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.

Dr. Tamara Huff is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, founder of Vigeo Orthopedics, real estate entrepreneur, Duke MBA, and incoming chair of the Health Care Systems Committee for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. She started Vigeo in 2019 to increase access to musculoskeletal care in rural America — because the communities that needed it most weren't being served.

In Episode 28, she gets real about being the only Black woman in the OR, on building what didn't exist, and what visibility means when the next generation is watching.

This one hits different

Have you ever looked back at the woman you almost stayed as , and felt grateful you kept walking?

In this episode, Sonya and Sharon get real about the fork-in-the-road moments that changed everything. Sharon opens up about the life she was carefully engineering , all flash, no substance , and the honest reckoning that made her choose herself. Sonya takes us to mile four of the Peachtree Road Race, where one small moment crystallized a truth she had been ignoring for months. And then forward to the man who ran ten unplanned miles just to make sure she crossed the finish line.

This one is for every woman who has ever talked herself out of her own instincts. The almost isn't a failure. The almost is data.

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Dr. Atiya Abdelmalik, a nurse and community health leader with 25+ years of service, shares how a life‑threatening health crisis forced her to stop pushing and start listening to her body.

She healed, rebuilt her career founding HCD Consulting and Leading with Wellbeing and now helps leaders prioritize practical habits like hydration, movement, nutrition, stress management, social connection, and forgiveness.

This episode explores reclaiming control, creating the conditions to thrive, and choosing yourself before a crisis chooses for you.

What if your reinvention story deserved a standing ovation?

This week, we're using the Oscars and the record-breaking film Sinners as our lens for the boldest conversation we've had yet. Because the story of twin brothers who came home to start over, built something from nothing, and refused to play small? That's not just a movie. That's your life.

In this episode, Sharon and Sonya break down your reinvention through five Oscars moments:

The Pitch. What's your logline? The one sentence that captures who you're becoming?

The Juke Joint. Stop waiting for permission. Build the stage.

The Music That Crosses Time. Your past isn't a detour. It was the score. Play it forward.

The Long Campaign. Being in the middle of your reinvention is not the same as losing.

Choose Your Story Over Immortality. Some offers of security are just a prettier cage.

With 16 Oscar nominations, more than Titanic, more than La La Land, Sinners broke every record. And your Best Picture moment? It's still in post-production.

The Academy is watching.

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The Permission Slip You Never Got

You've been waiting for someone to say you're ready. To say you're allowed. To hand you the permission slip that finally makes it official. But what if that moment was never coming and the only signature you ever needed was your own?

In episode 23 of Shameless Reinvention, Sharon and Sonya get personal. They wrote their own permission slips out loud, unfiltered, and unapologetically  and they're inviting you to do the same. From releasing the version of yourself that was built for survival (not expansion), to charging your worth without apology, to being seen boldly and in full color this one hits different.

This is your reminder: the waiting is the thing that's been holding you back. Not your credentials. Not your timing. Not the market. Just the waiting.

Write your permission slip. Say it out loud. And consider this your notice, you're already approved.

Isaiah 43:19 says: 

I am about to do something new;

Even now it shall come to pass,

Suddenly you shall perceive it:

I will make a road through the wilderness

And rivers in the desert.

But what does that new thing actually cost? And how do you hold on when you cannot feel it yet?

Rev. Dr. Danielle L. Brown, Senior Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, scholar, mentor, and the first woman to lead that congregation in its 117-year history, joins Sonya and Sharon for a conversation that goes all the way in. From teacher to youth pastor to associate to Senior Pastor. From 113 years of 'not yet' to breaking the barrier and building the ladder for everyone coming next.

This is not a sermon. It is not an interview. It is three Jersey women, all of them acquainted with reinvention, all of them still in it, keeping it 100 about faith, silence seasons, calling, and the audacity to keep going when the new thing has not made itself visible yet.

Find Rev. Dr. Brown at Shiloh Baptist Church, Plainfield, New Jersey.

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After eleven years, Jill Scott returned with To Whom This May Concern — an album that felt less like music and more like recognition. In Episode 21 of Shameless Reinvention, we step into the full afterglow and bring our real, unedited selves to the conversation.

We both know what it feels like when a space keeps asking you to drill deeper — and the slow realization that what felt like encouragement was actually erosion. We unpack the difference between being called deeper into your gift and being broken down for someone else’s comfort — and why some audiences were never meant to receive what you carry. This is not a conversation about wounds. It is a conversation about the joy of finally recognizing your right audience, your right table, and the specific relief of art that finds you at exactly the right time.

This episode includes a personal story about professional erosion, a practical step to identify your right audience this week, and two Shameless Truth Bombs rooted in recognition, calling, and growth. If you have been performing depth for someone who was never going to see it, this episode is your redirect.

Episode 20: When Life Demands You Love Yourself First - Tricshone Jiles

What does it take to advocate for yourself when your life depends on it? Two-time breast cancer survivor Tricshone Jiles knows the answer—and she's not holding back.

In this powerful Valentine's week episode, Tricshone sits down with hosts Sonya Seymour and Sharon LaSure-Roy to share her journey of resilience, reinvention, and radical self-love. From navigating two breast cancer diagnoses to maintaining a thriving 19-year marriage while raising three boys, Trischone embodies the shameless courage to put yourself first.

Self-love isn't always a choice—sometimes survival demands it. And when life demands you love yourself first? Everything changes.

In this episode, we discuss: ✨ How to advocate for yourself in healthcare settings, especially as a Black woman ✨ The real foundation of a lasting marriage through life's biggest challenges ✨ Making the leap after 25 years with one company to bet on yourself ✨ Building Jiles Jewels Inc. to empower breast cancer warriors in Jacksonville ✨ The truth about self-love that nobody tells you

How to Connect with Tricshone Connect with Tricshone Jiles:  Jiles Jewels Inc:https://www.jilesjewels.org/] Instagram:@JilesJewels  Facebook:@JileJewels  Email: [email protected]

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Hosts: Sonya Seymour & Sharon LaSure-Roy

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Video & Podcast Production: Rolf Taylor, Project Advocacy 

In this episode of Shameless Reinvention, Sonya and Sharon explore how to keep faith, hope, and resilience when both personal lives and the wider world feel like they're falling apart. They name the guilt of focusing on personal struggles, the weight of collective grief, and why both realities deserve attention.

Sonya and Sharon offer practical steps: curate your information diet, build daily grounding rituals, choose who you process with, set boundaries, and take small actions — reminding listeners that faith is active, community matters, and tiny steps still create ripples of change.