Notes From the New World – Details, episodes & analysis

I'm pulling back the curtain on my 2025 business insights... nosy bitches, this one's for you! 

I share the ultimate the plot twist: I made almost the exact same money as 2024, while taking a 3-month sabbatical, working essentially part-time, and living like an eccentric writer.

I break down my Pitch Perfect launches (including a surprising feeling I had with my first $20K month), why I'm retiring from being "The Podcast Queen," and the creative possession that birthed SUPERNOVA — my new thinking lab for people who want to build intellectual frameworks that shape culture instead of learning more tactical skills. 

Plus: why I'm choosing restraint as my 2026 word, and why I'm actively exploring capped business models and circular economies instead of scaling into outer space.

Themes from the episode:

1. Making the same money while living exponentially better - I generated $143K (basically what I made in 2024), but took almost 3 months off, worked Tuesdays-Thursdays, and traveled to 10+ cities, which honestly feels more successful than any revenue goal ever could.
2. From reactive hot takes to restrained discernment - I'm retiring the knee-jerk cultural commentary and choosing thoughtfulness over Threads wars, because not everything needs my opinion and frankly, discernment is sexy as hell.
3. Why SUPERNOVA exists and why I refuse to be the podcast queen forever - The sabbatical revealed I don't want my legacy to be "she taught people to pitch/podcast," I want it to be "she taught people to build worlds," which required creating a 4-month thinking lab for intellectual frameworks that transcend your current business reputation.
4. Ditching cold pitching for relational EVERYTHING - I stopped teaching extractive tactics and started focusing on nurturing your actual circle, which resulted in my most collaborative Pitch Perfect cohorts and proved that relationships always win over spray-and-pray strategies.
5. Exploring capped income and circular economies because endless growth is a scam - I engaged in 8+ swaps/trades for high-ticket programs, I'm capping SUPERNOVA at 10 people, and I'm actively researching what it means to redistribute resources instead of building a team-run empire I don't even want.

My 2026 themes: CREATE. PLAY. PHILOSOPHIZE. EXPLORE. UNEARTH. ASK BIG QUESTIONS. SIMMER. PONDER. WONDER. THINK.

What are yours?!

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

Grab your tissues and your matcha - we're doing a full 2025 emotional autopsy.

Today I'm taking you through my personal year in review: space-cowgirl birthday parties, devastating loss, AI-induced mental glitches, and finally learning how to stop abandoning myself in relationships. 

This was one of the most plot twist-filled years I've ever had - like WTF happened?!

Themes from the episode:

1. The Cape Town summer that was pure lightning in a bottle - and why watching my entire friend group simultaneously couple up while I navigated complex relational issues sent me into an existential spiral about missing invisible boats.
2. Setting the container and having THE scary conversation - how I stopped swallowing feelings to avoid looking "too sensitive," ugly-cried through total honesty, and learned that vulnerability won't actually kill you (even when your nervous system disagrees).
3. When my friends passed in a rafting accident and grief rewired everything - and how loss demolishes your understanding of what actually matters.
4. The AI creativity binge that nearly broke my brain - what happens when you're alone with no friends, no language skills, and only ChatGPT validating your 47th brand iteration until everything you're obsessed with feels boring and nothing matters anymore (scary AF)
5. Maturity as staying put instead of booking another escape flight - why I'm extending in Lima, joining local studios, and forcing myself to deal with shit instead of using travel as emotional avoidance (growth! so sexy!).

My 2025 was an invitation to stop performing identities that don't fit me anymore, start saying what I mean, befriending my demons, and contemplating my 200 year plan. Let's spiral together :)

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

Ever notice how we obsess over hitting these insane follower milestones, thinking that's when we'll finally feel legit? Chelsea's fed up with this narrative and breaks down why you don't need massive numbers to create something extraordinary. 

Just like you wouldn't throw a dinner party for 100 people and expect intimate conversations, your business thrives when you focus on nurturing smaller, engaged communities first. She shares why learning to hold space for 10 people beats chasing 100 every single time.

