Lioness Queen

Check out this episode - Rev. Dr. Marisha asks a question of "where would we be without God as our lifeline?" Where would we be without the love of God? We often times crave and long for a love that is unhealthy, abusive, selfish and not based on God's biblical principles. Check out how Rev. Dr. Marisha shares 3 ways we block ourselves from fully experiencing God's love to the fullest. It is never...

Check out Take the Limits Off (Part 2). Rev. Dr. Marisha discusses how we have courage enough to believe but lack the faith to believe that God can perform a miracle for little ole me. Sometimes we do not realize how much we limit God in our thinking and how we process our circumstances and filter everything through our past. As a result, our unbelief takes over and we limit God in who he is, the...

Check out this season where Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about we set limits on ourselves and what we believe. One of the biggest hinderances is believing beyond our own abilities and then waiting for the manifestation. Our free will has the ability to offset our mindset giving us a false sense of reality in what we can do; however, in this life we can't do nothing without God. It is all about resetting...

Check out this tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr that opens our minds to how it was all about how he responded to others that was key to his influence and impact.  Oftentimes when one is hurt, misused, abused, slandered or stabbed in the back, it is not your first instinct to respond in love. Nevertheless, it is insightful and amazing how Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. always respond...

Hindsight is 20/20 and we have had a year of a lifetime in 2020 but the question lies in "what did you learn?" Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about how we need to make more of connection with out past in a way that allows us to remember how much God was with us through it all. It is not about looking back in the past with regrets, blame, shame or even glamorizing what was but realizing that your past was...

Happy New Year! Check out this new episode from Rev. Dr. Marisha - "New Year, New Level and New You." This is the expectation and attitude God wants for us to not only keep in the beginning of the year but throughout the year 2021. Check out how Rev. Dr. Marisha emphasizes that its not enough to believe in the beginning but you must believe until your change comes. It is time for God's people to b...

Rev. Dr. Marisha ends off this year with an episode to keep you believing and expecting God to do great things in your life. It is so easy to think about the various wrinkles that have happened in our lives especially this year 2020. This has been the deepest wrinkle we all experienced but it still never negates that God has more to come and your latter shall be greater than your past. It is time...

Mechelle Luster's Bio I'm Mechelle, a writer whose work is inspired by my experience with divorce. In 2014, I met someone, married him very quickly, and after 11 of the most challenging months of my life, I left the marriage feeling ashamed, disappointed in myself and uncertain I'd ever smile again. ⁠⁠ A few years later, I created an Instagram page called “Hope After Divorce” - a pa...

Check out this week's episode from Rev. Dr. Marisha - "Leaving Complaining Behind." This episode emphasizes on the children of Israel and their notorious laundry list of complaining that impeded them from walking into the promised land. Oftentimes we do not realize how much we complain about things that do not matter that we forget the important things in life. Have you ever taken time to reflect...

Check out Episode 36 - Leaving Fear Behind in 2020! What fears are you going to leave behind in this year? Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about the importance of leaving fear behind. It is one of the biggest strongholds that we all experience in our lives. The problem with fear is that we believe a false reality that God never gave us, never intended us to keep and never wanted it to stop us from stepping...

Check out how Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about the importance of leaving things behind so that God can take you to the next level in your life. Unfortunately, our biggest culprit is the fear of the unknown. We hide behind our fears, doubts, inadequacies, inhibitions and believe the false reality without moving toward our fear. Check out this episode that will require you to leave some things behind so...

As a speaker, Paulette’s presentations are inspiring, enriching and encouraging. Her ability to share and connect with her audiences comes from her own life’s journey and experiences. Her desire is to empower, influence and cultivate women to move forward while dealing with issues that hinder them from fulfilling their God-given purpose. Combining enthusiasm with an energetic speaking style, audie...

Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about seasons in the detour can have a negative impact on our mindset. Definitely we as a people, do not like change but Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 talks about seasons and how there is a time for everything. Sometimes we do not realize that seasons are the wilderness places in our lives that push more growth in us like never before. Definitely seasons or changes in one's life do not...

Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about the importance of God being your source no matter what. Oftentimes we keep God first when things are going well but when there is an undercurrent pulling you under the water and you cannot stay afloat, this is the best time to hold to God's unchanging hand. Life is a journey and we all experience hardships individually and as a nation but do we really trust God no matt...

Check out this episode where Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about how you have to faith over fear.  Definitely in the sign of the times we are so distracted by the cares of the world and we are so distracted on the storm than on God.  In the eye of the storm, do you still believe that God is with you? The disciples failed this test like many of us, we getting distracted on the storm and forget t...

Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about the importance of raising our expectations is so critical in this season. Sometimes when things do not happen the way we thought, we often quit before God manifests his glory in our lives. Sometimes there is a reason for the delay and do not believe that God is even doing something in the delay.  Check out how she uses the story of Lazarus and how Jesus delayed even go...

Check out this episode where Rev. Dr. Marisha discusses how sometimes life throws us curve balls and everything may seem like a dead-end or like the promises of God are denied. We must remember that a delay is never a denial and God is always trying to expand our faith, show off his power and glory but at the same time, God wants us to raise our expectations and take the limits off. There may be d...

Check out how this episode how Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about the power Nelson Mandela had within himself related to his freedom. Although life may give you a detour and one may feel isolated, distracted, disheartened, dismayed, disappointed and alone but even in the midst of the trials of life, we cannot believe the lies of the enemy that the detour will stop our destiny.  Nelson Mandela...

Check out this episode where Rev. Dr. Marisha defines the pandemic as the "Detour of 2020." Definitely this year was not what we thought it would be especially with the double digits of 2020.   In the beginning, there was an expectancy that this year was going to be a great year; however, our lives were traumatized when COVID-19 hit America.  We felt trapped, scared, and confused ho...

Check out this episode as Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about Psalms 1:3 if God can restore and regenerate trees, he can restore and regenerate in our lives as well. The only commandment that God gave to a tree was to STAND and that is all God is requiring us to do during trials and tribulations.  Unfortunately, there is a false sense of security that we have of independence but COVID-19 has tested...

Tarinna Olley was born Tarinna Whitmire in Washington, DC from Ward 7 in the Deanwood Section of the city. I come from humble beginnings and my mother always said to me, “that I thought I was Gloria Vanderbilt!” Although, my family struggled with financial resources at times my parents made sure I was not in lack. How they did it I now know was by prayer and faith. Despite living in a neighborhood...

This episode Rev. Dr Marisha talks about the three Hebrew boys Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who had the right perspective about what they believed in and didn't waiver. Even in the midst of adversity they took a stand in who they are, what they believed about the world and what they believed about God. No matter what they didn't take the easy way out, they still were blessed with a position afte...

Do you have control over your thoughts, feelings and behaviors or do they control you? Rev. Dr. Marisha talks about how God has already made provision for you and it is the hearing and walking out of God's word that makes the difference. Oftentimes we do not have the faith mindset to even believe for our own self when God did not require you to have faith within yourself; he requires you to have f...

Rev. Dr. Marisha pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman's life and legacy emphasizing the importance of having the right perspective on life makes the difference. It is not about the longevity of life but the quality of the dash between your birth date and death date that can create greatness.  Check it out!

BIO Marilynn Dawson's Lived Experience  began back when my kids where ages 3 and 5.  I’d fled an abusive marriage  and would find myself divorced almost 2 years later. Overwhelm coupled with an intense desire to be obtaining a career to raise my kids on my own were two driving forces back then. I am a doer, so figuring out how to do things in the best way and time possible was const...