The Healing Poetic Podcast - R.I.S.E Series

Keya

Rising Into Self-Empowerment — A Healing Journey Told Out Loud R.I.S.E. is where truth meets transformation. Hosted by Keya McClain-Goodwin, The Hardcore Healing Pen Coach, this exclusive subscriber-only podcast peels back every layer of healing — grief, growth, trauma, love, betrayal, loss, reinvention, and the sacred work of returning home to yourself. Each episode offers a raw, intimate glimpse into the turning points that shaped her life: the job she walked away from, the friendships that broke then rebuilt her, the family wounds she had to recover from, the grief that taught her tenderness, and the healing that continues to reveal who she truly is. But R.I.S.E. isn’t just about her story. It’s about your story tucked inside hers. Through soulful storytelling, guided reflections, and weekly journal prompts, R.I.S.E. invites you to heal out loud, honor your truth, release what no longer serves you, and embrace the life you’re becoming. R.I.S.E. is for the woman or man who: • Is ready to commit to their healing • Feels alone, misunderstood, or emotionally overwhelmed • Wants to break generational patterns • Is tired of performing strength and desires authenticity • Needs language for their emotions and guidance for their inner work • Loves introspective, spiritual, emotionally intelligent storytelling Every episode is 20 minutes or less, intentionally crafted for listeners who want depth, clarity, and transformation without overwhelm. This is healing with intention. This is storytelling with purpose. This is spiritual evolution in real time. It’s time to R.I.S.E. — not into who the world expects you to be, but into who you truly are. Subscribe today and begin your journey upward.

  1. há 3 dias

    Why I Haven't Quit Yet: Commitment, Alignment & The Courage to Evolve

    Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode of The Box & The Sky series, Keya McClain the Poet reflects on her ten-year entrepreneurial journey and the many moments she considered walking away. From starting as a life coach without the tools she needed, to becoming a self-publishing coach for work she never truly desired, to finally embracing her most authentic role as the Hardcore Healing Pen Coach, Keya shares the lessons, pivots, mistakes, investments, and breakthroughs that shaped her path. This is not a conversation about overnight success. It's a conversation about alignment. In this episode, Keya discusses: • The evolution of her business over the past decade • Why good intentions aren't always enough • Learning the difference between helping and being equipped to help • Attracting misaligned clients and refining your process • Why authenticity changes who you attract • The courage to pivot when something no longer fits • Releasing timelines and outcome expectations • Choosing commitment over pressure • Impact vs. fame • Why alignment matters more than appearances Keya also shares how investing in coaching, conferences, education, personal development, healing, and self-awareness helped her become the coach she is today. This conversation is for entrepreneurs, creators, coaches, authors, and anyone questioning whether they should keep going. Sometimes the goal isn't becoming more successful. Sometimes the goal is becoming more aligned. And sometimes the reason you haven't quit yet is because your purpose is still calling you forward. Support the show

    13 min
  2. 23 de jun.

    Judgment vs. Alignment

    Send us Fan Mail In this deeply reflective and emotionally intelligent episode of The Box & The Sky series, Keya McClain the Poet explores the important distinction between judgment and alignment — and why discernment does not have to come from superiority, condemnation, or ego. Judgment vs. Alignment dives into the emotional, psychological, and energetic differences between intentionally living in judgment versus choosing awareness, observation, intuition, and alignment in relationships, environments, and human connection. Inspired by a recent conversation questioning whether “everyone judges,” Keya unpacks the societal conditioning, group think, projection, and emotional habits that often normalize judgment while discouraging honest self-reflection and emotional awareness. In this episode, Keya discusses: • The difference between subconscious human observation and intentional judgment • Why judgment often carries superiority energy • Alignment, intuition, and energetic discernment • Choosing peace, lightness, and emotional honesty over forced connection • The emotional exhaustion of judgment and projection • Why many people focus outward to avoid inward reflection • Discernment without dehumanizing others • Honoring intuition without guilt, arrogance, or condemnation Keya also explores how emotionally mature people can create distance, boundaries, and alignment without needing to villainize others in the process. This conversation is for those seeking deeper emotional awareness, energetic honesty, healing, self-reflection, and authentic connection. Not everything requires judgment. Sometimes awareness is enough. Support the show

    13 min
  3. 1 de jun.

    When Women Preach Empowerment but Quietly Compete

    Send us Fan Mail In this deeply honest and emotionally layered episode of The Box & The Sky series, Keya McClain the Poet explores the uncomfortable but necessary conversation surrounding performative empowerment, hidden competition, projection, and the emotional tension that can quietly exist between women. Empowerment & The Box dives into the ways many women genuinely begin relationships, collaborations, and friendships with authentic intentions — only to later confront unresolved insecurities, comparison wounds, scarcity mindsets, and internalized conditioning surrounding beauty, success, desirability, confidence, visibility, and validation. In this episode, Keya discusses: • Why women are subconsciously conditioned to compete from childhood • The difference between authentic empowerment and performative sisterhood • Passive aggression, subtle competition, and emotional dishonesty between women • Projection, comparison, and unresolved self-worth wounds • Why some women secretly resent the women they publicly support • The emotional complexity of visibility, confidence, beauty, healing, and authenticity • Why emotionally healed women feel safe around other powerful women • The importance of honest self-reflection and emotional accountability Keya also explores how many women secretly long for emotionally safe connection while still navigating internalized beliefs rooted in comparison, scarcity, and validation. This conversation is not about condemning women. It is about honesty, healing, accountability, and emotional freedom. Because real empowerment does not require another woman to shrink in order for you to feel powerful. Support the show

    18 min
  4. 31 de mai.

