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Troy Riyan's Love Journal

by Troy Riyan

Love Journal is a deep dive into artist, Troy Riyan's, struggles with love and healing that part of himself while attempting to find deeper understandings. Each episode includes an interview with close friends and family members for true vulnerability and a true connection for the realest possible conversations. The goal is to relearn love, have fun, and find truth. Take a moment to give it a listen, you may find your own truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 7: Re-Inventing the Self

    Welcome back lovers & friends, I'm back. It's been a few weeks, but we're still going strong. Join me and my guest, a good friend of mine - the Diplomacy Doll herself, Chantel. Take a listen as we navigate through who we were into who we are and beyond. Don't forget to like, rate, subscribe…

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  2. Episode 6: Healing the Inner Child

    Welcome back lovers & friends, we're back today with the homie - DJ Steady. Join us as we discuss healing the inner child. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, suscribe, and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Episode 5: Dating in Gay World

    Welcome back lovers and friends, join me and my guest Pejay Eugene, as we discuss dating in gay world. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Episode 4: Love Language (revamp)

    Welcome back lovers and friends. We're back with another one. This week, we do a revamp episode of the Love Language topic along with a repeat guest, Mr. Deshawn Maurice. It's a good time. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on Acast. See...

  5. Episode 3: Self Love ft. Cee-El Brown

    Welcome back lovers and friends. Join me and my return guest, auntie Cee-El as we navigate the world of self love. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subcribe and/or comment. Check it out!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Men's Mental Health

    Welcome back, lovers & friends, your boy is back. Join me and my return guest, my big brother the homie Eric G. We discuss the importance of men's mental health as well sharing our own experiences. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on...

  7. Season 5 Premiere

    I'm backkkkk! Did you miss me? Well, I missed ya'll. A lot has happened since I last podded and my life is sort of upsaid down right now. In good and bad ways. And I'm back to talk about it. Join me in the season premiere of Season 5. It's a good time as always. Don't forget to follow the…

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  8. Episode 3: Love, Aging, & Anxiety

    Welcome back lovers & friends, we're back! Today, we have a return guest, one of my biggest collaborators on the show, the lovely Tera Michelle. Join us as we navigate the world of aging and anxiety. As always, it's a great episode. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or...

  9. Episode 2: Love + Attachment Styles

    Welcome back lovers & friends, I'm your host, the Love Guru and this is Love Journal. Join me and my guest Kay Globe as we discuss the importance of attachment styles. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

  10. Episode 1: Love + Gratitude

    Welcome back everyone, it's time for Season 4!! It's gonna be crazy ya'll. There's so much coming. Thank you all for your support. Now, one of those things is the show is moving to radio, 105.7 The Phase. It'll still be released on the podcast stream sites, but now there's one more way to listen....

  11. Episode 19: Being Yourself

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the Love Guru and this is Love Journal. In today's episode I'm joined by a good friend for a trip down memory lane. This was a fun episode and I hear some things I needed. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out!...

  12. Episode 18: Chosen for Something More

    Welcome back lovers & friends. Today, I'm joined by the homie - The Khoir, as we navigate the life of a dreamer and the difficulty in maintaining your confidence when you feel you're chosen for something. It's a very insightful episode. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe…

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  13. Episode 17: Bestfriend to Bestfriend

    Welcome back lovers & friends. I'm back with another relationship, my bestfriend Jessica. She was the 1st person on the show and I thought it'd be appropriate to bring her back as I wrap up Season 4. We discuss our relationship and it's a good time. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate,...

  14. Episode 16: Love + Intelligence

    Welcome back lovers & friends. Today, I'm joined by return guest Kyle Eric as we navigate the world of intelligence and how being intelligent can be difficult. It's an interesting episode and a conversation I couldn't wait to have. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or...

  15. Episode 15: Mother to Son

    Welcome back lovers & friends, the Love Guru is back with another. Today, I invited my lovely mother to come and pod with me about our relationship. It was a great time. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…

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  16. Episode 14: Cousin to Cousin

    Welcome back lovers and friends! We're back and today I'm joined by my favorite cousin as we talk about our relationship and share a word for each other among other things. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

  17. Episode 13: Happy Birthday Troy!

    Welcome back lovers and friends, it's the boy Triggatroy and this is Love Journal. Join me for my birthday episode where I have a few friends over and have each say a word that they'd use to describe. It's more than that, but that's the main focus lol. It's my birthday! Take a listen and don't...

