Welcome to the Wake Up Everybody Virtual Community!
Where We Choose to Awaken, Transform and Ascend
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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, November 17th - "ACTT Workshop"
Facilitated By: Amina Wood
The ACTT Workshop, developed by the Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood, equips participants with tools to advocate for safer and more equitable maternal healthcare experiences. The curriculum focuses on four key principles:
Ask Questions until you fully understand your care and options.
Claim Your Space (physical and mental).
Trust Your Body to recognize signs and communicate concerns.
Tell Your Story to ensure your voice is heard and respected.
This interactive session empowers individuals to navigate healthcare confidently and promotes improved outcomes for Black birthing people and their families.
Monday, November 18th - "Friends, Who Needs Them?"
Facilitated By: Precious Fuller
Social support is critical for our emotional health. Even though healthy connections can sometimes be hard to come by, we are not to give up. There is a sure way to receive and benefit from healthy support and it starts with us!
Tuesday, November 19th - When the Mess Ages"
Facilitated By: Iya Ayodele
In this session we will tap into the intuitive flow of the collective. We all get downloads and messages from Spirit. What YOU do when you get them?
Wednesday, November 20th - "Make Your Cells Happy Pt 3- Damn, I Wasn’t Expecting That! I’m Still Happy!"
Facilitated By: Rev. Brandon Smith
On our journey of happiness, there will be unexpected events that might throw us off. In this session we will discover what to do when you have those moments.
Thursday, November 21st - "Stop ✋️ Avoiding Your Greatness"
Facilitated By: Meika Joseph
Time has all day for you to be great. Yes time is waiting on you to wake up and see what you're capable of. COME TO HAVE FUN and Let's explore what's make you uniquely GREAT and EXTRAORDINARY!
Upcoming Facilitators!
Born and raised in New York City, Amina Woods is a Birth Doula, Trauma-Informed Childbirth Educator, and Licensed Master Social Worker who has dedicated her career to supporting mothers, families, and communities. With a Master’s Degree from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and post-graduate training at The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in NYC, Amina brings over 20 years of experience working in non-profits and community-based organizations. Throughout her journey, Amina has worked with children, parents, and expecting mothers, offering emotional support and resources to help them navigate life’s challenges. From treating adolescents in schools to supporting child welfare-involved families, and even providing therapeutic care in private practice, she’s seen firsthand the power of compassion and connection. But if you ask her, being a mom to her amazing 15-year-old is her proudest accomplishment—and being a Birth Doula is her favorite role. As part of New York City’s Citywide Doula Initiative, Amina provides free doula services to Medicaid-eligible residents, ensuring every birthing person has access to support, knowledge, and care during their journey to motherhood. Amina’s work is deeply personal and guided by what she calls her “internal compass” or simply, “Mother.”
As the founder of Mother’s Legacy Wellness LLC, she’s on a mission to help mothers build lasting legacies of wellness for themselves and their families. Whether it’s through personalized support during pregnancy and birth or empowering workshops, Amina believes in showing up fully and holding space for every mother’s unique story.
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Emotional health has always been paramount for Precious Fuller and since it's an integral part of holistic health, it is worth every effort to establish and maintain the highest level of it. The Emotional Resilience Building process that she shares, primarily for women over 40 who are overcoming emotional trauma or intense challenge, produces emotional health and renewed vigor for women to re-align and build the next phase of their lives.
As an Emotional Empowerment Specialist, Precious connects and partners with others who are in a season of experiencing "emotional strain" that is manifested not only by anxiety, confusion, and fear, but by physical symptoms such as poor sleep patterns, poor eating, strained relationships, and less than stellar work performance. These are women who are willing to take on the responsibility and prepared to reap the rewards that this empowering journey will bring.
