Speaker 1: Welcome back to Purpose Before Performance. Today, I'm excited to
Speaker 1: welcome back Mrs. Baldwin to the show.
Speaker 2: Yes, thank you so much for having me again.
Speaker 1: But those who meet you for the first time, can
Speaker 1: you introduce yourself?
Speaker 3: Yes, I am Joy Baldwin. I am an actress, model.
Speaker 3: I love theater, film, and fashion. And I'm right here in.
Speaker 2: Houston, Texas. So, yeah, that is who I am.
Speaker 3: And I can't wait to share what I have going on.
Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 2: You're welcome.
Speaker 1: When we first spoke, you were beginning your acting and
Speaker 1: also working in a corporate world. So what has changed
Speaker 1: since then?
Speaker 3: I feel like so much has changed in a positive way.
Speaker 2: I've had another baby.
Speaker 1: Congratulations.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you so much. So now we are a
Speaker 3: family of four children. I have pivot from corporate.
Speaker 2: I've been very.
Speaker 3: Heavily focused on fashion, getting creative outfits and just being audacious.
Speaker 2: Showing people to just be themselves out there. I'm still acting.
Speaker 3: Going further into the entertainment industry now, I'm going to
Speaker 3: take my skill set and transition myself into maybe.
Speaker 2: More behind the scenes.
Speaker 3: Now that I've been on film sets, theater sets, I've
Speaker 3: come to discover that I really love behind the scenes
Speaker 3: and everything that goes into putting productions together, um, wardrobe, styling.
Speaker 3: I've fallen in love with behind the scenes and, and, um,
Speaker 3: and I still love being in front of the camera
Speaker 3: and acting, don't get me wrong, but I definitely appreciate
Speaker 3: everything that goes.
Speaker 2: Into putting a production.
Speaker 3: Together, whether it's film or theater, you know, or even
Speaker 3: social media content, even skits, you know, I have a
Speaker 3: Profound love for, you know, people that just come up
Speaker 3: with ideas and figure out how to bring it to life.
Speaker 2: So, yeah, that is where I am.
Speaker 3: Now in my entertainment career. I don't want to just
Speaker 3: say acting because I don't want to box myself. I
Speaker 3: do so much more than just acting.
Speaker 1: Did you have a moment or when was the moment
Speaker 1: when you realized, OK, this is something I want to do? Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Maybe after I did like quite a few projects, um, last,
Speaker 3: in 2024, I didn't even realize it, but I had
Speaker 3: did like over 10 projects, and I'm like, wow, I
Speaker 3: didn't even know I had did this many, I just
Speaker 3: was ramping up, I was booking, booking, booking, doing theater, uh,
Speaker 3: lots of theater gigs, and, and that's when I realized,
Speaker 3: I'm like, oh, I really love, I, I got to do, um,
Speaker 3: I got to be a stage manager and do some
Speaker 3: production assistance on one of my.
Speaker 2: Film theater projects.
Speaker 3: It was with One Step Productions.
Speaker 2: Shout out to Andra Taylor, the director. And shout out
Speaker 2: to her. She's moved into the film sector. Like, oh,
Speaker 2: my God. Amazing. Amazing. So shout out to Andra Taylor.
Speaker 2: Shout out to Andra Taylor. You can check her.
Speaker 3: Latest movie out on Tubi called Killer Kids.
Speaker 2: Oh, okay.
Speaker 3: My daughter was actually an extra in that movie. It's
Speaker 3: called Killer Kids out on TV. But it was when
Speaker 3: I was a stage manager for one of her productions.
Speaker 2: And I'm like, wow, I really enjoy this.
Speaker 3: I really can see myself positioning myself into doing this
Speaker 3: like as a career, you know, being stagehands and being
Speaker 3: behind the scenes and really just being a support in
Speaker 3: any way possible. necessary to bring life to the production
Speaker 3: to level up the quality of a production set and
Speaker 3: I'm like oh yeah I'm all about quality I'm all
Speaker 3: about leveling up I'm all about you know professionalism and
Speaker 3: I think that's because of my HR background I have
Speaker 3: a 10-year background in HR human resources for people who
Speaker 3: don't know what HR means in the corporate world. And
Speaker 3: I'm just like, how can I integrate this skillset that
Speaker 3: I have with working with so many different businesses, organizations,
Speaker 3: how can I bring that to the entertainment industry? Um,
Speaker 3: I feel like, you know, we can always, you know,
Speaker 3: intertwine our skillsets. And so that was the moment for me,
Speaker 3: like just, um, being the stage manager, really seeing what
Speaker 3: goes into putting a production on behind the scenes and
Speaker 3: doing a sound, helping with sound and having a microphone
Speaker 3: to me and, you know, telling people when to get
Speaker 3: on stage and when to come on stage.
Speaker 2: And, you know, it just was really like the.
Speaker 3: Moment of, I think I can really do this professionally.
Speaker 3: You know, so thank you so much for asking me.
