The Melanin Unicorn Podcast

Season 2 Finale - Global Sisterhood, Sacred Rest, And The Call To Become

• Kerry • Season 2 • Episode 23

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Your breakthrough isn’t on the horizon—it’s already knocking. We gather for a heartfelt season finale that begins with breath and gratitude, then expands into a global roll call of sisters who tune in from across oceans and time zones. The message lands with warmth and clarity: your voice matters, your story is sacred, and you don’t need permission to be your fullest self.

We dive into the power of intentional rest—ritual, not reward. When we honor capacity, creativity rises, decisions sharpen, and the work glows. From there, we face fear without judgment and name the truth many of us feel: shrinking keeps us safe, but it also keeps us small. Together we trade approval for alignment and reclaim the courage to bring our gifts forward. The affirmations threaded through this conversation aren’t fluff; they’re tools to retrain the mind and steady the body—trust, peace over perfection, worthiness, open doors, and ready hearts.

There’s celebration too. We acknowledge the listeners who carried us through grief, unbelief, and long nights, and we recommit to a community that buys, shares, and stands watch for one another. The invitation is gentle but firm: stop overlooking the life you asked for. Pause, recognize what has already arrived, and step into it with confidence. Rest, then rise.

Season three is on the way, meeting us in our power with the same focus on healing, empowerment, and collective uplift. Until then, take the words with you: unclench, release fear, receive clarity, and walk through the open door. If this message stirred something in you, subscribe, share it with a sister who needs it, and leave a review so more women can find this space. What gift are you bringing forward next?

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Kerry:

