The World Needs You's Podcast
The World Needs You Podcast is your go-to resource for mindset transformation, self-discovery, and inner growth. Hosted by Shelsea and Chris Novosel, this podcast dives into candid conversations on personal development, exploring how to unlock your full potential and live with purpose.
The World Needs You's Podcast
Embracing Vulnerability, Awareness, and the Journey Ahead
Welcome to the first episode of The World Needs You with Shelsea and Chris Novosel! In this episode, we introduce ourselves and share a bit about who we are, why we started this podcast, and what you can expect from future episodes. We dive into the power of vulnerability, the importance of self-awareness, and what it means to embark on a healing journey. Join us as we open up and share our excitement for this new adventure. Thank you for tuning in—we're so glad you're here!
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Welcome to the World Needs you podcast, where we dive into the journey of mindset, self-discovery and inner growth.
Speaker 2:We're your hosts, Chris and Chelsea Novosel, and we're here to have real, candid conversations about what it means to live with purpose and unlock your full potential.
Speaker 1:Each week, we'll explore the tools and strategies that can help you cultivate a strong mindset, embrace who you truly are and make a meaningful impact in the world.
Speaker 2:Whether we're sharing our own experiences or learning from our incredible guests, we're here to remind you that the world needs what only you can offer.
Speaker 1:So get ready to dive deep, grow and step into your power, because the world needs you power because the world needs you. All right, hello, and welcome to our very first.
Speaker 2:The World Needs.
Speaker 1:You podcast episode. Let's go. Our goal today is to just share with you guys a little bit about who we are and why we are doing this. So start it off, babe. What's?
Speaker 2:your goal. Well, you know I think we've been talking about it for a while we're, you know, we're in our mid thirties, we've got a family, but throughout our lives we've been on a journey like most of us. You know, we're all different parts of our lives, but we've been pretty intentional about being aware of certain things are good, bad, ugly and just trying to to really get to our best selves, and I think through a lot of our interactions and just a lot of our just things that we've learned.
Speaker 2:It's just finally time for us to share the magic. Oh yeah.
Speaker 1:To share with the world. So what is okay? So the the title of our podcast, the World Needs you. For me, I feel like I'm always encouraging people to do the damn thing, whether it's like starting a business or taking the trip or just like kind of getting out of their own way. So for those of you who don't know me, I have been teaching yoga for almost 20 years now.
Speaker 1:I started teaching when I was 19 and I kind of always have themed my classes. So every single class, instead of just doing these like physical shapes with the body, I try to take people to a mental space too, where they leave the class feeling like, okay, I'm needed in this world and I can make an impact. So you're like feeling encouraged. So, like this podcast for me, I'm like I need to get these teachings and things that like come through me. I really don't feel like some of it's my lived experience, but some of it I just feel like a channel, like I'm just like opening up to something greater than me and it's not even me. That's like coming through for people. So with a podcast, I feel like I can reach more people, help more people. I think, at the end of the day. We just want to make the world a little bit of a better place.
Speaker 2:For sure and be a part of that. You know, I think a lot of times we sit down at the table, breakfast or dinner, if we have a quiet second, you know, and it's just that's what I mean, but you know, it's just these things come up and and not only to, I mean, impacting others is huge, I think, for the both of us. But at the same time, I think when you put yourself out there, you're going to grow to higher levels and and other bring others with you.
Speaker 1:You know, and I think that's the goal is, we're coming from a place of sharing our experiences but wanting to learn and kind of go from there speaking of experiences, a year or so ago you were on clubhouse hosting your own show, and I don't know if y'all know clubhouse, but it was like a beta app that was out there for a while and it was basically like, if you can envision, a podcast meets chat room, so there was a host and then a topic or something where the host would lead this room of people and you could hop in and out of the app. Um, and you did that for two years, right?
Speaker 2:For sure. Well, it wasn't. It was an alpha app back in 2020. It's definitely a beta app now. I don't think anybody really messes with it.
Speaker 1:And how long was I like this should be a podcast, Because you were so good at hosting and like, oh gosh, there were so many times when people would come into the room and just you could feel the shift happening in people. And even like here, like you've had someone, someone remember, like you had a guy that was like going to commit suicide and then he came in and he felt like really impacted by everything and thanked you and stuff like that.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Like that is the ultimate goal, right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was. Well, it was wild too because I've wanted to start a podcast, as I was like, all right, you know, stepping outside of my comfort zones. I feel like I just internally would hide um from just trying to put myself out there like that, and so it was kind of, you know, a little scary to just be like, oh, I'm going to jump in this new app and be vulnerable, and it's live, you know, it's there's a live stage to where your pictures up there and you speak live, and there's no, you know, I mean, they did have a feature where you could start recording it, and so it's cool. I even feel like I want to go back and listen to some episodes too. But we'd be on there on Sundays for like hour, two hours sometimes, and, yeah, you'd come in. You'd have different experiences.
