Sep 30, 2026 · 54 min · 10 segments
In this episode, we are sharing the space with our guest Joydah Mae. An opportunity to honor our authentic self with presence and our unique gifts. We explore her story starting from her natural…
Thank you so much, Joy.
That, um, so like blown my mind, the, the initiation of, uh, your journey in every part of the way.
The initiation that actually shut you down, but then the inition- initiation of, well, you have a gift.
Maybe you wanna try and see how that will work for you, and all the path that lead you to where you're standing now, including, like, the transformation from, um, being still unsure of what you were doing, why and how, to the point of, "No, I know exactly that this is, this is the medicine.
This is what needs to go out." And not necessarily to become a star, but to remind everyone that we are stars and, and somehow with the, the connection that we can find with what you're singing is like, "Yes.
Oh my God, this resonates so true to me that I also wanna express myself.
I also wish for me to be even stronger and to create that sort of ripple effect for others." And I remember clearly when, when you started, I, I was buying popcorn from you, and all of a sudden you were on stage.
I was like, "Oh my God, that's the person that sell the popcorn." And so I'm, I'm kind of feeling blessed that from my point of view behind the scene I could see your journey, but not knowing what was happening before.
Because to my eyes, you also belong, um, or it felt almost like as you were always belonging to, to the stage.
We couldn't perceive what was going on inside of you from, from our perspective on the side of the audience.
Yet to know that this was, was actually, uh, kind of the part of you that you were maybe even hiding to your own self because was so frightening, it's, it feels so beautiful because I, I guess that that's probably the idea that I have with this conversation, to realize that most of us, we didn't really know how to get to where we are today, and sometime there were other people supporting us because they could see before we could the gift that we had.
But in the same time, that also somewhere along the line, whether if it was our own self, um, suppressing our own creative spirit, or it was because of the conditioning of, of others and their own perception of us, that somehow stop.
And, and I'm grateful to, to be here standing today and, and to use your voice again in support of others to be inspired with your own journey and your own sharing about it.
So thank you.
Yeah, so it really assisted me in on my own, um, reclamation with myself being a two-spirited being, being someone that didn't really fit into just any labels really.
So it's like, how can I be who I am without all the stuff that I, that I think I, that, that, that I think that I need to put on myself? But it, it's part of me breaking through those, um, uh, I guess, yeah, the personalities, the identities that kind of I latched onto to, to belong.
And I realized, I get-- I realize when I do use my voice, when I sing my song, I fully feel at home, you know? And, and I wanna acknowledge that this gift that I have is, is like, it's f- it's also from my bloodline.
Like, I don't really like him 'cause he's got 14 kids, right? Out of-- there's three of us and, uh, and, and my mom.
But outside of that, 14 kids, so it's like I'm the one who picked up the guitar from all of that, and I'm the one that's carried on with that sort of his legacy, which for me, I feel like I still have my own little, um, you know, insecurities because he-- it's like, it's like, man, you're like, your dad's a legend.
Thank you so much, Joy.
That, um, so like blown my mind, the, the initiation of, uh, your journey in every part of the way.
The initiation that actually shut you down, but then the inition- initiation of, well, you have a gift.
Maybe you wanna try and see how that will work for you, and all the path that lead you to where you're standing now, including, like, the transformation from, um, being still unsure of what you were doing, why and how, to the point of, "No, I know exactly that this is, this is the medicine.
This is what needs to go out." And not necessarily to become a star, but to remind everyone that we are stars and, and somehow with the, the connection that we can find with what you're singing is like, "Yes.
Oh my God, this resonates so true to me that I also wanna express myself.
I also wish for me to be even stronger and to create that sort of ripple effect for others." And I remember clearly when, when you started, I, I was buying popcorn from you, and all of a sudden you were on stage.
I was like, "Oh my God, that's the person that sell the popcorn." And so I'm, I'm kind of feeling blessed that from my point of view behind the scene I could see your journey, but not knowing what was happening before.
Because to my eyes, you also belong, um, or it felt almost like as you were always belonging to, to the stage.
We couldn't perceive what was going on inside of you from, from our perspective on the side of the audience.
Yet to know that this was, was actually, uh, kind of the part of you that you were maybe even hiding to your own self because was so frightening, it's, it feels so beautiful because I, I guess that that's probably the idea that I have with this conversation, to realize that most of us, we didn't really know how to get to where we are today, and sometime there were other people supporting us because they could see before we could the gift that we had.
But in the same time, that also somewhere along the line, whether if it was our own self, um, suppressing our own creative spirit, or it was because of the conditioning of, of others and their own perception of us, that somehow stop.
And, and I'm grateful to, to be here standing today and, and to use your voice again in support of others to be inspired with your own journey and your own sharing about it.
So thank you.
Yeah, so it really assisted me in on my own, um, reclamation with myself being a two-spirited being, being someone that didn't really fit into just any labels really.
So it's like, how can I be who I am without all the stuff that I, that I think I, that, that, that I think that I need to put on myself? But it, it's part of me breaking through those, um, uh, I guess, yeah, the personalities, the identities that kind of I latched onto to, to belong.
And I realized, I get-- I realize when I do use my voice, when I sing my song, I fully feel at home, you know? And, and I wanna acknowledge that this gift that I have is, is like, it's f- it's also from my bloodline.
Like, I don't really like him 'cause he's got 14 kids, right? Out of-- there's three of us and, uh, and, and my mom.
But outside of that, 14 kids, so it's like I'm the one who picked up the guitar from all of that, and I'm the one that's carried on with that sort of his legacy, which for me, I feel like I still have my own little, um, you know, insecurities because he-- it's like, it's like, man, you're like, your dad's a legend.
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