Some rules of treating your biz like a dinner party:

• curate the vibe - playlists, mood, theme
• set clear expectations with your "invite" (aka your branding and messaging)
• actually be present for your guests instead of already planning the next occasion

Chelsea shares how this exact approach made her latest Pitch Perfect launch feel effortless and fun, plus why treating your audience like dinner party guests (complete with themed vibes and personalized attention) beats the whole "pray I go viral and sell out my program" marketing approach. 

Time to grab some glitter and wax seals for your invites and start planning your own digital dinner party! 

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

193: What’s your favorite video game character? Why? Is it their slick ninja gear? Or their ability to shoot fire out of the palm of their hand? Or that they backflip on command?

Our ability to get lost in video games is largely based on fantasy and escapism - for a fraction of time, we get to be someone else.

But what if you could activate a video game character in real life? What if by simply changing your look, location, or self-talk, you could become the person you’ve always wanted to be… without needing to escape?

In today’s solo episode, Chelsea talks about this concept in-depth, as well as:

• Archetype embodiment - what it is and how to use it
• The Hero’s Journey - what it is and how we all go on one
• How changing your look can change your energy and life - seriously, have you tried going brunette from blonde? Immediate timeline collapse.
• How different characters allow you to access different parts of yourself and close the gaps in your life - Chelsea shares how her “athlete” character propelled her into a whole new trajectory of health and wellness
• Affirmations that work for you and how to use them
• Habit tracking, self-acknowledgement, and gratitude - the Top 3 ingredients to seeing progress

If you’ve felt stuck, uninspired, or just plain old BLAH lately, this episode is for you. It’s time to "Choose Your Fighter".

Leave a voice note to the podcast! Chelsea will answer on air: https://www.speakpipe.com/ChelseaRiffe

CONNECT WITH CHELSEA:

• www.chelseariffe.com
• @chelseariffe on Instagram
• 1:1 Coaching - 2 spots open to start in May or June 2023!
• Mic Drop Waitlist - get on ASAP… something is coming VERY soon

Don’t forget to rate, review, subscribe, and share in the group text. This podcast is free, and reviews/ratings and shares are our currency.

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

192: How can we make everyday feel like our birthday?

Waking up on your birthday and getting showered with gifts, Facebook Posts, IG Stories shoutouts, texts, and blowing out trick candles usually happens once a year.

But in this solo episode Chelsea discusses ways to elevate the quality of your life and make every day feel like a birthday, 365 days a year.

Birthday energy activation tips:

• auditing your time on a constant basis
• building a life around what brings joy and energy, not Instagram joy
• incorporating small weekly or monthly events that feel exciting
• focusing on gratitude and self-acknowledgment, and the practice that’s transformed Chelsea’s life
• the “Gold Coin” game and how it works
• understanding the importance of intentionally seeking out positivity
• how to make life feel more colorful and exciting on a regular basis

This type of thinking can transform your relationship to self, and expand your mind to opportunities you didn't even realize existed. Happy birthday TO YOU!

CONNECT WITH CHELSEA

• www.chelseariffe.com
• @chelseariffe on Instagram
• 1:1 Coaching Application - work 1:1 with Chelsea to launch or take your pod to the next level
• Mic Drop Waitlist - launch your podcast with ease

AFFILIATE/SPONSOR LINKS (I use all these tools in my business or for my mindset - check them out!)

• BetterHelp
• Notion
• Open Mindfulness App

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

191: Guess who’s back? Back again? Chelsea’s back…tell a friend…

After an accidental hiatus turned perfectionism paralysis, Chelsea is back with a SERMON.

She shares her decision to scale back on content output (specifically on social media) and focus on what feels good and exciting to her, including moving her newsletter to a monthly cadence, and making more space for podcasting (shocker!)

She also drops a controversial statement: she doesn’t care about helping you hit $10k months or scaling to 6 or 7 figures. You’ll have to fast forward to about 20 mins in if you want to know why, and what her ethos is instead.

You’ll also hear how to audit your time and evaluate what works best for you in your business, rather than trying to apply every strategy you learn from every internet guru who has a course.

Chels wraps up with the importance of support, including having a sounding board to bounce ideas off of, someone to call you out on your BS, and the value of astrology and human design in making decisions. Where the Reflectors at?!

Like what you hear? Leave a review + rating on Apple Podcasts & Spotify, hit 5 stars, and share this episode in the group text.

