Corporate Spaces and the Box

Podcast: The Healing Poetic Podcast - R.I.S.E Series · Keya

Opublikowano: 2026-05-26

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of The Box & The Sky series, Keya McClain the Poet dives into the emotional performance many Black women are forced to navigate in corporate and professional spaces. Corporate Spaces and the Box explores the unspoken pressure to constantly self-monitor, code-switch, emotionally regulate, and shrink parts of yourself in order to survive professionally while still being respected, heard, and valued. From tone-policing and perception management to the exhaustion of always having to appear “pleasant,” “non-threatening,” or “strong,” Keya unpacks the emotional choreography many women quietly perform behind the s...