Choose to Awaken with the WUE Nation!

On March 29, 2020, Spirit of A Woman, LLC, launched the Wake Up Everybody (WUE) Virtual series in partnership with community healers, thought leaders, coaches, medical and mental health professionals, educators and artists from across the nation. WUE was created to provide community members, from across the country and abroad, with an opportunity to keep their mental, emotional,  physical and spiritual well beings balanced and whole as they navigated the impact of the devastating impact of the COVID-19 global health crisis. 

WUE was  originally designed as a 30 day offering that would provide “temporary” covering and support for participants until the quarantine period ended, however, the producers and community members quickly realized that the WUE journey would last much longer than they originally anticipated. 

The series was created by Shawnee Benton Gibson, CEO, of Spirit of A Woman (SOW) Leadership Development Institute, who was inspired by the lyrics of the song  “Wake Up Everybody” by Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. The song, which was popular in the 70s, speaks of issues that we are still glaringly relevant today; (racism, war, poverty, sickness, political strife, corruption, etc). The WUE Virtual series was designed to “WAKE UP” the masses by providing empowering messaging, holistic healing tools, guidance for daily living and strategies for addressing the injustices, pain and imbalance that exists in the world. 

All of the “Wake Up Everybody” sessions take place 5 days a week (every Sunday, Tuesday, & Thursday from 7:00am - 8:30am EST and every Monday and Wednesday from 7:00am -7:30am EST.) over Zoom and Facebook Live. Every session is facilitated by powerful and prolific presenters from various backgrounds and areas of discipline. Each facilitator guides participants through an interactive experience that fosters education, conversation, new insights, empowerment  and expansion. 

The WUE Family invites you to join our phenomenal community so that you can share, heal and grow as part of the collective. You are free to join as a community participant, as a session facilitator and/or a member of the admin team to support the magic that happens behind the scenes. We hope to hear from you. 

Sunday, September 14th - "Connecting the Dots Part 2 - Don’t Cry, Stop Crying"

Facilitated By: K. Sweetness Jennings

Join us as we answer the questions of how we got here by taking a look at the journey and identifying the pros and cons of the people found along the way on the journey.

Monday, September 15th - "Self•ISH vs Self•FULL Love"

Facilitated By: Tiffany "Fionix" Mathias

Let's explore the difference between self•ish and self•ful self-love. We will discuss the cultural narratives of what self love and self care look like and add practical tools to our tool chest on ways to protect our well-being without disrupting or disrespecting anyone else's.

Tuesday, September 16th - "Full Harvest Moon in Pisces, Fall Equinox: What to DO & How to BE"

Facilitated By: Iya Ayodele

Join Iya Ayodele for the September Full Harvest Moon! Suit up for the Winter Solstice with power, presence, and purpose.

Wednesday, September 17th - "Listening from Within, Hearing the Voice of Your Womb"

Facilitated By: Mama Mut Ra-t

We will loving continue to expand on what you learned about having our periods and how you feel about your journey.

Thursday, September 18th -  "Ade Insights Ministries Part2 -Your life is a Ministry"

Facilitated By: Rev. Leslie Shannon

We will talk through the idea of; “I don’t have a ministry" and "I am a ministry”, a spin off of Jay Z’s quote; "I’m not a businessman, I’m a business...man!!! So let me handle my business...damn!!!

Upcoming Facilitators!  

K.Sweetness Jennings, born in Queens New York, attended SUNY College at Old Westbury, York College and eventually obtained her BA in Sociology from the College of New Rochelle of New Resources, Rosa Parks Campus in Harlem. She is a Credentialed Alcohol Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC), with 15 years of experience.

Her final pursuit of higher education took place at New York Theological Seminary to get a Master of Professional Studies. Her working experience has been in residential treatment and detox short term programs in Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens. K. Sweetness also has experience with the mentally ill and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) population.

While attending higher education to get the letters behind her name and working full-time, she also engaged in prison ministry during her membership at the Presbyterian Church of St. Albans and Springfield Gardens United Methodist Church. She is a proud alumnus of the College and Community Fellowship program based in Harlem, NY where her passion for writing poetry was ignited. She is currently working on her memoir.

The K. Sweetness brand was established after completing a woman’s empowerment program, "Be The Tree" Rites of Passage Program for Women in January 2023 where she declared “Creating balance while powering in my peace” as her brand. Her purpose in this season of her eventful life is to, “embrace her divine destiny by being peaceful, extending love and grace; one healthy relationship at a time”. She believes her passion and education will assist her with living her purpose out loud and intentionally.

Upon the completion of the "Be The Tree" Program with Spirit of A Woman LLC., she is officially a Cycle Breaker while also being labeled a seeker and change agent. Her motto’s are:

“Never allow others to do more for me then I am willing to do for myself”
“To be fully dressed I must put on a smile.”
“If I decide to pray there is no need to worry.” 

