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
The Pressure to be Everything and Still be Judged
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In this heartfelt and deeply reflective episode of The Box & The Sky series, Keya McClain the Poet explores the emotional weight, identity shifts, and invisible expectations that often come with motherhood — especially for Black women.
The Pressure to Be Everything and Still Be Judged dives into the exhausting reality many mothers experience while trying to nurture, protect, provide, heal, support, lead, and survive… all while still being criticized, misunderstood, or emotionally overlooked.
From self-sacrifice and emotional burnout to identity loss and the complicated transition of parenting adult children, Keya opens up about the pressure many women quietly carry while trying to remain strong for everyone else.
In this episode, Keya discusses:
• The invisible emotional labor many mothers carry
• Why Black mothers are often praised for survival while privately exhausted
• The pressure to constantly sacrifice and overextend
• Losing yourself in caregiving and motherhood
• The emotional complexity of parenting adult children
• Learning how to love without controlling
• The guilt many women feel when prioritizing themselves
• Why motherhood should not require women to disappear emotionally or personally
Keya also explores how many mothers are re-parenting themselves while simultaneously parenting others — navigating healing, boundaries, emotional regulation, identity, and womanhood all at the same time.
This conversation is for every mother who has ever felt emotionally stretched between nurturing others and rediscovering herself.
You are allowed to love deeply without abandoning yourself.
And your humanity matters just as much as your caregiving.
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