I’m fucking proud of myself for unlearning, divorcing traditional thought, and establishing boundaries. I only know myself broken from practically birth. Would’ve love to know who I would’ve grown into if I was born healed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

Life sucks right now. And that’s perfectly okay to say. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

I’ve been struggling quite a bit over the last six months with feeling disconnected from all the things I’m famously known for online – my work, my voice, my impact, this podcast…even conversations around #WithABoy has dwindled because, well quite frankly, ain’t no mothafuckin' boys to talk about, which obviously brings about separate feelings. But along with the disconnect, I’ve also been carrying a really weird and uncomfortable weight of inferiority and insecurity. I open up about the last six months of my life and finally admit I'm depressed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

A love letter to myself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

When I think about those four months of my life I smile. I’m grateful that I was introduced and got to live in the most beautiful bubble of love ever. And as much as those moments were incredible — I’m ready to move on. Almost desperate to. As much as ebbing and flowing is apart of life, I done did it enough. Tap me out of the ebb and place me in the flow. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

Sometimes the only way to be supportive is by walking away. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

Since March rumors about my job were floating around online and in April they were confirmed. After 8 season The Real was being cancelled. And as you can imagine, I was instantly flooded with messages, some even a month prior to any confirmation of any thing. I was annoyed. Big time. After almost two months of sitting with my feelings I'm ready to talk about it. But not the "it" you're probably thinking. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

Wow. We’re ONE! It’s so crazy to think how quick this year has gone by since Taking Up Space was created. Everything about my personal and professional life has changed, which you all know all about by now. I am so damn grateful for just how incredible God has moved on my behalf. I only want to be in spaces where I’m impactful and I love that the podcast has allowed me to do that with so many of you. Cheers to living for a living and God being the greatest engineer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

“For the most part, a man will orgasm regardless, what are your thoughts about women having their orgasms first in whatever manner that pleases them, then having intercourse to please their man?” “How do you think your sexual life would’ve been different had you actually learned what you now know?” “How do you plan on teaching the younger generation without over-exposing or taking away their ability to figure things out on their own?” The response to episode eight really blew me away. You all had the most amazing questions about how I arrived to my sexuality with confidence, introducing sex toys, orgasms, lessons learned and more, so I grabbed seven of my favorites to discuss. Let’s dive in. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

My arrival at sexual liberation and freedom was severely delayed. My relationship with sex has changed drastically, mostly because I no longer subscribed to a lot of the bullshit I was taught. The scare tactics of purity and "what you won't do another woman will" was embedded at such a young age, I would go on to learn that I had no idea what my sexuality and femininity meant to me -- separate of sex with another person. In this episode we explore the importance of having real conversations about our bodies and sexual feelings as adults -- judgment and shame be damn.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support