Speaker 2:It was called Inspired to Dominate and you know it. It really connected me with a lot of different people that you know I'm still friends with to this day, or we'll just talk, and you've never once met them in person. So it was weird to think, oh, I'm going to talk and share vulnerability. Okay, so you use the word vulnerable a couple times. What does vulnerability mean to you, I think, just being open, you know just, and grew up with a mother that was pretty vulnerable and an open book, so I think it's just something that was natural and sometimes I think too, you know, it's great but it can also be to a fault sometimes. And as vulnerabilities come naturally to me, I've also tried to learn, you know, when to utilize it, when not to how to harness it a little bit better. But I think it's just being more open with your true, authentic self and not being afraid of some of the things that maybe you feel scared of from societal pressures or whatever pressures you got going on.
Speaker 1:So showing up with like an open heart, just willing. When I think of your mom, I just think of like open, caring, loving no matter what, without conditions.
Speaker 2:Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1:So that's, yeah, the vulnerability of it With Clubhouse. What do you feel like? One of your like most impactful times on there was.
Speaker 2:Well, like you had mentioned, I think, you know, and that was, I never had some big expectation. I mean, there'd be times we had a couple hundred people in there and that was pretty cool, but there was also times where it was like five people, you know, and in the beginning that's what there was, but it just one. One person would come in, they would start being more loyal and come into the show every week and and then it would start to grow and we would just have these cause me setting a stage of being vulnerable and opening up, then open the door for others, and then we kind of went all different directions. But I'd say, you know, the most impactful part was that experiencing that, experiencing others becoming open and sharing their experiences as well.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like you said, that one situation was something I would have never expected, was something I would have never expected, and you know, it was a moment with a man just hitting that point and where he felt the ability to reach out to me personally and be like dude, I need help. And that's really stuff that I'm passionate about, because a lot of us men tend to be in these spots where, you know, vulnerability isn't supported or it's not lifted up and it sometimes feels weak, it feels scary. So there was a lot of them, but I'd say, yeah, the main was being able to help one person like that and also being able to open up a floor where many people can come in and be open.
Speaker 1:So, speaking of men, you also have helped facilitate men's groups, and if there was one thing that you'd want to like men particularly to get from this podcast, what would it be?
Speaker 2:I'd say, to just be open to explore the truth.
Speaker 1:You know, I think it doesn't necessarily.
Speaker 2:You know, a lot of times I feel like a man hears vulnerability and it's like, oh, I need to be a little weak and cry a little bit, and stuff like that. Like you know, I'm not a big crier and cry a ton myself, but I think it's uh, it's something where I would just want for them to be able to look in the mirror, you know, physically and also inside. You look in that mirror and you look at hey, where am I? Where am I at what's going on with myself? And really just trying to address that. And so I think, versus just hitting autopilot and just kind of stuffing stuff down, I think we just need to put it on the table more and actually address it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because that's pretty much what vulnerability is right. It's like looking at what you don't want to look at. It's looking at your shadows. It's being honest with yourself instead of pointing a finger. I had this teacher in high school who used to say that if you're pointing your finger, you have three. Even in yoga classes. There is a vulnerability there. If you show up on your mat, a lot of people don't come to yoga because of their own fear of looking stupid, or I don't know how many times I've heard people say oh, I can't touch my toes, or I can't do this, or you know it's uncomfortable, or everyone's going to look at me, everyone's going to look at my butt or like whatever. But really, if you just show up and it's like a, it's like seeing yourself and you're discovering more about you.
Speaker 2:So for sure and what I think once you get so comfortable with yourself and who you truly are, you really don't even notice people looking at you, and if they are, it doesn't bother you like my confidence in my 30s has changed to where I think people are looking at me when they really weren't in my 20s and younger, but in my 30s maybe they are, maybe they aren't, but to me, to myself and where I'm at is really it kind of creates a shield, to where you are happy with who you are and you're not worried about what others think um you know, at least from the outside experience.
Speaker 1:But we're definitely going to have to have an episode on your confidence journey and talk a bit about Boca, but that's for another day.
Speaker 2:Well, I think you know you're really good, Like you said in the beginning, you're great at uplifting others and just channeling and pouring into others, and you've done that for me and in our marriage and and since we've been together in a lot of different ways. But I got to really make sure that we slow down and turn the focus back on you and I just want you to kind of get into that a little bit too. Through this journey that you've been on, there are a lot of different endeavors and all these things. What do you feel like has been the most impactful thing in your life, as you've gone through a lot of these different things?
Speaker 1:So much. I mean there's different tools that have been impactful. I think of breathwork as like the number one holotropic style breathwork where I'm just like releasing and like it's a safe space of being able to just unwind, let go, release and to be held and supported, because I've always been, for a very long time, the one that's supporting others. So that's kind of like my space where I go and just like let myself be held. That's nice, um, so that's been really impactful.
Speaker 1:But then also just like my own personal journeys of like setting boundaries and, um, you know, being a recovery, recovering people pleaser, of finally being able to set boundaries and not have to say yes and think about what other people not necessarily what they're going to think, but protecting other people's emotional state, like I don't have to do that anymore. Adults can be disappointed and that's okay. And like from everything, from, like, you know, with my own family setting boundaries, but then also with like friends that want to hang out a lot and me being like I want to, but I'm also a mom of three and some and I have three businesses, so I can't exactly do everything all the time.