    The Policing of Women's Desire, Confidence and Expression

    Send us Fan Mail In this bold and deeply honest episode of The Box & The Sky series, Keya McClain the Poet explores the emotional and societal policing of women’s desire, confidence, sensuality, and self-expression. The Policing of Women’s Desire, Confidence & Expression dives into the contradictions women — especially Black women — often face when embracing their femininity, sexuality, confidence, beauty, boundaries, and personal freedom in a world that simultaneously desires, critiques, judges, and attempts to control them. From respectability politics and inherited shame to double standards in dating, leadership, and visibility, Keya unpacks the emotional tension many women experience when simply trying to exist authentically in their bodies, energy, and expression. In this episode, Keya discusses: • Why women are often punished for confidence and self-expression • The contradictions surrounding femininity, sensuality, and desirability • How Black women are both hypersexualized and heavily judged • The emotional impact of respectability politics and societal expectations • Why authenticity often makes people uncomfortable • Reclaiming desire without shame or apology • The difference between expression and performance • Learning to honor your full humanity without fragmentation Keya also explores how many women have been conditioned to disconnect from their sensuality, softness, voice, confidence, or emotional truth in order to feel accepted, respected, or safe. This conversation is for the women who are tired of shrinking, hiding, suppressing, or apologizing for their confidence, beauty, intelligence, sensuality, emotional depth, or evolving identity. You do not have to fragment yourself to be respected. And your confidence does not make you less worthy of love, softness, depth, or dignity. Support the show

    7 min
  5. 26 de mai.

    Corporate Spaces and the Box

    Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of The Box & The Sky series, Keya McClain the Poet dives into the emotional performance many Black women are forced to navigate in corporate and professional spaces. Corporate Spaces and the Box explores the unspoken pressure to constantly self-monitor, code-switch, emotionally regulate, and shrink parts of yourself in order to survive professionally while still being respected, heard, and valued. From tone-policing and perception management to the exhaustion of always having to appear “pleasant,” “non-threatening,” or “strong,” Keya unpacks the emotional choreography many women quietly perform behind the scenes in the workplace. In this episode, Keya discusses: • The emotional exhaustion of code-switching • Why professionalism often rewards performance over authenticity • The burden of perception Black women carry in corporate spaces • Being labeled “aggressive,” “difficult,” or “intimidating” for simply being direct • The complexity of being both empathic and strategic in leadership • Why layered women disrupt environments built on predictability • Redefining success beyond titles, survival, and self-abandonment Keya also explores how many women disconnect from themselves professionally after years of self-monitoring and emotional suppression — and why more women are now choosing authenticity, peace, alignment, and emotional freedom over performative professionalism. This conversation is for every woman who has ever felt pressured to flatten herself in order to fit inside corporate culture. You are not unprofessional because you are layered. And success should not require the abandonment of your humanity. Support the show

    7 min
  6. 26 de mai.

    Dating and the Box

    Send us Fan Mail In this powerful continuation of The Box & The Sky series, Keya McClain the Poet explores the emotional complexity many layered women experience while navigating modern dating and relationships. Dating and the Box examines the pressure women often face to become emotionally digestible in order to be loved, accepted, understood, or chosen. From being labeled “too much,” “too independent,” “too emotional,” or “too guarded,” many women quietly carry the exhaustion of constantly being interpreted rather than truly understood. In this episode, Keya discusses: • Why layered women are often misunderstood in relationships • The emotional performance many women feel forced to maintain while dating • How authenticity is often punished in modern relationships • The pressure to soften, shrink, or simplify yourself for love • Why some people are only comfortable with women they can categorize • The loneliness that can come with emotional intelligence and discernment • The difference between performative femininity and authentic womanhood Keya also dives into “the box and the sky” metaphor — the tension between society’s desire to categorize women and the expansive, evolving reality of being a multifaceted human being. This conversation is for the women who are tired of overexplaining themselves, shrinking themselves, or abandoning pieces of their identity just to feel emotionally accepted. You are not difficult because you are layered. And you do not have to flatten yourself to become more lovable. Support the show

    5 min

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Rising Into Self-Empowerment — A Healing Journey Told Out Loud R.I.S.E. is where truth meets transformation. Hosted by Keya McClain-Goodwin, The Hardcore Healing Pen Coach, this exclusive subscriber-only podcast peels back every layer of healing — grief, growth, trauma, love, betrayal, loss, reinvention, and the sacred work of returning home to yourself. Each episode offers a raw, intimate glimpse into the turning points that shaped her life: the job she walked away from, the friendships that broke then rebuilt her, the family wounds she had to recover from, the grief that taught her tenderness, and the healing that continues to reveal who she truly is. But R.I.S.E. isn’t just about her story. It’s about your story tucked inside hers. Through soulful storytelling, guided reflections, and weekly journal prompts, R.I.S.E. invites you to heal out loud, honor your truth, release what no longer serves you, and embrace the life you’re becoming. R.I.S.E. is for the woman or man who: • Is ready to commit to their healing • Feels alone, misunderstood, or emotionally overwhelmed • Wants to break generational patterns • Is tired of performing strength and desires authenticity • Needs language for their emotions and guidance for their inner work • Loves introspective, spiritual, emotionally intelligent storytelling Every episode is 20 minutes or less, intentionally crafted for listeners who want depth, clarity, and transformation without overwhelm. This is healing with intention. This is storytelling with purpose. This is spiritual evolution in real time. It’s time to R.I.S.E. — not into who the world expects you to be, but into who you truly are. Subscribe today and begin your journey upward.