Please enjoy this transcript of the Crown Yourself Podcast, with your host, transformational story coach, Kimberly Spencer (@Kimberly.Spencer)

There’s a version of leadership no one talks about—the kind forged in the quiet, unseen moments when you’re holding life… and facing your own darkness at the same time.

This Friday audio-only Crown Yourself episode is a raw, intimate transmission for the mothers, leaders, and sovereign women who have walked through postpartum anxiety, depression, or emotional depths they never expected—and wondered what it means about them.

In this episode, I share my lived experience navigating postpartum darkness across three births, dismantling the illusion that strength looks like perfection. Drawing from the Law of Polarity, human design, conscious leadership, and the spiritual initiation of motherhood, I reveal a powerful reframe: the depth of your darkness is a direct measure of your capacity for light.

Motherhood is not weakness—it is elite-level res...