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My Spiritual FriendsEvolving in Partnership + Building a Legacy with Dominic and Geminelle Malone How does your individual spiritual journey impact how you show up in partnership? What does it mean to co-create a legacy? Dive into Shelby’s conversation with Dominic and Geminelle Malone as they share how cultivating a mutual respect for one another fuels their shared purpose of creating inviting spaces for others to step into their authentic selves.About GeminelleFor San Diego born-and-bred R&B singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Geminelle, music and healing are one and the same. “I hope my music creates a space for others to be a...2023-08-301h 00My Spiritual FriendsCo-Creation + The Cycles of Life with Shelby Renee Giles How can we be more intentional about what we co-create with Spirit? Did you know that your life aligns with certain energetic cycles? Dive in as Shelby, fresh off of her 40th solar return, offers her own lessons learned about co-creating with Source, manifestation, and the cycles of life, told through the lens of numerology.About ShelbyShelby Renee Giles is a storyteller, wellbeing champion, and educator on a big mission — to shift culture around spiritual wellbeing. While spending nearly two decades advising clients on how to leverage the po...2023-07-2643 minMy Spiritual FriendsReverent Rest + Whispers from Spirit with Imani Joye Samuels Rest as a sacred act, trusting the whispers of Spirit, and pivoting to a sacred calling. Journey along as Shelby sits down with spiritual thought leader, speaker, and advocate, Imani Joye Samuels. They dive into spiritual foundations rooted in nature, resting with reverence in her own life through entrepreneurship, motherhood, and partnership, and more.About Imani:Imani Joye Samuels is a spiritual thought leader, speaker, and advocate for stillness and rest as means to find peace. As a champion of the practice of rest, Imani founded HURU, an organization on a mission to ensure every...2023-07-1256 minMy Spiritual FriendsReclaiming Identity + The Vastness of Spirit with Taylor Elyse Morrison What happens when we release the need to define the vastness of Spirit? In this episode, Shelby dives deep with Taylor Elyse Morrison about what it means to no longer identify with the religion of your upbringing while appreciating the foundation it laid, representation in spiritual practice, and doing less to attract more.About Taylor:Taylor Elyse Morrison is an author, facilitator, and coach making well-being and personal development more accessible. Through her company Inner Workout and her book of the same name, Taylor supports people’s journey to kn...2023-07-0546 minMy Spiritual FriendsSacred Resilience + The Power of Gratitude with Darlene Cordero Shelby kicks off the new season with Darlene Cordero in conversation about the gift of obstacles as a means for deepening into your purpose, the power of gratitude as an intentional practice, and why sharing your story is its own form of service. Darlene shares how a life-shifting diagnosis catalyzed a new path and how she’s navigated life’s shifts as a seeker.Support Darlene’s healing journey.About Darlene:Darlene Cordero is the Founder of Wellness Culture and is a brand and growth strategist with over a decade of experience in operat...2023-06-281h 08My Spiritual FriendsRenewal: Welcome to Season 2 Join us beginning June 28 for another season of heart-opening conversations with people from all walks of life about what it means to be a spiritual being having a human experience. Let’s continue to expand our understanding together, and let our evolving awareness deepen our relationship with ourselves, with each other, and with the Source of all things. Be sure to subscribe, listen and share. New episodes drop weekly over the next several months. In the meantime, explore The Self Devotional, our monthly newsletter where we explore what it mean...2023-06-2101 min
The Afro Qi PodcastSpirituality vs Religion: How It Impacts Your Energy And HealingWelcome back to the Afro Qi Podcast. Today I have the pleasure of speaking with a guest about a conversation I know a LOT of you are going to be able to relate to.
Our guest today is the owner of Worthy Well, a podcast and community that supports normalizing spiritual experiences in the physical realm and empowers you to become a more conscious participant in your spiritual journey.
