The Healing Poetic Podcast - R.I.S.E Series
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.
The Healing Poetic Podcast - R.I.S.E Series
I Refuse to Flatten Myself to be Successful
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In this deeply honest and emotionally layered episode of The Healing Poetic Podcast, Keya McClain the Poet explores the unspoken pressure many Black women experience to flatten themselves in order to be accepted, understood, successful, or easier to manage.
Inspired by a short video that resonated deeply with her spirit, Keya opens up about the complexity of being a multifaceted Black woman navigating business, leadership, healing, relationships, and authenticity in a world that constantly attempts to place women into digestible categories and boxes.
This episode explores:
• The emotional exhaustion of constantly being interpreted
• Why layered women are often misunderstood
• The pressure to become “less emotional” in business
• The conflict between authenticity and performance
• Why Black women are often expected to shrink, soften, harden, or simplify themselves
• The loneliness that can come with being deeply nuanced
• The difference between “the box” and “the sky”
Keya also shares her personal experiences as a woman who is direct, empathic, funny, intentional, bold, emotionally intelligent, healing, evolving, and still human enough to not always have the answers.
This is a conversation for the women who are tired of being psychologically dissected for simply existing as full human beings.
You do not have to flatten yourself to be successful.
You do not have to perform perfection to be powerful.
And you do not have to fit inside someone else’s box when your spirit was designed for the sky.