SHIFT

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.

In the first episode of SHIFT Season 3: The Function, Leading and Living in Purpose, Tyila Cooks welcomes her husband, Pastor Marcelto Cooks, to talk about the difference between reacting from emotion and responding from purpose.Through stories of faith, family, loss, and resilience, they share how prayer, quiet time, and honest communication helped them navigate cancer, grief, financial challenges, and the pressures of ministry.If you’ve ever felt your feelings pulling you out of focus, this episode will remind you that purpose still stands when emotions fall apart.Scripture: Ephesians 2:10Listen and Share:Stay ready, shift higher, and remember, purpose that functions is purpose that flows.

In Episode 6, The Flow: Rhythm, Rest, and Release, we explore how to live in sync with what you’ve built, protecting your peace, aligning your pace, and finding God’s rhythm in the middle of responsibility.

In this heartfelt episode of the SHIFT Podcast, we step into the finish work, that sacred stage where patience meets polish.Tyila shares from personal experience what it means to finish well, not perfectly, but faithfully. Together we unpack Philippians 1:6, discovering that excellence is stewardship, not striving.We talk about balancing grace and grind, learning to care for what God entrusts to us, and letting completion honor Him more than perfection ever could.This episode is for anyone who starts strong but struggles to finish, those of us learning to lead ourselves with compassion, consistency, and care.Take a breath, grab your journal, and let’s finish what God started in us, together.

In this episode of the SHIFT Podcast, we step inside the walls to explore the rough-in stage of life, where God works beneath the surface. Learn how to align your inner wiring, release emotional pressure, and make room for growth. This is the work that builds resilience, peace, and power from the inside out.

Peace isn’t an accident, it’s built. In this episode of SHIFT, Tyila Cooks explores what it means to guard your heart and protect your peace. Through Proverbs 4:23, she teaches how boundaries serve as the roof over our emotional and spiritual lives, keeping out the storms that try to break us. Listen now.

In Episode 2 of the SHIFT Podcast, Tyila Cooks teaches how to build structure before stepping in to your answered prayer. Learn how prayer, discipline, and boundaries form the framework that sustains your purpose. Discover why depth before destiny matters and why faith isn’t fire, it’s framework.

🎙️ SHIFT Podcast – Season 2, Episode 1Title: Build What You Prayed For – Faith That Frames the FutureWhat if the miracle you’ve been waiting for isn’t missing — it’s under construction?In this powerful kickoff to Season 2, Tyila Cooks reminds us that prayer is powerful, but it’s incomplete without participation. Through a modern retelling of The Blueprint and the Umbrella, she shows how faith doesn’t just believe — it builds.This episode dives into what it means to move from foundation to formation: working God’s blueprints, aligning with His timing, and turning vision into reality. You’ll learn how to step out of neutral, steward your purpose, and build what you prayed for — one obedient step at a time.Key themes: Faith in action, purpose, spiritual growth, building discipline, trusting God’s processScripture anchor: James 2:17 – “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”🌐 Listen and grow at tyilacooks.com💌 Subscribe for weekly devotionals and reflections at substack.com/@tyila