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...

My word for this year has been “community.” In the past 2 years, moving countries, then moving states, amidst so much death, the value of true, meaningful, deep relationships has rooted into my value system like never before.

I used to love wolf it - I had my husband, my parents, my kids. But when we got stuck in Australia 🇦🇺 for two years, community in crisis became critical, for me, and my babies.

So when I moved to Texas, I knew how deeply I wanted to double down on building quality relationshsips with people who deeply value connection. 

Fast forward to a Facebook group search later and there it was “CONNECT,” as fast growing 2000 person community of growth minded women. 

I showed up to this woman’s house like a kid on the first day of kindergarden - hopeful to make friends, but nervous with all the egoic questions racing through my mind…

Will they like me? Will it be of value? Will I be accepted?

Two hours later, I drove home with tears in my eyes, knowing I’d fo...