Live Your Purpose Podcast

Sat down with my friend and brother Cam Joyce Head Basketball Coach for St. Ignatius Wildcats in Cleveland for this weeks episode of LYP. Coming off his first state championship win as a coach, we spoke about how his first few years came with winning, but still short of their ultimate goal of a championship. Those early successes and failures helped them build a culture and foundation that propelled them win it all last season. Cam spoke about his experience being an understudy to his both his father Coach Dru Joyce and his older brother Dru, and being a kid 20 years ago as a ball boy for those St. Vincent St. Mary teams that featured LeBron James, Romeo Travis, Willie McGee and Sian Cotton. We also talked about what it was like being the first person in our friend group to get married at 25, and recognizing today, he didn’t always know what it took to be married. This was an episode of 20+ year of friendship on display between boys who now are fathers and husbands. Enjoy the episode ✌🏾🌱 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

In this special episode, I sit down with my wife, Dr. Ciara Dennis-Morgan a talented children’s book author, to talk about her latest book, Look at God. This beautiful story features our son, Messiah, as he embarks on a journey through his everyday life, discovering how God is present in his routines, relationships, and surroundings. Through Messiah’s eyes, readers are reminded of the power of presence and how, if we slow down enough, we can witness God’s work in our lives. We discuss the inspiration behind the book, the importance of recognizing divine moments in the ordinary, and how this message transcends religious or spiritual beliefs. Whether you follow a particular faith or not, Look at God reminds us that God’s presence is always close if we take the time to see it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

It’s been 5 years since LYP Podcast first dropped and the first person who blessed us with their presence was none other than John’s Father John Morgan Sr. In episode 1 John Sr. shared his entire story growing up in Akron. In this episode John & his Father spoke about both of their healing Journeys over the last few years since their last sit down. This episode was full of transparency and generational healing between Father and Son --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

This weeks episode of LYP we sat with good friend of the show recording artist Jerreau. Jerreau is coming off of releasing his newest project “WHY SOME PEOPLE BE MAD AT ME” where he shares with the world his real time processing of his emotions. From self reflection, giving himself and others grace to battling self sabotage Jerreau captures vulnerability in real time. On one record “DO BETTER” Jerreau raps “That’s why my shortcomings overshadow me at night…I think it’s me I’m the only constant in my life, you know man in the mirror self reflect”. Great music and great art creates great conversation and “WSPBMAM” is no different as John & Jerreau have an in depth discussion about music, healing, relationships & creating from a place of abundance. Enjoy the episode! GO LISTEN TO “WSPBMAM” NOW ON APPLE MUSIC OR SPOTIFY! https://music.apple.com/us/album/why-some-people-be-mad-at-me/1740873007 https://open.spotify.com/album/60QwuzsRzZ2Ib8pxZlTcN0?si=iCZ6OEHKR-SYhLg_pniXOA --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

“You can’t heal what you don’t reveal” The thing about healing is, it takes reflection, full out transparency and acceptance of the past. Even without full clarity or understanding, accepting that the things we’ve gone through are all a part of a bigger plan and we aren’t in control as much as we think. This weeks guest was the good brother Marcel McDaniel, he shared his story from being a gangster in the height of the crack era to now being a servant to young brothers who are on the same path that he once followed. He shared the value of fatherhood, how his wife had allowed him to be fully human, & why everyone has the capacity for change & growth. We met a year ago around this time as we started working on the film “MY LIFE”. At the time I had an idea of what story I wanted to tell, but during the process of production & editing, we quickly learned that God had a different plan for what story to tell. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

In this episode, two of LYPs finest Dr. Ci & Devin Joyce sat down to share how them forming an organic relationship/friendship was the foundation of them collaborating together to create “MORE LIFE Retreat”. After starring in LYPs film MORE LIFE: A Love Story on Black Women’s Full Humanity & Transformative Love the two curated a retreat dedicated to Black Women & Black Maternal Health full of rest and building connection. As both Dr. Ci & Dev share their birthing stories, they reflect on the joy of becoming mothers, & the impact of experiencing racism during their most vulnerable moments of pregnancy. This episode was full of laughter of friends and the beauty that is creating MORE LIFE with those you love most. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

In this weeks episode we sat down with an LYP Alum and family member, Producer, Artist & Grammy Award Winner Swoope. We start the conversation by reflecting on how much has changed since our first conversation back in 2019. From there we get into the reflections of getting older, and learning things that no longer serve us today. We briefly talk about the Swoope’s POV on the state of Hip Hop, specifically Kendrick Lamar’s verse on LIKE THAT. Will Swoope retire from rap? Inner child healing and his relationship with fear. This was a conversation Amongst men who respect each other but love one another as well. Thank you for tuning in! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

None of us know how we will react and respond when tragedy happens. I pray that all of us can tap into some of the wisdom and courage that our guest Karl Majors gave me. Karl’s has worked in the world of finance for over 20 years, but this conversation we talked about his childhood growing up in Youngstown around substance, mental and physical abuse, lead him to Akron to pursue a career of nursing where he would ultimately meet his wife of almost 20 years before she tragically passed away from Breast Cancer almost 10 years ago. Karl was transparent, vulnerable & and a true testament to we are all stronger than we even know, but sometimes it takes pain and heartache to see so. We thank Karl for sharing his story. LYP 🌱 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

Dr. Ci came back and this time we expounded our some overall relationship topics from our last conversation. - foundational principles we established early in our relationship - different communication styles - why we choose marriage everyday - Parenting is no damn joke!!! Should Dr. Ci and I take this further and just start a pod together? Would y’all want to hear that? What do you think of that? Vote below!!!👇🏾 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support

We invited Dr. C back!!!! Last time we spoke with her, she told us her own story, This time we went through the origin of how we originally got together, before marriage & kids, bringing up the question of “who bagged who?!”. We’ve never shared our story on camera so this was so much fun to re live that first date. For those who do not know John & Ciara’s first date wasn’t like most traditional dating nights, there’s involved an 8 hour car ride to NYC where they ultimately established a great foundation for what you see today. But the question remains…. WHO BAGGED WHO?! Listen today for the real answer and please give us your opinion on who you all think did the bagging in the poll and question attached to this episode! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liveyourpurposepodcast/support