Shaping Freedom With Lisane Basquiat

Shaping Freedom With Lisane Basquiat

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Shaping Freedom With Lisane Basquiat episodes

  • Building Sanctuary in the Age of Chaos with Alphonzo "Phonz" Terrell

    In this episode of Shaping Freedom, Lisane Basquiat sits down with Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell, co-founder and CEO of Spill, to talk about building community in a digital world that often feels anything but safe.

    After being laid off from Twitter, Alphonzo chose to build something new — a platform rooted in belonging, cultural ownership, and real connection. Together, Lisane and Alphonzo explore leadership, inner work, the loneliness epidemic, and why safety is essential to freedom.

    This conversation is about more than tech. It’s about purpose, courage, and creating spaces where people can truly feel at home.


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    1 hr 8 min
  • How to Stay Grounded When Everything Feels Chaotic with Ayanna Gregory

    What does it mean to honor the past while creating your own path forward?

    In this episode, Lisane Basquiat sits down with Ayanna Gregory, singer, dramatist, and activist, to reflect on growing up in a family rooted in the civil rights movement and how those experiences shaped her journey. Ayanna shares stories about her father Dick Gregory, the values of courage and compassion she carries with her, and how she expresses healing and purpose through her creative and community work.

    Together, they explore legacy, resilience, and the ongoing practice of finding freedom within yourself. This conversation invites listeners to slow down, listen deeply, and consider how their own lives can be shaped with intention.


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    1 hr 9 min
  • Give Yourself Permission to Live Differently with Simone Adams

    In this episode of Shaping Freedom, host Lisane Basquiat is joined by Simone Adams, founder and executive director of Color My Outdoors, for a deeply reflective conversation about legacy, nervous system regulation, and the courage it takes to live outside inherited expectations.

    Simone shares her journey from hustle-driven life and people-pleasing into a slower, more intentional rhythm rooted in nature, self-trust, and spiritual alignment. Together, they explore how freedom is shaped not through addition, but through subtraction—letting go of urgency, redefining success, and reconnecting with what truly sustains us.

    The conversation also highlights Simone’s work with Color My Outdoors, a grassroots nonprofit expanding access, visibility, and belonging for people of color in outdoor spaces across the South. This episode is an invitation to give yourself permission to live differently, to listen to what your body already knows, and to remember that personal healing often becomes collective leadership.


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    1 hr 10 min
  • Hard Work Is Heart Work: Breaking Limiting Beliefs with Dr. Karmetria Burton

    In this powerful conversation, host Lisane Basquiat sits down with Dr. Karmetria Burton to explore how inherited rules, limiting beliefs, and unexamined patterns quietly shape how women live, lead, and wait. Centered around Dr. Burton’s forthcoming book Never Wear Red Lipstick, the discussion moves far beyond symbolism into self-awareness, emotional intelligence, faith, leadership, and the courage required to stop organizing life around rules that were never designed to serve you.

    Together, they unpack the “hard work” of confronting internalized beliefs, the difference between awareness and action, and why leadership always begins with leading yourself—right where you are. This episode challenges listeners to stop waiting, give themselves grace, and take responsibility for turning limiting beliefs into limitless truths.

    A grounded, reflective conversation about identity, healing, sisterhood, and what it really means to step into leadership now.


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    1 hr 3 min
  • The Cost of Success: Shavone Charles on Reclaiming Purpose

    In this episode of Shaping Freedom, host Lisane Basquiat sits down with cultural strategist, creator, and former global head of multicultural communications at TikTok, Shavone Charles. Together, they explore authenticity, leadership, and the power of owning your value in rooms not built for you. Shavone reflects on her journey through Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok, the responsibility creatives have to their communities, and why the room becomes special when you walk into it. The conversation also touches on collective well-being, cultural accountability, and what it means to leave a chapter at its peak to build something new.


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    1 hr 24 min
  • The 13 Conversations That Defined Our Year

    As 2025 comes to a close, Lisane Basquiat and Billy Johnson reflect on a year marked by growth, challenge, and transformation. This special wrap-up episode revisits some of the most impactful conversations of the year, exploring what it truly means to shape freedom in our lives, families, and communities. Drawing from powerful guest insights, the episode invites listeners to examine citizenship as an active practice, emotional honesty, boundaries, grief, legacy, and the courage required to evolve.
    Throughout the conversation, Lisane highlights recurring themes from the season: regulating emotions instead of suppressing them, recognizing burnout before it takes hold, setting boundaries with love, and doing the internal work necessary to break generational cycles. Guests share wisdom on grief as a lifelong companion, the power of telling the truth in relationships, and the importance of pairing faith or intention with meaningful action

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    1 hr
  • Teen Mom to CEO: Ingrid Best Built IBest Wines

