Taking Up Space: A Podcast

Krystal Franklin
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  • SELF-IMPROVEMENT

I'm Krystal Franklin, mostly known across the world wide web as an opinionated Journalist, host, and award-winning producer. Online, my career and life has the ability to look glamorous, but IRL it's actually quite the opposite. I share my personal and professional experiences to encourage others to operate at their highest potential and to fully take up space in the world by pushing past fear, doubt, and insecurities.

  1. 09/18/2024

    Undeserving & Unlovable?!

    Can I be honest? I often default to feelings of unlovable and underserving when things go wrong in my life. It’s largely because I always heard how I was “too much” growing up. Even now, friends will jokingly say it, and although I lean into it, shit still stings. In this episode I explore where the origins of those feelings come from and set a plan to course correct when they surface.

    9 min

  2. 08/08/2024

    God, Where TF Are You? (Giving Up, Cancer?! + More)

    I'm saying goodbye to life as I've known it and I'm pissed and sad and upset and disappointed and angry, forcing me to ask one of the most honest questions yet, "God, how is this love?"

    4 min

  3. 07/26/2024

    Why I Broke Up With My Friends

    Quite possibly my favorite topic to talk about besides sex, love, and relationships is friendships. Which as we all know, is a relationship in itself that also requires nurturing, attention, encouragement, and sometimes even separation. What happens when you find yourself no longer enjoying the people you once did? What happens when you've outgrow the people you've shared so much life with? In this episode I share three steps I took to end relationships that were no longer interested in and lacked reciprocity.

    11 min

  4. 12/25/2023

    Who Would I Be If You Were Still Here?

    I’m f*****g proud of myself for unlearning, divorcing traditional thought, and establishing boundaries. I only know myself broken from practically birth. Would’ve love to know who I would’ve grown into if I was born healed.

    4 min

  5. 08/31/2023

    For Colored Girls Who Are Tired of Feeling

    Life sucks right now. And that’s perfectly okay to say.

    6 min

  6. 03/30/2023

    Who Inspires The Inspired?

    I’ve been struggling quite a bit over the last six months with feeling disconnected from all the things I’m famously known for online – my work, my voice, my impact, this podcast…even conversations around #WithABoy has dwindled because, well quite frankly, ain’t no mothafuckin' boys to talk about, which obviously brings about separate feelings. But along with the disconnect, I’ve also been carrying a really weird and uncomfortable weight of inferiority and insecurity. I open up about the last six months of my life and finally admit I'm depressed.

    14 min

  7. 12/06/2022

    Dear Krystal

    A love letter to myself.

    2 min

  8. 12/06/2022

    How Long Does it Take a Heart to Heal?

    When I think about those four months of my life I smile. I’m grateful that I was introduced and got to live in the most beautiful bubble of love ever. And as much as those moments were incredible — I’m ready to move on. Almost desperate to. As much as ebbing and flowing is apart of life, I done did it enough. Tap me out of the ebb and place me in the flow.

    4 min
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I'm Krystal Franklin, mostly known across the world wide web as an opinionated Journalist, host, and award-winning producer. Online, my career and life has the ability to look glamorous, but IRL it's actually quite the opposite. I share my personal and professional experiences to encourage others to operate at their highest potential and to fully take up space in the world by pushing past fear, doubt, and insecurities.

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  • Creator
    Krystal Franklin
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Krystal Franklin
  • Show Website
    Taking Up Space: A Podcast