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Tiffany Mathias is an indie author, entrepreneur and youth advocate. She's a native New Yorker raising her blended family in Brooklyn. After many years of lending her passion and expertise to corporate America, she has stepped out into her own lane. Tiffany is currently building her brand where she provides educational and life skills support to the under served youth of her community and also leads sister circles to help elevate woman. She is a graduate of the Be The Tree Rites of Passage program, as well as an administrative producer for the Wake Up Everybody virtual community. Currently she is pursuing a degree in Human Relations.

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Robin St.Clair also known as Iya Ifasunle Efuntola Ayodele is a Traditional Yoruba Priestess of Ifa and Obatala. She was initiated in Osogbo, Oshun State, Nigeria in the Osarosun Temple also by members of Idinleke Temple of Osogbo, under the direction of Baba Fakayode Faniyi, Agbongbon Awo of Osogbo. She is the student of Baba Faseye Sangobukunmi with whom she studies Ifa and Traditional Yoruba Spirituality. 

For more than a decade, Robin has been empowering and stretching her clients with strategies and action plans that support them in birthing “pregnant possibilities.” The CycleBreaker strategizes a powerful combination of effective communication, intuitive guidance and focused intent to support her clients in becoming self-aware, self- loving and Self-Full. 

Robin’s unique style of coaching and deliberate approach towards healing inspires people to break through cycles of dysfunction and adversity, as she bridges gaps to get them unstuck and pumps life into their aborted and/or incubated dreams. She has trained with many Master Teachers and Transformation Leaders, including Reverend Dr. Iyanla Vanzant, Founder of the Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development. 

Through her business, TheRiteStep, Robin offers one on one and group coaching, workshops, seminars and a healing/support group: Sisters Inspiring Sisters To Achieve (SISTA). Her 9-month training and empowerment program, ReBirth YourselfTM supports participants in identifying blockages and taking the necessary steps to awaken their dreams, breathe life and energy into their visions and birth their heart’s desire. She inspires people to step fully and passionately into their greatness with pride, power and purpose. 

Robin is also a Reiki Master/Teacher and conducts family/relationship mediation sessions. 

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Mut Ra-t /Geralyn Harry is a master teacher of wellness and wholistic living. She worked many years in banking, while being self educated in the areas of healthy lifestyle habits and wellness. In her early years she was cognizant of her family member's health and emotional history which deepened her passion to study and become a CycleBreakin’Wombkeeper. Mut, pronounced Moot, which means mother, is a mother of 4 and a Grandmother of 6 and a community mother.

As a student of life, She brings her personal experiences as well integrated spirituality to her understanding and approach to self care and wellness. She believes that sickness of all kinds begins with emotional stress that festers and creates an imbalance in the physical body. She is the founder of Happy Healthy Parents, Network, LLC in 1999 who’s mission is to connect families with experiences that are nurturing to the mind, body, and spirit. Through the Happy Healthy Parents Network she equips families with an awareness of lifestyle spiritual practices and tools for self healing. 

Mut continues to find herself pregnant and birthing her life work latest, CycleBreakin’Wombkeeper - the movement. Reiki Master Teacher, Virtual & in-person Red, Pink, Purple & Blue Tents and one-on-one wombwellness sessions.

With a “passion to serve”, she finds joy in sharing resources and tools for healthy living as it is her dream that all families and individuals be inspired, encouraged, and supported to live healthy lives.

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Rev. Asim L.F. Shannon, the Founder and Servant Leader of “Ade Insights Ministries”, has served as the Assistant Pastor of the St.Paul Community Baptist Church from Oct 16, 2016 to January 31, 2018. This coming after a 20 yr journey as a licensed minister, a 15yr journey as a consecrated Elder, and a 10 journey as an ordained clergyman. The process of this man of God has not been without major sacrifices, struggle, questioning, grappling with the call on his life and within himself. Choosing to leave a very secure career as a NYC Correction Officer to answer his call into ministry, after serving 12 1/2 yrs in the Department of Corrections, was a serious turning point in his life of faith. Scared, but open. Uncertain, but trusting. Insecure, but willing. Ridiculed, but ready. Untested, but rightly positioned. So many opportunities before him, and so much security left behind. He welcomed the challenge of faith. Along the journey mistakes were made, goals were accomplished, people were blessed and his life was being transformed all along the way.

The lessons that were and that are still being learned has informed and shaped his theology and spiritual formation. The lessons have translated into sermons, teaching sessions, insightful counseling, and a profound assessments of life and ministry that's led him beyond the walls of a building and into the hearts of Gods people found in prisons, schools, funeral homes, home gatherings, etc. Rev Shannon shares with unapologetic transparency and lives from a place of intimacy with God, that shows up as "into me see" ( this is Rev. Shannon's own definition of intimacy) he believes that God always sees him fully and completely, and loves him unconditionally. Therefore why spend your life hiding who you are in God, from the people you've been called to serve. His motto is; "Faithfulness to God, willingness to grow through struggle and walking in humility eventuates to elevation in Ministry and life. This is his story and his song.

His favorite passage of scripture is Ecc. 7:15-18 and this passage simply suggest to him; " Balance is key in ones spiritual quest".