Sistershops 2023


Then The Sun Rose "Sistershops"

Experience the excitement of our 3rd annual virtual Sistershops (workshops) on October 28, 2023 at 3:15 PM EST! Don't miss this incredible opportunity – register now to secure your spot and indulge in three dynamic Sistershops that promise to ignite your passion.


Can't make it on the big day? No worries! All Registrants will receive an exclusive Replay Link, granting you access to relive the magic at your convenience. And that's not all! A bonus Sistershop will be added to the Replay, giving you even more valuable insights and inspiration.


Reclaiming Your Eve: A Spiritually Chiropractic Practice to Healing & Living an Empowered Life. Presented by Dr. Sonia Kennedy


This is a transformative journey of spiritual chiropractic practices, that will guide you to heal and embrace an empowered life. Discover how to reconnect with and honor your femininity, harnessing the power of your inner voice. This Sistershop will inspire and empower you to reclaim your true essence, unlocking your inherent strengths. Learn to ignite your potential and embrace a life of authenticity and empowerment. 

 


Worthy: Healing your Maternal Line

.Presented by A. Yaa Oyafunmike 


The Women will learn to cast from themselves and heal the root pain of their maternal lineage. We will learn how to eliminate negative self-talk and overcome situational deprecation, empowering ourselves and generations to come. Break free from the chains of the past and create a legacy of empowerment. It's time to embrace your worthiness. 


Little Practices, BIG Rewards: practical wisdom for daily manifesting!

Presented by Tanita Fadyeyola


Discover the secret to unlocking big rewards through small daily practices in this transformative Sistershop. Gain practical wisdom and insights that will empower you to manifest your dreams and create a life of abundance.

Dr. Sonia Kennedy,

Dr. Sonia aka “The Biz Therapist” is a Certified HypnoTherapist, Author, Relationship Consultant, Mental Performance & Meditative Coach, Educator, Researcher, Motivational Speaker & CEO Trainer. She is the founder of Empowering Wellness 360, a mental health coaching and consulting company. She provides mental health and emotional wellness services, to include coaching, and mentoring to assist individuals, athletes, couples, entrepreneurs and business entities in making powerful shifts to become the “CEO“ Chief Emotional Officer, of their lives. 
 
Dr. Sonia uses a variety of tools and methods to include hypnotherapy, NLP, breathwork, bodywork, meditation, and EFT techniques, to work with her clients to unlock their mental blocks, eradicate limiting beliefs, and align their vision with their lifestyle & business goals. As a result, clients are able to gain clarity, increase their performance, take action, and develop self-awareness.  She acts as a “chaos coordinator” and “emotional translator” by helping clients manage their anxiety, develop coping skills to assist with depression and trauma, boost their confidence, communicate effectively, and realign their businesses and careers. 

With more than 20 years of experience in the Mental Health & Education Industry, she has worked with a variety of individuals and businesses, both local and global. Dr. Sonia has the unique ability to spark individuals and businesses by providing laser focused, counter-intuitive coaching that is effective in “UPLEVELING” their fears and leveraging them to create lifestyle and business transformations!


Dr. Sonia is the author of 4 personal development and empowerment books, with 2 new releases scheduled for 2023 to include: Supernaturally Made: Reclaiming Your Eve, Vol. 1, a self-help & personal development guide, The Superpower Playbook: 7 Ways to Unleash the Power Within, Vol. 2, a high performer & leadership manual, & Dear Daddy: A Letter From A Successful Businesswoman, a motivational book for women entrepreneurs that tells the real life stories of women business leaders and the challenging circumstances that they had to overcome on their path to success. 

Dr. Sonia has been featured in international publications to include The Turks & Caicos Sun and other publications to include Scene Chicago. Dr. Sonia was a winner and recipient in the Whole Foods/Teamwork Englewood Business Plan Competition.  She has also been awarded and recognized by the 100 Black Women of Chicago, The Melanated Queen Awards, and is featured as an expert therapist in the educational documentary, “Confessions of A Melanated Queen” a film on higher education for African American female students. 


As a speaker, Dr. Sonia has led and facilitated various personal development courses, business empowerment workshops and trainings and has shared the stage with some of the world’s greatest emerging thought leaders. As a researcher, Dr. Sonia’s work is grounder in the areas of girlhood, womanhood, trauma, and black feminist theory. Dr. Sonia is also featured on several podcasts and has a monthly business motivational blog: The Power of One at bity.ly/gogetyouryes.


Dr. Sonia also acts as a community activist & servant leader, teaching yoga and mindfulness to youth in community and school settings. Dr. Sonia is also a Military Veteran & Philanthropist and volunteers her time with various women organizations and projects. She views ultimate servant leadership as a calling with a higher purpose and believes that all women have supernatural powers to transform the world.