With backgrounds in teaching children and adults, behavior health specialist, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for children, learning center director, and emotional empowerment specialist for women, Precious realizes that we don’t change other people or circumstances when they are beyond our abilities or responsibilities. The person we get to change is ourselves. What we get to change is our involvement and our roles in those circumstances or systems. When we understand our power and ability to create the changes we need, everything changes…for us! We are not helpless and are not hopeless.
Precious is fueled by the transformations that she sees when emotional health is valued and practiced. The more she sees, the more she knows is possible. The more lives impacted, the more there are to impact. There is enough wholeness for everyone!
Cheers to emotionally healthy living!
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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 CycleBreak
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
Robin is also a Reiki Master/Teacher and conducts family/relationship mediation sessions.
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Brandon Jamal Smith, A.K.A. “Rev. B.” entered this life stream under the astrological sign of Libra with a life path to illuminate and help others see the light.
He is the son of a Pastor, was born in Yeadon, PA and grew up in Bermuda. He began his formal music training at 4 years old. He sensed a calling to preach at 6 years old. Brandon started playing the organ and piano in church at 13 years old. Also, around this time, Brandon noticed that he had the ability to ‘know’ what was going on with different people and would share prophetic messages. Brandon also can recall some of his earliest dreams at four years old were glimpses into the future of the energy healing modality that he would become trained in.
While living in Brooklyn, Brandon was led to an Energy Medicine group known as The Noble Touch that would ultimately open his eyes to the larger picture of the universe.
Under the tutelage of Jeffrey Vincent Noble, Brandon has completed certifications in:
- Basic Pranic Healing- March 2016
- Advanced Pranic Healing- April 2017
- Essential Oils for Pain Management- April 2018
- Pranic Psychotherapy October 2018
- Licensed and Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner- Aug 2019
- Pranic Crystal Healing- March 2023
- Cellular Healing- May 2023
- Generational Healing- May 2023
- Pranic Body Sculpting and Facelift- 2023
He also completed Energy Healing with Master Del Pe of BE Life Sciences.
- BE Well Sciences Basic course- May 2021
In 2017, Brandon met world-renown Astro-numerologist, Brother Lloyd Strayhorn. After getting a reading from, him he was determined to learn more. As a result of his guidance and wisdom, in August of 2020, Brandon published his first book on numerology, "Namaste 2 Numbers: Seeing God Through Numbers".
In 2019, He was Ordained at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY. under the leadership of Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood where he is affectionately known as Rev. B.
It's Brandon's firm belief that everyone has the God given right to unlock their potential and B-Well!
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Meika Joseph has been a Professional and Personal Performance Coach for over 12 years. Today, she is a THOUGHT HEALER. She co-owns a wellness studio in Brooklyn called, The Crystal Raven. As a thought healer, she heals the thoughts that dominant the mind and creates unwanted habits. She works with clients to turn their thoughts into Reality and give them power to create a new vision of life. Through her methods, she has guided hundreds of people to successfully break through otherwise impenetrable barriers in their professional and personal lives. Her experiences include: training and developing individuals to use tools that will interrupt thoughts on their own. Her clients range from parents, entrepreneurs, to CEOs. She has a profound commitment that all of humanity experiences the freedom, power, and clarity to be successful and fulfilled in their lives, to enjoy the ripple effect a new vision has on their families, work, personal creativity and communities.