Speaker 2: You know, when was the moment?
Speaker 3: And, you know, just being interested into, you know, my
Speaker 3: post and the things that I'm doing.
Speaker 1: That's good that you're able to reflect on it. Was
Speaker 1: there ever a season when you questioned your purpose?
Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 3: And I'm going to say 2020, this year, 2026. So
Speaker 3: it has been one of those seasons seasons where I'm
Speaker 3: like doing a lot of reflecting, a lot of like,
Speaker 3: thank you God for showing me what I can do.
Speaker 3: You know, when I really think about it and I
Speaker 3: sit back and I go into like solitude mode, I
Speaker 3: get those answers.
Speaker 2: From the higher up.
Speaker 3: When I really sit with myself and I really reflect.
Speaker 3: And that is why I know I'm like, I should
Speaker 3: be pivoting. I feel like I should be moving.
Speaker 2: Away from corporate and.
Speaker 3: Going into the entertainment industry and really pouring into my community,
Speaker 3: pouring into my family first, myself, my family, and my community.
Speaker 2: Those are the top three.
Speaker 3: Things that I've been doing in a hard season of
Speaker 3: questioning my purpose. You know, like really, I do believe
Speaker 3: that we should pour back into the children. And I
Speaker 3: do feel like that's a message that God has been
Speaker 3: putting on my heart for some time now. And the
Speaker 3: more I sit with myself, the more I journal, the
Speaker 3: more I ask questions, and the more I show gratitude.
Speaker 2: Thank you for waking me up, God. Thank you for
Speaker 2: my visions.
Speaker 3: Thank you for planting these messages into my heart. Going outside,
Speaker 3: touching grass. When I do these things, I feel like
Speaker 3: God really starts to reveal the answers that I ask him.
Speaker 3: And he pushes me and shows me, this is what
Speaker 3: you do next. This is where you go next. This
Speaker 3: is who you meet with next.
Speaker 2: And I listen. And I oblige. Let me fill myself.
Speaker 3: Up so that I can fill you up so that
Speaker 3: we can fill.
Speaker 2: Each other up.
Speaker 3: I'm never like on some, what can I just do
Speaker 3: for myself? And That's what brings me back to the
Speaker 3: point of working with children. Heavily working with children because
Speaker 3: they're our future.
Speaker 2: They're going to be taken over.
Speaker 3: And we got to train them in the way that
Speaker 3: they must go. Like, we got to be there for them,
Speaker 3: you know. And I think that that's been a big
Speaker 3: part of why I think I need to be working
Speaker 3: with children and being in the forefront.
Speaker 1: What does purpose before performance mean to you?
Speaker 2: Purpose before performance.
Speaker 3: I love that question. And I know that that is
Speaker 3: one of your mantras.
Speaker 2: That's it. And it's very deep. It's very deep.
Speaker 3: You need to understand or at least try your best
Speaker 3: to understand, you know, why are you here?
Speaker 2: What piece of the puzzle Are you supposed to be?
Speaker 2: You know, because the.
Speaker 3: Way I think of life and myself is I'm a
Speaker 3: piece to the puzzle. I am a piece to a
Speaker 3: bigger picture. It's not just about me. Purpose before performance
Speaker 3: means to me.
Speaker 2: I think you need to be true to yourself.
Speaker 3: I think in whatever you're doing, you need to be
Speaker 3: true to yourself and not necessarily performing.
Speaker 2: Like if you are an actor, sure, yes, perform.
Speaker 3: But like when it comes to having a partner, a spouse, friendships, girlfriends,
Speaker 3: a network, I wholeheartedly believe.
Speaker 2: You should not be performing.
Speaker 3: I wholeheartedly believe that you should be putting that purpose
Speaker 3: before performance in those type of relationships. If you're performing
Speaker 3: and you're putting on and you're trying to like meet
Speaker 3: certain expectations or things of that nature, I don't think
Speaker 3: that's I don't necessarily think that that's what you should
Speaker 3: be doing. And if you are, then you need to
Speaker 3: question the network or the people you're around.
Speaker 2: You know, like if it's true, if it's true.
Speaker 3: You shouldn't have to perform.
Speaker 2: You should be yourself.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Mrs.
Speaker 1: Baldwin, for being on purpose before performance. How can the
Speaker 1: listeners contact you?
Speaker 2: Fashiongasm, that is what it's all about.
Speaker 3: So you can follow me on Instagram.
Speaker 2: It's Mrs. Baldwin's blog. you can also reach me.
Speaker 3: On facebook joy baldwin and and thank you so much
Speaker 3: thank you for the exposure and this platform means so
Speaker 3: much to me.
Speaker 1: You're welcome anytime and thank you again for sharing your
Speaker 1: journey and just allowing us to step into your world
Speaker 1: and witness this next chapter for you and your artistry
Speaker 1: keep working on your purpose don't stop because your purpose
Speaker 1: is your power Oh yeah, I love it.
Speaker 2: My purpose is my power.