Shameless Reinvention

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What if the conversation you've been searching for has been waiting right here? We bring the honesty, the cultural wisdom, and the spiritual depth that most spaces are too afraid to offer because we believe real talk is what actually moves you forward. Your reinvention won't look like anyone else's, and that's exactly the point. Subscribe now and find your version of what's possible.

  1. hace 2 d

    The Roads We Walk: They Walked Into History and Felt It - Part 1

    They are not waiting. They are not asking permission. They are already doing it big. In this episode of Shameless Reinvention, Sharon LaSure-Roy and Sonya Seymour sit down with Chase, Ella, and Nyana, three young women who traveled to the Equal Justice Initiative legacy sites in Montgomery, Alabama and the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma as part of an extraordinary intergenerational journey led by the remarkable Ms. Velma Monteiro Tribble and the incomparable Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole. What they saw, felt, and carried home will move you. They stood in the silence of the Legacy Museum. They looked at things that were hard to look at. They held each other up. And then they came home and wrote about it in a way that stopped us completely in our tracks. In this conversation, Chase, Ella, and Nyana share what it means to speak when silence is no longer acceptable, what Bryan Stevenson said that they will never forget, and how an immersive encounter with history changed the way they move through the world. They talk about broken people helping broken people, the power of community, and the weight of truth when you see it with your own eyes instead of reading it on a page. This is Episode 3 of The Roads We Walk miniseries. If you have not listened to Episodes 1 and 2 yet, go back and start from the beginning. You will not regret it

    39 min

  2. 22 may

    The Roads We Walk: How One Woman’s Quiet Power Changed Everything, A Conversation with Ms. Velma Monteiro-Tribble

    What does it mean to walk the work forward? In this episode of Shameless Reinvention, Sharon and Sonya sit down with the remarkable Ms. Velma Monteiro-Tribble, a global philanthropist, connector, and bridge builder who has spent decades quietly changing the world, from funding women entrepreneurs in post-genocide Rwanda to organizing a 66-person cultural exchange to the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Sites in Montgomery and the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma during the 60th jubilee of Bloody Sunday. Velma shares the African proverbs her father used to teach her, why she believes brokenness is the beginning of humanity, and what moved her to tears in the written reflections of the young women she brought on that historic trip. She talks about being the spark rather than the answer, leading without ego, and the moment in a Beijing conference room that changed how she would lead forever. This is a conversation about legacy, love, and the courage it takes to keep walking the work forward. And yes, we end with a truth bomb that will stay with you. Do not miss this one. And if you missed Part One with the extraordinary Dr. Johnetta Betsch Cole, go back and listen first.

    46 min

  3. 15 may

    The Roads We Walk: She Who Teaches, Learns. A Conversation with Johnnetta B. Cole

    What does it look like when a woman refuses to let any single chapter be the whole story? It looks like Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole. Anthropologist. Trailblazer. The first African American woman to serve as president of both Spelman College and Bennett College. Former Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. Northwestern University alumna. Champion for equity, education, and human dignity for nine decades and counting. In this episode, Dr. Cole sits down with hosts Sharon LaSure-Roy and Sonya Seymour for a conversation that is not a career retrospective. It is an inside look at the journey, the leaps of faith, the moments of doubt, the imposter syndrome that showed up even at the highest levels, and the deep conviction that kept her moving forward anyway. She also shares reflections from a profoundly meaningful journey she led, bringing eight extraordinary young women to the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Sites in Montgomery and Selma, a trip that became the heartbeat of this entire three-part miniseries. In this episode you will hear Dr. Cole on: Why reinvention is not just a choice but a sacred responsibility for Black women What patriarchy had to do with why Spelman had never had a Black woman president before 1987 The mentors who told her she would put her name in and why she listened What it felt like to almost withdraw from the Smithsonian directorship and what pulled her back Why mentorship must enrich both the mentor and the mentee What she wants every woman who thinks her season has passed to know right now And the one song that carried her through her hardest chapter This is Episode 1 of The Roads We Walk, a three-part miniseries right here on Shameless Reinvention. Next up, Ms. Velma Monteiro Tribble, the woman who organized the EJI journey that brought these eight young women face to face with history. And after that, the young women themselves. Trust us. You will not want to miss a single episode. New episodes drop every Friday at 8:00 AM ET. Follow Shameless Reinvention so you never miss an episode. And if this conversation moves you, share it with a woman who needs to be reminded that her reinvention has no expiration date.

    31 min

  4. 8 may

    She Wore the Bones: Beyoncé, Megan, & the Weight Black Women Carry

    Beyoncé showed up to the Met Gala in a skeleton. Megan Thee Stallion kept the curtain up while the internet had opinions. And somehow Bananito — an AI animated banana with abs and zero loyalty — is doing more emotional processing work for Black women than half the content online. This week Sharon and Sonya are back with no guests, no filter, and absolutely no chill. They break down what Beyoncé's skeleton gown actually said about the cost of being the backbone, why Blue Ivy standing on that carpet was a legacy moment and not a fashion moment, and what the dream deferred looks like when gas is four forty-eight a gallon and the Met Gala happened anyway. Then they get into Megan and Klay — and why the real conversation is never about what was done to a Black woman, only how she chose to say it. Sharon drops the line of the episode: Celebrities are our mirrors. Not our instruction manuals. Plus truth bombs, a Bananito deep dive, and a reminder that rest is a revolutionary act — and that sitting still is not a betrayal. Subscribe. Leave a review. Find us at shamelessreinventions.podbean.com and on Instagram and YouTube at @shamelessreinvention.

