🎙️In this soulful episode of the Rough Draft Podcast, host Sabrina Greer sits down with poet and trauma-informed educator Krista Lee Beeler, whose debut poetry collection Cry With Me Sister: We Rise at Dawn is now available worldwide.

Krista shares her journey of transforming lived experiences—growing up with addiction in her home, surviving sexual abuse, and navigating perfectionism and physical illness—into poetry that became both her own healing and a gift of sisterhood for others. She speaks about the power of remembrance, emotional literacy, and breaking cycles through art, writing, and collective circles of women.

Together, Sabrina and Krista explore:

How breakdowns can become portals to breakthroughs

The importance of emotional education and prevention work with children

The healing spiral and how poetry became Krista’s voice after silence

The rise of sisterhood and women’s circles as powerful spaces of transformation

Balancing inclusivity while protecting sacred spaces for women’s healing

Krista also reads one of her deeply moving poems, reminding us that healing is messy, nonlinear, and profoundly beautiful.

✨ Get your copy of Cry With Me Sister: We Rise at Dawn on Amazon or wherever books are sold.
🍁Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1998721175
✨ Learn more about Krista’s work at Kind Spirit Kids
and connect with her on Instagram [@KristaLeeBeeler].

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