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Today, I’m joined by Tracie Collins.

Tracie is an author, entrepreneur, business strategist, public speaker, and creative powerhouse. She is best known for her stage production Cold Piece of Werk, which confronted the human trafficking epidemic in Oakland, California. That groundbreaking work earned her a Mayoral Proclamation from the City of Oakland—declaring March 14, 2015, as Tracie Collins Day.

Her work has always pushed against silence—whether around women’s rights, racism, or the taboo topics in Black culture. And in 2023, she made another bold move: leaving the U.S. to start a new chapter in Mexico.

Her life is art, activism, and reinvention—woven together. And I can’t wait to share this conversation with you.

Today’s guest is a force. A conjurer of stories. A root woman. A grief witness. A ritual architect. She is Renée Michele— a multi-hyphenate creative whose world stretches across the realms of spirit, story, and sacred service.

She is a Hoodoo practitioner and a Yayi in Palo Mayombe, where she navigates spirit realms with intention and ancestral devotion— always bringing respect, purpose, and just the right amount of sanctified chaos.

She is the founder of Geechee Gal Roots and Ancescents— two offerings rooted in cultural reclamation, handmade ritual goods, and storytelling from the soul.

She’s also an artist, a poet, and an author of works like Lock, Stock & Smoking Metaphors, Enamored: The Love Letters, and the deeply anticipated I Know It Was the Blood.

And if all that wasn’t enough, Renée shows up as a death doula—quietly, gently— offering non-clinical, spiritual care to those crossing the veil.

Contact Renée @ https://www.instagram.com/geecheegalroots/