Angela Yaa Oyafunmike


Onifa I Urban Pastor I Social Activist I Psychopathologist I Global Teacher I Prayer Warrior I Free Thinker 


Angela Yaa Oyafunmike has an MA in Urban Ministry and a concentration in Psychopathology in Theological Perspective, an Ordained Non-Denominational Minister and an Onifa in New African Vodun. She also serves as an Herbalist, Health & Wellness Coach at Harmony Holistic; she is the Co-Founder and Operations Director at Iwa-Pele Metaphysical Institute where she is specifically overseeing the Diaspora Return Project to Alkebulan. She is a sought-after Lecturer and Conference Facilitator, speaking on all things Relationships and African Women Empowerment, both on the continent and diasporically. She is the Founder and Developer of Unapologetically Me which provides a "safe space" for women of African Descent to speak and confer among themselves freely in the dialect, tone and energy of women living life in the unique experience of being Black in a Western Culture. Passionately, she continues to teach Diasporic Wombmyn to walk in all dimensions of their Goddess Power in mind, body and soul, as well as to embrace their God-given femininity. She is continually sought after to facilitate Workshops and provide Curriculum Development. As if this isn't enough, she also had a 40+ year career as a Paralegal/Legal Researcher. 


Her story went national in 2009 when the Wall Street Journal caught wind of the work, she and the Non-Profit she led were doing in the community, running a half page story after following her to Washington, DC to the Inauguration of President Obama along with three wards of the State of Illinois who won an essay contest sponsored by her organization. Being a child of abuse and a teenage runaway equipped her for the service in the streets she performed and the Family Care ministry she so passionately administers today. 

She has served on the Leadership Board of the National Consortium of Black Women in Ministry (NCBWIM) Chicago Chapter doing Advocacy for victims of Domestic Violence; she is a workshop facilitator at Domestic Abuse Forums teaching overcomers to Unapologetically use their voices by first setting themselves free as they help usher others to freedom. 


When asked to summarize her journey, she states, "I fondly remember how my grandmother used to tell me that many people will not read the bible that I read, so if I wanted them to know what's in it (or any other book for that matter), I would have to LIVE it, as I would become the ON LY bible some people will ever read. Never have truer words been spoken. I aspire to live my life as such so that when people meet, listen and observe me in action, they begin to see the extension of my faith in my walk, talk, grow & glow." 

However, with all of that, she still believes her greatest accomplishment is her ministry of motherhood to her three outstanding children Curtis II, Aieko Marie and Cameron Alexander, and by extension her ministry as Grandmother to 9 Souls who affectionately call her BiBi. 


Stay tuned as she will soon be adding to her long list of accomplishments the title of author. 





Tanita Fadyeyola


A high energy, creative force, Tanita Fadyeyola is a top Motivational Speaker, Movement Facilitator, Community Healing Advocate, Strategist & Wellness Consultant. 


The Owner/Creator of Move.Dance.LIVE!™, a unique teaching method and well-being lifestyle brand, Tanita travels the world conducting movementshops and trainings, facilitating one-on-one soulwork sessions, and hosting cultural & healing arts retreats and wellness experiences. She combines her gift as an engaging facilitator, with the power of dance, movement, meditation and affirmations to create experiences that lead to personal and professional growth.


Under the Move.Dance.LIVE!™ brand, Tanita designed Afrofunk! DanceFit® 

classes, fusing her love for African-inspired dance with movement affirmations, resulting in trans-formative experiences where dance is medicine.  Through her unique teaching method, participants attune and heal their minds, bodies and spirits, unlocking the potential for transformation in every aspect of their lives. Her clients come from a wide range of backgrounds, including fellow healers and instructors, as well as groups and individuals who desire more holistic and meaningful connections with their students, clients, colleagues, family and peers. She's had the pleasure of working with diverse groups of international clients, including Cal State University Northridge, Capital Jazz Cruises, LinkedIn Corporation, Skirball Cultural Center, The Hollis Co., Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage and the Walt Disney World Co.


Tanita, affectionately called "Mama T" by community members, is a staunch advocate for community healing & wellness. She also holds certificates in Aromatouch (Essential Oil Technique), EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), TFT (Thought Field Therapy), Reiki (Level I & II), Yoga (Hatha & Vinyasa) and is an eternal student of Herbalism & Naturopathic Medicine. She curates Healing Circles, Sunrise Practices, Holistic Resets, Gratitude Gatherings, Kwanzaa Celebrations and one-on-one Self-Empathy Roadmapping Sessions using indigenous and modern practices & techniques that invites us to restore our vital life energy, heal and RECLAIM OURSELVES.


Tanita is a "Philly girl", born and raised in South Philadelphia. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Africana & Urban Studies. Pitt is also where she became a proud servant-leader of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated (Xi Delta, Spr' 94). She remains financially active to date and serves as the International Vice Director of Honorary Membership.


She enjoys working and living bi-coastal, based in Los Angeles and at her Retreat Home & Wellness Sanctuary in Orlando, Florida. She celebrates 26 years with her husband Doug and remains grateful for her three “suns”, Jalani 24, Akili 21 (Univ of Hawaii) and Bodi,17. 





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