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

Navigating Honest Communication

Keya Season 3 Episode 9

Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.

0:00 | 22:54

Send a text

In this episode, Keya McClain explores the power and complexity of honest communication—what it takes to speak truth without harm, to listen without defensiveness, and to protect your peace without silencing yourself.

Once a woman who communicated primarily through her pen, Keya reflects on her evolution into someone who now stands confidently in her voice. She shares how healing, self-awareness, and boundary work transformed the way she shows up in conversations, relationships, and moments of conflict. This episode examines when honesty builds connection, when silence becomes self-protection, and how emotional intelligence allows us to communicate with both clarity and care.

This is not a conversation about winning arguments—it’s about cultivating understanding, honoring yourself, and choosing authenticity over performance. Honest communication, as Keya reminds us, is not just about what we say, but how aware, grounded, and intentional we are when we say it.

Speak with love.
 Stand in truth.
 Protect your peace.

Support the show