SHIFT

Parenting has a way of pressing every part of your faith at once. Fear rises. Emotions fluctuate. And the temptation to react instead of respond becomes very real. In this episode of SHIFT, Tyila and her husband Pastor Marcelto Cooks share an honest conversation about navigating parenting crises without allowing fear to derail purpose.They reflect on one of the most difficult seasons of their lives, when one of their children ran away during an already overwhelming time. Through that experience, they reveal how balance, unity, and spiritual grounding kept their marriage intact and their faith steady. They discuss why facts must outweigh feelings, how God’s truth anchors families under pressure, and why purpose cannot be surrendered to fear.This episode is for parents who feel stretched thin, leaders who feel discouraged, and families navigating uncertainty. It is a reminder that fear does not get the final word. Purpose does. And when faith leads, even the hardest seasons can become places of growth.Stay ready, shift higher.

Grief has a way of testing everything we believe. It can challenge our faith, disrupt our routines, and quietly ask questions we never expected to face. In this episode of SHIFT, Tyila and her husband Pastor Marcelto Cooks speak openly about loss, tragedy, suicide, and the different ways grief shows up in a person’s life.They share how grief tested their ability to stay rooted in purpose without allowing bitterness to take hold. Through honest reflection, they discuss the importance of spiritual foundation, the role of presence over fixing, and the power of leaving space for God to do the healing work only He can do.This conversation honors the reality that everyone grieves differently. Some need quiet. Others need community. Some heal through action. Others heal through time. What matters most is learning not to impose our process on someone else’s pain.If you are navigating loss, supporting someone who is grieving, or wondering how purpose and pain can coexist, this episode offers compassion, wisdom, and hope. It is a reminder that grief does not disqualify you from purpose, and healing does not have to be rushed.Stay ready, shift higher.

Disagreement is inevitable. Division is not. In this episode of SHIFT, Tyila and her husband Pastor Marcelto Cooks explore what it means to move from being right to being aligned, especially in marriage, family, leadership, and purpose driven living.They share how prayer became their pause, how humility opened the door to understanding, and how alignment protected their home and strengthened their foundation. Through honest reflection and lived experience, they unpack the difference between reacting from emotion and responding from faith.This conversation is for anyone navigating tension, disagreement, or decision making while trying to honor God and protect relationships. It is a reminder that alignment is intentional, surrender is powerful, and God’s will provides the firm foundation needed to function well in every season.If you have ever felt torn between what feels right and what God is asking, this episode will encourage you to slow down, realign, and trust that alignment always produces more fruit than being right ever could.Stay ready, shift higher.

Blending a family is not for the faint of heart. It stretches your patience, deepens your compassion, and invites you into emotional maturity in ways you never expect. In this powerful episode, Tyila and Pastor Marcelto Cooks open up about the real journey of blending their beautifully imperfect family and learning how to lead with purpose even when emotions rise.They share the lessons that shaped them, the unity that sustained them, and the spiritual oneness that transformed how they parented. Through humor, honesty, and wisdom, they reveal how leaving old patterns behind, standing as one, and partnering with God created stability for their children and healing for the entire household.If you are blending a family, raising children, or trying to lead your home with clarity and grace, this episode will speak directly to your heart. You will walk away encouraged, grounded, and reminded that God can use every season to build unity and purpose.Stay ready and shift higher.

Life has a way of testing your faith at the exact moment you are called to lead. In this powerful episode of SHIFT Season Three, Tyila and her husband Pastor Marcelto Cooks share an honest and deeply personal conversation about what it means to be built for the storm. They open up about marriage, blended family life, emotional maturity, and learning how to lead with wisdom even when the rain is falling on every side.Through real stories of parenting, loss, calling, and spiritual growth, they uncover the truth that storms do not weaken your purpose. They reveal it. Marcelto explains what it means to be crafted for the rain and how a husband, father, and man of faith steps into his role as a covering even when he feels the weight of fear or doubt. Tyila shares how partnership with God and partnership in marriage allows you to shift from reaction to wisdom and from self doubt to spiritual maturity.This episode reminds every listener that you can feel the rain and still stay grounded. You can walk through pressure and still lead your home. You can question yourself and still stand in what God called you to do. Storms teach you how to cover, how to anchor, and how to work with God as He strengthens your identity and your purpose.If you have ever walked through a season where life felt heavy, where emotions ran high, or where leadership felt like a burden, this conversation will speak life to you. It will remind you that God prepared you for the storm long before you stepped into it. You are His handiwork, and every storm becomes a classroom that matures you, shapes you, and makes you stronger.Listen in and be encouraged to lead with faith, not fear, and to remember that God covers what you cannot control. You are built for this.

In Episode Two of SHIFT Season Three titled The Function, Leading and Living in Purpose, we lean into a conversation many leaders avoid. Emotional maturity. Not the theory, but the real moments that tested us as husband and wife, as parents, and as spiritual leaders.Marcelto shares openly about responding to our sons through the lens of his childhood anger instead of the wisdom he carries today. I talk through the expectations we carried in our blended family and how easily frustration could have interrupted what God was building.From parenting five boys, to walking through cancer while planting a church, to the pressure of giving our children something better than we had, this conversation is full of lessons that were learned the hard way and grace that met us in the middle of it.If you have ever reacted from a place that did not match the leader you know you are becoming, this episode will encourage you and challenge you to grow.Stay ready, and shift higher.