Hey, hey, hey tribe, and welcome back to the Melanin Unicorn Podcast and our season to finale. And wow, I don't even know where to begin. Except with I am so grateful and I am so thankful to each and every one of you. I'm your host, Kelly. But before we begin, let's take a deep breath. Inhale for four. Hold for four. And release. You know what started as a whisper in my spirit became a safe space for black women all around the world. And today I just want to sit with you, heart to heart, sister to sister. You know, this season has been a joy, a healing, a release, and it is all because of you. Every time you hit play to listen to an episode, it made me see your courage to keep showing up for your life. It's been so sacred to witness, and it also gave me courage to keep showing up, to keep recording an episode, even when I felt like the episode wasn't up to par. Instead of trashing it, I just uploaded it. So today isn't really about doing more. Nope, it's about honoring all that we have accomplished and survived in this season. And moving into 2026, it is going to be even more amazing. So let's start the show. This podcast traveled all around the world. Not just here in America, where I where I believed in my limited thinking that it would only reach you here. But it traveled. This podcast traveled across the oceans. Okay. Let me tell you who has been tuning in to this podcast every week. Sisters in Malawi, sisters in South Africa, sisters in Japan and Korea and China and Singapore, sisters in Finland, Lithuania, Switzerland, Jamaica, Sisters in Canada, the Netherlands, the UK, Italy, Ireland, Germany, and India. My God today. Can you feel that? The different time zones, the different accents, the different lived experiences, but the same healing, the same longing, the same knowing that there is so much more for each and every one of us. And if you are listening from any of these places today, I need you to hear me clearly. You are not invisible. Your voice matters. Your story is sacred, beloved. And as we close season two, I myself is stepping into a season of rest. Not from burnout and not from collapsing, but intentional rest so that I can recharge, reset, replenish, and refill my spirit so I can come back even stronger for season three. Because here is the thing: we are not just pushing through anymore. We're not doing that. We are honoring and respecting our own capacity. And I need you to ask yourself: when was the last time that I rested without guilt? And what would it look like if rest became a ritual instead of a reward? One thing I am learning in this season of my life, my sisters, is that my rest needs to be intentional. My rest can no longer look like a last resort. My rest has to be honoring to me and to the work that I am doing. Because when I am well rested, I can give my best work. I can create at the highest level. Why? Because I have learned to put myself first, not out of selfishness, but out of the what is the word I'm looking for? Out of the necessity, out of the necessity to be good to me. Because when I am good to myself, my spirit is good, my mind is good, my emotions are good, my heart is good, my soul is good, my cells are good. Everything within me, from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, from the inside out, is good. And so with even with the climate that we are in, we still need to take care of ourselves. We need to regroup because again, when you're arrested, you can think clearly, you have answers that you need, that you it there, there's no more wrestling for even a pure thought. Because we are we are good, we are even killed, we are taking care of ourselves, we are honoring who we are. So remember that. Honor who you are. It is not selfish for you to rest, it is not selfish for you to take care of yourself. It is not selfish for you to put yourself first, my sisters. I don't want for that fear to rule and reign in your lives. Do not be afraid of your gifts, do not be afraid of your healing, do not be afraid of your calling. It is time for you to step into your authentic, true, divine, and abundant life. For the call is coming from inside of the house, my sister, not from the outside, but from within. And the version that you've been praying for, what if it is already here and you keep walking past it? You keep looking past it. Stop what you are doing, pause. Take a moment, because that life is waiting for you to recognize it. The prayer, the petitions, the beliefs, the mirror work, the scripting, the affirmations, all of those things that you have been calling for yourself, calling into yourself, it is there. The breakthrough is here. Stop missing it. Stop looking past it. Stop thinking, oh, this isn't it. No, my sisters, it is it. It is time for you to step into her. It is time for you to become her. It is time for you to step into your new reality. You don't need permission. You don't need permission. Stop asking for permission to be your best self. You don't need anyone else's permission. Step into her. Now say this with me. I am no longer shrinking. I am no longer settling. I am choosing my alignment over others' approval. We are our sisters' keepers. And when one of us rises, we all rise. So stop delaying who you were created and designed to be. It is on you. I am making the call for you to come out. To come out of hiding. It is time. This is your time. We are in the moment where we need you. We need your gifts. Stop hiding them. Stop burying them. Because my sister, somebody needs what you have. Someone needs the gifts that you have. It is time. It is time to step out, and it is time for you to be great. We don't feel safe. And we live with unbelief within ourselves. So I want to say to you that stop underperforming. Stop underperforming who you are. It is time for you to do that thing, whatever it is, that you know you are supposed to be doing. Because you are safe to bloom, you are safe to expand. You are safe to grow. So ask yourself what version of you is ready to be released in this year, in this present year, this new year that we are in. What version of you is ready? Are you ready? And what are you finally done carrying? Are you finally done carrying the unbelief about yourself? Are you finally done hiding? Are you finally done pushing everybody else in front of you while you remain in the back watching other people grasp their dreams? What are you finally done carrying? That's the question for you. What are you finally done carrying? And let the answers come to you softly. Have grace and mercy for yourselves. Let your body relax. Unclench it. Let your spirit breathe. Let your spirit release. I know you are ready. I know you're ready. And I'm ready for you. Because I want to celebrate my sisters. I want to celebrate. I want to party. I want to purchase whatever it is that you're selling. I want to support you. You deserve to be supported. Your sisters will support you. We will support one another. I'm telling you, I know that you are ready to launch. I know that you are ready to bless us with your gifts. And I'm telling you that it is time. It's time, my sisters. It is time. Speak over your life. Speak into your life. Say this with me. I trust myself. I am trusting of me. I am honoring my journey. I am welcoming abundance without apology. I am choosing peace over perfection. I am worthy of everything I desire. Love is coming into my life. The doors are opening for me. Opportunities are now available for me. My time is now. I am ready. I am ready. I am ready. Your breakthrough isn't coming, my sisters. It is already here. Open your eyes. Open the door and walk through it. To our becoming, to our stepping in to her, stepping in to our new lives, stepping into our new reality. And as I step away to Refill my cup. I need you to remember this: that you don't have to wait for permission. You do not have to wait for permission to live boldly. You don't have to water yourself down to be accepted. You don't have to walk alone. Because we are walking this life out together, arm in arm. Being each other's armor bearers. Standing on the wall for each other. Having each other's backs, fronts, and sides. Yes. Yes. And now that we are in this new year, close your eyes if you can. And if you cannot, that is okay. You can say this out loud or you can say it to yourself. You can stand in front of the mirror, looking in your eyes as you say it. I am releasing all fear. I am receiving clarity. I am stepping forward with confidence, and I am ready for my next level. Let me tell you something. I am so grateful and I'm so thankful for each and every one of you. I am just full. My heart is full that you have walked with me through season two. That you've tuned in. Even, and this is full transparency, even when I didn't want to show up because of my own battles with unbelief, dealing with grief and loss. But every time somebody pressed play, every time someone listened, every time someone took notes, every time someone raised their hand and said, Yes, sis, that's me. Yes, sis, I understand. Yes, sis, I know that it is time for me. Yes, sis, I know I've been hiding, but no more. Then my job was correct. My words were not only for you, it was for me as well. Because I needed to hear it. I needed to be reminded. I needed it to be reinforced in my spirit. I needed that. And I'm so thankful that you needed that too. And that you have rocked with me for season two. But season three is coming, it is definitely coming, and it's going to meet you in your power, it's going to meet me in my power. And season three is still going to be about uplifting and empowering each other. Because we need that. And we need each other. We are not an island. We need each other. Okay. Again, I want to thank my sisters across the oceans for tuning in. I love you. I love you. And as I love my sisters right here in America, I love you too. And until we meet again, I leave for you to rest and then rise. But your breakthrough is here. You can follow me on Instagram at the Melanin Unicorn Podcast. Please feel free to share your thoughts. I would love to read them. And if no one has told you today, I love you. I love you dearly. For you are my sisters. And I want you to have the most incredible, beautiful, and magical day because that is the day that you deserve. And I will talk to you soon. Okay? Again, I love you. Take care of yourselves. Bye.

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Kerry

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