Shaping Freedom® with Lisane Basquiat. The podcast.
Shaping Freedom® Podcast by Lisane Basquiat
Lisane sits down with founders, leaders, and visionaries to unpack the generational patterns they've inherited. Each conversation dives into how these leaders are actively shaping their own legacies across their personal lives and businesses. Guests have included Hill Harper, Baratunde Thurston, Rhonda Ross, and "the forgiveness trailblazer" Dr. Robert Enright.
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Some Relationships Aren’t Built on Love—They’re Built on Survival
with Rasheed Newson
She Almost Died Trying to Feel Beautiful
with Tiffany Toney
The Dark Side of Always Pushing Through
with Giveton Gelin
You’re Raising Your Kids From Wounds They Never Had
with Phill Branch
The Legacy You Carry Was Never Just Yours Part 2
with Kenneth B. Morris Jr., Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds and Teri Ijeoma
The Legacy You Carry Was Never Just Yours Part 1
with Kenneth B. Morris Jr., Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds and Teri Ijeoma
The Family Healing Conversation Nobody Wants to Have
with Tania Khazaal
The Truth About Why Families Keep Repeating the Same Pain
with Lee Hawkins and P. Frank Williams
Why So Many People Are Quietly Falling Apart Right Now
with Shanti Das
You Can Have Money…and Still be Losing Everything
with Ricco Ross
How Kids Are Learning Peace Before the World Teaches Fear
with Jill McManigal
We’re Losing Them… And Don’t Even Realize It
with Jared Baisley, Haskel Jackson & Sean Lewis
I Was One of the Best in the NFL. I Was Also Dying Inside.
with Darren Waller
The Relationship Didn’t Break. The Pattern Finally Became Visible.
with Shawn McClondon
What 'Ricky' Gets Right About Black Boys, Black Women, and the Burden That Gets Passed Down
with Rashad Frett & Lin Que Ayoung
You Don’t Marry a Person… You Marry Their Trauma
with Yvette and Glen Henry
They Almost Lost It All… But This Changed Everything
with Jevin "Wealthy Jev" Smith and L Marie Smith
The Week That Shaped Her Life Forever
with Autumn Rowe
Start Where You Are — What You Have Is Enough
with Taylor Cassidy
Your Body Is Talking—Are You Listening?
with Malcolm Regisford
Building Sanctuary in the Age of Chaos
with Alphonzo "Phonz" Terrell
How to Stay Grounded When Everything Feels Chaotic
with Ayanna Gregory
Give Yourself Permission to Live Differently
with Simone Adams
Hard Work Is Heart Work: Breaking Limiting Beliefs
with Dr. Karmetria Burton
The Cost of Success: Shavone Charles on Reclaiming Purpose
with Shavone Charles
You’re Not Broken: Britany Williams on Healing, Motherhood & Finding Your Way Back
with Britany Williams
Teen Mom to CEO: Ingrid Best Built I-Best Wines
with Ingrid Best
Shaping Freedom: The 13 Conversations That Defined Our Year
Unlearning, Leading & Becoming: Jasmine LaFlore on Purpose-Driven Success
with Jasmine LeFlore
Daily Habits That Turn an Ordinary Day Into a Great One
with Antonio Neves
Slow Down to Go Fast: Redesigning Your Relationship with Time
with Dr. Dawna Ballard
Give Me What I Need, Not What I Want: Faith, Health & Self-Rescue
with Dr. ShantaQuilette Develle
Healing Out Loud & Building Your Own Table
with Shameika Rhymes
Bread from Lemons: The Transformative Power of Resilience
with Jeremiah Onifade
How Johnny Nunez Turned Empathy into an Empire Behind the Camera
with Johnny Nunez
Building Legacy Through Purpose: A Conversation
with Hill Harper
Turning Grief Into Legacy: Rob & Emily McGowan on Love, Loss & Resilience
with Rob & Emily McGowan
Living Fully Through Creativity, Healing, and Resilience
with Susanna Peredo Swap
How to Reclaim Your Energy & Purpose
with Dr. Andrea Best
How to Build Unshakable Confidence: 5 Lessons from KJ Rose
with KJ Rose
Healing Without Losing Yourself: 4 Lessons on Trauma, Courage & Freedom
with Dana Mason
How to Stop Sabotaging Love: 3 Truths from Gay & Katie Hendricks
