The Heart AF Podcast: Conversations for Burned-Out Millennial Moms ready to Heal & Step Into Their Feminine Power

The Heart AF Podcast is for Millennial Moms ready to rise above life’s hardest seasons and come home to themselves with courage, compassion, and strength. Hosted by Chelsea VanBuskirk—wife, mom of three, and recovering mother hustler— this show dives into what it really means to heal, soften your heart, and step back into your power.

Each week you’ll hear honest stories, practical tools, and soulful conversations with other women and healers who’ve walked through fire and found joy again. Together, we’ll unpack betrayal, burnout, grief, messy parenting, marriage struggles, and all the ways we self-sabotage—while discovering how to set boundaries, nurture faith, and live with more ease, purpose, and love.

If you’re craving authenticity, encouragement, and spiritual growth, you’re in the right place. Pain is inevitable, but your suffering doesn’t have to be.
Subscribe now and join a community that refuses to let life’s hard moments harden us.

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Episodes

Friday Jul 07, 2023

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 love. When we go through those hard painful moments it can be very difficult to pull ourselves up and out. But there is hope! It's not always easy, but it can be done. You are not alone, and YOU CAN DO IT.
Mentioned in this episode is my best friend  @steflaytonyoga  who has a great tool to help you scrub out those insecurities with her monthly newsletter that has new affirmations each month that you can print and use, you can sign up to get monthly affirmations in your inbox here: Monthly Affirmations
I also mention this life changing book that you can should definitely check out here: A Return to Love It's one book I return to over and over again when I am going through a really hard time in my life, and highly recommend it!
Find me on Facebook or Instagram and Let me know what you think about this episode!
xo, Chelsea
#selfgrowth #selflove #hardtimes #life

Thursday Jun 15, 2023

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 episode on the Heart AF Podcast. 
I give you some brief insights and ah-ha's from my recent traumatic storm. And I plan to keep sharing as I navigate all of the rebuilding I am doing from the damage and destruction the storm left in its wake. 
I provide some awesome questions to ask yourself for your own self reflection taken from a fabulous career coach who spoke at a retreat I went to a few weeks back. You can find her here: Career Benders
Come say Hi to me on Facebook or Instagram 
Sending you all Love! ❤️

Friday Mar 31, 2023

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 Stef Layton have put together an April Challenge we are calling #AprilActivation encouraging you all to have fun and move your body at least once each day this April. As moving our bodies is one great way to activate higher frequencies and raise our vibes!
See some examples of how we are having fun with this challenge! Fun Adult Activities!
Join us in our #AprilActivation Challenge Starting April 1st!!
Step One- Move Your Body in a way that brings you joy. 🎉
Step Two- Snap a pic or quick video🤳🏼
Step Three- Follow @steflaytonyoga and @chelsea.vanbuskirk and tag BOTH of us in your post with #AprilActivation for an entry to win a Self Care Spa Gift basket*
Let’s have fun getting active this April 🎉
*USA shipping only, winner announced on May 5th!
Sign up for the Heart AF newsletter to stay up to date on news and upcoming in person and virtual events!  Sign up HERE and receive 10 Spring Affirmations sent to your inbox as a thank you!!
 
I would love for you to Join our Heart AF community on Facebook here :)
 
Final message for you this week is, changing your thoughts can truly change your life. I am with you ! 💋
#AprilActivation #motivation #raiseyourvibes #womenempoweringwomen #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #fitspo #moveyourbody
#healthychoices #healthymom #activemom #fitfamily #momlife #strongmom #raiseyourvibes
#choosejoy #inspo #positivemindset #successmindset #inspiration #selflove #spiritualgrowth #positivevibes #selfcare #goals #mindset #podcast #heartaf

