Shameless Reinvention

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,...

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...

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...

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, a...

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 co...

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 encouragemen...

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...

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 grou...

  Episode 18 is LIVE! 🎙️ The Ripple Effect — Quiet Ripples, Lasting Impact. “When the ground shifts, you discover what you're really made of” In this episode of Shameless Reinvention, we sit down with Christin Zollicoffer — a changemaker who turned an institutional ending into a powerful beginning. After her VP of DEI role at Brown University was eliminated, Christin didn't retreat. She built http...

Hosts Sonya and Sharon revisit their episode on the myth of "having it all" and reframe it through their Ripple Effect series. They explore how letting go of performance and modeling vulnerability creates outward ripples that give others permission to breathe, rest, set boundaries, and reinvent. The episode contrasts masks (performing perfection) with mirrors (showing truth), shares practical step...

In this episode hosts Sharon LaShaw Roy and Sonya Seymour interview Dee Seymore, a public health doctoral candidate and founder of Masc-OFF. Dee shares how she turned isolation into connection by creating a safe, welcoming space for Black masculine-presenting women to heal, belong, and thrive. The conversation explores reinvention, community-led public health, mentorship, and the ripple effects of...

Hosts Sonya and Sharon reflect on 2025, sharing the lessons they’ll carry into 2026—owning their voices, embracing collaboration, and proving they can do hard things. They name what they’re leaving behind—self-doubt, harsh self-criticism, perfectionism—and speak honestly about reinvention’s messy, nonlinear path, including grief and healing. They close by declaring what 2026 needs from them (confi...

In this episode hosts Sharon LaShore Roy and Sonia Seymour check in on their reinvention journeys, celebrating progress before perfection. They revisit their signature rewords — reconnect, rest, rebuild, recover, and reach — and share honest, in-progress stories about career rebuilding, health and vocal recovery, family, boundaries, and shifting identities. Listeners are invited to join the Reword...

Episode 15 is LIVE! 🎙️ "The Ripple Effect: How Your Reinvention Story Creates Waves" In this episode, Sharon and Sonya share their personal ripple stories—the partnerships that shaped them, the Black women who kicked doors open before them, and the waves they're creating through honest storytelling. Your reinvention doesn't end with you. It ripples outward, creating permission for others to transf...

Our hosts are in a happy holiday mood, counting down their top 10 things to let go — from waiting for permission and scarcity mindset to perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the fear of who you’re supposed to be — to create space for reinvention and authentic living. They share personal stories, practical steps (pick a few items, take one small action this week), and reading/watch suggestions to he...

Hosts Sonya and Sharon turn a family potato salad fiasco into a warm, funny exploration of authenticity, reinvention, and building your own life "recipe." The episode mixes Thanksgiving reflections, practical steps for personal reinvention (inventory, improvise, taste as you go), and two finale truths: the plan isn’t the life, and your mess becomes your message.  

Hosts Sonya Seymour and Sharon LaSure-Roy explore the "time, talent, and treasure" framework to help listeners recognize what they have in abundance and how that changes the way they show up. Through real stories, including a medical student’s $5 donation and a retired surgeon teaching with shoestrings, they offer three simple steps: identify your current abundance, name one way to give from it, a...

After returning from a family vacation, guest Nanette finds herself unexpectedly out of a job because of a paperwork error. Instead of panicking, she leans into her long-held creative passions, publishing her novel Bad Intentions and pursuing screenwriting and filmmaking. This episode explores loss, freedom, and the power of choosing authenticity over performance—reminding listeners there is no ex...

"I just sent a text that said "I'm fine" when I'm not fine at all. Twenty minutes later, I'm recording an episode about authenticity. The irony isn't lost on me. Here's the thing nobody tells you: You can know better and still do the thing. You can understand authenticity intellectually and still perform it away when the moment gets uncomfortable. That gap—between knowing and doing—is where most o...

"Fall Into Monday" ~ Dr. Thommi Odom on Permission to Reinvent Dr. Thommi Odom joins Shameless Reinvention to explore how to give yourself permission to pivot, own your story, and show up authentically. She discusses somatic therapy, code‑switching, rest as leadership, and practical steps like "clearing the plate" to reclaim joy and fall back in love with Mondays. Through personal stories and simp...

In this episode of Shameless Reinvention, hosts Sharon and Sonya explore how strategic authenticity — making small, intentional choices that honor who you are — builds lasting legacies. They delve into the stories of Malcolm Jamal Warner (Cosby Show) and Dr. Danielle Spencer (What's Happening!!) to show how choosing substance over visibility opens doors and creates meaningful careers. Through pers...

Hosts Sonya Seymour and Sharon LaSure-Roy close their Breakdown to Breakthrough series by showing how internal work—acceptance, faith, and a reconstructed identity—becomes the foundation for professional reinvention. They reframe career gaps as testimony, offer networking and interview strategies, and emphasize authentic, sustainable comebacks. The episode gives practical steps: clarify non‑negoti...

You've lost your job, and suddenly you don't know how to introduce yourself. You're looking in the mirror wondering who you are without your title. And it doesn’t stop there. Relationships can shift, too. Some people don’t know how to connect with you once you’re not wearing the role they recognized. Who Are You When Your Title Doesn’t Define You?

Today we're talking about faith and resilience—not the Instagram quote version, but the real, messy, desperate way faith has to rebuild itself when everything you thought you knew gets destroyed. 

Today we're talking about something that's been weighing on both of us lately – this idea of "having it all." You know that phrase that gets thrown around like confetti at a graduation party? The myth whispers that if you're good enough, good things will happen. But what defines "good enough"?