with Gay & Katie Hendricks
How To Shape Legacy Through Education & Empathy
with Principal Toria Avila
Finding Dignity, Community & Justice After the Eaton Fire
with Chris Holden & Doug Boxer
The #1 Mindset Shift That Turned My Life Around- Devin C. Hughes on Gratitude, Joy & Healing
with Devin C. Hughes
How to Heal, Citizen, and Thrive in a Machine World: Lessons from Baratunde Thurston
with Baratunde Thurston
Emotional Overload? Heal Your Brain & Reclaim Power
with Dr. Napatia Gettings
Stuck in Old Patterns? Carmella Johnson on Breaking Cycles and Stepping Into Freedom
with Carmella Johnson
Then vs. Now: Celebrating 100 Episodes That Changed the Way We Heal
with Billy Johnson Jr. and Ryan Tillotson
The Courage to Reroute: Melba Moore on Embracing Change Without Permission
with Melba Moore
How Community HousingWorks is Building Generational Opportunity Through Housing
with Alexis Rodriguez, Shannon Morrison and Lakeysha Sowunmi
Why Your Armor Is Blocking Real Connection | Lessons From Denita Austin
with Denita Austin
Eboné Almon on Creating Her Pink Print | Legacy, Healing & Authentic Black Womanhood
with Eboné Almon
How Brotherhood Heals | 3 Lessons from Josiah David Jones & Kofi Siriboe
with Josiah David Jones & Kofi Siriboe
Say It Right | 4 Boundary-Setting Tools from Elaine Swann
with Elaine Swann
Dating, Doubt & Self-worth | 3 Truths From Ansa
with Ansa Edim
How Speaking Up Changes Everything | 4 Truths From Antoine Garrett
with Antoine Garrett
How To Build Self-trust (Even After Burnout) | Nichole MacDonald’s Story
with Nichole MacDonald
5 Rules for Building Black Wealth
with Lanny Smith
3 Storytelling Secrets That Can Change Your Life
with Edwin Lee Gibson
How To Break Generational Cycles with Art
with Titus Kaphar
Burnout Is Not A Badge | What Every Overachiever Needs To Hear
with Dr. Mary Anderson
How To Build A Legacy That Lasts | 5 Lessons From Angelo Ellerbee
with Angelo Ellerbee
Wake Up Refreshed: The Power of Deep Sleep
with Julie Wright
Family, Identity & the Stories We Carry
with Phill Branch
The Inner Fitness Revolution: Tina Lifford on Healing, Resilience & Freedom
with Tina Lifford
Painting the Truth: Cbabi Bayoc on Fatherhood, Joy, and Transformation
with Cbabi Bayoc
Facing the Truth: How Honest Conversations Transform Mother-Daughter Relationships
with Lacey Tezino
Redefining the "Strong Black Woman"
with Sharon Joseph
Finding Balance In A Fractured World
with Jason Petty
Turning Negative Self-Talk into Self-Love
with Rhonda Ross
A Year in Reflection | The Best of Shaping Freedom 2024
Family in Focus: Celebrating Our Top Talks From 2024
Finding Joy And Breaking Free From Limiting Beliefs
with Dr. Amber Howlett Bayoc
Art, Activism, and Abolition | Crafting Legacy
with Patrisse Cullors
Beyond The Algorithm: Brock Johnson on Family First, KPIs, and Finding True Joy
with Brock Johnson
A Conversation About the Third Future: Mental Health, Art, and Beyond
with Ainsley Burrows
Changing Your Mindset, Changing Your Life: Lessons from Garrain Jones
with Garrain Jones
The Emotional Labor of Art
with Joseph Awuah-Darko
Guiding Black Women To Transform Their Story
with Monica Wisdom
De-intellectualizing Our Narratives
with Aaron Robinson
Real Talk About Dancing With Motherhood
with Jasmine Harper
Nurturing Your Soul, Building Your Tribe
with Ashley Everett And Randy C. Bonds
A Creative's Journey From Passion to Purpose
with Robert Young
When Our Emotions Need Space
with Abby Kamen
Challenge Your Beliefs And Change Your Life
with Chukky Okobi
The Business of Being Creative
with Ian Davis
Shanti Das on Breaking the Mental Health Stigma
with Shanti Das
From Autopilot To Authenticity: The Humanization Of Men
with Antonio Neves
What is Black Mental Wealth?
with Dr. Raquel Martin
Fighting Social Media Burnout
with Lia Haberman
Season 3 Update
with Lisane Basquiat and Ryan Tillotson
Kevin Powell’s take on love, violence, and responsibility of creatives.
