As a Black man, born in the United States of America, raised in a constant state of recession by a single, and strong - by required necessity - Black woman; I know how to win. I know how to succeed. I know how to survive really well. And now, I'm thriving.
As a multipassionate entrepreneur, I wholeheartedly enjoy my life's work in a variety of disciplines. I am a musical artist, a lover of the spoken word and foreign languages, a teacher and educator, an ordained, intuitive Universal Life Minister, and a certified Life Coach.
My first passion is music. Growing up in church singing Gospel hymns became my foundation for my love of Opera and Classical music. This path led me to complete a Regents Diploma in Vocal Music from the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts in 2008; followed by receiving an Associate in Science degree in Music Performance from the Music Institute of the Villa Maria College of Buffalo in 2011. Subsequent studies continued at The Crane School of Music at The State University of New York at Potsdam where I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in recital and operatic performances and study with some of the finest singers and musicians in the world of Classical music. In 2021, I released my first album Unapologetically Unfiltered: Volume I - a collection of hymns and spiritual songs that are close to my heart.
Due to my fond fancy of the English language, and learning other languages I pivoted toward my Love for the written word and verbal communication. I completed a certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in 2017 and a baccalaureate degree in English in 2020. Currently, I'm on a self-imposed sabbatical from teaching focusing on tech-based projects for ESL and EFL learners and I look forward to returning to the classroom in the near future!
The loss of my father in September of 2013, while I was studying at The Crane School of Music was the catalyst for the journey that led me ultimately becoming a life coach. His transition caused me to consider how I was living my life - only to realize that I wasn't living but, in-between a meager existence and surviving really well. This striking realization began the evolution of my spiritual journey.
In 2015, I became an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church. In developing myself on my spiritual journey I knew that I needed to show up for my physical being with the same fervent energy that I did for my spiritual being. I released over 200 lbs. via bariatric surgery and began the emotional work necessary (through therapy and coaching) to create cohesion and equilibrium through all of the greatness, brilliance, and abundance that is Tasheen. This work created the space that I needed to become a Certified Life Coach through the Life Coach Training Institute in 2020.
I became a life coach for me and for people like me: ambitious, afraid, yet attempting; determined to be at ease with diving deeply - full of passions, with a multitude of potential, and abiding, abundant intuition.
Life Coaching with Tasheen is a division of the Parrish Borden Consulting Agency