Our guest today is Shelby, an intuitive meditation and breathwork guide, energy healer, and spiritual guide and I am happy to have a conversation about how w...2023-03-2247 min
Be The VesselShelby Renee Giles - Awakening Through Fear, Breathwork + Energy Healing, Psychic Visions, Primordial Sound Meditation, and Telling Your StoryShelby Renee Giles is a storyteller, well-being champion, strategist, and founder on a big mission — to shift culture around spiritual well-being. While spending nearly two decades advising clients on how to leverage the power of stories, media, and other communications modalities to create sustainable social impact, her passion and curiosity simultaneously grew for exploring what it truly means to be well. Her curiosity led to life-shifting trainings and experiences, ultimately catalyzing her next big career and life calling as founder of WorthyWell, where she works to normalize spiritual experiences in the physical realm, primarily through storytelling. In the process, sh...2022-11-2353 min
My Spiritual FriendsBecoming Your Own Hero + Belonging with Millana Snow How do you hold yourself accountable to your own healing? How has your unique upbringing shaped your sense of belonging? In this final episode of the season, Shelby sits down with Millana Snow in discussion around becoming your own hero and creating an authentic sense of belonging. Millana gets into the transformative power of seeing and feeling the sticky edges of ourselves, trauma and all, and of bringing agency to our part in the patterns that make up our lives. We have the ability to make changes that bring us into alignment with our purpose and open us up...2022-11-1559 min
My Spiritual FriendsAlchemizing Pain Into Power + Soul Activation with Farah Siddiq How have moments of pain revealed the path to your power? What does being fully present in that power look like for you? In this episode, Shelby sits down with Farah Siddiq in conversation around soul activation and alchemizing pain into power. Heartbreak and pain present opportunities to dig deeper into ourselves to reveal the truth of our shadows. If we’re willing to be present from this place, we have the power to alchemize those shadows into light, creation, and connection. Farah shares how profound destruction and a head injury rooted her in faith and kicked off a ma...2022-11-091h 04
My Spiritual FriendsEmbodying Freedom + Self-Compassion with Edinah Chewe How do you show yourself compassion? What does freedom mean to you? In this episode, Shelby sits down with Edinah Chewe in conversation around embodying freedom and self-compassion. They discuss the freeing power of experiencing our emotions, learning what we can from them, and then releasing them without allowing them to define us. Edinah shares how a period of grief instantly shifted her relationship to fear, opening her up to more actively pursue her passions and curiosities. She gets into what a commitment to freedom looks like in her personal and professional life, and what practices center her in...2022-11-0257 min
My Spiritual FriendsMoving Beyond Self-Care + The Call to Devotion with Shelby Renee Giles How do you care for yourself? Have you experienced times when self-care felt fleeting or incomplete? What does it mean to honor your soul self? What are you doing when you feel most connected to the God within? In this episode, Shelby shares a download she received about moving beyond the concept of self-care into something deeper, truer, and more sustainable. The way dominant culture discusses self-care tends to focus on caring for our physical vessel, which is a groundbreaking step forward from the well-being gap so many of us have experienced, but it’s just the first step to...2022-10-1932 min
My Spiritual FriendsThe Call to Deep Presence + Enjoying the Journey with Erin Rogers When was the last time you followed the call of Spirit? Where did it lead? What are your gifts? When do you feel most embodied in them? In this episode, Shelby sits down with Erin Rogers in conversation around learning to work with our own energy and following the call of Spirit. They get into what those calls sound like in their everyday lives, and the grounding tools that support that communication. Erin shares her journey toward discovering her gifts, and a potent experience that silenced any of her previous doubts in their power. She also offers that keeping...2022-10-051h 12
My Spiritual FriendsEmpathic Discernment + The Gift of Sensitivity with Koya Webb Are you embracing the uniqueness of your spiritual journey? What does it mean to navigate the gifts of being empathic and highly sensitive? How do you discern when and how to share your divine gifts? In this episode, Shelby sits down with Koya Webb in conversation around the personal nature of spiritual alignment, and the power of tapping into our inherent divine guidance through the gift of empathy. While there are teachers, resources, and practices that can help us explore our spirituality, we each have what we need within to connect to divine guidance in ways that resonate deeply...2022-09-211h 00
