We recently had the chance to connect with Francisca Harrison and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Francisca, thank you for taking the time to reflect back on your journey with us. I think our readers are in for a real treat. There is so much we can all learn from each other and so thank you again for opening up with us. Let’s get into it: Are you walking a path—or wandering?
I believe I’m consistently doing both. I’m always exploring new paths. Some have led me to places that felt exciting, expansive, and promising.
Others have felt like I was constantly tripping over my own shoelaces as I moved forward.
I think you have to experience both, the ease and the missteps, to truly understand which paths align with the life and journey you want to be on.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hi, I’m Francisca Harrison—the writer behind The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes and the voice of Think Piece, a podcast now in Season 2.
My work explores the space where storytelling, emotional truth, and mystery collide, often set to a soundtrack.
My writing first found its home through blogging, deeply personal reflections that often begin as lived experience and open up into something larger.
Over time, those pieces became the foundation for the book I’m currently writing, a hybrid memoir rooted in dreams, synchronicities, awakening, and the choice to live out loud instead of quietly edited.
How I express myself is built on the belief that meaning hides in the moments we usually overlook—the signs, conversations, heartbreaks, tiny healings, and serendipities that quietly guide us back to ourselves. Everything I make comes from that place: intuitive, honest, a little mystical, and always infused with wonder.
Think Piece centers around the art of real conversation—the kind that lives in the gray areas instead of rushing toward easy answers.
Season 2 expands that intention through new series like Beauty Unfiltered, where I dive into love, self-worth, identity, and the emotional experiences that shape us.
At my core, I’m a storyteller, but I’m also a space-holder. My work blends memoir, meaning-making, intuition, humor, and honesty. I share my own journey in real time—the dreams, synchronicities, heartbreaks, pivots, surprises, and magic—so others feel less alone in theirs.
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. What part of you has served its purpose and must now be released?
I don’t know that it’s a part of me I’m releasing so much as a former version of myself. I’ve always believed we move through life in cycles of shedding and becoming, and right now I’m letting go of the version of me who thought she was either “too little” or “too much.”
That version constantly had me second-guessing myself—my instincts, my way of thinking, and the way I naturally look deeper, feel deeper, and question the narratives we’re handed. Instead of honoring those qualities, I kept shrinking to fit into molds that were never mine to begin with.
I’m releasing her, lovingly, so I can step into the version of me who knows that depth is a gift, not something to hide.
When you were sad or scared as a child, what helped?
When I was sad or scared as a child, the place I ran to wasn’t a person—it was The Muppets. They were my sanctuary before I even had language for what sanctuary meant. In a world that often felt too loud, too unpredictable, too grown-up, and way too chaotic, their world was soft, colorful, and safe.
I watched Sesame Street like it was church. I danced around my living room to the “Sesame Street Fever” album with the kind of joy only kids can access—the kind that lifts the fear right out of your body. I spent hours cutting paper snowflakes I learned from my Sesame Street Library books, creating tiny universes where everything felt otherworldly and yet so very possible.
And then there was my Miss Piggy puppet—my glamorous, loyal, felt-and-foam best friend. I carried her everywhere. She sat beside me every evening as we watched The Muppet Show, a little silent guardian who somehow understood me better than most humans. If you only knew the secrets she kept… the fears whispered in the dark, the dreams I was too shy to speak, the things I needed someone, anyone—to hear. She held all of it with grace.
My love for Jim Henson and what he created has never faded. His world was diverse and imaginative but also deeply humane—full of characters who were flawed, funny, and bursting with heart. In their universe, being different wasn’t a liability. It was the point. And for a child who often felt like she didn’t quite fit, that message was life-changing.
The Muppets didn’t just help me when I was scared.
They taught me how to laugh.
They taught me how to belong.
They taught me how to dream.
They taught me that magic is real—and that it lives inside us.
They were my first storytellers, my first healers, and my first reminder that even in the darkest moments, there’s always light.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Is the public version of you the real you?
One of the most freeing moments of my life came when I wrote my very first blog—my “Purge Piece.” It was born from my first Voyage Dallas interview, and it became the catalyst for everything that followed.
I had spent so much of my life feeling like parts of me needed to be hidden—the fears, the mistakes, the messy truths, and the things I thought made me unlovable or “too much.” So instead of tiptoeing into authenticity, I chose to throw the doors wide open. I put it all out there.
It was my way of saying, “I refuse to be ashamed of myself anymore.”
In a sense, I ripped the band-aid off in one go. There were no more skeletons in the closet because I dragged them into the light myself. I created a scenario where there was no turning back—where the public version of me had to be the real me.
And honestly, it was the most liberating thing I’ve ever done.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. When do you feel most at peace?
I feel the most peace when music, nature, and creativity are all moving through me at the same time. Those three things are like the holy trinity of my nervous system—when they’re weaving in and out of each other, that’s my version of heaven.
Music has always been my grounding force. I feel it in a very instinctive, soulful way. It colors everything, deepens everything, and makes everything I do feel more alive. It’s like my emotional translator.
And then there’s nature… I think it’s one of the greatest teachers we have. When you slow down enough to actually listen, you realize it’s composing its own kind of music—the rhythm of the waves, the wind moving through trees, and the way the world hums even in stillness.
Have you ever sat on the beach under a full moon? There’s a kind of magic that happens in those moments, something ancient, calming, electric, and almost unexplainable. That’s the energy that ignites my creativity, that makes me feel connected to something bigger than myself.
When music, nature, and creation meet—that’s where I find my peace.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.thegirlwithkaleidoscopeyes.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artistrybyfrancisca
- Twitter: You can find me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/reginaphalange1111.bsky.social
- Other:
🎧 Think Piece Podcast: Full Episode LibraryListen to the podcast for free on Captivate and my website.
👉 https://think-piece-podcast.captivate.fm https://www.thegirlwithkaleidoscopeyes.com/
Think Piece is also available on all your favorite podcast listening platforms.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-piece/id1813476290
Image Credits
Daphne Manzano.