Tuesday Mar 21, 2023

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 your mind with this Spring Mindset Affirmations PDF that you can download for yourself here. 
Watch Stef's Spring Inspired Yin Yoga stretches for hamstring, glutes, and groin here.
Find Stef Layton Yoga on instagram and YouTube 
Let me know if you got your affirmations and which was you use them.
Send me a DM on Facebook or Instagram
#springintentions #manifestation #lawofattraction #spiritualgrowth #spirituality #mindset #intention #thepowerofintention #knowyourworth #vibehigh #raiseyourvibe #selfworth #youarestrong #youaredivine #youareworthy #affirm #healingoldwounds  #healingjourney  #heartaf #theheartafpodcast #podcast 

Tuesday Mar 14, 2023

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 loss journey, and it changed an important relationship in my life.
This stuff is MAGIC y'all.
Things to ask yourself from this episode- How are you seeing things? What are you telling yourself that might be keeping you stuck?
Tell me what you thought of this episode and send me a DM on Facebook or Instagram
 
If you want to learn more about the coach I am using you can find her on Instagram here. She is amazing and has lots of good fitness tips, motivation, and inspiration! 
xoxo,
💋 ✨ Chelsea
#lawofattraction #stepintoyourpower #selftalk #selflove #spiritualgrowth #manifestation #ownyourpower #youaremagic #selfhealing #heartaf #yourpower #mindset #powerofmind 

Friday Feb 24, 2023

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 find  this special lady on instagram here.
In this episode Erica Marie shares a bit of her story and we discuss our shared philosophy on the power of LOVE and really dive into what LOVE really means. How the word and meaning has been altered and diluted and has lost some of it's true feeling with it's misuse and misunderstanding of what it means to truly love. Especially when it comes to loving oneself.
Erica Marie is on a mission like me to help light up the world. She has a very special intuitive perspective and has a passion for speaking up and reaching out to all those who need to realize just how loved we truly are, to come to know what real love is, the unconditional love that is accessible and available from our source. And how all of us are fully deserving of that love no matter where we are at in our lives. 
Even when we mess up, or let our ego take over that love is what brings us back to forgiveness and how we can move on and continue to rise up and live in an abundant and joyous life. 
Let me know what you think of our talk here, because we have many topics we would love to do more episodes on. 
Shoot me a DM on Facebook or Instagram or find me on the website at www.chelseavanbuskirk.com
Tell me if you could feel the loving energy from listening to this episode, like I did when recording it! ❤️
#youareenough #allisone #onelove #divinelight #namaste #selflove #loveisallyouneed #godislove #allyouneedislove #selfgrowth
#noapologies #knowyourworth #vibehigh #riseabove #raiseyourvibe #selfworth #youarestrong #youaredivine #youareworthy #affirm #rememberwhoyouare #rememberwhothefuckyouare #healingoldwounds #healingjourney #heartaf #theheartafpodcast #podcast #youarenotalone #youareloved #youareworthit #standtall #ownit 

Wednesday Feb 15, 2023

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 I had recently seen online, and I found it. It was actually a photograph of a sculpture that had been displayed at the Burning Man Festival in 2015 , This sculpture, created by Alexander Milov for Titled “Love,” is a moving piece of art that really illustrates the inner child within us all. Have a look here
It's beautiful. 
With all the competition and self doubt there in the world, I want you take a moment and realize your brilliance, accept and love yourself for who you are, and see that divine light within you, and how it is also in everyone else. 
There is no competition here, not really. We are all ONE.
DM me on Facebook or Instagram and let me know what you got or could relate to in this week's episode.
💋✌️xoxo
Chelsea 
 
#youareenough #allisone #onelove #divinelight #namaste
#noapologies #knowyourworth #vibehigh #riseabove #raiseyourvibe #selfworth #youarestrong #youaredivine #youareworthy #affirm #rememberwhoyouare #rememberwhothefuckyouare #healingoldwounds #healingjourney #heartaf #theheartafpodcast #podcast #youarenotalone #youareloved #youareworthit #standtall #ownit 
 

