In this episode we discuss what becomes possible when women release fear, self-doubt, and the belief that they must walk alone.

This deeply grounding and heart-centered episode invites you into a sacred circle of reflection, storytelling, and collective intention. Through personal insights and the powerful story of Abena—a woman whose vulnerability became the foundation of her strength—we explore how connection, community, and compassion awaken authentic power.

This episode is a gentle yet potent reminder that women rise higher together. Through breath, intention, and shared wisdom, you are invited to reconnect with your inner truth and imagine a future shaped not by limitation, but by courage and grace.

In This Episode, You’ll Experience:

1. A grounding opening meditation to center your body and spirit
2. Personal reflections on fear, voice, and claiming power
3. The inspiring story of Abena and how community transformed her journey
4. Insights on vulnerability as a source of resilience and leadership
5. A collective intention for the new year rooted in shared empowerment
6. A heart-centered affirmation practice you can return to daily
7. A call to action to uplift another woman—and yourself

Key Takeaway:

Your power is not meant to be carried alone. When women connect, support, and witness one another, individual healing becomes collective transformation.

Reflection Question:

In a world without limits, what would you create—and who might you rise with?

Affirmation from the Episode:

“I am worthy. I am wise. I am ready for the new. I am a woman of power and grace!”

Connect & Continue the Conversation:

Share your reflections, intentions, or personal journey with us and return to the round table—your voice matters here.

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Step into a journey of awakening that celebrates women’s spirituality and the Divine Feminine. Guided by the loving power of the Divine Mother, this show invites you to reclaim your self-worth and embrace soulful transformation through sacred...

Welcome to the first episode of The Round Table in 2026.

In this opening conversation, "Awakened Grace: Leading from the Heart in Changing Times," we explore what it means to lead with awakened grace during times of deep global and personal change. This episode is an invitation to reclaim emotional wisdom, trust intuition and ancestral guidance, and view life’s challenges as sacred initiations into greater purpose and power.

This is not personal leadership through force—but leadership rooted in presence, compassion, and inner truth.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

1. How emotional depth becomes a source of sacred leadership power
2. Why intuition and ancestral wisdom are reliable compasses in uncertain times
3. How challenges can be reframed as initiations for grace and growth.

Key Themes:

1. Heart-led personal leadership
2. Emotional strength as wisdom
3. Gratitude as a spiritual practice
4. Ancestral connection and intuition
5. Grace as a living, embodied force.

Featured Practice:

A guided visualization to help you anchor gratitude, trust your inner compass, and step into the year ahead with clarity and calm.

Mantra from the Episode:

“I am a woman of power and grace.”

✨ Share this episode with a sister, friend, or loved one who is ready to lead with heart in the year ahead.

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Step into a journey of awakening that celebrates women’s spirituality and the Divine Feminine. Guided by the loving power of the Divine Mother, this show invites you to reclaim your self-worth and embrace soulful transformation through sacred wisdom.

This podcast episode is designed to inspire, motivate, and encourage self-reflection, helping listeners tap into their inner strength and potential.

In this powerful and heart-centered episode, we gather as a global circle of women to explore the sacred power of words—how they can wound, how they can heal, and how they can become bridges to deeper connection and wholeness.

Many of us have experienced moments of dismissal, disrespect, or exclusion that made us question our belonging.

In this Episode, You'll hear:

1. A personal story of navigating disrespect and exclusion, and the ancestral strength that sustains resilience and grace
2. How hurtful words reflect the speaker’s inner world, not your worth
3. Why healing begins within, through self-love and compassionate awareness
4. How women can choose to be bridges instead of barriers, even in the face of misunderstanding.

Words as Mirrors

When someone uses words as weapons, they are revealing their own inner wounds. Judgment, cruelty, and dismissal are often projections of unresolved pain. When we recognize this, we free ourselves from carrying burdens that were never ours.

By tending gently to our inner world, we remember that no external voice has authority over our truth. Our words, grounded in integrity, have the power to soften hardened spaces and open doors once closed.

1. Practice the Hakini Mudra and mantra daily
2. Share this episode with a sister who needs encouragement
3. Reflect on how words—yours and others’—have shaped your journey.

You are seen. You belong. Harsh words do not define your spirit. At this Round Table, we rise together—sister to sister—rooted in dignity, compassion, and truth.

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Step into a journey of awakening that celebrates women’s spirituality and the Divine Feminine. Guided by the loving power of the Divine Mother, this show invites you to reclaim your self-worth and embrace soulful transformation through sacred wisdom.