  18. Episode 12: Don't Make me Change

    Welcome back lovers & friends! The love guru is back with another reverse interview episode. Join me and one of my bestfriends as I get some things off my chest and she askes me a few questions. It's a good time and there's some realizations that take place. Take a listen and don't forget to…

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  19. Episode 11: Gay + Proud

    Welcome back lovers and friends! It's your boy triggatroy, the Love Guru and this is Love Journal. My journey into healing, relearning and redefining love. Join me and my guest, Toy Blackmon, as we navigte being gay and the journey to truly being proud. Take a listen and don't forget to like…

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  20. Episode 10: Clip Show

    Welcome back lovers and friends. Welcome to the Season 3 mid season finale, another clip show episode and the show's 50th episode! I'm so thankful for all the love and support and the show will back in a few weeks. I appreciate y'all for sticking in here with me. Today, I start the show with...

  21. Episode 9: Psychedelic Healing

    Welcome back lovers and friends, today I wanted to do a quick episode on a topic that's been on my mind for a while now...psychedelic healing. I would love to redo it with an experienced guest, but for now I decided to read my journal entry for this episode on my experience with DMT. Take a…

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  22. Episode 8: Love + Fear

    Welcome back lovers & friends, the love guru is back. Today, I'm joined by the homie Eric G as we navigate the world of love and fear. It's a great conversation. Take a listen, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  23. Episode 7: Love + Grief

    Welcome back lovers & friends, we're back again. Join me and my guest - DrunkenBuddha, as we navigate the world of love + grief, it's a stimulating conversation that you definitely need to hear. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on Acast....

  24. Episode 6: Love + Astrology REVAMP

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the love guru himself and I'm back with another REVAMP episode. Today, me and my guest discuss astrology and understanding how it represents itself within us and how we interact with others. Check it out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

  25. Episode 5: Me, Myself, & I

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the Love Guru and this is Love Journal. Join me today for the very first, completely solo episode of the show. I navigate a list of shadow work questions that I felt would best to do alone. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, and/or subscribe. Hosted…

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  26. Episode 4: Empathy & Emotional Intelligence

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the boy triggatroy, the love Guru and this is Love Journal. Today, I'm joined by 2 completely new guests to the show and we talk all about empathy & emotional intelligence. Join us as we dive into the world of emotions. Take a listen and don't forget to like,...

  27. Episode 3: Mental Health

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the boy TriggaTroy a.k.a. the Love Guru and this is Love Journal. Today I'm joined bytwo return guests as we navigate a topic that is near and dear to me. That topic is mental health. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check...

  28. Episode 2: Celibacy

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the boy Triggatroy a.k.a. the Love Guru and we're back. Join me and my guest as we explore celibacy in an episode that was supposed to be for Love Journal: After Dark but transitioned into a standard Love Journal episode. Sidenote, I didn't realize I was...

  29. Episode 1: Healing & Accountability

    Welcome back lovers & friends! The love guru is back with Season 3 of Love Journal. We're starting off heavy as I dive into healing and accountability with my lovely guest. Join as for the journey. Take a listen and don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and/or comment. Check it out! Hosted on...

  30. Episode 20: Same Ole Mistakes II

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the boy TriggaTroy and this is Love Journal, my journey into healing, relearning, and redefining love for myself. Join me for the season finale of Love Journal. After this long season, filled with poetry, joint episodes and reverse interviews... I felt that it...

  31. Episode 19: Clip Show

    Welcome back lovers and friends, it's the boy TriggaTroy, and this is Love Journal - my journey into healing, relearning, and redefining love for myself. Tonight, I wanted to bring you guys another Clip Show. Last season I did this, and it's basically clip from unreleased episodes. As much as I...

  32. Episode 18: Poetry pt. III

    Welcome back lovers & friends. It's the love Guru himself, and this is Love Journal. My journey into healing, relearning, and redefining love. Today, I bring you the final part of the 2nd half of the Love + Poetry series. This has been so fun to do. I've spoken with 6 different poets and I can't...

  33. Episode 17: Poetry II

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the boy TriggaTroy, the love guru and this is Love Journal. My journey into healing, relearning, and redefining love. Join me for part 2, or part 5, of the Love & Poetry series. I had to bring it back. Join me and my guest, Tera Michelle, as we navigate the…

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  34. Episode 16: Poetry Pt. 1

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the love guru, the boy TriggaTroy and this is Love Journal. My journey into healing, relearning and redefining love. Today, I wanted to bring back the Love & Poetry series. Y'all know I love poetry so I have to run it back sooner rather than later and in part…

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  35. Episode 15: Signs

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it’s the boy TriggaTroy, the love guru himself and welcome back to Love Journal - my journey into healing, relearning and redefining love. Today, I’m joined by the lovely Alura D, as we navigate the world of love + astrology. An episode I’ve been wanting to do for a...

