The time I lived in a rural village in the mountains of Haiti...
*** I have changed the names in this story for privacy purposes*** In my second year of college, I found an organization in Haiti that...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- Aug 27
- 4 min
My first healing experience in Tulum...
“Why don’t you go back to Tulum,” said my ex-husband one morning when I was lying on the bathroom floor yet again, desperately crying,...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- Aug 19
- 3 min
Heartbreak- Part 2: Climbing out of my depression pit
So I did eventually get off of the bathroom floor, and I largely have my friends to thank for that. They pulled me out of the depression...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Heartbreak.
I’ve laid on this bathroom floor many times before. I know this spot all too well. I don’t know why I keep coming back here. 4 years ago...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- May 22
- 2 min
trusting yourself... a message from my therapist
I've been hurt by a lot of people in my life that I really trusted and cared about.. as I'm sure we all have. My parents, friends,...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- May 15
- 4 min
learning to love my body
In college, I started hating my body. I had a group of like 10 girlfriends and we all had different eating disorders. I laugh about it...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- May 8
- 4 min
my first anxiety attack
I remember my first anxiety attack very clearly. I remember how it felt in my body, I remember the images I saw and it plays like a movie...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- May 1
- 2 min
loving my darkness
After years of feeling like I was living in a dark bottomless pit, when I finally came out of it and felt the light again, I also felt...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- Apr 24
- 3 min
on letting my body make decisions for me...
Over the past year in my healing journey, I've been on a journey of learning to listen to my body. Breathwork has been a huge part of...
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Chelsea Wiersma
- Apr 18
- 3 min
One year post divorce- how I breathe and dance through the pain
Hi Radiate fam! Chelsea, founder of Radiate Retreat here. I wanted to begin this blog with my first post being the story of Radiate...
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