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A letter on turning 30…
It’s starting to seem like I’m getting worse and worse at shaving. I usually never miss a spot. Or, wait, did I always have to shave in...

Chelsea Wiersma
Jun 292 min read
I met my younger self for coffee
I met my younger self for coffee. We were both late. Her nails were perfectly manicured, makeup flawlessly applied, and hair meticulously...

Chelsea Wiersma
Feb 241 min read
My first taste of depresion...
Life in Haiti after that began to feel a bit redundant and mundane. Every morning, I would walk to work, sit through the morning prayer...

Chelsea Wiersma
Oct 3, 20242 min read
“In the morning we get coffee”...
While living in Haiti often felt like a dream, it was equally filled with intense challenges. The heat, for one, was relentless. I didn’t...

Chelsea Wiersma
Sep 18, 20242 min read


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...

Chelsea Wiersma
Sep 11, 20245 min read


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,...

Chelsea Wiersma
Aug 27, 20244 min read


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...

Chelsea Wiersma
Aug 19, 20243 min read


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...

Chelsea Wiersma
Aug 7, 20243 min read


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,...

Chelsea Wiersma
May 22, 20242 min read


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...

Chelsea Wiersma
May 15, 20244 min read


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...

Chelsea Wiersma
May 8, 20244 min read


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...

Chelsea Wiersma
May 1, 20242 min read


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...

Chelsea Wiersma
Apr 24, 20243 min read


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...

Chelsea Wiersma
Apr 18, 20243 min read
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