Want to connect with Chelsea? Check out her links below:

• www.chelseariffe.com
• @chelseariffe on Instagram
• 1:1 Coaching Application - 2 spaces to start in April
• Mic Drop Waitlist

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Pretty Decent Membership 
• Holisticism
• Chani App
• MyHumanDesign
• Derek Sivers Anything You Want Book
• Serine - Business Operations Strategist

Transcript can be found HERE.

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

190: Today's episode is a bit different - Chelsea sits in the guest seat as her online bestie Serine Goodmond fills in as host!

Chelsea just rebranded, and Serine is here to peel back the layers of Chelsea's origin story to understand more context around this rebrand, and where Chelsea is headed next.

Tune in to hear:

- where Chelsea's love of storytelling came from 

- why she's obsessed with creating and sharing stories

- her journey to podcasting

- how podcast coaching and strategy came to be her main focus

- funny life stories that are now synchronicities

- Chelsea's current focus and obsessions

- Chelsea's audio world predictions

CONNECT WITH SERINE:

www.serinegoodmond.com

CONNECT WITH CHELSEA:

• www.chelseariffe.com
• @chelseariffe on Instagram
• AMPLIFY Mastermind - starts February 2023 - 6 spaces open!
• 1:1 Coaching- waitlist to start in March 2023
• Mic Drop Waitlist

Leave a voice note to the podcast HERE.

Full transcript of episode can be found HERE.

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

189: Chelsea is BACK in the hot-seat for this solo episode, answering listener Q’s and voice notes, and sharing Part 2 of her 2022 Year in Review: Business Edition. Catch Part 1 HERE before tuning in to Part 2.

She breaks down her thoughts around:

• Why DFY (Done-For-You) services are probably what we all need more of
• How business operations is different from biz coaching, and why you’ll want to seek out operations help ASAP
• When you grow, you won’t be perceived in the same way & how to handle it
• Being okay with being “good enough” vs. excellent and knowing when to “uplevel”
• How her workflow/inome change when she started offering 1:1 6 month coaching (listener question)
• How to manage your DM’s if they’re poppin’ off but drowning you (voice mail - listener question)
• What to do when you actually have no idea what to do next (listener question)

The episode ends with her 2023 visions and projects, and what you can expect from her.

CONNECT WITH CHELSEA:

• www.chelseariffe.com
• @chelseariffe on Instagram
• AMPLIFY Mastermind - starts February 2023 - 6 spaces open!
• 1:1 Coaching Application - waitlist to start in March 2023
• Mic Drop Waitlist

Leave a voice note to the podcast HERE.

Full transcription of episode can be found HERE.

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

188: Let's cut to the chase - this is the episode you've been waiting for all year... the nitty gritty details of what REALLY went on in Chelsea's business this year.

She shares:

• her numbers (yes, really)
• what happens when you ignore your gut
• qualifying clients because not everything is worth the sale
• when she knew it was time to hire a VA
• auditing your time to optimize it
• IG is STILL not it
• why brand partners probably won't be in the mix in 2023

Oh... and this is just Part 1. Buckle up buttercup!

CONNECT WITH CHELSEA:

• www.chelseariffe.com
• @chelseariffe on Instagram
• AMPLIFY Mastermind - starts February 2023 - 6 spaces open
• 1:1 Coaching Application - 3 spaces open to start mid-January
• Mic Drop Waitlist

Leave a voice note to the podcast HERE.

For a full transcript of this episode, click HERE.

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

187: Chelsea is BACK with Part 2 of the demystifying the podcast world episode! This week, she gets geeky with it, and divulges some advertising secrets brands probably don't want you to know... oops! Just here to help.

This ep is for you if you've been wondering:

• If it's time to join a podcast network
• How to secure brand deals with a small audience
• How do people get wealthy from podcasting
• How much energy, time, and money actually goes into this
• Examples of people who have built empires from their podcast

CONNECT WITH CHELSEA:

• www.chelseariffe.com
• @chelseariffe on Instagram
• AMPLIFY Mastermind - starts mid-January, 6 spaces open
• 1:1 Coaching Application - 3 spaces open to start mid-January
• Mic Drop Waitlist

Leave a voice note to the podcast HERE.

For a full transcript of this episode and resources mentioned, click HERE.

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!