    In this powerful conversation, Lisane Basquiat sits down with Ingrid Best—founder of IBest Wines, global brand builder, mother, grandmother, and a woman who has carved her path with courage, culture, and authenticity. Ingrid shares how her journey began as a young mother navigating adulthood and responsibility at the same time, and how an early message from her own mother—that she was “a star”—became the internal compass that guided her through uncertainty, setbacks, and reinvention.
    Ingrid opens up about her unexpected entry into the wine and spirits industry, from street promotions in Oakland to becoming a global marketing leader at some of the world’s largest luxury portfolios. She explains how the lessons that came from being overlooked, under-titled, and underestimated ultimately shaped her vision for building something of her own. This episode explores how her travels across the African continent, particularly South Africa, unlocked a new sense of identity and purpose that inspired her to create IBest Wines.
    The conversation expands into themes of authenticity, community, and self-forgiveness, as both women reflect on their experiences as teenage mothers and the unique resilience that grows from raising a child while still growing up yourself. Ingrid’s transparency creates space for anyone questioning their path—at 18 or at 48—to see that greatness can still unfold in unexpected ways.
    Finally, Ingrid shares how IBest Wines became not just a brand, but a love letter—to South Africa, to the women who invested in her, to the communities she serves, and to her younger self. She discusses where the company is headed next and how listeners can support her mission of building a global brand rooted in culture, representation, and creative freedom.

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    1 hr 4 min
  • You’re Not Broken: Britany Williams on Healing, Motherhood & Finding Your Way Back

    In this episode, Lisane Basquiat sits down with global fitness coach, content creator, and mother Britany Williams for an honest conversation about identity, motherhood, wellness, and the pressure women face to “bounce back.” Britany opens up about her journey—from being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at 13, to becoming a competitive runner, climbing the corporate ladder at Under Armour, and eventually stepping into fitness and content creation full-time.
    Together, they explore the realities of postpartum healing, the emotional weight of life transitions, and the importance of listening to your body. Britany shares her philosophy on consistent, realistic habits over perfection, the misconceptions around fitness motivation, and the power of meeting yourself exactly where you are.
    This episode is a grounding reminder that identity evolves, that motherhood is a chapter—not a replacement—and that true wellness lies in honoring your needs without guilt. A must-listen for women navigating change, self-expectations, or the journey back to themselves.

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    1 hr 21 min
  • Unlearning, Leading & Becoming: Jasmine LeFlore on Purpose-Driven Success

    In this inspiring episode of Shaping Freedom, Lisane Basquiat sits down with Jasmine LeFlore—an aerospace engineer, MBA, nonprofit founder, community advocate, and beacon of representation in STEM. Growing up in Flint, Michigan, Jasmine transformed early curiosity and powerful affirmations from her family into a career that bridges engineering, leadership, and impact.
    Jasmine shares her journey from watching airplanes above her childhood home to earning engineering degrees from the University of Michigan and Purdue, and ultimately leading applied research at Collins Aerospace. She opens up about navigating identity, representation, and resilience while carving out space as a woman of color in a highly technical, male-dominated field.
    The conversation also explores Jasmine’s nonprofit, Greater Than Tech, which equips underserved youth—especially girls—with STEM and entrepreneurship skills that empower them to build solutions, not just compete in them. With honesty and heart, Jasmine reflects on unlearning rigid systems, embracing intuition, compassionate leadership, and the importance of creating opportunities for the next generation.
    Filled with insight, vulnerability, and purpose, this episode highlights what it truly means to lead with humanity, authenticity, and vision.

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    1 hr 12 min
  • Daily Habits That Turn an Ordinary Day Into a Great One

    In this powerful follow-up conversation, Lisane Basquiat sits down once again with author,speaker, and coach Antonio Neves to explore what life looks like after an awakening moment. Antonio shares the deeply personal story of losing his home in the California wildfires and how this unexpected tragedy forced him to redefine success, re-evaluate his priorities, and truly live one day at a time.
    Together, they dive into themes of emotional safety, vulnerability—especially among men—and the importance of intentional community. Antonio opens up about navigating fear, rebuilding resilience, and discovering unexpected gifts within hardship, including deeper family connection and long-awaited personal dreams finally being realized.
    The conversation also explores silence as a healing tool, the impact of digital overload on our nervous systems, and why analog living, presence, and slowing down matter now more than ever. Antonio shares his “One Day Method” and the five daily practices that help him create meaningful, grounded days even in challenging seasons. This episode is an authentic, heartfelt dialogue about truth-telling, healing, presence, and thecourage it takes to design a life aligned with who you are becoming.
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    1 hr 8 min

About Shaping Freedom With Lisane Basquiat

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Shaping Freedom is a podcast about emotional leadership and legacy; examining the inherited patterns shaping how we live, create, relate, and build.I’m Lisane Basquiat - a legacy healing strategist,…