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.
Episodes

Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Do you believe everything happens for a reason? That all the good, bad, and ugly that transpire throughout our lives all has a purpose? I share some insights and personal stories to inspire you to really think about your life, and see if you can gain a higher perspective and see a reason for it all.
To perhaps see things a little differently or find inspiration or motivation to make it through those times that feel impossible to get through. Life is all about how we look at it. I am inviting you to see it through a positive light that can change your life into one of finding joy, humor, and having fun.
The positive light can be infectious and I am here to help light you up so we can light up the world ❤️✨Find me on facebook or instagram @chelsea.vanbuskirk or at ChelseaVanBuskirk.com

Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Getting 100% real on this episode. Again talking about some of the incensarities we experience in our life and also how we sometimes participate in them ourselves too.
Gaining some perspective from my friends grandparents allowed me grow a greater awareness and in how I can be more genuine in my interactions with others.
Hopefully it can do the same for you!
Let me know what you think!
Find me on Facebook or Instagram @chelsea.vanbuskirk
www.chelseavanbuskirk.com
#getreal #learningtobeauthentic #beingtruetoyourword #realshit #goodadvicefromourelders #100percentgenuine #heartaf #newperspectives #selfgrowth #selfawareness

Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
How to overcome fear to make positive changes in your life.
Change is HARD AF!
In this episode I share how to overcome the crippling fear of making the necessary changes in your life in order to move forward in the direction you want to go in your life.
I also get super real with some of hard things I have personally dealt with.This episode is HEART AF!
Let me know your thoughts! Send me a DM on FB or IG @chelsea.vanbuskirk#heartaf #raiseyourvibe #selflove #selfgrowth #vibehigh #youcandohardthings #heartaf #riseup #goals #doyourthangmane #liveyourlife #choosejoy #lawofattraction #fuckfear #youcandoit

Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Time to get real and stop playing around with our lives. If there is stuff going on that you are struggling with, that you are unhappy with, there is only one thing that you can do to make changes.
This episode is quick but filled with some solid gold nuggets of info on dealing with fake people as well as taking care of your own business, your own responsibilities and being honest with yourself
Hope you all get something from it, let me know!
@chelsea.vanbuskirk on FB & IG
ChelseaVanBuskirk.com
#childhoodtrauma #fakepeople #hatersgoingtohate #fakersgoingtofake #heartAF #liveyourlife #choosejoy #findyourhappiness #doyouboo

Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Ever have an interaction with someone who makes you feel guilty? Has you questioning yourself, doubting yourself?
Whether someone wants to give their opinion on your parenting or self care practices, they should really sit the F down and mind their business...
But there is a more responsible approach you can take to shield yourself from these negative guilt trippers.
This weeks episode has some recent interactions with other women I've had hearing stories when they have been guilt tripped and then I give you my advice on some solutions to combat those that may be killin your vibe.
Find me on FB or IG @chelsea.vanbuskirk

Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
6. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin
I totally butchered speaking this woman's name on this week's episode when I read this, but her quote is one I hold very tightly to my heart. As I had to face the risks in allowing myself to fully bloom.
In this episode I elaborate a recent social media post I made about a wild sunflower that blossomed through the concrete sidewalk.
A very good lesson to take to heart. The overflowing beauty and joy that comes from allowing yourself to fully blossom is absolutely worth the risks you may endure to get there.
The world needs you in full bloom, not to shrivel up in pain while trapped tight in a bud.

Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Have you ever made a wish list for your life? Or taken the time to reflect during the milestones of your life?
In this week's episode I talk about the list I made 5 years ago when I was 30 and the things I had written out for what I wanted in my life in 5 years.
How I happened to find that note recently and was shocked to see everything I had written down became my reality.
#manifestation #visualization #believeinyou #lawofattraction #youllseeitwhenyoubelieveit

Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Who are you blaming for the circumstances in your life? Such a great questions to ask ourselves.
It's so easy for us to place blame on external forces for why things are going wrong in our lives. We never stop to think about what responsibility we have in every situation. We forget our power, we forget we have choices and options
In this episode I share some of my 'aha' moments where I came to this realization, took responsibility and started making an effort to make changes in my life and how you can too.

Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Numbing the pain of hard truths can be a path that leads to addiction. Pain can also be produced from the experiences with an addict.
In this episode I am getting super vulnerable and sharing some of the experiences I had having a mother as an addict. How I felt, and a few of the traumatic moments I had with her as a child.
I also go into depth on gaining a greater awareness to the pain we experience in our lives, how to shift our focus to be able to live freely as our true selves. How we all have scars and we shouldn't be ashamed but love ourselves as we are, because even when we feel broken, we are still whole, and fully loved.

Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
⚠️ SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers for Stranger Things Season 4!
As a huge Stranger Things fan, this season blew my mind. Between the dark storyline of Vecna, the emotional arc of Max, and Kate Bush’s hit “Running Up That Hill” making a powerful comeback, Season 4 highlighted not just incredible storytelling but also the healing power of music.
In this Heart AF episode, I explore how Vecna is the perfect parallel for our own negative self-talk, inner critic, fear, guilt, and shame. Just like Max, who uses music to escape Vecna’s grip, we can use sound, rhythm, and even our favorite songs to shift our energy, ground ourselves, and rise above self-sabotage. We’ll dive into how the show mirrors real life struggles, the spiritual and meditative benefits of music, and how to silence that inner Vecna to reclaim your power.
If you’ve ever struggled with fear, shame, self-doubt, or negative thinking, this episode is packed with insights, inspiration, and a reminder that healing tools can be found in unexpected places—even Netflix.








