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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.

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.