This one is quite personal...and maybe a little controversial. But we're going there anyway.

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 framework for thinking about divinity that feels true to her, and how she's been exploring everything from indigenous wisdom to practices that often get dismissed as "woo woo" but carry a lot more depth than people give them credit for.

And then, there's the plot twist: she's going back to church. 😱

This episode isn't about convincing you of anything. It's not a debate, and it's not a takedown. It's one woman's honest account of untangling religion from worthiness, and finding out the two don't have to be at odds.

This episode covers:

• Growing up in a strict religious environment and the disconnect between doctrine, lived experience, and inner knowing
• How certain religious messaging absorbed in childhood can quietly erode a sense of worthiness over time
• Chel's personal spiritual beliefs, how she developed them, and why she finds the framework she landed on quietly revolutionary
• Exploring Taoism, Buddhism, indigenous wisdom, and spiritual practices that go beyond what mainstream culture tends to validate
• Why she recently started going back to church, and what shifted to make that feel right
• The balance she's found between feeling worthy, feeling the divine within herself, and also not having to carry everything alone
• A new way of thinking about what it means to be both soul-led and spiritually grounded

A note from Chel:

This episode is my story, not a prescription. If you grew up religious and walked away, if you stayed, if you're somewhere in between, or if you're still figuring it out, there's something here for you.

📓 Grab your free guide: 10 Phrases to Help You Stop Being the "Nice Girl" (Without Losing Your Kindness) at soultripwithchel.com

If this episode resonated with you, sharing it with a friend or leaving a review helps more women find their way here, and that means the world. ⭐

Soul Trip with Chel is a podcast for women who are ready to stop shrinking and start remembering who they've always been. Chel has been doing this work herself for nearly a decade: learning to accept, trust, and love herself on a deep, unshakable level. Now she gets to guide women like you through that same journey, so you can show up as who you were always meant to be and give your gifts to the world. Soul Trip isn't about fixing yourself. It's about coming home. I'm so glad you're here.

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 episode covers:

• Why resilience isn't about "bouncing back." It's about bouncing forward and coming home to a more healed version of yourself in the process.
• How bullying, ostracizing, and feeling like the "other" was quietly building Chel's resilience before she even had a word for it
• What resilience has cost her, what she's had to grieve, AND what she gained on the other side
• Why building resilience can feel isolating, and why that's completely normal
• Grieving the old version of yourself as you grow, and why that grief is part of the process
• A reflection question to help you see where you're already being resilient without giving yourself credit

Quotable moment:

"You are just in the before of your next greatest moment."

You've survived 100% of your hardest days so far. Give yourself some credit for that.

📓 Grab your free guide: 10 Phrases to Help You Stop Being the "Nice Girl" (Without Losing Your Kindness) at www.soultripwithchel.com

🤍 Join the community on Substack: soultripwithchel.substack.com

If this episode meant something to you, sharing it with a friend or leaving a review helps more women find their way here, and that means the world. ⭐

Soul Trip with Chel is a podcast for women who are ready to stop shrinking and start remembering who they've always been. Chel has been doing this work herself for nearly a decade: learning to accept, trust, and love herself on a deep, unshakable level. Now she gets to guide women like you through that same journey, so you can show up as who you were always meant to be and give your gifts to the world. Soul Trip isn't about fixing yourself. It's about coming home. I'm so glad you're here.

If you've ever felt that sharp pang of jealousy and immediately felt even worse about yourself - this episode is for you.

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 - the kind that might make you go "okay, same" - including how she coached herself through a very recent jealousy moment .

Remember, jealousy isn't a character flaw. It's not something to be ashamed of. It's information - and once you learn how to read it, it can actually change your life.

This episode covers:

• Where jealousy comes from and how it can start at a young age
• How jealousy can shine a light on the parts of yourself that still need more love and healing
• How to decode what your jealousy is actually pointing to - because most of the time, it's not about what you think it's about
• Why jealousy of someone else's life is really a signal about how you want to feel - and what to do with that
• How to let it inspire real, meaningful change instead of comparison and spiral

Because the goal isn't to never feel jealous. The goal is to get curious about what it's pointing to.

Ready to go deeper?

📓 Grab your free guide "10 Phrases to Help You Stop Being the 'Nice Girl' (Without Losing Your Kindness)" at https://soultripwithchel.com

🤍 Join the community on Substack: https://soultripwithchel.substack.com

If this episode meant something to you, sharing it with a friend or leaving a review helps more women find their way here - and that means the world. ⭐

Soul Trip with Chel is a podcast for women who are ready to stop shrinking and start remembering who they've always been. Chel has been doing this work herself for nearly a decade: learning to accept, trust, and love herself on a deep, unshakable level. Now she gets to guide women like you through that same journey - so you can show up as who you were always meant to be and give your gifts to the world. Soul Trip isn't about fixing yourself. It's about coming home. I'm so glad you're here.

