What happens when the beliefs, roles, and expectations that once shaped your life no longer feel true?
In this episode of Clarity Calls, Meghan sits down with Melisa Keenan, founder of Heart Open Publishing Enterprise (H.O.P.E.) and the visionary behind the collaborative book Wild Belonging.
Melisa shares her journey of leaving the Mormon Church, deconstructing deeply ingrained religious and patriarchal beliefs, and beginning to question the expectations she had inherited around marriage, motherhood, identity, leadership, and what it meant to be a “good” woman.
Together, Meghan and Melisa explore what it really looks like to leave behind what no longer fits—whether that’s a religion, family expectations, old belief systems, relationships with our past, or versions of ourselves we’ve outgrown.
They also dive into the healing power of writing and storytelling. Melisa shares how telling her own story became part of her healing and how releasing shame and seeing our experiences from new perspectives can completely change our relationship with ourselves.
The conversation also explores Wild Belonging and the shared experience of women who have had the courage to question what they were taught, follow their inner knowing, and find a deeper sense of belonging within themselves.
In this episode, we explore:
• Religious deconstruction and leaving a high-demand religion
• Questioning inherited beliefs and family expectations
• The influence of patriarchy on women, motherhood, and identity
• Owning your truth and finding your authentic voice
• Writing and storytelling as tools for healing and clarity
• Releasing shame and seeing your past from a new perspective
• Learning to trust yourself after leaving familiar structures
• Finding belonging after walking away from what once defined you
• Wild Belonging and the power of women sharing their stories
• Conscious leadership, spirituality, and creating spaces for deeper conversations
This is a conversation about the courage it takes to question what you've always known—and what can become possible when you give yourself permission to decide what is actually true for you.
You can find Melisa Keenan
Website:
https://www.melisakeenan.com/
Email: [email protected]
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