This episode was assigned to me by Spirit a few nights after returning from Sharm and the first Hold Us Sacred Retreat. It is a tribute to MarleyAyo, and eulogy of sorts, that I believe Oya, compelled me to record and rewatch to aid me in my own grieving process, and to give me full permission and power to rebuild MarleyAyo from my deepest desires and knowing. 

I also believe I was called to record this episode to liberate anyone struggling in their decolonized entrepreneurship journey. One breath at a time, one intention at a time. We are building a new world. Let's be gentle.

If you are new to Shaping The Shift Podcast, Welcome! We have many delicious episodes for you to binge and would love to earn your positive reviews, shares, and listenership. This episode is also available (imperfections and all!) on YOUTUBE, which gives it another level of life.

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With Joy,

Thea Monyeé

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The first thing you will fall in love with in this episode is the voice of Rene Marie. Our intuitive and exquisite sister from Trinidad brings sacred wisdom with clarity and compassion in this lovely conversation about the WILD and the ETERNAL. 

Rene Marie graduated from Spelman College with a B.A. in Psychology and an MBA from Anglia Ruskin University in England, with a specialty in innovation and entrepreneurship. She describes herself as a mystic, a witch, rogue Catholic, and loving wife of Dr. Sayida Peprah Wilson. She holds heritage from India, Caribbean Indigenous culture, and African descent. 

My favorite word to describe Rene is YUMMY! To contact her please email:

After you listen, be sure to check out our links to support this podcast (email list, join our Patreon, join our text community!) and our latest offering, HOLD US SACRED RETREATS, and sign up to join us in person in transformative Sharm El Sheikh. To watch these episodes visit our YouTube home, like, follow, subscribe, and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss an episode!

For this series Thea included her own poetry, excerpts from her upcoming work, TO BE BLACK, WILD & LOVED, for her STS family to enjoy and transition between conversations. We hope you enjoy every moment!

Thea Monyeé surrounds herself with priests and priestesses, and Jessica Schafer is one we are thrilled to introduce to you! This episode we explore The Wild Body and how we can sustain empowered relationship with it within seemingly restrictive and even oppressive spaces.

Jessica Schaffer, Nervous System Health Educator and mentor has been many iterations of practitioner in her professional life the past 26 plus years. From body worker, to Reiki practitioner and teacher, to spiritual companion and shamanic guide, to wellness mentor. And having recently lived through the loss of her long-time mate and the alchemy of allowing grief to re-constellate her, she is now re-discovering herself as an artist, illustrator and greeting card designer (On IG: @thechrysalisimagery).

In June, 2022, she launched The Chrysalis Imagery, a space of incubation for inspired imagery.  The Chrysalis Imagery offerings include a unique line of greeting cards that normalizes and speaks authentically about the grace and grit of everyday life.  From navigating adversity, to loss and grief, and simple expressions of love and appreciation, these messages touch the heart of human experiences.

She can be found online at www.thechrysalisimagery.com and www.NervousSystemRESET.com    On Instagram @thechrysalisimagery and @NervousSystemRESET and on Facebook at @JessicaSchafferNervousSystemRESET

After you listen, be sure to check out our links to support this podcast (email list, join our Patreon, join our text community!) and our latest offering, HOLD US SACRED RETREATS, and sign up to join us in person in transformative Sharm El Sheikh. To watch these episodes visit our YouTube home, like, follow, subscribe, and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss an episode!

For this series Thea included her own poetry, excerpts from her upcoming work, TO BE BLACK, WILD & LOVED, for her STS family to enjoy and transition between conversations. We hope you enjoy every moment!

Our Day Ones will remember that Akilah S. Richards is STS’s very first guest! 

She is back and fully charged for a thick and rich conversation, WE ARE SOVEREIGN.

We are born sovereign beings, and systematically taught to surrender our agency and power the moment we are born. Akilah dedicates herself to the liberation of all bodies through the reclaiming and remembering of that sovereign power, and brings her brilliance to STS for this moment, and this conversation.

Akilah S. Richards founded Raising Free People Network as a media and collaboration hub for her inquiries, efforts, findings, and community organizing at the intersection of privilege, parenting, and power. Follow her on social media @fareofthefreechild on IG!

You can support Akilah’s work at the links provided, and after you listen, be sure to check out our links to support this podcast (email list, join our Patreon, join our text community!) and our latest offering, HOLD US SACRED RETREATS, and sign up to join us in person in transformative Sharm El Sheikh. To watch these episodes visit our YouTube home, like, follow, subscribe, and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss an episode!

For this series Thea included her own poetry, excerpts from her upcoming work, TO BE BLACK, WILD & LOVED, for her STS family to enjoy and transition between conversations. We hope you enjoy every moment!

Cuddle up with our host Thea Monyeé and grab your favorite winter drink as she sets the tone for your STS journey, BORN WILD, BORN FREE.

For this series Thea included her own poetry, excerpts from her upcoming work, TO BE BLACK, WILD & LOVED, for her STS family to enjoy and transition between conversations. We hope you enjoy every moment!

After you listen, be sure to check out our links to support this podcast (email list, join our Patreon, join our text community!) and our latest offering, HOLD US SACRED RETREATS, and sign up to join us in person in transformative Sharm El Sheikh. To watch these episodes visit our YouTube home, like, follow, subscribe, and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss an episode!

For our closing episode of our Love Series, we had to invite our beloved Ebony Janice Moore back to discuss that amazing and also terrible thing called LOVE (IYKYK!)

How do we know if we are loving in the right timeline?

Who’s time/pace/path are we following in our love journey?

How have we sanitized love and not embraced the shadow wisdom love can provide?

Join us as we explore these questions and more in our heart expanding 58th episode!!!

EbonyJanice Moore is a womanist scholar, author, and activist doing community-organizing work, most specifically around black women’s body ownership as a justice issue, black women’s access to ease, joy, and play, and Hip Hop as a tool for sociopolitical and spiritual/religious movement making.

Gentle Reminder: Take your time, take pleasure in the slow sipping<3 

And please share with anyone who needs this dose of destiny and co-created love.

We are shaking things up a bit.

We are moving in series, not seasons, feeling a deeper commitment to sitting with these conversations in a more intimate and embodied way…Thank you bell hooks for inspiring us.

We want you to deeply enjoy this short and sweet intro to our Love Series with our host, Thea Monyeé. Our Ride and Thrives know we love to SHIFTSHAPE our relationships with concepts, ideas, words, and energies. This season we get intimate with LOVE.

Consider this episode, SHAPING LOVE, a formal invitation to listen, share, like, discuss, and embody.

Gentle Reminder: Take your time, take pleasure in the slow sipping<3 

And please share with anyone who needs this dose of destiny and co-created love.