Fiercely Unfiltered with Kelly Renee

What is the real cost of staying silent when bullying happens? In this episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee gets real about how the world often lets bullies get away with it and what it takes to stop them. With a new school year starting, she puts you right in the shoes of kids walking into classrooms full of nerves, pressure, and for some, the fear of being picked on. Kelly doesn’t just th...

What if the fatigue, mood swings, and lack of motivation you’re battling aren’t just “life stress” but your hormones waving a red flag? In this episode, Kelly Renee shares her deeply personal journey of discovering that her exhaustion and emotional struggles weren’t about weakness or depression; they were about dangerously low hormone levels. From testosterone pellets to weekly injections, Kelly p...

What happens when the competition lights fade, and real life sets back in? In this episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee opens up about her journey eight weeks post-show, the highs, the struggles, and the lessons she’s learning while navigating health, aging, and balance. From gaining back weight after competition prep to experimenting with wellness products that support recovery and skin he...

They say love can conquer anything, but what happens when love and business collide? Running a company with your spouse might sound like the ultimate dream team, but the reality? It can turn into a battlefield where egos, family ties, and business pressures all clash. In this episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee shares the raw truth about building and losing a business with her husband. Fro...

They say blood is thicker than water, but what happens when your own blood leaves you drowning? If you've ever felt more seen by a coworker than by your sibling… more supported by a friend than your parent… you're not alone. In this episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee shares a family betrayal that forced her to draw a hard line. Her father and sister took her 17-year-old son to get a COVID...

What do you do when the person you trust most is the one who hands you the poison? In this episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee opens up about something she’s been holding onto for a long time. She shares a moment that shifted everything: when someone she loved and trusted most introduced her to drugs during one of the hardest seasons of her life. Her mom was dying, emotions were heavy, and...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt like the person you see doesn’t match who you really are? In this episode, Kelly Renee shares what led her to get a facelift at 44 and why it wasn’t about looking younger. It followed the end of her marriage and the death of her mother. For the first time in a long time, she had space to focus on herself. And she didn’t like what she saw. She talks openl...

What does "normal" even mean, and why do we destroy ourselves trying to achieve it? In this episode, Kelly Renee exposes the universal ache of not belonging through two defining chapters of her life: a reckless teenage search for acceptance and an adult relapse into addiction while grieving her mother's death. The episode begins with a haunting poem 17-year-old Kelly wrote about four girls, Kim, J...

Did you know that many girls as young as nine struggle with body image? In this episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, host Kelly Renee dives deep into the hidden scars we carry, not the ones you can see, but the emotional ones that quietly shape how we see ourselves. From her own memories of feeling different in fifth grade to her guilt as a parent navigating her son’s painful struggle with acne, Kelly...

What if your touch caused someone pain? What if a simple hug could tear skin? In this deeply personal and emotional episode, Kelly Renee shares the raw truth about Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). A rare, devastating skin disorder known as “Butterfly Skin.” After witnessing her own nephew battle this cruel disease, Kelly takes us through her journey from helplessness to activism and sheds light on a fi...

How long is too long to be single? After two divorces and heartbreak, Kelly Renee is embracing the chapter many fear most: life on her own terms, without the pressure to find "the one." In this episode, Kelly shares what it really means to be single by choice, by circumstance, and without apology. Nearly three years into singleness, she’s rewriting the outdated narrative that a woman’s worth depen...

What does it take to step on stage at 47, compete against athletes half your age, and win? After months of training, discipline, and sacrifice, Kelly Renee is back from her fitness competition, and she’s walking away a winner in more ways than one. In this episode, Kelly opens up about her first-ever bodybuilding competition, what it took to transform her body and mindset, and how the journey is o...

What if you could go back in time and tell your younger self everything she needed to hear before the heartbreak, before the betrayal, before the world convinced her she wasn’t enough. What would you say? Would you warn her? Would you comfort her? Or would you simply remind her that she was always worth choosing? In this deeply personal birthday episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee does exa...

