I am only interested in becoming known for what is true because one day you're going to fucking slip. And I think that is the scariest thing is to paint an entire picture around the most acceptable version of yourself and then fall from that because it's a lie. " - Xanthe Appleyard If you've ever thought you needed 100K followers to "matter" or felt guilty...

277: " Even though I have these mindset blocks and these patterns I'm trying to break doesn't mean that I can't take time off. And I hope that you realize that too. " - Chelsea Riffe  In this solo episode, I spill the tea on how I planned to take 2 months off work during the summer, including how much I saved, business logistics, mental breakdowns and the weird feelings th...

276: “ We use numbers, we use status, we use all of these things to justify the hard work we've done. We have something to show for it, and we ultimately look for people to respond to that hard work. ” - Jazzmyn Proctor What if your worth had absolutely nothing to do with your bank account, follower count, or how busy you appear to be? Chelsea sits down with Jazzmyn Proctor — relational thera...

 275: “ We have trained our bodies to think that stillness and silence are unsafe, that simplicity isn’t safe, that just resting and softening and simply being is not safe. And although we can, you know, say in our brains that we don’t believe that’s true, our bodies have a lifetime of believing otherwise… It is safe.” - Rachel Levine Feeling allergic to stillness? Same. Chelsea chats with writer,...

 274: “I gradually started adding back in fear foods. It wasn't like I ate carbs at every meal because that was the thing I was scared of. I would add in like carrots, which is crazy to say! I was scared of carrots. So I would add in carrots at lunch or half a sweet potato at dinner or half a slice of bread. And I would see, oh the world didn't end. That actually satisfied me longer. I&a...

273: “ This is a together kind of thing. I say that 800 times a day and yet here I was doing it alone. And, at the time I had a team and, I had backend support, but not mojo support and not strategy support. ” - Abbi Miller  If you’ve ever wondered why business advice feels like it was made for childless tech bros… spoiler alert: it probably was. In this episode, Chelsea and WorkWomb founder Abbi...

272: The next time you walk through your favorite matcha cafe, see how you can emulate pieces of it in your online business. Use the simple menu, with just 4 items, to inspire your offer suite. Take in the physical space, filled with imperfect pottery and lush plants, to emulate the aesthetic in your next sales page, graphics, or email banner. Study how the barista shares info, like where the matc...

 271: “ I just can't see life without me being me, and that requires me to be okay with the possibility of disappointing someone or losing friends or being seen as odd or different. ” - Mari Roberts  In a world that runs on chaos, disconnection, and speed, how radical would it be to slow down, tune into your senses, and understand the language of your intuition? Chelsea and psychic energy hea...

270: “In trying to go faster, we bypass embodying the skill. We are slowly decaying our critical thinking.” - Chelsea Riffe AI was supposed to make us superhumans, right? Faster, smarter, wiser than Buddha? Instead... we're all out here copy-pasting ourselves into oblivion. In this fiery solo ep, Chelsea pulls the curtain back on AI's fascinating paradox: are we actually getting smarter…...

269: “ Make it easy for interesting people to find you. ” - Chelsea Riffe  In this episode, Chelsea shares the behind-the-scenes story of how one podcast interview changed her entire business trajectory. She unpacks the power of proximity, how to get into the right rooms, and the real art of visibility that leads to booked-out services and dream collaborations. Snippets from the episode:  This one...

268: Exhausted of marketing on social media? Done with filming 67 takes for a lip sync TikTok? Over getting cut off right when you were about to drop a major truth bomb in IG Stories? Same. ​ In this episode, I'm going to teach you how to find clients, drive new leads, and increase your online visibility WITHOUT social media as your main platform. ​ ​We'll go through different tactics li...