Shawntaya MacLean - Poet/ Creative Entity / Future Story Teller

About this episode

Shawntaya MacLean shares her journey as a poet and new mother, exploring themes of creativity, vulnerability, and connection.

She is a poet at heart, a creative spirit who experiences the world through rhythm, emotion, and truth. Her words are shaped by lived moments and quiet reflections, capturing both the beauty and complexity of life. Through her poetry, she gives voice to the unspoken and creates space for connection, healing, and self-expression. As a new mother, her world has expanded in deeply transformative ways. Motherhood has both grounded and elevated her, inspiring a new depth in her creativity rooted in love, growth, and resilience. It continues to influence how she moves, creates, and shows up in every space she enters. On this podcast, she brings her full self: the artist, the woman, the mother. Her presence creates a space where vulnerability and creativity intertwine, inviting listeners into honest conversations, raw emotion, and stories that deserve to be felt. Find out more @galatiic.gypsiie

People in this episode

Host: Israel Ekanem

Guest: Shawntaya MacLean

Topics covered

• poetry
• motherhood
• creativity
• self-expression
• vulnerability
• connection

Keywords

• poet
• creativity
• motherhood
• self-expression
• vulnerability
• healing
• emotion

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