Shameless Reinvention

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"?  

Welcome to Shameless Reinvention, where we talk about the real work of changing your life. I'm Sonya, she's Sharon, and we're two women who got tired of living according to other people's playbooks. Every week, we're having the conversations about career pivots, relationship boundaries, faith questions, and personal growth that actually matter—the ones that help you build a life that fits who you'...