A Black Kat's Voice™️

This episode is about my experiences with workplace discrimination at the multiple companies I've worked for. It’s so interesting to be in a world full of people yet still being at places where it’s like you’re “here all alone.”

(This is a newly released version of an older episode from 2020.)

Checkout my website for the links to order my books and read more of my original published poetry. Including pieces like “here all alone” and others featured on this very podcast.

Have you ever experienced the loss of a friend?? I don’t mean someone passing away I mean having to grieve the loss of someone you thought would be in your life forever. Here are my thoughts on what puts the end in friendship.

(This is a newly released version of an older episode. Came out in 2020 originally.)

This episode is about why I choose not to celebrate Juneteenth and how many things about the tradition feel so “out of touch”to me.

Checkout the link to my website to order my book and read the full poem entitled “out of touch” about how it feels to live in a world how I see it. Order your copies now and let me know if you’ve experienced this kind of pain or if another poems resonates for you along with this episode. Let’s heal and learn to feel through words together.

Thank you so much for listening and remember that you don’t have to follow all the traditions in the mainstream to represent your culture. You have to do what feels right for you. Be good to yourselves.

What is the best way to love?! Well I guess that depends on how you define the word. What is love?? Here are my thoughts on the best way to learn to love everyone.

(This is a newly released version of an older episode.)

My thoughts on the apologies, actions, and developments of how much black lives matter in this country. More of an our bad y’all than an actual apology and how it feels when you “treat me like nothing.”

Checkout my website to purchase my poetry collections where you can read the full version of “treat me like nothing” about how it feels to be a black woman in this country.

Order your copies today and let me know which poems resonate with your life or if you prefer another to connect to this episode. Let’s heal and learn to feel, with words together.

Thank you so much for listening. Please be good to yourselves and remember that no matter how other people treat you, the thing that matters most is how you treat yourself.

Take care.

Season 1 Episode 1

(This is a newly released version of previous episodic series.)

As a dark skinned woman, I have experienced so much discrimination while seeking treatment for pain. these are my thoughts on a few things I went through during my process of treating a chronic illness, endometriosis.

Checkout the link to my website to order my book and read the full poem entitled “endometriosis” about this journey. Order your copies now and let me know if you’ve experienced this kind of pain or if another poems resonates for you along with this episode. Let’s heal and learn to feel through words together.

Thank you so much for listening and remember to advocate for yourself. If you feel like there’s something wrong, make sure you get the answers you need when it comes to your health. Take care.

I’m constantly in a competition. I’m always trying to learn, grow and be better. But I, unlike many others, only have one true competitor. In the game of life, I’ve learned my biggest competition is looking me in the mirror. It’s always “me against myself.”

Checkout my website for the links to purchase my books to read my full poem entitled “me against myself” and to read more poetry about my journey of learning to love myself.

Living every single day is such a gift. And so is being able to give life itself. As times passes, I often run into the same situation. A lot of people love to ask when are you having kids?! Here are my thoughts on why this question alone brings enough emotion “to cry for.”

Checkout my website to purchase my poetry collections where you can read the full version of “to cry for” about how it feels to think about the gift of life.

Order your copies today and let me know which poems resonate with your life or if you prefer another to connect to this episode. Let’s heal and learn to feel, with words together.

Thank you so much for listening. Please be good to yourselves and remember that having a child is a major decision. It’s okay to take a little longer to make it. Do what’s best for you. And take care.

Too many people do a lot for social media and not enough to help in real life. Here are my thoughts on why social media activism can only go so far if people are still “bleeding out” while others are watching.

Checkout my website to purchase my poetry collections where you can read the full version of “bleeding out” about how it feels to suffer in front of an audience.

Order your copies today and let me know which poems resonate with your life or if you prefer another to connect to this episode. Let’s heal and learn to feel, with words together.

Thank you so much for listening. Please be good to yourselves and each other in real life, not just online. Take care.

We all deserve to have a space where we can feel comfortable enough to be true to ourselves. Allow me to explain what “H.O.M.E.”means to me.

Checkout my website to purchase my poetry collections where you can read the full version of the acronym “H. O.M.E.” about how I define this in my reality.

Order your copies today and let me know which poems resonate with your life or if you prefer another to connect to this episode. Let’s heal and learn to feel, with words together.

Thank you so much for listening. Please be good to yourselves and remember to go where you are loved but stay where you are nurtured. Take care.