Save the Rage for the Stage - Bif Naked

Some artists find a sound or a look. Others find the truth. Bif Naked found both. In this moving episode of Chatter that Matters, I sit down with the iconic Juno Award-winning artist and activist Bif Naked to unpack "I am who I am."

Born in New Delhi. Adopted. Raised across oceans, finding love in words and music. At 21, Bif met her birth mother, a moment that brought her story full circle.

But identity is not formed only in comfort.

At 36, Bif was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Two years later, she suffered a stroke.

Those chapters did not silence her. They fed her poetry and clarified what mattered.

I loved every second of my time with Bif Naked. We discuss punk, poetry, feminism, and the discipline behind her philosophy: "save the rage for the stage."

There is wisdom in that line. Choose where your energy goes. Do not let the noise of the world steal your voice. Channel it. Own it.

If you have ever felt different, silenced or enraged.

If you have ever had to rebuild or renew.

If you believe identity is something you own, not something assigned.

This conversation is for you.

(And her music and passion roars throughout)