with Kevin Powell
Kevin Powell on the intersection of hip-hop, poetry, and an unwell society
with Kevin Powell
Finding Your Purpose
with Stephanie Mitchell
Journey of Resilience
with Dr. Salvatore Forcina
Beyond Comfort Zones: Embracing Race Dialogues with Friends and Family
with Hannah Summerhill
Redefining Motherhood & Sobriety
with Ruby Warrington
Embracing Your Humanity: A Candid Conversation About Self-Care
with Tai Beauchamp
Mindful Living: Prioritizing Self-Care and Mental Health
with Oliver Chittenden
Healing and Self-Care: A Male Perspective
with Steve Simms
Overcoming Burnout
with Stephanie Singleton
Shifting Your Mindset to Open Up Possibilities
with Stu Massengill
Life After Corporate: How to Unlock Your Potential
with Deepa Purushothaman
From Tragedy to Triumph
with Mack The Tailor
Be the Author of Your Story - from my convo
with Tavis Smiley
Addressing Burnout Through Messy Life Moments
with Luke Iorio
What does living in the present actually look like
with Keith Mitchell
How to Avoid Burnout while Building Businesses
with Jadah Sellner
A Deeper Understanding of Forgiveness
with Dr. Robert Enright
Your Life Wellness Legacy
with Aaron Robinson
Defining Your Legacy
with Brandy Knight
Choosing to Grow
with Michelle Yvonne Toney
Finding Joy
with Cynthia Delaney
Relationship Betrayal: An empowered perspective
with Camille Tenerife
The Importance of Sleep Part 1
with Tammy Hawkins
Entrepreneurship the Right Way
with Luis Martinez
"Corporate Persona"
with Camille Tenerife
You Are Not Alone
with Spiritual Medium Erika Gabriel
Mindfulness Part 2
with Vani Shiroor
Mindfulness Part 1
with Vani Shiroor
Comedian and Thought Leader Leo Flowers
with Leo Flowers
Recognizing Burnout
with Larnell Vickers
Girlfriend Happy Hour
with Amy Wells, Jennell Jones, Nichole MacDonald, Virgen Barnet, Virginia Rodriguez and Sade Stafford
Virgen Barnet Part 2
with Virgen Barnet
Virgen Barnet Part 1
with Virgen Barnet
Enlightenment Part 2
My First Solo Episode on Enlightenment
“We’re Back” Part 2: Returning to podcasting during a pandemic.
with Ryan Tillotson
Enlightenment: The Path to Freedom
"We're Back" Part 1: Returning to podcasting during a pandemic.
with Ryan Tillotson
How to Break Negative Family Patterns
with Aaron Stark
How to lead a purposeful life during uncertainty
with Jadah Sellner
Revamp Your Dating Life
with Amy Wells
Motherhood, Community, and Making Things Happen
with Nichole MacDonald
Red Lipstick As A Path To Female Empowerment
with Dr. Karmetria Burton
How to Be in the Moment as an Act of Self Care
with Brandilyn Davidson
Rebranding Midlife for Women
with Juju Hook
Personal Transformation Through A #hellishyear
with Keasha Lee Ince
Confidence: The Super Power That Drives Your Results
with Felena Hansen
A Millennial Perspective On Divorce, Parenting, and Growing Up
with Jessica Kelly
How You Can Maximize Your Current Job to Prepare You For Entrepreneurship
with Emilio Vargas
Why Living Your Truth Matters
with Lisane Basquiat
How to Be Beautifully Honest Without Being Brutal
with Elaine Swann
Finding Your Passion
with Sophia Heriveaux
The Power of Social Media & Influencing
with Eli Vazquez
Leveling Up Your Mindset
with Kelly Stokes Brown
Entrepreneurial Burnout is Real
with Troy Hoffman
Accounting to Artist
with Ainsley Burrows
Introducing: Shaping Freedom™ Podcast
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The life you inherited does not have to be the life you repeat, or pass on.
Most of us believe we’re responding to what’s happening in the present moment. More often, we’re responding to beliefs, roles, emotional strategies, and survival patterns formed long before we had the awareness to choose them. Those inherited patterns often shape how we lead, love, communicate, build relationships, navigate conflict, pursue success, and create the legacy we leave behind, while we’re on autopilot.
Shaping Freedom® with Lisane Basquiat is a podcast that explores the invisible patterns shaping human lives. Through conversations with influential voices in the arts, entertainment, psychology, business, science, and culture, alongside everyday people whose lives offer extraordinary insight, each episode uncovers the story beneath the story. Together, my guests and I move beyond accomplishments and headlines to explore what shaped them, what they’ve had to unlearn, and what freedom has required.
I’m Lisane Basquiat®, a Legacy Healing Strategist. Through Shaping Freedom®, my methodology for recognizing and transforming inherited emotional patterns, I help people consciously choose what they carry forward, what they release, and the legacy they create.
These conversations explore relationships, resilience, communication, identity, creativity, leadership, purpose, and the emotional architecture that connects them all.
At the heart of every episode is one belief:
The quality of our lives is shaped less by what happens to us than by the patterns we inherit, and the ones we choose to keep.
When we become aware of those patterns, we gain the freedom to make different choices. Emotional leadership begins with self-leadership, seeing ourselves clearly enough to interrupt unconscious patterns, strengthen our relationships, lead with intention, and build lives that reflect who we choose to become.
Because the life you inherited does not have to be the life you repeat.
Every guest is different. Every conversation is asking the same question:
What shapes a human life, and what makes lasting freedom possible?
If you’re seeking deeper self-awareness, stronger relationships, more intentional leadership, and a new way of understanding yourself and the life you’re creating, welcome to Shaping Freedom®.
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Shaping Freedom® with Lisane Basquiat is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with Emmy-winning artists, founders, and leaders about success and the inherited patterns beneath it.
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- Shaping Freedom® with Lisane Basquiat is a weekly podcast for high achievers, featuring conversations with Emmy winners, artists, founders, and leaders about what they’ve built and the inherited patterns underneath their success.
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- Shaping Freedom® with Lisane Basquiat is a weekly podcast where Lisane talks with Emmy winners, artists, founders, and everyday leaders about what they built, the patterns that shaped it, and the choices that changed everything.
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