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The Deliberate Exchange - Navigating Stress, Sobriety & Self-Trust — One Deliberate Step at a Time
The Deliberate Exchange is a podcast for women ready to lead themselves through stress, sobriety, and self-trust — one deliberate step at a time.
Hosted by Chelsea — a stress and confidence coach, breathwork facilitator, and Interim Director of She Walks Canada — each episode offers mindset tools, emotional regulation practices, and real conversations that help you reclaim your power and presence.
Whether you're sober, sober-curious, or simply seeking deeper self-leadership, you'll find insights on stress relief, nervous system healing, and the mind-body connection. Expect solo episodes, some guest interviews, and practical guidance to help you stop performing and start becoming who you really are.
This is for women who want to feel calm, clear, and confident — and know their growth isn’t an accident... it’s a choice.
The Deliberate Exchange - Navigating Stress, Sobriety & Self-Trust — One Deliberate Step at a Time
Healing the Father Wound: Masculine Templates, Breathwork, and the Legacy of My Stepdad EP 56
This episode is a love letter, and a reckoning, with the man who meant the world to me.
As the six-year anniversary of my stepdad’s passing approaches, I find myself reflecting on who he knew me as (a stressed, drinking woman working in construction) versus who I’ve become today, sober, grounded, breath-led, and doing work I never could’ve imagined back then.
In this episode, I share:
- What I wonder he’d think of my sobriety and the life I’ve built
- How grief resurfaces in unexpected ways, especially when you think, “He’d be perfect for this… oh right, he’s gone”
- The complicated family dynamics that kept me from calling him “Dad,” even though he earned it in every sense
- The masculine templates he gave me, and how I’ve repaired and expanded them through somatic and energetic work
- The regret I still hold about how I treated him when I was young
- How I still feel him in my breathwork journeys, in reiki sessions, and even physically, in the literal concrete of the home we built
- How watching him die cracked me open, softened me, and ultimately became part of the catalyst for leaving alcohol behind (listen to the episode here)
- What grief taught me about emotional capacity and why feeling it is the only way through
This episode is for anyone navigating grief, father wounds, sobriety, identity shifts, or the messy realities of blended families.
It's for anyone who’s ever lost someone who shaped them and had to learn how to carry the relationship forward in new ways.
And it’s for Tom, a quiet king among men, whose legacy lives in my character, in my choices, and in the woman I am today.
If you’re ready to start your journey, here’s where you can begin:
Steady: ($27) — 7 days of nervous system practices to help you get quick wins and feel grounded fast.
- Beyond The Label ($44) A self-paced mini course to help you explore your relationship with alcohol through the lens of the nervous system — and decide what’s right for your body, your peace, and your life — no labels required.
- The Personal Power Map ($75)— a personalized breakdown of your stress patterns, hidden strengths, and next power move, complete with a video report from me so you can feel my coaching style and energy.
- Freedom from Alcohol — Quit Drinking for Good … Without White-Knuckling, Relapse, or Labels
- And if you’re craving high-touch, transformational support, I also offer 1:1 mentorship.
You don’t need more random information from instagram—you need tools, practices, and perspective that actually help you feel different.
Explore everything at thedeliberateone.com, and come connect with me on Instag...