The Other Woman And The Wife

Chelsea
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Welcome to The Other Woman and The Wife, where we navigate the complex terrain of affairs with radical honesty, deep compassion, and zero judgment. I'm Chelsea, and I've walked this path myself—from the shadows of secrecy to the light of self-discovery. After my own affair led me to divorce and ultimately to the love of my life, I realized that the narratives we're fed about infidelity are incomplete, shame-laden, and often harmful to the very people who need support most. This podcast isn't about right or wrong, good or bad. It's about the messy, beautiful, heartbreaking reality of human connection and what happens when we find ourselves loving outside the lines. Whether you're currently in an affair, navigating its aftermath, or trying to understand your own capacity for love and desire, this is your safe space to explore without apology.

  1. FEB 9

    #90 The Jealousy Trap Inside Affairs

    This week on TOWTW Podcast, Chelsea and Carolina Vilalva dig into the jealousy nobody wants to admit they're drowning in—jealous of his wife's access, his timeline you weren't in, the version of him you never got to meet. But here's what jealousy in an affair is really telling you: it's fear of losing what you think you have mixed with desire for what you don't. Carolina breaks down the difference between jealousy (fear-driven) and envy (desire-driven), why affairs start with radical presence but devolve into surveillance and control, and how curiosity is the only antidote to the fear that's eating you alive. If you're spending more time managing jealousy than being present, you're not in a relationship—you're in a control project, and those always fail. SUBMIT YOUR OWN STORY https://www.theotherwomanandthewife.com/submit HOW WE CAN HELP Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://towtw.com/coaching OUR LINKS Website: https://towtw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theowandthewife/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theowandthewife

    49 min

  2. JAN 26

    #89 Meet Julie: The Fairy Godmother Who Creates Space for Floodgates

    This week on TOWTW Podcast, Chelsea introduces you to Julie—not as a team member or service provider, but as the kind of human who shows up in her pajamas at 4AM when you're collapsing. Julie is a clarity partner who creates the kind of space most people have never experienced, where your floodgates can finally open. She doesn't coach (Chelsea hates that word—it implies fixing). Instead, Julie witnesses, translates your nervous system's reactions into language you can understand, and helps you see what you're actually feeling underneath what you think you're feeling. Chelsea shares Julie's powerful piece "Last Hour of the Year"—a response to someone 16 months into an affair who crashed on New Year's Eve—demonstrating how Julie holds pain without judgment, reframes struggle without fixing it, and helps people see they're not regressing but standing at a threshold between surviving something and building towards something else. SUBMIT YOUR OWN STORY https://www.theotherwomanandthewife.com/submit HOW WE CAN HELP Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://towtw.com/coaching OUR LINKS Website: https://towtw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theowandthewife/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theowandthewife

    22 min

  3. JAN 12

    #88 When Love and Dying Live in the Same House

    This week on TOWTW Podcast, Chelsea returns to the studio for what might be the heaviest episode yet – and that's saying something. Inspired by a listener who reached out with an impossible truth, Chelsea reads a raw, unfiltered letter from "Liz," a woman having an affair while caring for her dying husband. This isn't fiction – it's a distillation of real conversations, real suffering, and the kind of impossible choices that society refuses to acknowledge exist. Chelsea explores the unbearable weight of being a caregiver to someone who's dying while seeking refuge with someone else, the crushing shame of betrayal alongside devotion, and why we're all more complex than the simple narratives we're supposed to fit into. If you're drowning in guilt over choices that don't make you a monster – just human – this is your safe space to breathe. Because sometimes survival looks nothing like what we thought it would, and that doesn't make us broken. It makes us whole. ASK US A QUESTION We answer questions from other women and wives on our podcast: Submit yours here: https://towtw.com/ask  HOW WE CAN HELP Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://towtw.com/coaching  OUR LINKS Website: https://towtw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theowandthewife/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theowandthewife

    32 min

  4. 12/08/2025

    #87 The Power of Words: How Your Internal Language Creates Your Reality

    This week Chelsea goes solo to talk about something nobody's addressing—how the words you use inside your head are literally creating the reality you're living. She dives into the difference between "I can't leave" and "I'm choosing to stay," why getting loud doesn't mean having a voice, and how every criticism you have about someone else is actually revealing your deepest fears about yourself. From her makeshift recording setup in parking lots to raw truths about language that liberates versus language that traps, this episode challenges you to audit your internal dialogue for 24 hours and replace one limiting phrase that's been running your life. Because the woman who found her voice through infidelity isn't just surviving her story—she's rewriting it. ASK US A QUESTION We answer questions from other women and wives on our podcast: Submit yours here: https://towtw.com/ask  HOW WE CAN HELP Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://towtw.com/coaching  OUR LINKS Website: https://towtw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theowandthewife/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theowandthewife

    32 min

  5. 11/20/2025

    #86 When Control Destroys Connection: The Real Betrayal in Marriage - Carolina Vilalva