Wednesday Feb 08, 2023

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 SINGLE DAY! Without fail. Even if there are clouds overhead, or its raining or snowing, the sun is still there we just might not be able to see it. But it's there.
That's what we have to remember. The sun, our light, our power, our divine connection to source is always there, always within us to call on, to tap into, to remember. 
Don't lose hope. Hold on and remember it won't be like this for long.
I am with you ❤️
You can find a picture of the moment I talked about of me 'rolling' with my dad at my wedding as we shared our father daughter dance together in his wheelchair here:
Picture Post on Facebook
Picture Post on Instagram
 
Send me a DM on FB or IG and let me know if this message resonated with you 💋✌️
 
#itwontbelikethisforlong #messagesofhope #hopedealer #inspiration #selfgrowth #yougotthis #riseup #youarepowerful
#noapologies #knowyourworth #vibehigh #riseabove #raiseyourvibe #selfworth #youarestrong #youaredivine #youareworthy #affirm #rememberwhoyouare #rememberwhothefuckyouare #healingoldwounds #healingjourney #heartaf #theheartafpodcast #podcast #youarenotalone #youareloved #youareworthit #standtall #ownit 

Wednesday Jan 25, 2023

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 is a very heavy and low vibrational energy. 
You have to pick yourself up and move forward. 
And the first step to healing that block is FORGIVENESS.
You have to forgive yourself and MOVE ON! 
Quit looking back and keeping yourself stuck in the past.
It's happened, it's done, it's time to bless it, forgive, and move forward towards the future. 
To working your way up the vibrational scale to RISE UP and attract better. 
No one is perfect. We are all completely LOVED and whole no matter what. 
You are NOT alone
Miracles are real. 
You've got this. Rise Up. Keep Going. 
#beyou #nothingtoprove #recognizeyourbrilliance #miraclesarereal #youvegotthis #keepgoing #forgiveness #forgiveyou #noapologies #knowyourworth #vibehigh #riseabove #raiseyourvibe #selfworth #youarestrong #youaredivine #youareworthy #affirm #rememberwhoyouare #rememberwhothefuckyouare #healingoldwounds #healingjourney #heartaf #theheartafpodcast #podcast #youarenotalone #youareloved #youareworthit #standtall #ownit
 

Wednesday Jan 18, 2023

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 wish I hadn't worked so hard."
"I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings."
"I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends."
"I wish that I had let myself be happier."
I talk about using the Wheel of Life tool , which I highly recommend you check out to help you analyze the different parts of your life, and see more clearly where you may want to make shifts to bring you more joy and alignment in your life. 
We also talk about that negative self talk and how we can get out of our flow when bumps in road show up or derail us, I mention HAF Episode 3 to reflect back on how damaging that Vecna voice inside us can be. 
It's totally okay, if you have fallen or gotten off track or derailed. It's as simple as getting back up! 
YOU GOT THIS! 
Send me a DM on Facebook or Instagram 💋
Tell me, how is your 2023 going so far? Are you feelin unstoppable? Need some help or encouragement? Let me know what's going on with you! I want to know! 💖
#beyou #nothingtoprove #recognizeyourbrilliance #riseup #stayup #brushyourshouldersoff #pivot #keepgoing #dontgiveup #yougotthis #choosejoy #livejoyfully #liveinalignment #noapologies  #knowyourworth  #vibehigh  #riseabove  #raiseyourvibe  #selfworth #youarestrong  #youaredivine  #youareworthy  #affirm  #rememberwhoyouare  #rememberwhothefuckyouare  #healingoldwounds  #healingjourney  #heartaf  #theheartafpodcast  #podcast  #youarenotalone  #youareloved  #youareworthit  #standtall  #ownit
 

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I am an advocate for finding our inner strength.

We can view life as something that happens to us, choosing to be a victim, or find the inner strength through the power and love from our Source that is within us all, to heal our wounds and become the co-creators of our lives that we were always meant to be. 

Instead of hardening our hearts and becoming bitter from our pain, we can find our purpose by healing and opening our hearts to the love, abundance, and opportunity that is available to us all.

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