We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Radheya Reinkarn8d. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Radheya below.

Radheya, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Do you wish you had started sooner?

I’m twenty five years too late to the game! I went to fancy private schools, studied business, and ended up in corporate America. Most people I knew followed the same path. Honestly, pursuing a creative career never even occurred to me!

Ten years ago, I reached a point of deep unhappiness. I had achieved the conventional measures of success: advanced degrees, high paying jobs, a loving family. Yet inside I was screaming, inside I was dying! My soul was struggling to breathe.

So I embarked on a journey of self-discovery. How can I live better, I wondered…feel more content, more alive? I started to practice yoga and meditation. I changed my routines, my relationships, my standards for success. I rebuilt every aspect of myself.

Along the way, I rediscovered a love of writing. Writing gives me a boundless sense of freedom. An ability to express myself authentically, without fear or hesitation. To share the contents of my heart in their purest form.

The writing evolved into spoken word, which I began performing. The spoken word evolved into rap music, which I began recording. Now I’m releasing new music every six to eight weeks. I’m feeling more inspired, more energized, and more grateful than ever.

Do I wish I had started sooner? Well, my journey has brought me to this exact moment. I have struggled, I have observed, I have lived as both a corporate executive and as a humble artist. I can draw on my experience and insights to uplift others. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My story is universal. It’s the story of every person who has sacrificed material comfort for the sake of their soul.

I grew up with many advantages: physical health, a loving family, financial resources. I attended the best schools and worked at the best firms. There was no reason for me to pursue an artistic path.

Except I couldn’t NOT do it! My nice, stable, corporate life provided no outlet for my passion and creativity. I was stifling my spirit, which was making me physically and mentally ill.

Eventually I reached a breaking point and decided to shift course. I have always been a talented writer and I threw myself into this craft. Words, ideas and lyrics poured out of me. The creative process assumed a life of its own.

The writing evolved from short essays, to poetry, to spoken word and hip hop. I recorded a spoken word album in 2021, started performing at local events, and more recently have been recording and releasing rap music.

People who have known me for years are amazed by my journey. A forty something executive who launched a rap career, built a content production and marketing team, and is challenging our basic views about the world and ourselves. Who would have imagined!

I had the courage to follow my heart, not knowing where it would lead. To speak my truth, not knowing whether anyone would listen. Once I accepted my nature, and my talent, the path became clear. I had no choice but to move forward.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

Producing my first album felt magical. I worked with a well-known producer who loved my lyrics and my message. I engaged a fantastic social media and digital distribution team. I hired a phenomenal graphic artist to create animated videos for each song. I expected the album to catch fire. Instead, crickets…no one showed up for the party!

I poured my heart, my soul, my savings, into a project and no one seemed to care. A few months after the launch, my dreams of success had evaporated. I felt foolish and depressed. Oh my God, what now, I wondered? Maybe I’m not cut out for this.

I thought about quitting. About closing the chapter on my music career and returning to a more familiar path. But something within me had changed. The creative energy I had discovered was growing and burning inside of me. It demanded expression. I stopped viewing music as a project, or a hobby. This is not what I do, I realized. This is who I am.

So I kept writing, kept performing, kept refining my delivery. Along the way I have matured as an artist. The quality of my work has improved. I have started collaborating with singers and producers who can help bring my words to a global audience. The message is timely, the delivery is compelling, the foundation is in place…in 2024, this is going to explode!

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

I want to change the way that people think.

I have seen first hand that our basic ideas about life are wrong. They lead to pain and social dysfunction. For example, we spend our lives chasing more…more money, more status, more thrills…and therefore we never feel content. We look for validation, for other people to tell us that we are okay, which makes us phony and insecure. We are taught to hate other groups of people, which leads to polarization and geopolitical conflict.

The evidence surrounds us. Physical and mental health are declining. Life expectancy is falling. Anxiety and depression are rampant. And our world is moving closer to catastrophic conflict. Clearly, the central ideas that govern our behavior have failed.

My music exposes the flaws in conventional thinking. It helps listeners clearly see what is happening in society, and why. Once we begin to see clearly, we can make better decisions, and stop inflicting pain on others (and on ourselves).

I have gone through a personal transformation over the last ten years. I have emerged with a clear understanding of who I am, what I value, and what I wish to achieve. Change begins in the mind. I hope that my music inspires an internal revolution.

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