Backbone with Kendra Elyse

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Backbone with Kendra Elyse is a spoken word and narrative podcast exploring emotional healing, self-worth, and the process of coming back to yourself. Through poetic storytelling, somatic reflection, and embodied expression, each episode creates space to feel, release, and reconnect with the body. These pieces are for anyone navigating change, letting go, or learning to choose themselves again. The series begins with spoken word poetry and expands into short stories and cinematic storytelling. New episodes every Thursday. This podcast is a creative and reflective space and is not a substitute for professional mental health care.

  1. 5D AGO

    The Body Kept It | Rage, Suppression & Listening to Your Body

    There are things the body remembers— long after the moment has passed. Not in words, but in tension… in silence… in what was never allowed to be said. In this episode of Backbone, I share a spoken word piece titled “The Body Kept It”—inspired by sitting with the feeling of rage and noticing how it lives in the body when it isn’t expressed. This isn’t about the loud, explosive kind of anger. It’s about the quiet kind— the kind you feel rise… and learn to move away from. The kind that gets swallowed. Redirected. Stored in the body. This piece explores: suppressed emotions and unexpressed rage somatic memory and where feelings live in the body the moment we learn not to say what we feel and how rage can become a signal—not something to fear, but something to listen to If you’ve ever felt something deeply… and didn’t say it— this piece will meet you there. 🎧 Best experienced with headphones. Take your time with it.

    7 min

  2. MAY 7

    Obedience Is Outdated: A Spoken Word on Sovereignty

    This spoken word piece explores the moment of waking up to inherited patterns of obedience—and choosing something different. Through breath, body awareness, and reflection, this episode moves through grief, ancestral memory, and the quiet realization that waiting for permission is often something we were taught… not something we chose. If you’ve ever felt like you’ve been holding back, shrinking, or waiting for the right moment to fully be yourself, this is an invitation back into your body—and into your sovereignty. This is about: – releasing inherited emotional patterns – honoring the body’s memory – moving beyond people-pleasing and silence – reclaiming your voice without needing approval Take a breath. Let your body listen.

    4 min

  3. APR 30

    Healing the Eldest Daughter Wound | The Thaw (Letting Go of Over-Responsibility)

    This is a spoken word piece about holding too much for too long. It moves through the experience of being the one who carries, fixes, and feels everything… and what happens when the body finally begins to release it. This piece is called Eldest Daughter, but it’s for anyone learning to come back to themselves. Take what you need. Let the rest fall away.

    6 min

  4. APR 23

    Grieving What Never Happened | Processing Invisible Loss (Spoken Word Healing)

    A spoken-word healing for the grief that often goes unnamed — the grief for what never was. This episode explores emotional healing, unmet needs, and how grief lives in the body through longing, exhaustion, and disconnection. If you’ve ever felt lonely in love or like you’ve been waiting to fully live, this is for you. A gentle invitation to release, feel, and come back to yourself.

    8 min

  5. APR 16

    Balancing Who You Were & Who You’re Becoming | Living Between Two Versions of Yourself

    In “2 Worlds,” I explore the experience of being a living ancestor—where body, breath, and memory meet. This episode moves through the space where present-moment awareness and ancestral echoes exist at the same time, offering a reflection on release, remembrance, and the body as a bridge between worlds.

    6 min

  6. APR 9

    How to Reconnect With Your Body | Return to the Body (Somatic Healing & Presence)

    What does it actually mean to be embodied? In this episode of Backbone, Kendra Elyse explores embodiment not as something to achieve, but something to return to. Through spoken word and reflection, this piece moves through the body as a living compass—guided by breath, rhythm, and the heart’s quiet knowing. This is an invitation to slow down, reconnect, and listen inward. To move at your own pace. To trust your body. To live from your true north. Listen with your body.

    6 min

  7. APR 2

    Learning to Feel Safe in Your Body | Integration (Being Met With Tenderness)

    In this integration episode of Backbone, Kendra reflects on the inspiration behind the spoken word piece “To Be Met With Tenderness.” After a meaningful conversation with a mentor who recognized the tenderness she carries, this episode explores the deeper realization that the care and softness we offer others is something we also deserve to receive. Through gentle reflection, Kendra invites listeners to consider where their own tenderness is being honored—and where it may need to be protected. Sometimes the most powerful act of self-awareness is simply recognizing the value of our own softness. May you live well. May you be well.

    5 min

  8. APR 2

    Learning to Be Gentle With Yourself | To Be Met With Tenderness (Emotional Healing)

    In this episode of Backbone, Kendra shares a spoken word piece titled “To Be Met With Tenderness.” Inspired by a meaningful conversation with a mentor, the poem reflects on the recognition that the softness and care we offer to others is something we also deserve to receive. Through emotional reflection and embodied awareness, the piece explores the importance of gentleness, emotional safety, and the quiet strength found in tenderness. Sometimes the most powerful realization is simply remembering that our tenderness is not a weakness it is something worthy of being met and honored. May you live well. May you be well.

    4 min
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Backbone with Kendra Elyse is a spoken word and narrative podcast exploring emotional healing, self-worth, and the process of coming back to yourself. Through poetic storytelling, somatic reflection, and embodied expression, each episode creates space to feel, release, and reconnect with the body. These pieces are for anyone navigating change, letting go, or learning to choose themselves again. The series begins with spoken word poetry and expands into short stories and cinematic storytelling. New episodes every Thursday. This podcast is a creative and reflective space and is not a substitute for professional mental health care.

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