The Main Character Experience™ Podcast
Helping Black women heal toxic patterns, rebuild their identity, and walk in unshakable confidence as the Main Character of their life. If you’re a Black woman starting over in life, love, career, or healing—welcome home. The Main Character Experience™ is a mindset and personal growth podcast for women who feel stuck, overlooked, or tired of shrinking in rooms they were born to own. Hosted by Kala C. Simmons—Master Social Worker, Certified Life Coach, and Confidence Strategist—each episode delivers no-fluff coaching, empowering mindset shifts, and emotional mastery tools rooted in identity development, self-worth, and bold personal transformation. Inside each episode, you’ll learn how to: Rebuild your confidence after a breakup, breakdown, or breakthrough Set boundaries without guilt or backtracking Navigate career pivots and purpose shifts in your 30s, 40s, and beyond Heal your relationship with yourself so you stop performing for validation Step into your Main Character Era™ with power, peace, and presence This podcast centers the lived experiences, emotional labor, and brilliance of Black women navigating fresh starts, but let’s be real—growth has no shade card. If you’re a woman who values truth, healing, and a little side-eye-worthy humor along the way—you belong here. Through raw conversations, personal stories, and next-level confidence coaching, Kala will help you stop playing small and start showing up as the woman you’ve always been. ✨ Your next chapter starts now. Are you ready to take up space? 🔗 Connect + Subscribe: 📍 Website: https://www.heycoachk.co 📱 Instagram: @heycoachk 🎥 YouTube: @heycoachk1 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/heycoachk 🎵 TikTok + Threads: @heycoachk1 💼 LinkedIn: @heycoachk
Episodes
Start your day like the Main Character you are! In this episode of The Main Character Experience™ Podcast, Kala shares her morning routine for confidence, success, and peace of mind. From using a sunrise alarm clock to daily gratitude practices, movement, and journaling, this routine will help you feel grounded, focused, and ready to take on anything 2025 throws your way.
You’ll learn:
- Why a consistent morning routi...
Hello Gorgeous, and welcome back to The Main Character Experience™ Podcast!
This week, I’m showing up raw and unfiltered to talk about navigating one of the heaviest weeks of my life. In just a few days, I experienced the highest highs and the lowest lows—from leading two speaking engagements to losing a beloved staff member, managing my Team’s grief while holding space for my own emotions, and navigating the chaos of ...
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Hello Gorgeous! Welcome back to The Main Character Experience Podcast™. In this episode, I’m inviting you to join The Great Lock-In—a movement led by Black women across the U.S. but open to any woman ready to get hyper-focused on the last 120 days of 2025.
We’re talking recommitment, course correction, and intentional action. I’ll guide you through:
- Dusting off your vision board and picking your pr...
Doom scrolling might seem harmless—until you notice how it hijacks your emotions, steals your peace, and leaves you carrying stress that doesn’t even belong to you. In this episode of The Main Character Experience Podcast, I’m breaking down how clickbait headlines, toxic comment sections, and recycled narratives manipulate our emotional energy—and how you can stop letting it happen.
We’ll talk about:
- The hidden cost...
Hello Gorgeous! 💎 This week, I’m sharing my heart after an incredible week with The Rewrite Challenge. From the breakthroughs and courage I witnessed, to honoring those who chose to step away from the group—this episode is all about growth, alignment, and moving closer to the Main Character version of YOU.
You’ll hear:
- The powerful transformations participants experienced
- Why people and things falling away isn’t fai...
In this episode of The Main Character Experience™ Podcast, I’m calling out the top 4 excuses women make for not joining The Rewrite Challenge—and dismantling every single one. If you’ve ever told yourself you don’t have the time, can’t commit, or even worried about showing up perfectly…this is for you.
The Rewrite is a free 5-day challenge kicking off Tuesday, August 19th, inside my private Facebook community. Each day...
Hello, Gorgeous! And welcome back to The Main Character Experience ™️
If your life feels… off...
Like you’re meant for more but can’t pinpoint what’s wrong then this episode is for you.
I’m sharing three undeniable signs it’s time for a rewrite so you can stop living in loops and start stepping into your next chapter.
Inside, we talk about:
- Why routines can keep you stuck (and how to spot the difference between stabil...
At 24 years old, while working as a community mental health case manager, I was pulled over at gunpoint by nine police officers, all because of a false accusation.
In this video, I share my firsthand experience, what happened that day, and how it changed my life and career.
If you’ve ever felt misunderstood, misjudged, or unfairly targeted because of how you look or where you come from, this story is for you.
