Aug 11, 2026 · 38 min · 11 segments
My husband always says some of the best, most successful entrepreneurs come out of tough times, and Sheleana Aiyana might be the clearest proof of that I've ever met. Foster care by three, homeless by…
Sheleana AiyanaGuest
Renée WarrenHost
Um, and I hate that feeling, but- When, like, think about yourself in those, like, in those really tough moments, and also the women that you work with or the people that you work with in your mastermind.
For me, it always comes back to feeling that sense of divine trust and also looking back at all of the evidence.
And in my own life at least, everything that goes wrong turns into something better, and everything that falls apart comes back together in a more beautiful way.
And I think a lot of us can say that, and it might take a few years, but eventually we get there.
And just the sheer fact that we are still living after the heartbreak that we may have endured or the loss that we may have faced is evidence that we will get through it.
And I think culturally we have this fear of feeling and this fear of really being in the body and being in relationship to the grief.
And so if we can take the pressure off to do it right or have a timeline for it, and we can simply embrace the experience and get support along the way, then we'll find that eventually the, the dust settles and, and the air feels lighter again.
Um, but we just can't rush these things, and I think that's part of the challenge is that, you know, we wanna say, "Okay, well, I'm, it's, you know, it's May right now, so by June I'm gonna be done grieving," and it just doesn't work that way.
Um, and I hate that feeling, but- When, like, think about yourself in those, like, in those really tough moments, and also the women that you work with or the people that you work with in your mastermind.
For me, it always comes back to feeling that sense of divine trust and also looking back at all of the evidence.
And in my own life at least, everything that goes wrong turns into something better, and everything that falls apart comes back together in a more beautiful way.
And I think a lot of us can say that, and it might take a few years, but eventually we get there.
And just the sheer fact that we are still living after the heartbreak that we may have endured or the loss that we may have faced is evidence that we will get through it.
And I think culturally we have this fear of feeling and this fear of really being in the body and being in relationship to the grief.
And so if we can take the pressure off to do it right or have a timeline for it, and we can simply embrace the experience and get support along the way, then we'll find that eventually the, the dust settles and, and the air feels lighter again.
Um, but we just can't rush these things, and I think that's part of the challenge is that, you know, we wanna say, "Okay, well, I'm, it's, you know, it's May right now, so by June I'm gonna be done grieving," and it just doesn't work that way.
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