My Spiritual FriendsThe Courage to Feel + Permission to Dream with Jamilla Okubo What kind of future do you imagine for yourself and for your community? What is your spirit calling you to lean into? What does reclaiming agency mean for you? In this episode, Shelby sits down with Jamilla Okubo in conversation around how powerful it is to take space to feel deeply what wants to express without judgment rather than habitually surrender to societal norms. They also get into their gratitude for Sun Ra and the dreamscape of Black futures he dared to imagine. Shelby encourages that we can never go wrong with prioritizing self-care because we are all connected...2022-09-0757 min
My Spiritual FriendsSpiritual Partnership + Individuality with Amzi and Cherice Jackson How do you nurture your individuality? What does love mean to you? What does it look like to please the God within? In this episode, Shelby sits down with Cherice and Amzi Jackson in conversation around how preserving and investing in our individuality elevates how we come together in spiritual partnership. Amzi and Cherice share how interrupting the habit of religious tradition with conscious curiosity has led them on their unique spiritual paths. A shift in Cherice’s perspective on love has opened her up to an evolving connection to spirituality that has brought her peace, and has naturally po...2022-08-1752 min
My Spiritual FriendsEmotional Awareness + The True Self with Jorge Valenzuela What would happen if you approached your fear with curiosity? What does breaking generational curses look like in your life? What habits empower you to feel most confident? In this episode, Shelby sits down with spiritual co-journeyer Jorge Venezuela in conversation around lifelong learning and the realities of evolving into emotional awareness. Jorge encourages that if we’re willing to put in the work, we can transform how we experience our emotions and channel them more intentionally. Applying curiosity to fear can position us to discover tangible ways to build authentic confidence. While it’s a tall task to brea...2022-08-0358 min
My Spiritual FriendsSelf-Orientation + Sacred Pause with Shelby Renee Giles How would you move if you let your curiosity lead the way? Do you ever feel nudges in your body that it’s time to rest? What practices help you to realign with your values? In this episode, Shelby shares a download she received around the power of self-orientation and sacred pause. While we’ve been conditioned to view a focus on one’s self to be negative or rude, the collective is actually strengthened by individuals moving through their journey as conscious self-oriented participants. In the face of daily infinite ever changing obstacles and interactions, true self-orientation requires intent...2022-07-2039 min
Lady Parts DoctorConvo Series: Beginning your journeyWhere are you in your journey? Have you answered your calling? In this episode we're chatting with wellness expert, founder, and CEO of WorthyWell Co, Shelby Renee Giles. Relax, get comfortable, and enjoy the journey.2022-07-1245 min
My Spiritual FriendsSpiritual Community + Partnership with Aileen Ramírez and Mike Gazzo Do you share your shadows with anyone? What are you doing when you feel most authentically you? What would happen if you acknowledged the gifts within your shadows? In this episode, Shelby sits down with spiritual partners Aileen Ramirez & Michael Gazzo in conversation around how living authentically can attract us to powerful partnerships, true community, and a resonant spiritual life. While many of us long for fulfilling connection, the reality is our bonds inevitably ebb and flow with the unpredictable influences we encounter along our interwoven journeys. Aileen & Mike share how they ride waves of change as individuals and...2022-07-061h 11
My Spiritual FriendsEmbracing Our Gifts + Possibility with Gethro Geneus What does it mean to live as though everything is possible? Are you currently using all of your gifts? What would happen if you gave yourself space to feel through your shadows and your light? In this episode, Shelby sits down with spiritual creative and video production agency founder Gethro Geneus to talk about the journey of tapping into our gifts. Life has a habit of distracting us from our gifts, yet they remain alive and powerful within us. Shelby and Gethro share how making space for spiritual practice and shadow work has empowered them both to build a...2022-06-151h 04