Times...
Hello Gorgeous, welcome back to The Main Character Experience™!
This episode is for the woman who knows she’s been playing small, waiting for the “perfect moment,” or hiding the truest version of herself.
I’m sharing exactly what happened when I finally stopped hiding, claimed my voice, and boldly declared who I’m here to serve. (Spoiler alert: everything changed — my community reignited, doors opened, and I could feel ...
In today’s episode of The Main Character Experience™, Coach Kala Simmons gets real about a viral moment that sparked a bigger conversation about judgment, emotional healing, and accountability.
When the CEO of Astronomer was caught on the kiss cam with someone other than his wife, the internet exploded—not just over his actions, but over the mistress’s LinkedIn photo. Kala challenges this petty behavior and asks a deep...
In this powerful episode of The Main Character Experience™, Confidence Strategist and Feelings Translator Coach Kala Simmons walks you through a transformational 4-step emotional processing method that will help you stop living on emotional autopilot and start regulating your inner world like the main character you are.
Whether you’re navigating emotional triggers, trying to heal from heartbreak, or just sick of feelin...
Hello Gorgeous, and welcome back to The Main Character Experience ™️
It’s been a minute — and I needed it.
A week in Cali, no alarms, no people-pleasing, no performing. Just me, in my rhythm. My joy. My rest. ✨
But coming back? Whew. That creeping feeling of dread tried to pull me back into my old habits:
🚩 Overthinking
🚩 Emotional suppression
🚩 Shrinking myself to protect others
🚩 Feeling g...
Hello Gorgeous, and Happy (Complicated) Independence Day…
While the U.S. celebrates freedom with fireworks and fanfare, today’s episode of The Main Character Experience™ offers something deeper:
💥 An invitation to emotional liberation.
In this honest and heart-opening solo episode, Coach K holds space for the real, raw complexity of July 4th for Black and Brown women in America and offers a radical reframe:
Your fr...
Welcome back to The Main Character Experience™ — where healing gets real, stories get raw, and breakthroughs happen in real time.
In today’s episode, Kala shares a deeply personal story that starts with a dream weekend getaway… and ends in urgent care. What begins as an allergic reaction to a childhood lotion quickly unravels into a powerful life metaphor: how the things we’ve always trusted: coping skills, h...
In this episode, I’m sharing 4 major identity shifts that completely transformed my life. From people-pleasing and burnout to reclaiming my self-worth and stepping fully into my main character energy. I get personal, real, and honest about what it really takes to rewrite your story.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re stuck between who you’ve been and who you want to become, this is for you.
🔥 Inside this episode...
“Fine was never the goal. Freedom was.”
This one is personal, tender, and oh-so powerful.
In this milestone episode, I’m celebrating 2 years, 182 episodes, and thousands of downloads across six continents—but more importantly, I’m taking you behind the scenes of one vulnerable, unforgettable moment that perfectly captures what this journey has been like.
From sitting barefoot on a ledge with a cupcake… to the reali...
Hello Gorgeous, welcome back to The Main Character Experience™ podcast!
It’s June—the halfway point of 2025—and this episode is your wake-up call. If you’ve been spinning your wheels, disappearing when things get good, or feeling stuck despite all your “doing,” this one is for you.
We're naming and unpacking self-sabotage—what it is, why it happens, and how to finally rewrite the patterns keeping you stuck. I’m sha...
If you’re feeling low after the long weekend, questioning your worth, or wondering if you’ll ever feel like yourself again — this episode is for you.
Kala gets real about the moment she hit rock bottom, how she clawed her way back, and why she knows without a doubt that you can too.
This isn’t just another pep talk — it’s a permission slip to choose yourself. To stop waiting. And to say “enough” to everything and everyo...
Hello Gorgeous, it’s here. 🙌🏾🔥
The Main Character Mini Makeover has officially dropped—and I’ve taken out all the fluff so you can finally stop spinning your wheels and start living the life you’re proud of.
In this quick-hit episode, I’m sharing why I created this powerful, limited-time offer and how you can start shifting your mindset, identity, and confidence—without the overwhelm or confusion.
You’ll g...
What do you do when life is falling apart in real time—but you still have to show up?
In this juicy storytime replay from a LIVE I did earlier this week, I’m sharing how I stayed in Main Character Mode with 7% battery, a flat tire, and barely any signal. It was giving Hot Mess Express, but I made it happen—and this episode is all about how you can show up and rock the mic even when the odds aren’t in your favor.
✨ If yo...
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