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Legacy Lyrics and Life
Hosted by Shawna Wells · EN
It’s time to take a deep breath, and open up to Legacy, Lyrics and Life. Discover the bliss of living aligned with your legacy. Be it generational health or wealth, we all dream of leaving something more for our loved ones.
I’m Shawna Wells, your host and Legacy Architect. And I’d like you to come on an adventure to create your legacy.
I’ll be sharing my own expertise on legacy planning and the life lessons I’ve learned through songs. But I won’t always go at it alone. You’ll hear the stories of inspiring change makers, and their passion for contributing for generations to come. You’ll learn more about the seven generation principle, and how to guide your life for impact. Every episode will lead you to think deeper, open conversations and spark ideas around personal legacy.
Every day I guide leaders as they connect their lineage to their legacies. But with me, legacy planning looks a little different. With me, a hardcore music enthusiast, your soundtrack is key to your legacy. Music is embedded into the DNA of our history as a community, leading generational impact.
The Legacy, Lyrics and Life podcast is your invitation to scribble your thoughts on a blank sheet of paper, where you'll eventually write your own music, and dream up your own melodies.
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Episode 3: How to Leverage Your Lineage as Fuel for Your Legacy
Dec 16, 202400:13:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the Legacy, Lyrics, and Life podcast, Shawna Wells, the Legacy Architect, guides listeners through the profound impact of Generational Understanding and how connecting with our ancestral heritage can bring clarity to our personal legacy. Shawna emphasizes the importance of recognizing the wisdom, stories, and resilience passed down from our ancestors and explores how these gifts shape our lives and the legacies we create.Episode EssentialsGenerational Wisdom: Shawna highlights the power of ancestral knowledge, showing how understanding our lineage can provide clarity and purpose in defining our own legacy.Muscle Memory of Our Ancestors: Discover how the “muscle memory” of our ancestors—values, resilience, and perseverance—lives within us today, guiding us toward a legacy aligned with our heritage.Lessons from Lineage: Shawna shares personal stories and powerful examples, including cultural references like rapper Common, to illustrate how embracing lineage can inspire and ground us.Creating a Personal Legacy Statement: Through visualization, examining artifacts, and interviewing family members, Shawna introduces steps for crafting a personal legacy statement rooted in generational understanding.Key Topics CoveredThis episode is packed with practical steps and reflective exercises to help listeners uncover and honor the gifts from their lineage. Shawna encourages listeners to engage deeply with their family history and the lives of those who came before them, guiding them toward creating a legacy statement that feels authentic and meaningful.Show Notes Timeline00:00 – Introduction to Legacy, Lyrics, and Life00:28 – Understanding Generational Legacy02:07 – The Power of Muscle Memory04:21 – Lessons from Our Lineage07:33 – Common's Legacy and Influence09:31 – Three Steps to Access Your Lineage13:22 – Conclusion and Next StepsResourcesAbout the 7 Gen Legacy Group7 Gen is a legacy planning company, helping leaders name and claim the legacies they aim to leave. They are inspired by the philosophy of seven generation thinking and the Sanofka principle. 7 Gen offers personal legacy coaching as well as executive coaching for organizational legacies.In addition they have a number of workshops and retreats to transform your life and legacy.Sign up for the newsletter to never miss an episode, workshop, or insight from 7Gen Legacy GroupResources:Living Your Legacy, Spring 2025 Application10 Rituals for Living Your Legacy at Work
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Episode 2: Clear the Clutter, Own Your Story: Angela Perry on Turning Life’s Challenges into Your Legacy Power Moves
Dec 9, 202400:28:27Tap to summarizeEpisode 2: Clear the Clutter, Own Your Story: Angela Perry on Turning Life’s Challenges into Your Legacy Power MovesIn this episode of Legacy, Lyrics, and Life, Shawna Wells joins lifelong educator Angela Perry in a conversation on what it means to live and leave a personal legacy that’s true to who we are. Angela reflects on her journey through significant life changes—including navigating the pandemic and a divorce—and how these experiences reshaped her understanding of legacy, family, and community. She also shares the music that guided her during challenging times, offering a glimpse into how songs can anchor us to our values.When it comes to planning a seven generation legacy, we need to start with ourselves. We must unpack our true values and focus on what genuinely matters.. Only then can we define and build a legacy that lasts. It isn’t always easy, you’ll face some tough choices. But by clearing the clutter and aligning with our purpose, we can build generational health and wealth for the future.This episode offers actionable strategies and heartfelt inspiration for building a legacy with intention and courage. Let it guide you to live boldly and purposefully while creating a lasting impact.Key Moments00:28 – Meet Angela Perry: Educator and Legacy Keeper01:20 – Defining Legacy: Personal Reflections02:24 – The Turning Point: Self-Discovery and Divorce09:10 – Parenting and Legacy: One-to-One Moments19:02 – The Importance of Rest and Community22:31 – Legacy and Music: Influences and Inspirations25:01 – Conclusion: Embracing Individual ChoicesAbout AngelaAngela Perry is the founder and executive director of 4th-Dimension Leaders, an organization dedicated to disrupting discrepancies in opportunity.Angela has more than 20 years of teaching and leadership experience, is a widely recognized adult learning facilitator, panel moderator, and entrepreneurial program designer through her founding work at ENCORE Facilitation Partners. She's also a mom to two incredible humans and can knit like her hands are on fire.