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Class, elegance, dignity, intelligence, talented, educated and grace: ALL words that come to mind when describing TJ Vida. Tara J. Gibson was born and raised in the Bronx and is of Puerto Rican and Irish descent. Her Latin roots in collaboration with her childhood nickname and her “full of life” personality influenced the creation of her stage name TJ Vida, which means TJ Life. TJ Vida is a woman who has not only made a name for herself in entertainment as a R&B and pop singer ,songwriter, actress, and radio personality but also an activist and humanitarian as well. In addition to the many roles she has in her everyday life, Tara Gibson also has a M.A. Degree in Forensic Psychology. In 2017, Tara Gibson created an Organization called Seize The Cure which tied her passion for entertainment and finding a cure for epilepsy together. This was inspired by her son Maliq, who suffers from Refractory Epilepsy and the challenges that came with having a child with a life threatening and changing condition. With the help and encouragement of the Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan NY, local musicians/artists, and local businesses and organizations, Tara Gibson aka TJ Vida presented the first ever Seize the Cure Epilepsy Awareness forum/concert in the Bronx, NY. With the intention of only holding one event, the success and passion that was shown left such a lasting impression on the Epilepsy Community, it resulted in the continuation of events and workshops. What is now called SEIZE THE CURE 4 EPILEPSY, has rapidly grew in programs to help spread not only Epilepsy Awareness but seizure safety as well through workshops, trainings, events, and the SEIZE THE CURE Radio Show.
In addition to the successful unforeseen growth of SEIZE THE CURE, her music career began to finally blossom after a long hiatus due to harsh disappointments when starting out in entertainment. She decided to use her music to collaborate her passion about Women’s Rights and Domestic Abuse. As a rape survivor, the subject is very sensitive to her and touches home. It's something in which she kept silent about through most of her life and with her now having the platform of music to let her voice and thoughts be known, she has found the confidence to tell her story, not in shame or grief, but with hope to help, motivate and inspire other victims to not be afraid to reach out and ask for help and guidance. She has spoken at several forums, events, interviews and interventions on the matter.
In 2021, Tara Gibson decided to leave everything behind and start a new life. She moved to Florida and took time to focus on building her life from scratch in a new place with a new culture. The emotional challenges that were endured that led to the abrupt transition only made Vida stronger and she decided to take on her passion by re-birthing TJ Vida. Tara Gibson wanted to know who TJ Vida was. For all her life, her music and potential came with limitations due to her loyalty to personal commitments resulting in her never experiencing the identity that came with her stage name. While continuing to grow as an artist as she develops her style as a musician, she is now recording and releasing music as a solo artist with her slogan ‘Same Name New Lane” signifying her transformation. TJ Vida is riding a wave of confidence and excitement in life. She is learning to love herself, put herself first and apply her personal growth to her music and passions for all are connected. She is continuing her education and studying for her Doctorate degree in Forensic Psychology, still spreading the words of awareness, and inspiration in Domestic Abuse and bringing people and professionals together in search of treating epilepsy with hopes of not only helping her son but others as well, and working on establishing her brand and crafting her elusive yet heavily anticipated solo music career. TJ Vida is an amazing woman who wears her heart on her sleeve and can make anybody a believer.
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Tier’a V. Berry is a proud New Yorker born and raised in Rochdale Village, Queens. With a deep passion for working with children and helping families, Tier’a’s journey in youth development began at a young age. Initially aspiring to be a teacher, she discovered her true calling while working at a community program in the Bronx. This amazing experience opened her eyes to endless possibilities. Embracing her role as a community leader in the South Bronx, Tier’a accumulated over 15 years of experience in youth development, equipping her with invaluable skills, knowledge, and a genuine love for serving the community.
In the face of a life-altering experience that impacted her family, Tier’a found herself trying to figure out life on a new path in her journey. With the heaviness of losing her job, a separation from a long, lifetime relationship and seeming to have to pick up the pieces, she was fueled by determination and a desire to not lose it all. Waking up in a new chapter full of encouragement and support she recognized her passion and curiosity in digital marketing, currently serving as Lead Creative & Branding, LeVian Diamond with The Diamond Writers. Along her journey, Tier’a has also embraced a career as an author and public speaker, specifically as an Epilepsy Awareness Advocate and Inspiration Speaker. Also selling self designed and published multi purpose notebooks on Amazon to help support daily living for the family. In 2024, Tier’a debuted as a Diamond Writer contributing author in the release of "She Is" with Transparent Gems Inc. and has self published two guided journals. All three books can be found on Amazon!