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 placing blame, but as an honest look at what can happen when we don't have the tools to show up for the hard conversations.

This episode covers:

• The friendship breakup that Chel recently experienced and what led to it
• What the experience taught her about conflict, communication, and self-advocacy
• Why so many of us are terrified of conflict - and where that fear actually comes from
• How avoiding hard conversations is quietly costing you your peace, your relationships, and your sense of self
• Practical takeaways for navigating tough conversations with honesty, grace, and your integrity intact

Because speaking up for yourself isn't about being confrontational - it's about honoring yourself.

Ready to go deeper?

📖 Grab your free guide 10 Phrases to Help You Stop Being the "Nice Girl" (Without Losing Your Kindness) at https://soultripwithchel.com

💌 Join the community on Substack: https://soultripwithchel.substack.com

If this episode meant something to you, sharing it with a friend or leaving a review helps more women find their way here - and that means the world. ⭐

Soul Trip with Chel is a podcast for women who are ready to stop shrinking and start remembering who they've always been. Chel has been doing this work herself for nearly a decade: learning to accept, trust, and love herself on a deep, unshakable level. Now she gets to guide women like you through that same journey - so you can show up as who you were always meant to be and give your gifts to the world. Soul Trip isn't about fixing yourself. It's about coming home. I'm so glad you're here.

Curious what Soul Trip with Chel is all about? Press play and find out. :)

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.

In this episode, Chel gets vulnerable about the specific things she heard growing up that she now recognizes contributed to her people-pleasing, her self-doubt, and her need to overachieve. Not as a way of placing blame, but as a way of shining a light on the patterns that quietly shape us.

This episode covers:

• The words and moments from childhood that can quietly plant seeds of self-doubt
• How those absorbed identities can follow us into adulthood without us even realizing it
• How Chel worked through her own self-judgments and stepped into a grounded new way of being
• What it looks like to show up with your family in a way that protects your peace, honors your truth, and still allows you to genuinely enjoy the connection

Because guess what? You can love your family and still choose yourself. This episode shows you what that actually looks like in practice.

Ready to go deeper?📖 Grab your free guide on 10 Phrases to Help You Stop Being the "Nice Girl" (Without Losing Your Kindness) : https://soultripwithchel.com

💌 Join Chel's community on Substack: https://soultripwithchel.substack.com

If this episode meant something to you, please consider saving it, sharing it with a friend, and/or leaving a review to help more women find their way home. 💖

Soul Trip with Chel is a podcast for women who are ready to stop shrinking and start remembering who they've always been. Chel has been doing this work herself for nearly a decade: learning to accept, trust, and love herself on a deep, unshakable level. Now she gets to guide women like you through that same journey - so you can show up as who you were always meant to be and give your gifts to the world. Soul Trip isn't about fixing yourself. It's about coming home.

I'm so glad you're here. :)

If you've ever felt like you just didn't quite fit in - in your family, in your friendships, in rooms you were "supposed" to belong in - then this episode is for you.

In this first episode of Soul Trip with Chel, Chel shares what it was like growing up as the black sheep, how that feeling doesn't always go away in adulthood, and why she's come to see it as one of the most powerful things about her - and about you.

This episode covers:

• What it actually feels like to be the black sheep in your family growing up
• How you might be living as the black sheep in your adult life without even realizing it
• How growing up feeling different can lead to wearing masks and showing up as whoever we think we need to be in order to feel accepted and loved
• Why being the one who thinks differently, feels deeply, and refuses to shrink is not a flaw - it's a gift
• How embracing this part of yourself is one of the first steps to coming home to who you really are

This first episode is honest, personal, and meant to make you feel a little less alone.

Ready to go deeper?

📖 Grab your free guide on 10 Phrases to Help You Stop Being the "Nice Girl" (Without Losing Your Kindness): https://soultripwithchel.com

💌 Join Chel's community on Substack: https://soultripwithchel.substack.com

If this episode meant something to you, please consider sharing it with a friend and/or leaving a review to help more women find their way here! ⭐

Soul Trip with Chel is a podcast for women who are ready to stop shrinking and start remembering who they've always been. Chel has been doing this work herself for nearly a decade: learning to accept, trust, and love herself on a deep, unshakeable level. Now she gets to guide women like you through that same journey, so you can show up as who you were always meant to be and give your gifts to the world. Soul Trip isn't about fixing yourself. It's about coming home.

I'm so glad you're here. :)