    This week on TOWTW Podcast, Chelsea sits down with therapist Carolina Vilalva to explore a client story that'll make you rethink everything about control, punishment, and what betrayal really means. Carolina shares the raw reality of working with a couple where the betrayed wife's quest for control became more destructive than the infidelity itself—controlling finances, social media, even access to his children from a previous marriage. Together, they dive into the uncomfortable truth that connection and control cannot coexist, why punishment never equals healing, and how the ultimate betrayal isn't always what we've been conditioned to believe. They get real about how men and women negotiate freedom in relationships, the dangerous fantasy that we can control outcomes, and why the reaction to infidelity often causes more trauma than the affair itself. This conversation challenges the rigid narratives we've been sold about cheating and invites us into the messy, complex space where real transformation happens—because sometimes the person you're controlling the most is yourself. ASK US A QUESTION We answer questions from other women and wives on our podcast: Submit yours here: https://towtw.com/ask  HOW WE CAN HELP Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://towtw.com/coaching  OUR LINKS Website: https://towtw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theowandthewife/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theowandthewife

    58 min

  6. 11/06/2025

    #85 Why Affair Sex Feels Better Than Marriage Sex - Dr. Diane Mueller

    This week on TOWTW Podcast, Chelsea sits down with Dr. Diane to tackle the question every woman in an affair has asked: "Why does sex with my affair partner feel so different than sex with my husband?" Dr. Diane—who holds two doctorate degrees in naturopathic medicine and acupuncture—breaks down the real reasons: new relationship energy, novelty, how female arousal actually works, and why boredom in marriage isn't inevitable. They explore what your affair is really revealing about unmet needs, the role your nervous system plays in desire, and practical ways to bring that chemistry back into long-term relationships. This isn't about shame or fixing what's broken—it's about understanding your body, reclaiming playfulness, and discovering that passion doesn't have to die just because you've been together for years. Because the affair isn't the answer; understanding your desire is. ASK US A QUESTION We answer questions from other women and wives on our podcast: Submit yours here: https://towtw.com/ask  HOW WE CAN HELP Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://towtw.com/coaching  OUR LINKS Website: https://towtw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theowandthewife/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theowandthewife

    43 min

  7. 10/23/2025

    #84 Infidelity and It’s Overlap with High-Performance Relationship Coaching -Katarina Polonska

    This week on The Other Woman And The Wife Chelsea sits down with Katarina Polonska, a High-Performance Relationship Coach who frequently encounters clients dealing with infidelity. Having personally experienced betrayal, Katarina brings a nuanced perspective to the conversation, offering insights from both her professional expertise, which is vast, and personal journey as someone who has been on the receiving end of infidelity. SUBMIT YOUR OWN STORY https://www.theotherwomanandthewife.com/submit ASK US A QUESTION We answer questions from other women and wives on our podcast: Submit yours here HOW WE CAN HELP Join the Other Women Community: Use Code PODCAST to receive $10 off a community membership Apply for 1:1 Coaching OUR LINKS Website: https://towtw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theowandthewife/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theowandthewife GUEST LINKS Masterclass: https://programs.katarinapolonska.com/silreplayo www.katarinapolonska.com @katarina.polonska Guest Bio: Katarina is a high-performance executive relationship coach and the founder of the Successfully in Love ® Method (University of Oxford M.St, ICF ACC). She helps successful executives and entrepreneurs decide whether to stay or go in their romantic relationship, and become as accomplished in their romantic relationships as they are in their careers. Using her proven 3 phase process based on the behavioural science of attraction, disheartened executives can create their ultimate relationship fast - and become successfully in love.

    42 min

  8. 10/09/2025

    #83 The Truth About What Your Affair Is Really Seeking - Paul Keable

    This week on TOWTW Podcast, Chelsea sits down with Paul Keable, Chief Strategy Officer at Ashley Madison, for a conversation that flips everything you think you know about infidelity. Paul reveals the uncomfortable truth that men are actually seeking emotional validation while women are outsourcing their sexual needs, explores why toxic male fragility creates dead bedrooms, and explains how affair partners might be the most honest online daters. They dive into compassionate affairs for caregivers, why discretion isn't about shame but empowerment, and how the judgment we heap on complicated humans like us creates the very underground behaviors we claim to despise – because sometimes going into our pain rather than around it is exactly what transforms relationships. SUBMIT YOUR OWN STORY https://www.theotherwomanandthewife.com/submit ASK US A QUESTION We answer questions from other women and wives on our podcast: Submit yours here: https://towtw.com/ask  HOW WE CAN HELP Join the Other Women Community: Use Code PODCAST to receive $10 off a community membership: https://towtw.com/ Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://towtw.com/coaching  OUR LINKS Website: https://towtw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theowandthewife/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theowandthewife GUEST BIO: Paul Keable is the Chief Strategy Officer at Ashley Madison, the world’s leading married dating platform. With over 20 years of experience in communications and strategy, he has helped shape the company’s global direction for more than a decade. Paul is known for his insights on love, monogamy, and how technology is transforming modern relationships, and he frequently speaks about creating safer, more authentic spaces for connection.

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Welcome to The Other Woman and The Wife, where we navigate the complex terrain of affairs with radical honesty, deep compassion, and zero judgment. I'm Chelsea, and I've walked this path myself—from the shadows of secrecy to the light of self-discovery. After my own affair led me to divorce and ultimately to the love of my life, I realized that the narratives we're fed about infidelity are incomplete, shame-laden, and often harmful to the very people who need support most. This podcast isn't about right or wrong, good or bad. It's about the messy, beautiful, heartbreaking reality of human connection and what happens when we find ourselves loving outside the lines. Whether you're currently in an affair, navigating its aftermath, or trying to understand your own capacity for love and desire, this is your safe space to explore without apology.

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