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Taking Up Space: A Podcast

Taking Up Space: A Podcast

Krystal Franklin

I'm Krystal Franklin, mostly known across the world wide web as an opinionated Journalist, host, and award-winning producer. Online, my career and life has the ability to look glamorous, but IRL it's actually quite the opposite. I share my personal and professional experiences to encourage others to operate at their highest potential and to fully take up space in the world by pushing past fear, doubt, and insecurities.
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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - Somebody's Somebody

Somebody's Somebody

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05/28/20 • 16 min

One of the worst things women do is make men pay for a heart they didn't break because of unresolved daddy issues. In many ways, I feel like a fatherless daughter. It has shaped my life in more ways than I can imagine. Every relationship in my life, albeit personal, familial, or romantic has been impacted by growing up without my father in the home.

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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - You Can't Win If You Don't Play

You Can't Win If You Don't Play

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05/28/20 • 13 min

At the end of April Netflix announced a new podcast hosted by two popular Black women in the media and social media space. Alongside the many congratulations were several declarations of disappointment from women that worked in the same industry. The question? Why did it seem as if the same group of friends always got the big opportunities? While I completely understood the feeling and had felt the same in many ways prior, it served as a reminder that you can't win if you don't play.

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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - Life For Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair

Life For Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair

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05/28/20 • 28 min

This has been my life's motto for as long as I can remember. And if I'm honest I always felt as if my journey was unnecessarily hard and wrought with annoying challenges and unavoidable heartache. This episode starts at the beginning, growing up as an only child in a single-parent home. Riddled with loneliness and a crazy amount of creativity, both would go on to shape me as a woman navigating life and career in her mid-thirties. This episode is a reminder that although life may not always be kind, scattered seeds still grow.

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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - Who Would I Be If You Were Still Here?

Who Would I Be If You Were Still Here?

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12/25/23 • 4 min

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.
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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - For Colored Girls Who Are Tired of Feeling
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08/31/23 • 5 min

Life sucks right now. And that’s perfectly okay to say.
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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - Let's Talk About Sex, Baby

Let's Talk About Sex, Baby

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12/06/20 • 12 min

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.
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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - Undeserving & Unlovable?!

Undeserving & Unlovable?!

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09/18/24 • 8 min

Can I be honest? I often default to feelings of unlovable and underserving when things go wrong in my life. It’s largely because I always heard how I was “too much” growing up. Even now, friends will jokingly say it, and although I lean into it, shit still stings. In this episode I explore where the origins of those feelings come from and set a plan to course correct when they surface.

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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - I Have PTSD

I Have PTSD

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09/02/20 • 8 min

"Now that you're out of my life I'm so much better..." And while I am better, a HELL OF A LOT better, I still carry around the effects of being a survivor, and it's showing up in so clear now more than ever. This episode walks you through real-time growth at one of the most crucial parts of my life. *cheers* to actually doing the work and not just talking about it.

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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - #KrysTakesLA

#KrysTakesLA

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07/22/20 • 11 min

In the last two months, life has changed drastically. I turned 34 and secretly moved from Maryland to Los Angeles during WFH orders to make a 13-year dream come true. Less than a month after leaping a MASSIVE net appeared in only a way God gets the glory for. Here's how it happened.

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Taking Up Space: A Podcast - Shrinking In Places You've Outgrown

Shrinking In Places You've Outgrown

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05/28/20 • 12 min

It's normal to outgrow people and things and jobs, but if you're not honest about your feelings you can find yourself stuck in a loveless relationship, a friendship that lacks reciprocity and a job that doesn't value you. Want to chase your dreams? Want to start over? Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Taking Up Space: A Podcast have?

Taking Up Space: A Podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

What topics does Taking Up Space: A Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.

What is the most popular episode on Taking Up Space: A Podcast?

The episode title 'I Have PTSD' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Taking Up Space: A Podcast?

The average episode length on Taking Up Space: A Podcast is 11 minutes.

How often are episodes of Taking Up Space: A Podcast released?

Episodes of Taking Up Space: A Podcast are typically released every 55 days, 11 hours.

When was the first episode of Taking Up Space: A Podcast?

The first episode of Taking Up Space: A Podcast was released on May 28, 2020.

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