    33 min

  5. 1 may

    Get Out of Your Own Way A Conversation with Denise Thomas

    What if the person standing between you and everything you're building is an earlier, wounded version of yourself? Sharon's 25-year friend and World Trade Center Arkansas CEO Denise Thomas joins the show to talk about the emotional intelligence work that no credential can replace. They get into the inner child framework, the gift of hawk vision, integrating your shadows instead of hiding them, and why silence is where the real strategy lives. This one goes deep  and it doesn't let you off easy.

    1 h 3 min

  6. 24 abr

    The Long Game: Nobody Talks About This Part

    The Long Game: Nobody Talks About This Part | Shameless Reinvention Have you ever looked around at where you are and quietly thought: this is not what I planned? This episode is for you. Sharon LaSure-Roy and Sonya Seymour get real about what the long game actually feels like from the inside — not the bumper sticker version, but the daily reality of doing the work when you do not know if the work is working. The waiting. The silence you take personally. The comparison trap. The moment you almost abandon the path right before the turn. This is not a pep talk. It is a truth-telling session. And it just might be the permission you needed to keep going. In this episode: - Why the gap between where you are and where you planned to be is not evidence of failure - What the long game actually looks like in the body and in the daily - The reframe that changes everything: long does not mean lost - Five practical anchors to hold onto when the season will not end - Why isolation is kryptonite and what to do instead TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Cold Open — We see you 02:00 Welcome to Shameless Reinvention 04:00 Naming the feeling: it was not supposed to be like this 12:00 The unglamorous truth nobody posts about 20:00 Long does not mean lost: the reframe 28:00 Five anchors for the long game 36:00 A word for the woman carrying something heavy today TRUTH BOMBS FROM THIS EPISODE "The gap between where you are and where you thought you'd be is not evidence of failure. It might just be evidence of timing." "Long does not mean lost." "Not quitting today is a strategy. Stack enough of those together and you have built something that lasts." "You are not behind. You are becoming." CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @shamelessreinvention YouTube: @ShamelessReinvention Facebook: Shameless Reinvention LinkedIn: Shameless Reinvention Email: shamelessreinvention@gmail.com Website: shamelessreinventions.podbean.com If this episode spoke to you, share it with one woman who needs to hear it today. #ShamelessReinvention #TheLongGame #WomenReinventing #BlackWomenPodcast #CareerTransition #Podcast #PersonalGrowth #Reinvention #WomenWhoLead #KeepGoing #BlackPodcast #PodcastForWomen #Becoming #FaithAndReinvention #NobodyTalksAboutThisPart

    35 min

  7. 17 abr

    Stop Waiting to Be Ready: Imperfect Starts with Victoria Hairston

    You have the plan. You have the research. You have the spreadsheet. So why are you still waiting? In Episode 30, we sit down with Victoria Hairston, a woman who walked through divorce, physical transformation, and a full identity reclamation, and came out the other side not just standing but moving. Literally. She is headed to Panama, and she is not waiting until everything is perfect to get there. This conversation is for the woman who has been almost ready for three seasons too long. The one who keeps adding one more thing to the list before she gives herself permission to go. Victoria's story is proof that the imperfect start is still a start, and that waiting for ready might be the most expensive thing you never put on your budget. We talk about the masks we wear while we are quietly falling apart, what divorce and reinvention can actually set you free from, how to plan an international move with intention and open eyes, and why the first imperfect step is the only one that actually counts. If you have been sitting in the waiting room of your own life, this episode is your invitation to get up. 🎙 Shameless Reinvention is the podcast for women who are done waiting for permission and ready to live out loud. New episodes every Friday. Subscribe, leave a review, and share this with the woman in your life who has been almost ready long enough

    54 min

  8. 10 abr

    Hold the Door

    This week on Shameless Reinvention, we're talking about faith, freedom, and what it actually means to hold on — through the lens of Passover, Easter, a beloved Game of Thrones character, and a sermon about weight you were never meant to carry. This one is for everybody who has been holding something they don't fully understand yet. Episode 29: Hold the Door. Listen now.

    33 min
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What if the conversation you've been searching for has been waiting right here? We bring the honesty, the cultural wisdom, and the spiritual depth that most spaces are too afraid to offer because we believe real talk is what actually moves you forward. Your reinvention won't look like anyone else's, and that's exactly the point. Subscribe now and find your version of what's possible.

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  • Creado por
    shamelessreinventions
  • Años en activo
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodios
    35
  • Clasificación
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  • Sitio web del podcast
    Shameless Reinvention
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