The intention of the Shaping Freedom podcast is to share the stories of everyday people who are doing extraordinary things. Those extraordinary things are sometimes not about the huge accomplishments that people make. It's more about how people are BEING in the midst of some of the challenges that we encounter in life, even while doing all of the beautiful, extraordinary things that human beings have the capacity and ability to do. Yvonne Michelle Toney is just one of those women. She finds ways to show up powerfully, authentically, and with the generosity of spirit to share her triumphs while navigating this journey of life that we're all on.

This episode is a conversation about diving into your soul, confronting the things that stand in the way of our joy, and what you do when you find yourself in that dark night of the soul place, those times that send you into the fetal position on your floor, where you are wondering what you're going to do and how you're going to move forward.

This week Lisane and Camille take a deeper dive into relationships, both romantic and relationships in general. They discuss taking accountability for ourselves and how we show up in relationships, examining what our role might be in a painful situation, and the idea that being willing to examine the role we’ve played when we get hurt does not invalidate the pain we feel.

Listen in as Lisane and Tammy discuss choosing joy and excitement, how tapping into what we loved as children can guide us as adults, and how removing two simple words from our vocabulary can reframe the way we see ourselves and our world. Watch your “justs” and your “buts”!

This week Lisane sits down with Luis Martinez, MSOL, an Afro-Latino from Honduras and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Luis has an M.B.A. in Organizational Leadership, and is an advocate, networker and ecosystem builder. They discuss entrepreneurship, truth-telling, self-awareness, and community. Make sure to listen for Luis’ top three tips for entrepreneurs! 

In this conversation, Camille shares her own experience with therapy and how it shaped her desire to become a therapist. Lisane and Camille also discuss the idea that failure can sometimes be a redirection if we are open to the fluidity of life, the topic of intergenerational trauma and how we sometimes over identifying with our ancestors, and how discontent at work can be a symptom of other issues happening in our lives and within ourselves.

In this special Shaping Freedom podcast episode, I share how I’ve learned to create a life that’s an expression of the relationship that I have with God and my quest to go within to know more about myself and my role within this experience called life. 

Lisane and Vani also discuss what the “art of letting go” is and Vani gives an explanation of rangoli, the ancient Indian sand art.

This week, Lisane and Vani discuss not only what it means to be in a relationship with yourself but what it means to actually be in love with yourself. They also discuss what it means to truly be present without any resistance and how to take a “beginner’s mindset” approach to being mindful. 

Leo Flowers is a comedian, a coach, and a thought leader in the area of caring for yourself and paying attention to who you are. He is spending his life really responding to the question of how do you take care of yourself? And he does this and helps people to answer that question for themselves through his comedy. And also through the work that he does with other people. 

Larnell and Lisane discuss how to take the next step forward in the current climate of partial reopenings. They also discuss how to recognize burnout and some steps we can take to fill ourselves back up.

This episode is a girlfriend chat that Lisane has with Amy Wells, Jennell Jones, Nichole MacDonald, Virgen Barnet, Virginia Rodriguez, and Sade Stafford, where they happy hour over the topic of relationships, dating, and breaking negative cycles.

Lisane and Virgen continue their conversation this week and move into the topics of parenting, values, and how to operate from your core so you can show up as 100% of yourself in all the different parts of your life.

This episode features my close friend and Creative Director of Shaping Freedom, Virgen Barnet.

Lisane records from the Big Island in Hawaii again this week. She expands on the topic of enlightenment, an important part of the journey of personal growth and learning more about yourself.

Lisane recorded her first solo episode this week from the Big Island in Hawaii. She breaks down the overly romanticized vision of what it means to be enlightened into three practical steps: Awareness, Awakening, and Action.

This week Ryan and Lisane conclude their conversation. Recorded last fall, at a time when the pandemic was still young. The protests, following the death of George Floyd, were still fresh on everyone’s mind.

I see enlightenment as the simple willingness to turn the lights on to what is happening in your life. To have the courage to become aware of what is really going on.

Lisane sat down with Straw Hut Media Co Founder Ryan Tillotson and they dive deep into what has happened in this crazy world while we took a hiatus. This is a two-part episode so be sure to check in next week for the sequel to this episode.

In this episode, Aaron shares how one simple act of kindness led him away from a dark place to a life of service and advocacy for those who feel alone and isolated. He gives us direct insight on the influence of relationships upon emotional and mental health