Speaker 2:And you're also trying to focus on yourself too, right?
Speaker 1:So to be able to just say no, that's been a big practice. The words no.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, and I, you know, I think it's cool, it's been cool to watch your growth in that and just see the uh, just go back to situations where maybe you were more of a yes person and it's like you know, I think your feminine essence has become more radiant in that and you know, and it was, you've been amazing since I met you. But I think it's just cool to watch the growth of that over the years and see you kind of, you know, like I'm always talking to our daughters about standing up for themselves and watching you just kind of put your foot down with certain things and staying up for yourself and the environment that you want to be involved with.
Speaker 1:And let's talk about being a parent is also a journey of self-discovery and growth that will test every ounce of your soul and will test your emotional regulation and all kinds of different things.
Speaker 2:For sure.
Speaker 1:So being a parent has also been part of the discovery journey.
Speaker 2:Well, you know, luckily, we're perfect parents, we know we are our kids. We're here to teach you how to be perfect parents, so listen up.
Speaker 1:Not true, not true. It's constantly and I think of, like our middle child, ayana is very much me and she's the one I have the hardest time with.
Speaker 2:Good point, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:She's my mirror, and if we think of kids like, if we think about showing up for them how we would have liked to been shown up for, then it can help change the perspective a little bit. But I think at the end of the day too, it's like with all healing journeys, with all self-discovery journeys it kind of comes back to this inner child essence too. If we're thinking about taking care of ourselves, how would like, if we think about that nurturing, nurturing our inner child. Kids don't care what people think. Kids are vulnerable. They will let it all out. They'll throw themselves on the floor and be like this is who I am. I don't care if I'm in the middle of Target, I'm letting it out right now.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah so interesting too is that in you saying that, I just thought proactively, don't care what people think, like when they're getting ready or you know, like when they're doing things like think about yourself, I'm trying to dress for this occasion. Now, obviously you know you're trying to dress for school and things like that. But how many times our oldest you know we're like oh gosh, you really gonna wear that. Let's try to not wear that. But they're not in, they don't care what people think, until they start to get out into society and they run upon a situation that kind of they realize, oh, this emotion comes up or this made me feel this way.
Speaker 1:And then they still.
Speaker 2:They recover pretty well. But I think it's a thing to understand and as you slow down and look at your kids, that they yeah, they don't care what people think, they flow. But as they get older you kind of see the societal impact. For sure.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what would be one of the biggest pieces of advice you'd give to somebody that is about to embark on a healing journey?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think just I mean that, you know, is a weak point, that you want to get better. So look at your, your strengths and your weaknesses and evaluate that and be mindful of it. But I think it's just just really just deciding to take that action, which is the hardest part, and and just actually pulling, pulling yourself out of out of the autopilot of life and and, uh, just starting from there, because there's not any certain formula that you or I is going to have or anyone else that's going to have that's influencing to any extent that's going to say, hey, this is the way. But to even start figuring out what the way is for yourself, you just gotta, you gotta take action and you gotta just make the decision to to look at yourself and try to get better.
Speaker 1:Yeah, how about you. I, yeah, I would definitely say to just focus on you, to just really like polish the mirror. As Ram Dass says look at yourself, keep polishing the mirror as it gets foggy because of different voices or things, that people have told you this and that who you are, and just keep cleaning it off and seeing yourself clearly and recognizing that it's a forever journey and that no one is ever going to be perfect.
Speaker 1:And if you're on the path to self-discovery, you're going to find so many obstacles along the way. But to just stay on course, because it's really easy to get off the path completely and just be like whatever. It doesn't even matter, right? So it's like to just continually stay on the path completely and just be like whatever. It doesn't even matter, right? So it's like to just continually stay on the path. Keep looking at yourself.
Speaker 2:Yeah, for sure. Well, what? What do you think? So where you're at right now. What is your biggest focus right now on your journey as you?
Speaker 1:move forward in life. Now is, I think, b. Yeah, seems simple, simple and cliche, but for sure I think it's like acceptance and presence, the more present I can be with you guys, with my family, with my three daughters and you, and allowing myself to be in full expression, allowing myself to be out here and put my voice out here like this, like we're doing right now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and for yourself.
Speaker 1:And for myself, yeah. So for those of you listening, what you can expect each week is, more than likely, a little bit of a theme, something that you can learn from, mixed with our own personal stories and personal experiences, sometimes a little bit of smart ass stuff from my husband. Well, I'm here.
Speaker 2:If you know, you know yes.
Speaker 1:And, yeah, we're excited for you to join us on this journey. Yeah, here we are.
Speaker 2:I'm excited too. It's going to be awesome, and I appreciate all y'all.
Speaker 1:Thanks for tuning in and until next time, keep growing, keep learning and stay. Inspired.
Speaker 2:Peace y'all.