Peace Y'all, I'm Nandi Ife!

My Story

I grew up in Norfolk, but I really came into my own in the Washington metropolitan area.

That’s where life stretched me. That’s where my work found me. That’s where I realized I wasn’t built to sit behind a desk — I was built to be with the people.

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I graduated from George Mason University in 2010 with a BA in Government and International Politics, thinking I’d follow a traditional path in policy or public service. It didn’t take long to realize… my heart had other plans. I didn’t want systems. I wanted people. I didn’t want theory. I wanted transformation. So I spent nearly a decade working in nonprofits in Washington, DC — mostly with youth development and community leadership organizations. I loved the work. I loved the mission. But Lord knows… I was tired.

Not just “need a nap” tired.

Soul tired.

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I knew something was missing. So naturally… I decided to “take a break” and do international service.
(Lol. Obviously not a break.) From 2016–2018, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala — and it was one of the most beautiful, stretching, life-affirming experiences I’ve ever had. If you know where I can find some chuchitos or tamales like the ones in Guate let me know.

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I was collecting amazing experiences. Building a great résumé. Adding impressive titles. But here’s the truth:  None of those jobs were actually my real work. My real work had already started.  For over a decade, I supported women through rites of passage and transformational healing programs at The Healing Lodge of the Children of Two Shields, under the leadership of Za'Yn Muhammad.

That’s where I learned what service really means. My role wasn’t to manage programs.
It was to help usher people through deep, whole-life transformation — mind, body, and spirit.

I guided participants through personal healing, spiritual development, and sacred ceremony with reverence, discipline, and respect for traditional African and Native practices. I completed my first inipi (sweat lodge) in 2014 and my first hanblečeya (vision quest) in 2016. I studied with Elders who carry ancient traditions into modern life.

Those experiences shaped everything about how I serve today.

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Not performative spirituality.
Not trendy wellness.

Real practice.
Real humility.

Real transformation.

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In 2022, I was initiated into Ifá and became a Priestess of Èṣù. n 2023, I received ordination as an interfaith and interspiritual minister from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. I chose interfaith study intentionally. My family is primarily Christian, but I didn’t want to only know God through one lens.
I wanted to understand the Divine across cultures, traditions, and languages.

And let me keep it funky with you…

Seminary humbled me.

Not because it was bad — it was great. But because I kept waiting for some huge, cinematic, life-changing “God moment.” Like I’d wake up one day and be like, “…yeah, I’m a Reverend now.”

It never happened. And it took me months to understand why. I was waiting for teachers to show me something I already knew. I was expecting books to hand me an experience I had already lived.

The truth? I already knew God in a miraculous way. So no essay, no lecture, no theology class could top lived, embodied experience.

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That’s when it got real clear, real fast:

People don’t need someone to hand them God from a book.

They need help remembering the God that already lives inside them.

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And that realization is exactly why I created Created Consulting.

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My work now is simple:

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I help people come home to themselves.

With clarity.
With tradition.
With grounded spiritual guidance.
With tools they can actually use in real life.

No mystifying.
No gatekeeping.
No pretending.

Just truth, practice, and transformation.

Because you’re not broken. You’re remembering.

And I’m honored to walk with you while you do.