This podcast episode is designed to inspire, motivate, and encourage self-reflection, helping listeners tap into their inner strength and potential.

Today, we’re focusing on how we can consciously make the holidays meaningful for ourselves, even if old traditions or people are no longer around. Together, we’ll explore how to release expectations, how to create soul-nourishing rituals, and how to experience connection in new and supportive ways.

Here’s what this episode will offer you:

1. You’ll learn how to let go of inherited or outdated holiday expectations that no longer fit who you are.
2. You’ll discover simple, uplifting rituals you can create for yourself—rituals that bring comfort, meaning, and joy.
3. You’ll explore how connection can be built beyond traditional family structures, including spiritual and soul-level support.

Reimagining the holidays isn’t about erasing the past or dismissing memories. It’s about choosing how you want to feel now. When you consciously create moments of intention, you send a powerful message to your heart and nervous system: "I am allowed to feel safe, celebrated, and whole."

Connection doesn’t always arrive in the form we expect. Sometimes it comes quietly—through shared energy, through moments of synchronicity, or through a sense of unseen support.

Know, too, that your spirit is always connected—to divine support, loving ancestors, guides, and unseen allies. Let this season be about receiving support in new ways, from unexpected places.

Thank you for being here and for honoring yourself in this moment.

Blessing

May your holidays—and your life—be filled with light, joy, and gentle new beginnings.

Invitation

Share this episode with someone who gives deeply and might need the reminder that their wholeness is a gift. Return to The Round Table for more rooted, empowering conversations.

Dr. Mensimah Shabazz

Join us in empowering one million women to embrace their strength and grace. Together, let's declare our identities as women of power and inspire one another to shine! ♥️

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Step into a journey of awakening that celebrates women’s spirituality and the Divine Feminine. Guided by the loving power of the Divine Mother, this show invites you to reclaim your self-worth and embrace soulful transformation through sacred wisdom.

This podcast episode is designed to inspire, motivate, and encourage self-reflection, helping listeners tap into their inner strength and potential.

As the holiday season approaches—a time filled with reflection, gratitude, and new beginnings—it becomes even more important to reconnect with the divine energies that nourish and sustain you. For many across West Africa and the diaspora, Mami Wata, the radiant goddess of water, represents this nurturing, transformative force.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

1. Who Mami Wata is and why she is honored across Africa and the diaspora as a symbol of abundance, healing, sensuality, and deep transformation.
2. How to invite Mami Wata’s blessings through a simple at-home water ritual that opens space for renewal and flow.
3. How to connect with her guidance through a short, calming meditation designed to release old energy and welcome new intentions for the season.

Closing Blessing

Remember, life moves in natural waves, just like water. When you let go of what no longer supports your growth, you open space for new blessings to flow in.

May the sacred waters guide your season with peace, renewal, and abundance.

Invitation

Share this episode with someone who gives deeply and might need the reminder that their wholeness is a gift. Return to The Round Table for more rooted, empowering conversations.

Dr. Mensimah Shabazz

Join us in empowering one million women to embrace their strength and grace. Together, let's declare our identities as women of power and inspire one another to shine! ♥️

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Step into a journey of awakening that celebrates women’s spirituality and the Divine Feminine. Guided by the loving power of the Divine Mother, this show invites you to reclaim your self-worth and embrace soulful transformation through sacred wisdom.

This podcast episode is designed to inspire, motivate, and encourage self-reflection, helping listeners tap into their inner strength and potential.

In this deeply nourishing episode at the Round Table, we explore what it truly means to give from overflow instead of depletion. Drawing from Akan wisdom, ancestral teachings, and cross-cultural spiritual traditions, this conversation invites you into a gentler, more powerful way of being—a way where generosity becomes an act of abundance, not sacrifice.

Through the story of Ama Serwaa, guided meditation, and reflective insights, you’ll learn how honoring your own joy, boundaries, and inner nourishment allows you to uplift others with authenticity, grace, and radiant strength.

• How to recognize the difference between giving from depletion and giving from fullness
• Simple replenishing rituals inspired by Akan tradition and global spiritual wisdom
• Why boundaries are sacred, and how they create more powerful, honest relationships
• How to use words like Anigye, Anandamayi, Pushyangeli, and Ayekoo as daily anchors for joy and blessing.

You’ll hear the story of Ama Serwaa, a wise woman whose daily practice teaches a universal truth:“If I tried to serve you from an empty pot, I would only offer dust.”