___About the 7 Gen Legacy Group7 Gen is a legacy planning company, helping leaders name and claim the legacies they aim to leave. They are inspired by the philosophy of seven generation thinking and the Sanofka principle. 7 Gen offers personal legacy coaching as well as executive coaching for organizational legacies.In addition they have a number of workshops and retreats to transform your life and legacy.Sign up for the newsletter to never miss an episode, workshop, or insight from 7Gen Legacy GroupResources:Lyte as a Rock, MC LyteLiving Your Legacy, Spring 2025 Application10 Rituals for Living Your Legacy at Work
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Episode 1: 3 Steps to Get Your Life and Legacy Into Alignment
Dec 2, 202400:09:37Tap to summarizeHow do you start building a personal legacy? It may begin when your lived experiences uncover your true values.Host Shawna Wells, the Legacy Architect, kicks off Legacy, Life, and Lyrics by laying out the foundations of personal legacy. Through her own lyrical reflection of the great words of Lauryn Hill and personal insight, Shawna shares three essential practices for building a meaningful legacy: connecting with your lineage, fully recognizing your present self, and envisioning your generational impact three generations into the future. Living a legacy-centered life is not about waiting for distant milestones—it’s created through intentional choices woven into the fabric of our daily lives.Moments of crisis can often help us strip away the noise and clarify our deepest values and intentions. These values are what guide us in our legacy planning. They help us realize the generational health and wealth we want to leave for the future. The pandemic especially created a space to reflect on generational health and the lasting legacy we’re building.Tune in for inspiration and practical steps to integrate your legacy into daily life, aligning actions with what matters most.By connecting deeply with our past, understanding our present, and looking forward to our future impact, Shawna guides us in making legacy-building choices not just for personal fulfillment but also generational health and resilience.Key Moments00:26 – Reflecting on Personal Legacy During the Pandemic03:03 – Understanding Personal Legacy and Generational Health07:05 – Three Steps to Define Your Legacy08:33 – Living Your Legacy Daily by Removing Distractions09:07 – Conclusion and Resources for Further Exploration_______About ShawnaShawna has always been a resident hypewoman, and now she uses that enthusiasm to help others focus on legacy planning, long-term visions, and the impact of generational health and wealth. A legacy-architect, she is creating a new blueprint for Black families to live with intention. She supports them to live their dreams now and to pass those skills to generations to come.Connect with her on LinkedIn ___About the 7 Gen Legacy Group7 Gen is a legacy planning company, helping leaders name and claim the legacies they aim to leave. They are inspired by the philosophy of seven generation thinking and the Sanofka principle. 7 Gen offers personal legacy coaching as well as executive coaching for organizational legacies.In addition they have a number of workshops and retreats to transform your life and legacy.Sign up for the newsletter to never miss an episode, workshop, or insight from 7Gen Legacy GroupResources:Everything is Everything, Lauryn Hill Living Your Legacy, Spring 2025 Application
Transcribe →Welcome to "Legacy Lyrics and Life"
Aug 3, 202400:01:45Tap to summarizeThink about your favorite song. can you remember how you felt when you first heard it? Where you were, what you were doing? Did the lyrics hit home for you, tell a story? Your favorite song may actually represent a time capsule of memories, what was going on in your life. That song, that beat, that joy, that vibration, it's tied to your legacy.I’m your host, Shawna Wells, your Legacy Architect, and welcome to Legacy, Lyrics and Life the podcast where I’ll help you lean into the bliss and liberation of aligning your life with the legacy you desire to leave.In my daily work, I support and guide leaders as they connect their lineage to their legacies, but my work is also guided by energy because I’m a hardcore music enthusiast! Music is embedded into so much of the DNA of our history as a community. There’s just something about the nostalgia that moves me and gets me excited!So not only will I be sharing some of my memories and lessons through songs, I’ll also introduce you to change-makers and their stories and we’ll have conversations with inspiring people who care passionately about contributing to the generations to come. In every episode, my goal is to deepen the thoughts, conversations, and ideas around legacy.So what will your legacy be? The Legacy, Lyrics and Life podcast is your invitation to scribble your thoughts on a blank sheet of paper, where you'll eventually write your own music, and dream up your own melodies. Come on an adventure with me to create your legacy! If you choose to join us, your adventure begins now!
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