Imagine loving someone so deeply that even forever feels too short. You stand at the altar, hand in hand, hearts full of promise, and say, “Till death do us part.” But what happens when love doesn’t die, it simply walks away? When the person who once knew you best becomes a stranger? When the one who vowed to stand by your side no longer checks to see if you’re okay... do you still cling to the we...

Co-parenting sounds doable in theory, but in real life? It’s tough, especially after a messy divorce, and even more so when your ex has already moved on to someone new. How do you co-parent with someone you’re not on the same page with anymore, maybe even don’t like? And what if they keep jumping from one relationship to the next, making everything feel unstable? In this episode of Fiercely Unfilt...

Do you ever find yourself wondering if it’s even possible to feel better in your 40s than you did in your 30s? Kelly Renee is living proof that it’s possible. And her secret weapon? The gym. In this electrifying episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly pulls back the curtain on her grueling 16-week fitness competition prep, just a week away from stepping onto the big stage in San Diego. No excuses. N...

Picture this: You say "yes” to someone you barely know because of the military’s financial benefits, your friends are all getting married, and hey, it seems like a good idea at the time. Fast forward a few years, and you’re staring at a person you legally promised forever to… and realizing you don’t even like them.  Yep. That was Kelly's first marriage.   In this episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, ho...

What happens when a woman at rock bottom picks up a golf club?   At 47, Kelly Renee was supposed to be broken. Divorced. Recovering from neck surgery that left her struggling to hold her phone. The world saw a woman who should have been defeated, but the golf course saw something else entirely. Golf wasn’t just a game, it became her rebellion, the lifeline she didn’t know she needed: a way to rebu...

What if the moment you found out you were pregnant came with as much fear as joy? What if no one warned you about the physical trauma, the emotional weight, or the life-altering identity shift that comes with becoming a mother?  In this raw and unfiltered episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee shares the highs, lows, and wild moments of her motherhood journey. From military pregnancies that e...

What does it mean to become a mother when the birth stories you imagined shatter into chaos and fear? In this heartfelt episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee shares the deeply personal and emotional journeys of bringing her two sons into the world, both fighting for their lives in the NICU. With Mother’s Day approaching and her youngest son turning 22, Kelly reflects on the terrifying, beaut...

Imagine trusting your spouse, believing they have it all together, only to find out they’ve been paying women $500 a week for sex behind your back. Now, after filing for divorce, one of those women reaches out on Instagram to confess everything. What do you do with that kind of betrayal? In this raw episode, Kelly Renee opens up about the shocking truth of her ex-husband’s infidelity, secrets unco...

What if there was a way to secure financial support for your children without spending a dime on lawyers or endless court battles? What if the state could step in and handle everything—locating the other parent, calculating fair payments, even enforcing them—while you focus on raising your kids? In this episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, host Kelly Renee tackles the often misunderstood and emotionall...

Yes, a lot has been said about cannabis. Critics call it a "gateway drug." Advocates hail it as a miracle plant. Politicians debate its legality while Big Pharma and alcohol companies quietly fund opposition to keep their profits safe. But here’s the reality: Most of what’s been said is either outdated, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. We’ve been fed the same tired arguments for decades—"It’s dange...

Can women truly "have it all"? In this raw and deeply personal episode, Kelly Renee dismantles the myth of balancing motherhood and career, drawing from her own journey as a military veteran, real estate professional, and mother of two. She shares the painful sacrifices, societal double standards, and emotional toll of trying to excel at both—and why she now believes it’s impossible without system...

What would you do if the person who taught you how to live was suddenly fighting for their own life? How do you navigate the unthinkable—losing the anchor of your family—and find a way to keep going? In this deeply personal episode of Fiercely Unfiltered, Kelly Renee opens up about her heartbreaking journey through grief after losing her mother to fallopian tube cancer. She shares the raw emotions...