Her commitment to filling her own well before giving becomes a timeless reminder that true generosity must begin with self-nourishment.

This episode includes a 5-minute grounding practice using cross-cultural affirmations:

• “Anigye / Anandamayi” – invoking inner joy, bliss, and wholeness
• “Pushyangeli / Ayekoo” – allowing blessing and nurturing to flow outward

Through breath, intention, and ancestral wisdom, you’ll reconnect with your inner wellspring.

• Nourishing yourself first is not selfish—it is sacred leadership.
• Let your boundaries become acts of healing.
• Let joy be your daily anchor.
• When you fill yourself, your overflow becomes hope, healing, and empowerment for others.

Share this episode with someone who gives deeply and might need the reminder that their wholeness is a gift. Return to The Round Table for more rooted, empowering conversations.

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Step into a journey of awakening that celebrates women’s spirituality and the Divine Feminine. Guided by the loving power of the Divine Mother, this...

Episode Summary

In this warm and reflective holiday episode, we explore what it means to truly celebrate yourself—especially during a season often dominated by giving to others. As we move through Thanksgiving and into a brand-new year, this episode guides you through honoring your personal journey, building confidence through daily rituals of self-love, and practicing conscious giving without depletion.

Through a heartfelt story, grounding mindfulness practice, and soulful reflection, you’ll be reminded that self-celebration is not selfish—it’s sacred.

3 Things You’ll Learn:

1. Why reflection helps you reclaim your worth and how acknowledging your growth shifts your self-perception.

2. Why rituals of self-love transform confidence and how the Hakini mudra and affirmations ground your energy and quiet self-doubt.

3. How to give without draining yourself and why generosity is most powerful when rooted in intention.

Key Story Shared

You’ll hear about a woman—much like many of us—who spent years pouring into others while overlooking her own evolution. Through a simple candlelit ritual, she rediscovered her courage and began honoring her own journey. Her story becomes a powerful reminder that celebrating oneself can ripple healing into the lives of others.

Join the Circle

If you’re ready to explore deeper self-reflection and feminine empowerment, join our Patreon community: Composing a New Narrative.

Let’s write bold, healing stories together.

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Step into a journey of awakening that celebrates women’s spirituality and the Divine Feminine. Guided by the loving power of the Divine Mother, this show invites you to reclaim your self-worth and embrace soulful transformation through sacred wisdom.

This podcast episode is designed to inspire, motivate, and encourage self-reflection, helping listeners tap into their inner strength and potential.

Episode Theme: Redefining your legacy through self-worth, empowered choice, and rewriting inherited narratives.

In this heartfelt conversation at the Round Table, we explore how the stories we inherit—those passed down by family, culture, and societal expectations—shape how we see ourselves and what we believe we’re allowed to dream.

This episode is a gentle but powerful invitation to examine the stories that have held you back and to awaken to the truth that your legacy begins the moment you choose a new narrative.

Through reflection, wisdom, and a grounding meditation, you’ll learn how to step into your worth, break generational patterns, and create an impact that ripples far beyond you.

3 Things you'll Learn:

1. Recognizing inherited patterns: Learn how to identify stories and beliefs that were handed to you, not chosen by you—and how they’ve influenced your self-worth.
2. Self-worth as the foundation of legacy: Your legacy is not about accomplishment alone. It’s about how deeply you value your voice, your dreams, and your humanity.
3. How to begin writing a new story: Practical, doable steps to build a life grounded in self-love—one choice, boundary, or act of courage at a time.

Wisdom of the Week: You are not bound by the past. Every empowered choice becomes a thread in the legacy you are creating right now. When you hold your worth, you inspire others—your peers, your children, and even generations yet to come—to rise with you.

Closing Ritual:

Together, we practice Hakini Mudra, a gesture of unity and inner wisdom, repeating the mantra:

“I am a woman of power and grace.”

(Seven times, forming a field of resonance and intention.)

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If this message resonates, join us in the Composing a New Narrative community—where women worldwide gather to rewrite their stories with courage, compassion, and joy. [Link Below]

Let us know where you’re listening from and share this episode with someone who needs encouragement today.

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Step into a journey of awakening that celebrates women’s spirituality and the Divine Feminine. Guided by the loving power of the Divine Mother, this show invites you to reclaim your self-worth and embrace soulful transformation through sacred wisdom.

This podcast episode is designed to inspire, motivate, and encourage self-reflection, helping listeners tap into their inner strength and potential.