Kyera Keenne's life looked great from the outside, a Hollywood writing career, big shows, big names. Inside, she says she was crippled, and searching for an answer she had been chasing since she was five. In this episode of the Don't Do Nothing Podcast, writer and musician Kyera Keenne tells her story: how she walked onto the set of In Living Color not even knowing what a PA (Production Assistant) was, became Keenen Ivory Wayans' assistant for three and a half years, and got "fired" by him with a twist, he told her she was too talented to stay an assistant, then mentored her into becoming a writer. From there came a 12-year career writing for The Jamie Foxx Show, The PJs, Third Watch, Girlfriends, My Wife and Kids, and more, selling her own pilots, and the time she came within inches of a job writing for Friends. But the thread running through her whole life was a question. At five, she asked her mom what happens when you die, and the answer, "you're a wasn't," felt so wrong it made her physically sick. That started a lifetime of looking. She shares how she wandered into the Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles in 1999, skulked around the windows because of everything negative she'd heard, and says she was sold the moment she walked into the bookstore. She opens up about the PTS/SP course and how it let her finally fall in love with her difficult father before he passed, why she started two Scientology book clubs she still runs, and how Scientology shaped her as an artist. She also gets into her music: her album "The Wasn't,", a collaboration with Carlos Santana, and why she believes real creativity raises the emotion of everyone around it. Let us know in the comments how did you like this episode and remember: Don't do nothing. In this episode: Walking onto In Living Color Becoming Keenen Ivory Wayans' assistant, and getting a BMW as a thank-you Why he "fired" her for being too talented, then mentored her into writing The 12-year writing career: Jamie Foxx, The PJs, Third Watch, Girlfriends and more The time a contract technicality cost her a job writing for Friends The question at age five that set off a lifetime of searching Skulking around the Celebrity Centre windows before she'd go in Taking the personality test and her very first course How the PTS/SP course helped her fall in love with her dad Starting the two Scientology book clubs she still runs today How Scientology changed her as an artist (the "crippled walk") Her album "The Wasn't," the "archaic man," and her Carlos Santana collab What Scientology is in her own words Links mentioned in this episode: Kyera's music and website: https://kyera.world Kyera on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4y2XjBAHjnVEjq3GFOFmZR Scientology TV (LRH Library / New Slant on Life): https://www.scientology.tv/series/l-ron-hubbard-library-presents/ Dianetics: https://www.scientology.org/what-is-dianetics.html Free online course, "Knowing Who You Can Trust": https://www.scientology.org/courses/suppression/overview.html Scientology (find a church + info): https://www.scientology.org/churches/locator.html Follow Kyera: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyeraworld/ Website: https://kyera.world Follow us on other places: https://www.instagram.com/dontdonothingpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/DDNPod https://www.tiktok.com/@dontdonothingpod https://x.com/dontdonothing8 Curious about yourself? Take a personality test: https://ddnpod.com/test Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:27 Who Is Kyera Keene 1:42 Landing the Job at In Living Color 6:29 Keenen Ivory Wayans, Getting Fired for Her Talent 13:50 "When You Die You're a Wasn't": The Question That Shaped Her Life 15:34 Skulking Around the Celebrity Centre and Finding Scientology 19:00 The Personality Test and Her First Course 24:00 The PTS/SP Course and Falling in Love With Her Dad 31:39 From Hollywood Writer to Scientology Staff 33:02 Starting the Scientology Book Clubs 35:45 Why Scientology Is "the Gift That Keeps Giving" 38:04 How Scientology Changed Her as an Artist (the "Crippled Walk") 42:29 Not Forcing the Data: Letting People Reach and Withdraw 46:27 The Shows She Wrote For and Almost Joining Friends 51:26 "The Wasn't": Her Album and the Archaic Man 56:03 What Mental Health Really Means 1:00:20 Her Favorite LRH Book and Best Advice to Artists 1:03:38 Handling "Vampire" Personalities 1:07:38 What Is Scientology in Kyera's Words 1:08:26 What She Wants to Be Remembered For #dontdonothing #kyerakeene #scientology