And The Net Appeared

I'm so excited to introduce you to Kristi Huss, one of my co-authors from the book Spark Your Shift.

Kristi hails from small-town Iowa, where she currently lives with her college sweetheart and husband, Korey.  At 27, she became the mother of six girls with the arrival of quadruplets and her focus for 20 years became raising caring, independent young women who confidently showcase their individual personalities. As they began leaving the nest, with more time for herself, she realized she wasn’t following her own advice! 

With her blog My Life’s A Trip and two new books on the way, Kristi openly shares her experiences and life lessons as a relatable, funny, kind voice amid the everyday chatter. She’s here to help other women find the peace and joy of belonging to themselves. And have some laughs along the way! 

We talk about: 

• Throwing out the plan in favor of what life has in store for you (which is often better than you could ever imagine). 
• Taking baby steps to build your confidence and self trust - especially leading up to a big project. 
• The power of choosing to make the most out of a difficult situation. 
• Empty Besting aka how to live your best life once your children leave home. 
• Finding the fun in figuring out who you are again after a big life change. 

And so much more!

Get your copy of our book Spark Your Shift:

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Connect with Kristi: 

• Follow Kristi on Instagram: @kristihuss 
• Read Kristi's blog My Life Is a Trip 
• Visit Kristi's website at kristihuss.com 

Connect with Chelsey: 

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel 
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel 
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com 
• Watch the live recording of this episode on my FB Page here 

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Feeling stressed, anxious, angry, or all of the above? This meditation will help you bring your awareness into the present moment, helping you find a point of focus that will help you to shift into a better feeling state.

If you'd like more meditations from me, you can find me on Insight Timer at insighttimer.com/chelseybenzel

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Other ways to connect with me:

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com

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I am beyond thrilled to share this episode with you. James McCrae is a writer, poet, and meme-artist based in Austin, Texas. You may already know him as @wordsarevibrations on Instagram. 

His nonfiction work has been published in Forbes, HuffPost, Adweek, Yogi Times, Entrepreneur, and Elephant Journal. His poetry has been featured in literary journals such as American Journal of Poetry, 34th Parallel Magazine, Thought Catalogue, New Millennium Writings, and Musepaper. 

His debut book, Sh#t Your Ego Says, was published by Hay House in 2017, and has sold tens of thousands of copies in dozens of countries.  

We talk about:

• Internet culture and the meme as an art form and a way to create & spread ideas.
• The connection between the imagination, psychedelics, and the internet as we know it.
• Terence McKenna and his many ideas: from psychedelics to memes to the ‘transcendental object at the end of time’.
• Keeping a level-headed perspective amidst the chaos in the world.
• Reinventing yourself & pivoting your message to stay true to who you are.

And so much more.

Connect with James:

• Follow James on Instagram: @wordsarevibrations
• Find James on Facebook: facebook.com/wordsarevibrations
• Visit James' website: jamesmccrae.com
• Listen to James' podcast The WAV with James McCrae
• Get James' book Sh#t Your Ego Says

Connect with Chelsey:

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com
• Watch the live recording of this episode on my FB Page here

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Today I'm joined by one of my Spark Your Shift co-authors, Elisa Ellis.

Elisa is a wardrobe stylist, speaker, author, and online course creator. She is passionate about helping her clients find and elevate their style, so they look good, feel good and have confidence when they walk out the door, into a board room, or up onto a stage.

She helps her clients find new ways to style outfits, organize their closets, coordinate spectacular outfits, as well as shop for new, timeless pieces. Everyone should love the clothes in their closet.

We talk about:

• The power of wearing clothes that fit the body you have now.
• How to be happy where you are vs wishing you were further along.
• Small shifts you can make to your style that will have a big impact on your energy.
• Taking big leaps and saying yes to things that scare you.
• Having faith that no matter what happens you'll figure it out.

And lots more!

Get your copy of our book Spark Your Shift:

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Connect with Elisa:

• Follow Elisa on Instagram: @stylishcurvygirl
• Find Elisa on Facebook: facebook.com/stylishcurvygirl 
• Visit Elisa's website at turnkeystyle.com 
• Get Elisa's free guide to finding your body shape at turnkeystyle.com/ybs

Connect with Chelsey:

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com
• Watch the live recording of this episode on my FB Page here

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I'm so pleased to share this episode with you. The vibe of this conversation with Catherine Hale is calm, grounded, and full of insight into healing trauma (both personally and collectively) so we can live out the mission we came here for.

Catherine is a trauma resolution educator, coach and guide in sex, love and relationships and is an advocate for post traumatic growth at the level of society and culture.

Trained in sexological body work, Trauma resolution coaching, along with Tantric and Shamanic practices she's worked with 100's of people guiding them back into health with their bodies, cultivating relationships grounded in trust and compassion and discovering their right to live in connection with all that truly matters.

We talk about:

• The collective and personal trauma spells that are affecting so much happening in our world today.
• How to build trust and resiliency within yourself.
• The connection between nervous system regulation and our creativity.
• What you can do to stay calm when what you’re manifesting hasn’t shown up yet.
• Choosing where we put our attention on social (and mainstream) media.

And so much more. Enjoy!

