Soul Trip with Chel

Some places, rituals, and pieces of ourselves quietly get tangled up with the people we shared them with, until what was always ours starts to feel like it belongs to someone else too. This is part two of a two-part episode, and it's where the Idyllwild story turns. If you haven't heard part one yet, start there, because this is where the trip finds its bright side, and the whole arc lands...

Scroll down the show notes for a reminder about my ebook presale (only up until June 22!) Some places belong to us, until quietly, they don't. In this two-part episode, Chel takes you inside her real-time process of reclaiming a place that once felt sacred, and what happens when shared memories start to blur our connection to the things and spaces that nourish us. She's recording from Idyl...

Scroll down the show notes for a reminder about my ebook presale (only up until June 22!). Some of us treat fear like a full-time job, rehearsing every worst-case scenario before it even arrives. But what happens when that habit quietly steals the joy out of the good things happening right now? In this episode, Chel shares a real-time moment from her life as a working actress: a hard-earned win sh...

Scroll down the show notes for a special announcement! Some things that happen to us aren't our fault. But somewhere along the way, a lot of us learned to act like they are. In this episode, Chel shares a rare, behind-the-scenes moment from her life as a working actress: something that happened on set that stopped her in her tracks. Without giving too much away, it involved someone else's...

In this episode, Chel opens up about growing up Catholic, the disconnect she felt between what she was being taught and what she was experiencing and feeling on the inside, and how some of what she absorbed in those early years quietly shaped her sense of worthiness in ways she didn't fully understand until much later. She also shares her own spiritual path, how she found her way to a framewor...

If you've ever made it through something hard and wondered how you did it, this episode is for you. Chel gets personal about resilience: the story of moving to LA in the middle of a global pandemic, what it actually took to stay and build a life here nearly six years later, and the moments from childhood and high school she rarely talks about. Not the highlight reel. The real thing. This episo...

If you've ever felt that sharp pang of jealousy and then IMMEDIATELY felt even worse about yourself, this episode is for you. 📖 Before we begin: my debut ebook, The Way Back to Yourself, is on presale for $7 through June 22. Details at the end of these notes In this episode, Chel gets personal about a feeling we've all had but rarely talk about honestly. She shares some of her own stories...

If the idea of a difficult conversation makes your stomach drop, if you'd rather shrink, stay quiet, or walk away from a friendship entirely than risk saying the wrong thing, this episode is for you. In this episode, Chel gets personal. She shares the story of a recent friendship breakup: what happened, how she navigated it, and what she learned about herself on the other side. Not as a way of...

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If you grew up in a household where certain things were said, or left unsaid, and somewhere along the way you started shrinking, over-achieving, or twisting yourself into whoever the room needed you to be, then this episode is for you. 📖 Before we begin: my debut ebook, The Way Back to Yourself, is on presale for $7 through June 22. Details at the end of these notes. In this episode, Chel gets vu...

If you've ever felt like you just didn't quite fit in, whether in your family, in your friendships, or in rooms you were “supposed” to belong in, then this episode is for you. 📖 Before we begin: my debut ebook, The Way Back to Yourself, is on presale for $7 through June 22. Details at the end of these notes. In this first episode of Soul Trip with Chel, Chel shares what it was like growin...