My Spiritual FriendsEmbodiment + Generational Healing with WATA What does it mean to truly embody the lessons learned in your spiritual practice? What generational healing is calling you to move through, and are you embracing the good along the way? In this episode, Shelby sits down with composer, vocalist, sound healer and co-founder of Lazuli Collective, WATA. Shelby and WATA dive into why spiritual practice is more about being than it is about doing, and owning our generational gifts alongside our generational healing. You’ll also learn about some beautiful recent and future projects from WATA, from Lazuli Collective curating the Wellness Oasis tent at Coachella, to th...2022-06-0148 min
My Spiritual FriendsRedefining Success + Honoring Your Truth with Kristina Vaughn When’s the last time you revisited what success truly means to you? How can judgment guide you to your own shadows and healing? Can holotropic breathwork help you honor your deepest truth? In this episode, Shelby sits down with soul sis and spiritual entrepreneur, Kristina Vaughn, who dives into these topics and more. Learn how Kristina’s spiritual journey radically shifted her meaning of success. Shelby and Kristina also discuss judgment, compassion and the power of breathwork as a pathway to our truth. You’ll leave this conversation inspired to inquire within to unearth your next layer of growth...2022-05-1845 min
My Spiritual FriendsAll About Love + Intention with Cecily Bumbray Are you ready to expand your concept of love and intention? In this episode, Shelby talks with DC-based songstress Cecily, who shares how her spiritual journey influences her life and artistry. Cecily is a thinker, a learner, and an evolutionist, consciously letting life’s spiritual lessons teach and shape her. Shelby and Cecily discuss honesty in music, unconditional love, and intentionality as a driving force behind creativity. You’ll leave this conversation feeling expanded by spiritual lessons in love, life and conscious creation.About CecilyCecily (pronounced ses-suh-lee) is a DC-based vocalist and songwriter who is k...2022-05-0442 min
My Spiritual FriendsGreeting Our Shadows + Sacred Sounds with SOUL COLE In this episode, Shelby is in conversation with healing artist, sound practitioner and storyteller SOUL COLE. Shelby and SOUL dive into what it means to build a spiritual foundation based on relationship, the love vibration connecting us all, and loving and greeting our shadows. SOUL shares his journey to deepening his relationship with God and how it now informs his work as a healing artist. Leave this conversation inspired to heal and get introduced to some beautiful new sounds for your spiritual journey in the process.About SOUL COLEBrandon Coleman, also known as SOUL...2022-04-2055 min
My Spiritual FriendsDeepening Into Trust + Surrender with Lauren Ash In this episode, Shelby sits down with wellness trailblazer, Lauren Ash. Shelby and Lauren dive into what it truly means to surrender, particularly when it requires deep trust in God while leaning into the unknown. Through the lens of her journey to founding Black Girl In Om, Lauren recalls pivotal moments and spiritual lessons that kept her aligned with her purpose. Leave this conversation with a deeper sense of the true meaning of all needs met, and the remembrance that we are never given more than we can bear.About LaurenLauren Ash is a...2022-04-061h 10
My Spiritual FriendsBonus | Following the Download This conversation takes place as part of WorthyWell’s podcast pre-launch event at Eaton DC, in collaboration with Eaton Wellness.In this bonus episode, Shelby is in conversation with her close friend, Kristina Vaughn, about the inspiration behind the podcast and her vision and intention for WorthyWell. Leave this conversation inspired to tune more deeply into your intuition and take inspired action to align with why you’re here.About ShelbyShelby Renee Giles is a meditation guide, energy healer, and founder of WorthyWell. Trained by some of the leading voices in modern well...2022-04-0609 minMy Spiritual FriendsTrailerEnergy healer, meditation guide and WorthyWell founder Shelby Renee Giles dives deep into the stories behind the spiritual awakenings and numinous experiences of people from all walks of life, and how those experiences changed how they see and care for themselves and the world around them. Think of Shelby and her guests as your spiritual friends, here to affirm and inspire you on your journey home to yourself. We’re here to normalize your spiritual experiences in the physical realm, one story at a time. 2022-03-1902 min
My Spiritual FriendsIntroducing My Spiritual Friends, the Podcast Welcome to My Spiritual Friends. Feel affirmed and inspired as we share stories of spiritual awakenings and numinous experiences that changed how people from all walks of life see and care for themselves and the world around them.Support the showSign up for the Self-Devotional NewsletterThe Story Behind WorthyWellSacred Pause Support the showSign up for the Self-Devotional NewsletterThe Story Behind WorthyWell2022-03-1901 min