Connect with Catherine:

• Follow Catherine on Instagram: @catherinehaleuk
• Find Catherine on Facebook: facebook.com/catherinehale.co.uk
• Visit Catherine's website at catherinehale.co.uk
• Learn more about Catherine's Trauma Awareness Training

Connect with Chelsey:

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com
• Watch the live recording of this episode on my FB Page here

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In this episode I’m joined by Vick Maan, founder of the Mental Wealth Campaign.

Mental Wealth Campaign is a mental health movement to empower people of all ages to enrich their minds through the use of traditional and non-traditional mental health services, practices and tools.

We talk about:

• Why we need to consider both the traditional and non-traditional approaches when it comes to mental health.
• The importance of being transparent about your own journey as a leader in your field.
• Taking action and applying what you know to create the results you seek.
• Vick and my mutual love of houseplants and the connection between caring for your plants and being present in your day-to-day life.
• What it means to be your own guru.

And lots more. Enjoy!

Connect with Vick:

• Learn more about the Mental Wealth Campaign
• Mental Wealth Campaign Facebook Page
• Follow Vick on Instagram @vick_maan
• Connect with Vick on Facebook

Connect with Chelsey:

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com
• Watch the live recording of this episode on my FB Page here

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Let's talk about one of the biggest leaps some women take: the leap into motherhood.

My guest this week, Anna Cusack, is a Motherhood Revolutionist, author, podcaster, blogger and social media creator.

Her work explores the emotional underbelly and physiological processes of being a mother and shines a light on the sociocultural processes that affect our experiences of motherhood. 

Anna combines her knowledge in areas such as traditional postpartum care, breastfeeding, motherhood studies and exercise physiology to guide women through their early years of mothering. 

As a woman with no kids (yet) I learned a lot in this conversation, and I’m excited for you to tune in as well!

We talked about:

• Shining a light on the realness of motherhood - and womanhood - that’s not often talked about.
• The reality of life in between the highs and lows we see on Instagram.
• How asking for (and offering) support can be a gift for everyone involved.
• The idea that children aren’t in the way of our spiritual growth, but rather on the way.
• How understanding the status quo around motherhood can help bring new insight and healing around our own upbringing.

And so much more.

Connect with Anna:

• Get Anna's book Mama You're Not Broken
• Find Anna on Facebook: facebook.com/annacusackpostpartum
• Follow Anna on Instagram: @annacusackpostpartum
• Listen to Anna's podcast Motherhood Made Magic

Connect with Chelsey:

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com
• Watch the live recording of this episode on my FB Page here

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Popping in with this bonus ep to share a clip from my recent Masterclass "How to Always Know What to Do".

In this clip I talk about trusting and *deciding* that when you don't know what to do and you ask for guidance... the guidance is always given.

The replay of this 60-min Masterclass is available for you to watch inside the BAD Bitch Mastermind - which you can now get access to for $11.

For full details and the link to join go to chelseybenzel.com/masterclass

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Come meet my soul sister Natalie Williams, an Austin Texas based podcast host, storyteller & status quo disruptor. 

Through her podcast, Tell Me Everything, Natalie uses the power of storytelling & vulnerability to connect others to heal from the shame they carry and live their most fully self expressed lives. Natalie’s main mission in life is to help 20 something year olds rediscover who they are and take brave action towards a more authentic, passionate, life by design.

In this episode we talk about:

• How to keep showing up even when you don’t get the feedback you expect.
• The personal growth that comes from being visible online.
• How sharing vulnerable secrets takes away their shame, and gives us back our power.
• Finding freedom through sensual dance, orgasmic meditation, and radical honesty in modern dating.
• Declaring your desires and speaking your truth in life and in relationships.

And so much more. Enjoy!

Connect with Natalie:

• Listen to the Tell Me Everything podcast on iTunes
• Listen to the Tell Me Everything podcast on Spotify
• Follow Natalie on Instagram: @natalieinthewild
• Say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/natalie.williams.5264

Connect with Chelsey:

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com
• Watch the live recording of this episode on my FB Page here

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In this episode I'm joined by Maryna Ninovska, a Psycho-Spiritual Therapist and an Awakening Coach who specializes in Shadow Work and Inner Child Healing.

Through her Mastering Human platform Maryna mentors seekers in their pursuit of self-mastery and self-realization using her Inner-Engineering method focused on re-wiring the subconscious mind, integrating trauma, and healing one’s relationship with themselves.

In this episode we talk about:

• What shadow work is really about and how it can benefit us all.
• Why trauma isn’t just about tragedy, and is more universal than we may realize.
• The role inner work plays in allowing your net to appear when you take a big leap.
• The power of single-pointed focus in your message and in how you structure your day.
• Why our capacity to experience bliss is connected to our ability to be with the darkness.

And so much more. Enjoy!

Connect with Maryna:

• Find Maryna on Facebook at facebook.com/masteringhuman
• Learn more about Maryna's platform Mastering Human

Connect with Chelsey:

• Follow me on Instagram: @chelseybenzel
• Come say hi on Facebook: facebook.com/chelseybenzel
• Learn more about working with me at chelseybenzel.com
• Watch the live recording of this episode on my FB Page here

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