Original Air Date: July 5, 2021

Have you ever had a conversation that changed your life?

This week’s episode, ‘Living In Legacy & Breaking The Curse’, with Khalisa Rae, is all of that and more.

Our guest, Khalisa Rae, is an award winning poet and journalist in Durham, NC that speaks with furious rebellion. She is also the author of Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat (Red Hen Press 2021).

Her essays are featured in Autostraddle, Catapult, LitHub, as well as articles in B*tch Media, NBC-BLK, and others.

Her poetry appears in Frontier Poetry, Florida Review, Rust & Moth, PANK, Carousel, HOBART, among countless others.

She is the winner of the Bright Wings Poetry contest, the Furious Flower Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize, and the White Stag Publishing Contest, among other prizes.

Currently, she serves as Assistant Editor for Glass Poetry and co-founder of Think in Ink and the Women of Color Speak reading series. Her second collection Unlearning Eden is forthcoming from White Stag Publishing in 2022.

This day, Khalisa gifted all of us with her honesty, poetry, insights, brilliance, and creativity. I am truly grateful for the courage and vulnerability she brought to our conversation. We explored:

-Healing from trauma
-How to create your own team of superheroes
-The importance of honor your gifts
-The power of words
-Protecting your light

Khalisa shared some really powerful stories that left me feeling more grounded and connected to my inner power.

Not to mention that she shared with us two poems that hit me right in my soul.

I’m telling you - this episode will be a game-changer. For anyone who is serving a mission greater than themselves - this episode is for you.

You can learn more about Khalisa through her website. Khalisarae.com

Or you can follow her on twitter @k_lisarae or https://www.instagram.com/khalisa_rae/

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