Podcast Episodes

Honesty and Hope Are Enough: A Conversation with Marisa Renee Lee

Marissa Renee Lee has been through it. Harvard. Wall Street. The White House. And also: her mother's MS diagnosis at 13, stage four breast cancer, a …

6 months ago

How to Come Back to Yourself Again and Again

There are moments when you realize you’ve drifted—away from your needs, your pace, your sense of self. In this episode, Kelley explores what it means…

6 months, 1 week ago

Opt Into Creating Safety in an Unsafe World: Tools to Break the Cycle

It’s easy to believe you know what you want—more success, more money, more recognition, more stability. But sometimes those goals are inherited from …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

When Wanting Becomes a Trauma Response

Sometimes the things you want most—success, love, recognition, stability—can start to feel urgent. Not just important, but necessary for your surviva…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Safety Isn’t a Number: Why You’re Chasing Bags, Beauty & Busyness

Safety isn’t a number. It’s a nervous system state.

In this episode, Kelley explores why so many of us feel an urgent need to optimize — our bodies, o…

7 months ago

Softness Needs Structure: Tools to Interrupt Burnout Before You Collapse

Softness isn’t sustained by intention alone — it requires structure. In this episode, Kelley moves beyond philosophy and shares the practical tools s…

7 months, 1 week ago

Opt Into Caring without Carrying

Continuing the How to Soften Without Falling Apart series, this episode focuses on the boundaries required to protect your humanity in overwhelming t…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opt into Staying Soft When Life Is Still Hard

In this episode of Black Girl Burnout, Kelley names what many of us are living through: the world is still loud, uncertain, and heavy—and there is no…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Opt Into Softness as Survival

In this episode, Kelley explores why softness is not collapse or avoidance—but a survival strategy in hard times. As the world feels increasingly hea…

8 months ago

Nothing Is Wrong With You: How to Cope When the World Is Too Much

In this episode, Kelley reframes burnout as a response to systems that demand too much—not a personal failure or character flaw. She explores why we …

8 months, 1 week ago