Dropping the Mask in the Hot Room: Kalene McGraner on Vulnerability and Healing Patterns

Kalene McGraner's life changed in two minutes—at 5:00 shehad a family, by 5:02 her marriage was over. In this raw conversation, the co-founder of Dallas's Ritual One wellness studio opens up about how childhood abandonment shaped her attachment patterns, why her divorce became the catalystfor building an extraordinary community space, and what she discovered through psychedelic therapy and intensive inner child work. We explore the loneliness that exists even in relationships, why going inward is terrifying butnecessary, and how the hot yoga room strips away identity to reveal our shared humanity. Kalene shares her journey from single mom raised by a single mom to creating a business in the middle of personal crisis, the difference betweenempathy and compassion, and why spiritual leakiness is real. This is a conversation about breaking patterns, finding agency, and learning that healing is never linear.