Marginalized storytellers are the voices that shape culture and ignite change.
Yet, we live in a society that demands conformity and silence at the expense of truth and liberation. Well, I call bullshit.
The onslaught of systemic oppressions BIPOC, queer, disabled, and neurodivergent creators experience subconsciously shapes us. It shapes our fears, our doubts, and our internal beliefs about what we can say and who we can be. We can’t let that stop us. Our most powerful work comes when we create from truth instead of fear.
That’s why I help marginalized storytellers build emotional, creative, and identity sovereignty by reshaping how they relate to their own power. I share practical frameworks and tools to help them breakthrough their fears and bullshit stories so they can show up, speak out, and create unapologetically.
About Kristin
I’m Kristin Iris Johnson, a fiction writer, speaker, and liberation architect for marginalized storytellers. I’m an NAACP Image Award nominated Film Producer with 20+ film/TV credits, and Creator/Writer of the GLAAD Media Award-nominated supernatural TV series Wicked City. That journey has not been easy. As someone who lives at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities: queer, Black, autistic, and disabled; I understand the challenges of navigating a world and creative industries that silence us and often punish our very existence. To stand in defiance of that is power. So, I’ve spent 10+ years taking what I’ve learned and sharing it with other marginalized creatives; teaching liberatory practices, nervous system regulation, mindset, and writing workshops to ignite others into their full creative power despite our disadvantages.
Through my talks and workshops, I help marginalized storytellers break through their fears, doubts, and subconscious beliefs so they can clear the old stories holding them back and boldly share their voices with the world. I approach liberation as an internal structure of power and permission that can be intentionally built. That internal structure causes an external ripple effect through our stories, our voices, and everyone our work impacts. As marginalized storytellers we are the wild fruit grown from the seeds of our ancestors; paving new ground, igniting change, and inspiring others through the stories we tell.
Signature Talks
Through powerful storytelling and deep somatic truth, I offer signature sessions designed to ignite sovereignty and unlock creative power for marginalized storytellers.
Your Nervous System: The Highway To Your Creative Power
Keynote or workshop
A practical deep dive into one of our greatest and most overlooked creative assets as storytellers: the nervous system. This session guides storytellers through a brief exploration of the nervous system and its impact on our creative work. Then explore simple and deeply effective practices for reducing anxiety and monkey mind while increasing focus and creative energy so their fullest expression can come through with more authenticity and ease. This session can be delivered as a keynote or an interactive workshop.
Key Takeaways:
- Cultivate key skills to shift anxiety in the moment from a hindrance to an ally.
- Learn actionable nervous system regulation practices to use before, during, and after writing sessions to make the most of their creative time.
- Learn 3 techniques to unlock and amplify their creative energy for amazing writing sessions.
Story As Power: Reclaiming Your Voice in a Culture That Demands Conformity
Keynote or workshop
A grounded exploration of storytelling as power, this session helps marginalized storytellers identify and dismantle internalized fears and oppressive narratives that limit their voice—offering an actionable framework to rebuild internal permission, create from truth, and step into their role as culture-shapers. This session can be delivered as a keynote or an interactive workshop.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn 3 steps to recognize and interrupt fear-based survival patterns.
- Cultivate tools to identify and dismantle internalized fear and oppressive beliefs.
- Integrate a framework to rebuild internal permission and shift from fear-based creation to truth-driven expression.
Rooted in Pleasure: Unlocking Creative Power and Sovereignty for Storytellers
Keynote or workshop
An inviting and honest exploration of the correlation between pleasure, creativity, and power for marginalized storytellers. This session teaches participants how to challenge their own oppressive beliefs and conditioning around pleasure and unlock their creative voice in a new way. Taking ownership of their right to pleasure directly defies oppressive social narratives and empowers them to live, speak out, and create from a foundation of power and sovereignty. This session can be delivered as a keynote or workshop.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn a step-by-step process for identifying and reframing oppressive ideas around pleasure and self-expression.
- Cultivate tools to embrace pleasure and take empowered action on the page and in their lives.
- Learn pleasure practices to unlock and amplify creative energy for powerful writing.
Kristin was a true pleasure to work with, highly professional, prepared, and fully aligned with our students and mission as a guest speaker. Drawing from her extensive entertainment background, she delivered wisdom and insight in a way that was inspiring, grounded, and deeply retainable. Students left her session feeling empowered, energized, and confident to take bold steps in their creative journeys.
Amajae Hardy-Jones
Backstage Pass to the Movie Industry
Testimonials
Kristin is a great speaker and workshop facilitator who never talks at people or forces lessons on them; instead, she invites genuine conversation. She shares her love of writing while creating a safe, welcoming space for others to explore what keeps them from sharing their voices.
Kristin makes you feel connected, supported, and empowered to create from a place of truth.”Justin Baker
Screenwriter, Workshop Attendee
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I help marginalized storytellers break through their fears and bullshit stories so they can show up, speak out, and create unapologetically.