What I’ve been walking through lately has been challenging, but it’s also been powerful. It’s been shaping how I see myself, my path, and this next season. So I had to come here and share some of it with you. As always, thank you for listening.
It’s easy for me to stay in my own lane and keep to myself. Avoid people, avoid their problems. But that comfort don’t hold up when you know you’ve been called to something bigger.
I was prophesied to at 12 that I’d be spreading a message to millions of people. Well, that time is now. And I’ve come to know being hidden and quiet just won’t work.
I’ve never been that girl who needed the mic or the spotlight. I wasn’t tryna be center stage. I was tryna be left alone. Even as a kid, I wasn’t linking up with cliques or trying to fit in. Shoot, you look at me too long and I’m copping an attitude.
I didn’t know what that was back then, but I know now it wasn’t just shyness. It was energy protection.
Even in school, I was different. I had my own look. I wasn’t worried about popularity, and I didn’t care what the other girls were doing.
I was shy, real standoffish, quiet to the point where people probably thought something was wrong with me. But I didn’t care. My focus was simple. Get the work done. Don’t bring home nothing past a C. Get a job as soon as I can. I did just that.
And I’ve always been sensitive. I don’t mean emotional like crying all the time. I mean feeling everything. I can walk in a room and feel everybody’s energy before anyone opens their mouth. It’s like my body reads the room before I do.
That’s exactly why I stay to myself. It’s quiet, it’s peaceful, and nobody’s trying to download their emotions into my spirit.
I be mindin’ my business like it’s a full-time job. But there’s this thing about purpose. It don’t care how shy you are, or how comfortable you are in your little bubble.
Purpose don’t wait on your comfort. It’ll come tap you like, “You done chillin’? Good, cause we got work to do.”
You can try to dodge it, you can try to hide, but when it’s time, that calling will find you. It’ll put your shoes on and walk you straight into your assignment, ready or not.
That’s how I got here.
I didn’t plan on being seen. I didn’t ask for this. But I always knew I was carrying something heavy and important. Something that wasn’t just for me.
I’ve spent years being quiet. And it wasn’t just the world not noticing me. I was lowkey participating in my own invisibility. Not posting. Not mingling. Not speaking, even though I had something to say.
But here’s the thing. I’ve learned I can’t hide and be heard at the same time.
And this message I carry, it’s not some cute lil hobby. It’s an assignment. I didn’t just wake up one day and say, “Lemme start a podcast.” That would never be me.
It actually started with a conversation with my niece. She asked me out the blue, “Have you ever thought about doing a podcast?”
And I was like, “Absolutely not.”
But what she said next stuck. It sat in my spirit heavy. And before that call ended, I had a name, a plan, and the beginning of what’s now The Soul Behind It.
That name, she gave me that too. Because I always say it. This ain’t just me talking. This is the soul behind it. Behind the pain, behind the growth, behind the healing. That’s who’s speaking.
When you’re young, people often tell you what you’re good at, whether it be your parents or teachers. I knew from a very young age that my writing skills were next level.
And when it comes to conversation and speaking, I’ll be honest. I write better than I speak. Always have.
My books are dropping soon, and you can tell me what you think. But my knowing stands that you’ll feel like you’ve walked every page I write.
All that to say, I’ve been going through a tough transition this past year. A real awakening. And something in me knew it was time to start speaking anyway, not just writing.
To come out the shadows and stop letting fear keep the message locked inside.
And something happened recently that reminded me I’m on the right track.
I was featured in the 87th Edition of Poze Magazine, and it was such a beautiful feeling.
Because I haven’t even been “active” like that. I haven’t been posting every day or hyping my music like I probably should be. But you know what I have been doing? Staying faithful to the assignment.
When something nudges me, I press record or grab a pen. And that magazine feature reminded me that divine timing is real.
That’s why I wrote the song Sacred Timing. Because it’s not about being out there. It’s about being aligned and being where you’re supposed to be.
I didn’t get here by forcing anything. I just paid attention. To what felt right. To that quiet voice in me that always knows what’s next. And when it said “move,” I did.
And trust me, I’ve been through too much not to know this is real.
I been there. Taken from a young mom as a baby. Lived through trenches as an adult. Felt the weight of heartbreak, struggle, survival, hustle.
And somehow, I still knew there was power deep down that I hadn’t even touched yet.
My mother was a huge part of my familiarity with power. Seeing how bold she was, how forward and honest she was, taught me so much about who I could be. But back then, I was the opposite.
That’s why I’m writing songs and books, and why I use this space to speak. Because when you’ve been through it, you don’t just have advice. You’ve got authority.
And when I finally stopped trying to figure out why everything happened, I started seeing what it all prepared me for.
I ain’t trying to be famous. I’m not doing this for attention. I’m saying this because it’s true.
I was born with something in me, and so were you. My mission is about alignment.
I didn’t show up on this earth to become something. I showed up as something.
And yeah, I know I’m gonna be on big platforms. That’s facts. But I don’t need praise. I don’t need a gold star. This message was made to reach people, and I was made to carry it.
If you’re new to listening, here’s the message plain and simple.
You are powerful. You were born with everything you need already inside of you. You don’t have to graduate to obtain your worth. And let me tell you, you don’t have to wait for anyone to hand it to you either. It’s yours.
The minute you stop looking out there and start going inward, I know, so cliche, but things change. Your life starts moving different. A lot like how you intend and want it. Not because the world changed, but because you did.
My message is about awakening. It’s about unplugging from the programming of this world and the lies you were taught. It’s about waking up to the truth that you are not here to bow down. You are here to build.
To speak your next chapter out loud. To live like the author, not the background character.
You are beautifully made, and yes, from birth.
That’s what I mean when I say I was born for this. This is soul work. And I’m just getting started.
I know I’ve been in training for something way bigger. And every moment I stayed quiet, every time I sat still, was part of my preparation.
So yeah, I’m shy. I’m sensitive. And I’m still learning how to be seen. I might not say much at first, but when I believe in something, that’s when the fire in me shows up.
If you’re also dealing with a deep knowing, that you have a calling, like something in you is trying to come out but you don’t know how to handle the spotlight, remember this.
You don’t have to become somebody else. You just have to stop degrading who you already are. There’s a way to show up that doesn’t drain you. And there’s a way to be visible without selling your soul.
You can be sacred and still be seen.
I’m not showing up to impress no one. I’m showing up to free the people who feel like I did. And if that means being seen, well.
The light I stand in, it ain’t mine. It’s borrowed from the mission I carry.
I don’t always speak perfect. But I’m aligned. And that alignment makes me powerful.
So don’t hide. This is your cue.
It’s time, baby.
Step out and be seen.
Song attached “Unmute Me” (Unreleased)
🔔 Artist Statement –
“Unmute Me” is more than a song, it’s a reset. A clearing. A release.
I created this track to move energy. To help myself and others release what’s heavy and reconnect with what’s already within us. Bells have always carried meaning. They open space, announce change, and mark alignment. A school bell, a doorbell, a temple bell, they all mean the same thing: something is arriving.
Every bell in this song is a call. A call to let go, to get centered, to move when it’s time. Most of us carry tension in our bodies, our story, or our spirit. This track is meant to bring rhythm to your healing and breath to your process.
You’ll hear bells throughout the entire song, not as decoration, but as activation. I treated the bell hits like percussion, sequencing them into a pattern so they move like a beat and sit right in the groove.
Unmute Me is sound doing what sound was made to do: shift things. And this time, it’s shifting us back to our center
— Renee Mims
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