Chelsea Explains it All

Be There in Five

Kate Kennedy

Personal Journals, Entertainment News, News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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This week, Kate welcomes Chelsea Anderson, the creator behind viral Instagram and TikTok accounts (@chelsea_explains and @chelseaexplainsitall, respectively). Chelsea shares some of the tips that contributed to her meteoric rise, like clever hacks and insights for parents and babysitters alike—and how this is actually not all that related to her day job. They delve into her unique ability to remember childhood thoughts and feelings, which helps her create engaging content for kids. She shares some of her hacks on air, including dealing with bedtime routines and how to soothe kids' tantrums. They also talk shop as crafters, rank TS albums, and other classic millennial childhood nostalgia that helps shape Chelsea’s outlook, and how her intentional yet easy ideas come to life, from her babysitting hacks to gift-giving and party-hosting. Enjoy!Order Kate's NYT Bestselling book, One in a Millennial here (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/one-in-a-millenial/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1740598049573674&usg=AOvVaw3lSTD10BT9mU2kZJ3lk9e2) (now in paperback!)Text or leave a voicemail for Kate at 775-HEY-BETH!Get 40% off your purchase at cozyearth.com/BETHEREINFIVE (https://www.google.com/url?q=http://cozyearth.com/BETHEREINFIVE&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1740598049573674&usg=AOvVaw2WvqpKO4BZjOVMxLCuSnya) or use my code BETHEREINFIVE. When you check out, if you see a post-purchase survey, let them know you heard about it right here. Don’t wait comfort like this is calling your name. Stay Cozy All Winter Long with Cozy Earth.You’re going to love Hungryroot as much as I do. Take advantage of this exclusive offer: For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to Hungryroot.com/bethereinfive (https://www.google.com/url?q=http://Hungryroot.com/bethereinfive&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1740598049573674&usg=AOvVaw06D2g2hPeMY30v-x6VZVnc) and use code bethereinfive. That’s Hungryroot.com/bethereinfive (https://www.google.com/url?q=http://Hungryroot.com/bethereinfive&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1740598049573674&usg=AOvVaw06D2g2hPeMY30v-x6VZVnc), code bethereinfive to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. Embrace your ritual with extraordinary hydration from Liquid I.V. Get 20% off your first order of Liquid I.V. when you go to LIQUID-IV.COM (https://www.google.com/url?q=http://LIQUID-IV.COM&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1740598049573674&usg=AOvVaw18Eg_SSfveEdUZqrOBF1ST) and use code BETHEREINFIVE at checkout. That’s 20% off your first order when you shop better hydration today using promo code BETHEREINFIVE at LIQUID-IV.COM (https://www.google.com/url?q=http://LIQUID-IV.COM&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1740598049573674&usg=AOvVaw18Eg_SSfveEdUZqrOBF1ST).Treat yourself to clean, clinically tested skincare from OSEA. And right now we have a special discount just for our listeners.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody.
0:09.9	Welcome back to the Be There in Five podcast.
0:12.5	I'm Kate Kennedy, your host.
0:15.4	As you know, Be There in Five is a long form, millennial zeitgeist, pop culture podcast.
0:18.8	We talk a lot about internet culture,
0:26.8	and more often a solo host, but I like to bring on guests on occasion that I especially think are doing something interesting. And my guest today, named Chelsea Anderson, was highly
0:32.5	requested in the FB group. She's really taken Instagram, TikTok by storm over the last six-ish months.
0:41.2	And just providing, like, brilliant advice and hacks for parents, for millennial gals, for people, you know, amidst an existential crisis all day every day these days.
0:55.0	She is the woman behind the Chelsea Explains account on Instagram and TikTok,
0:58.9	where she shares everyday hacks for helping toddlers behave or craft prompts for creative and easy activities.
1:04.2	She shares her Taylor Swift collages, her gift giving, her party hosting ideas.
1:08.0	She'll share life hacks from CIA documents she reads and all kind of other fun things.
1:11.6	And she just is creative and consistent and is putting fun content out there.
1:16.5	And I was especially taken with her babysitting content because she'll like open with some super confident statement like, you know, I'm the Michael Jordan of babysitting.
1:26.6	And here's how I do XYZ. And it's just like really simple reframes and like kind of make believe or ways to
1:35.4	position things to your kids to make doing things that they'll resist a lot more fun. And like from
1:42.3	the lens of a babysitter who I think it leaves you a little bit more
1:46.9	space to be creative because when you're doing it more in spurts, I think your energy is,
1:52.9	you know, less depleted. But it gives parents ideas for things that, like, can be hard for you
1:58.5	to get out of your own head when you're kind of just like going through the transactional motions of trying to get through the day and get through the schedule.
2:04.6	And resistance can be really frustrating in those times.
2:07.3	But having like fun ways to keep the vibes positive and get kids to comply is I don't know,
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