“I Get To Do This”: Discipline, Faith & Becoming Your Best with Donny Joshua-Felix
“I Get To Do This”: Discipline, Faith & Becoming Your Best with Donny Joshua-Felix  
Podcast: Stay Tranquilo
Published On: Wed Nov 05 2025
Description: Today on the Stay Tranquilo Podcast, Andre sits down with Donny Joshua-Felix — performance coach at DBC, lifelong runner and former Howard University soccer player — for a real conversation about identity, faith, discipline, and the mindset it takes to actually become the person you say you want to be.From growing up in a Haitian Christian household (grandfather a pastor, dad a church musician) to chasing PRs, missing them, and learning not to attach self-worth to results, Donny breaks down the habits and reframes that changed his life: “I don’t have to — I GET to.” We get into stillness, gratitude, journaling, the “no snooze” rule, teaching youth athletes, and why choosing the harder right (over the easier wrong) builds real self-trust.If you’re into mindset, performance, faith, running, or just need a reset on your daily standards, this one’s for you.In this episode you’ll learn:The power of “I get to” — turning discipline into gratitude-driven actionWhy perfection is a trap and how to detach identity from outcomesSimple daily wins that stack confidence (no-snooze, make your bed, move your body)How to use stillness/meditation to hear your intuition againReframing self-talk: replacing limiting labels with identity statementsCoaching youth athletes to be resilient humans first, players secondWhat to do when you’re “doing everything right” and still not hitting goalsHighlights & TopicsFaith & family roots → leadership and serviceHoward University soccer → performance coach at DBCRunning mindset: smiling through pain, training without egoThe “future you” filter: will you be proud of this choice tonight?Social media courage: sharing your story to help one person is enoughGuestDonny Joshua-Felix — Performance Coach at DBCIG: @donnyjoshuaCoaching/Bookings: https://www.dbcfitness.com/Connect with Stay TranquiloSubscribe for weekly episodes on growth, culture, and communityTimestamps (add after upload)00:00 Intro — “Life is a blessing”00:xx Faith & family foundation00:xx Howard U, soccer & music00:xx DBC coaching & daily routine00:xx Running, PRs & resilience00:xx Gratitude, stillness & mindset00:xx Coaching the next generation00:xx Final takeaways & challenge  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.