Blushing Phoenix
Blushing Phoenix is where vulnerability meets power — and shame becomes your turning point.
Hosted by April Poynter, this podcast and YouTube channel exists at the intersection of deep sensitivity and unshakable strength.
It was born from April’s own journey with chronic blushing and erythrophobia — a physical response that once felt like a curse, but became the gateway to healing, growth, and radical self-trust.
The blush symbolizes the quiet pain of self-betrayal — the years spent hiding, people-pleasing, and shrinking in relationships, work, and identity.
The phoenix represents what happens when you stop running from yourself and begin to rise — bolder, freer, louder, and more aligned.
Blushing Phoenix is for the women who feel everything deeply, who’ve silenced themselves to fit in, and who are ready to live louder without abandoning their softness.
Through raw stories, spiritual insights, and real conversations, April guides you to reclaim your voice, reconnect with your body, and rise from the ashes of who you were told to be — into the fire of who you really are.
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Blushing Phoenix
Changes for 2025 - Blushing Phoenix meets Ignite
Happy New Year!!!
I hope you had an amazing holiday season and are excited for the year ahead.
Speaking of the year ahead - I made this video for you to share some of the changes happening with Blushing Phoenix. If you've been around a while you've seen me try to make channel changes a few times but I always return to Blushing Phoenix and Erythrophobia content because engagement dips like crazy whenever I make a change. I built this channel to be this. So, the algorithm doesn't like when I change my content. Which has always made me return to erythrophobia and blushing talk.
So much so - that I stopped being excited to talk about it and therefore just stopped posting because the topic doesn't resonate as a topic I talk about consistently.
That's why I've decided to make these upcoming changes. I love to share insights and learn from others. Not recording and creating content has left a void within me.
It may take a while for the channel to gain traction with this evolution, but that's fine by me.
If / when you find the channel - content you've been seeking will be waiting for you.
And if you just want to be here for blushing talk - I've got FIVE YEARS worth of content and will definitely still talk about blushing from time to time because it's a huge part of my story.
I'm grateful for everyone who interacts with this channel.
Rise -
AP