Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott

Send us Fan Mail Cancer Survivor, Mindfulness and Holistic Lifestyle Coach, and Pilates Instructor Wade Brill is also Thank You Heartbreak’s first guest to talk about heartbreak outside the scope of romantic love. 13 minutes in, Wade joins Chelsea and reveals in stunning detail her layered story of love, grief and marriage. From losing her mom to Leukemia in the midst of her very own treatment for...

Send us Fan Mail For the past 5 years, Co-founder and Chief Wellness Officer of Wise & Well Academy Dr. Kara Fasone PhD hasn’t felt the need to define any one relationship, create specific expectations with a person or make a possessive label out of them. This choice has left many men baffled—am I not masculine enough? why wouldn’t you want to be exclusive? etc, etc.—whereas, it’s left Kara fe...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: There's no such thing as a failed relationship. If you still think yours was, pretend you are a great debater and you're convincing your audience that even though you're no longer together, your relationship was, ultimately, a success story. Give it to me. Where did you win out? What did you gain? Write your speech down and, remember, you'r...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day starts at minute 10: How could you respond to setbacks more powerfully so your spirit isn't reduced by them? If you responded more powerfully to setbacks, how do you imagine you'd feel about them and their influence on your life? If a setback didn't hold such a negative connotation, what other word would you use to describe it? Quote of the day:...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day starts at minute 7: You've heard the saying, "When one door closes, another will soon open." If this breakup is an example of that one door closing, which door do you hope will open next? Describe what's behind that door. Try to be as vivid as possible. Quote of the day: "Out with the old, in with the true." — Jeff Brown Chelsea Le...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: How can you show up for yourself in ways you wished your ex had shown up for you? Get creative and brainstorm. Ask yourself, what commitments do I wish my ex had made to me that I must now make to myself? Quote of the day: "When you have a great pain in your life, you need a greater purpose." — Millard Fuller Chelsea Leigh Trescott: Email: chelsea@br...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: What do you need to accept in your life so you can feel less pained and more free? Think not only about your most recent ex but all your past relationships. Think of your family, the atmosphere of your childhood home, what it was like sitting with your family for dinner. Think about the friends you've made and the friends you wish you would have made. Thi...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: On a scale from 1 to 10, how interested are you in becoming the person you wrote about yesterday? What's one small step you could take today to become that person? What different step could you take tomorrow? What's a step you've never even fathomed taking that could be worth trying out? Quote of the day: "Navigating the unexpected in one&a...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: Who would you be if you were changed? How would your dating profile read? How would your interactions improve? What would you love about yourself? Who would you have to forgive? Quote of the day: "The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core strength within you that survives all hurt." — Max Lerner* Song bringing up al...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: Romance aside, what are some changes you've been trying to make in your life that has to do solely with yourself? What's held you back from making these changes? What would it take to finally make them a priority? Quote of the day: "Listen: The future is whispering to you. Not from in front of you, but from within you." — Barbara De Angelis...

Send us Fan Mail "I believe in happily ever after but not in a fairytale sense," collector of love letters and founder of World Wide Love Story Alicia Mejia reveals in conversation with Chelsea. "I feel like we've been sold this thing that it's going to be perfect from here on out, when it's not. We can live happily ever after but it's with a different awareness...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: How have you sold yourself short in relationships? If you promised to never sell yourself short ever again, what kind of relationship can you see yourself being in next? What type of person would he or she need to be? What type of person would you need to be? What might being with that person say about you? Quote of the day: "I want to blossom. I don&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: Breakups toy with more than our heart. They often toy with the very concept we have of ourselves. It could be that you now distrust your own capacity to choose who is "right" for you. Maybe you are angry with yourself, with your ability to overlook glaring red flags. Perhaps, you fear that your ex's behavior will leave you jaded or suspicious of...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: What do you see as the difference between betrayal and rejection? How did you betray yourself in this relationship? What parts of yourself did you reject? Quote of the day: "Perhaps the most tragic way that self-deception harms us is that we start believing our lies and we teach them to others." — Cortney S. Warren* Song that gave me all the feels to...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: While in your relationship, did you ever feel like you were abandoning yourself? When and why do you think you did it? Quote of the day: “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” — Maya Angelou* What I listened to to soothe my mind after recording: ASMR | Self-Care Pampering & Relaxation ♡ 4K 60fps by Gibi ASMRhttps://www.you...

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Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: Before your breakup, did you ever feel the slightest bit abandoned by your ex? What happened and how did you handle it? Quote of the day: “The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough* 50% all servies at breakupward.com/shop using code "vday" Chelsea Leigh Trescott: Email:...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day, begins at 10:36: It's easy—so easy—to focus on your ex after a breakup. It's easy—so easy—to ask yourself why he or she did X, Y, or Z. It's plain ole' easy to want to question him or her and figure them out. Only, the surest way to freedom is not by knowing your ex better. It's by knowing yourself better. Emotional freedom begins by l...

Send us Fan Mail Warning the quality is poor but this Uber driver/deacon of a church's wisdom can't be tossed. The quality will get better and hopefully more slice of life stories will come from being in transit with a stranger/driver/spiritual guide. I love these guys. Uber rides kept me in motion when I felt stuck and aimless. Each and every driver showed up like a spiritual guide, off...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day, beginning at 25:20: How is your tender need to love and be loved actually the most beautiful thing about you? Quote of the day: “You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” — Jalaluddin Rumi Chelsea Leigh Trescott: Email: chelsea@breakupward.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/thankyouheartbreak Advice Column: https://www.huffpost.com Writing: https...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: It's long been believed that breakups bring out the worst in us. What are the worst aspects of yourself that have been triggered or you worry will be triggered because of this breakup? What side of yourself do you not like others to witness? Quote of the day: “Looking for Mr. Right leads to desperation, because there is no Mr. Right. There is no Mr. Right...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day, begins at minute 20: In hindsight, would taking the steps you shied away from have changed where you're at now? Would it have made any difference on how you're feeling about your relationship today? If yes, how so? If no, why not? Quote of the day: “A step taken to a new idea is a step taken to a new world." — Mehmet Murat Ildan Chelsea Leigh Tr...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: What are three steps you took while in your relationship that demonstrated your investment in it? What step did you shy away from? Quote of the day: “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” — Beverly Sills Chelsea Leigh Trescott: Email: chelsea@breakupward.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/thankyouheartbreak Advice Column: https://www.huffpost.com...

Send us Fan Mail "We can only ever love, at any stage of our life, to the extent that we really understand love. And that differs for people," explains Kacie Main, author of I Gave Up Men For Lent, in conversation with Chelsea. What follows is a candid account of what giving up men, or rather the quest for outward validation, did to redirect her inner compass. Joining Chelsea 13 minutes...

Send us Fan Mail Question of the day: If you were less invested in being right and more invested in how you might actually make things right, what would you need to do differently? Quote of the day: “No one is ever a victim of life; we are all volunteering to grow.” — Shannon L. Alder* My favorite ASMR channel by Gibi ASMR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE6acMV3m35znLcf0JGNn7Q* Angelic Triggers...