  36. Episode 14: Love Language - Revamp

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the love guru himself, the boy TriggaTroy and this is Love Journal. My journey into healing, relearning and redefining love. Essentially, my love therapy. Today's episode is special, as it's not only a revamp, but the 1st couple interview for the show. Join me...

  37. Episode 13: Mother I Sober

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the boy TriggaTroy - the love guru himself, and this is Love Journal. My journey into healing, relearning, and redefining love. Today, I'm joined by another one of my super dope podcast family members, the lovely Tera Michelle. We try and navigate the world of...

  38. Episode 12: Free Mind

    Welcome backkkk lovers & friends, it's the love guru - Troy Riyan and this is Love Journal. My journey into healing, re-learning, and defining love. Today, I'm back with another topic for y'all, love and mental health. My deepest struggles with mental health came from love-life situations. It's...

  39. Episode 11: Almost Doesn't Count

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the love guru - Troy Riyan and this is Love Journal. My therapuetic way of understanding, healing, and relearning love. I'm back, I had to take a minute away. But, I'm back. I start the 2nd half of the season with a quote, some song bowel and another reverse...

  40. Episode 10: Iced Tea

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the boy - TriggaTroy, the love guru and this is Love Journal. My journey into understanding, healing, and relearning love. Join me for today's mid-season finale. I'm already almost done with season two, that's so wild. But it's been such an amazing journey so…

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  41. Episode 9: Poetic Justice

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the love guru - Troy Riyan, and this is Love Journal. My journey into understanding, healing, and relearning love. Join me for the finale of both the Love & Poetry series, and the final Love Letter. It's a great episode and I have to thank all 3 of my lovely...

  42. Episode 8: Poetic Justice

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the Love Guru - Troy Riyan, and this is Love Journal. My journey into understanding, healing, and relearning love. Join me today for part 2 of the Poetic Justice - love and poetry series. I'm joined by Shanelle Ellis, a talented Detroit poet on the rise. Take a...

  43. Episode 7: Poetic Justice

    Welcome back lover's and friends, it's the love guru, Troy Riyan and this is Love Journal, my journey into understanding, healing, and relearning love. Join me for a special 3-part episode titled Poetic Justice - a series all about love and poetry. Each part is an interview with a different poet...

  44. Episode 6: Can't Tell Me Nothing

    Welcome back lovers & friends, it's the Love Guru - Troy Riyan, and THIS is Love Journal. My journey into understanding, healing, and relearning love. Today, I'm joined by my guest - John Conyers III, a name that my Detroit listeners will know. We discuss love, passion, and politics and then…

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  45. Special Joint Episode: w/ Medium Ghetto Podcast

    TOLD Y'ALL WE'D BE BACK!!! Another joint episode of The Medium Ghetto Podcast and Love Journal. Join me and the homie Jamar as we discuss the importance of self-love. From what we love about ourselves and the parts we struggled with loving, to acknowledging the balance that comes from loving both...

  46. Episode 5: Digital Girl

    Ya boy is back! It's the love guru, your host, Troy D. Riyan, and this is Love Journal. My journey into understanding, healing, and relearning love. Today, I'm joined by another family member, one of my favorite cousins, as we navigate the world of love and social media. It's a tough world out...

  47. Episode 4: Apparently

    Welcome back my fellow lovers & friends. It's the boy, TriggaTroy, and this is Love Journal. My journey into healing, understanding, and relearning love. Join me for an episode all about love and following dreams. I'm joined by my guest, Obinna Newfor, as we dive into what it's like to date as a...

  48. Episode 3: Let's Get Married

    , Welcome back lovers & friends, I'm your host, the love guru - Troy D. Riyan and THIS is Love Journal. My journey into understanding, healing, and relearning love. Today, I'm joined by my friend Monique as we navigate the world of love and marriage. Then, stick around for another letter from the...

  49. Special Joint Episode: w/ Medium Ghetto Podcast

    What's up lovers & friends, it's the love guru, Troy Riyan and today is a special joint episode. Join me and my homie Jamar - host of the Medium Ghetto Podcast, as we combine it with Love Journal. We talk all about relationship karma and the reality that there might be some coming our way. Take a...

  50. Episode 2: Half Crazy

    Welcome back lovers & friends. Today's episode dives a bit deeper within the same realm of the last episode. Can a friendship survive rejection? It's a common thing for friends to catch feelings or cross the line, however it doesn't always go well. Join me and my guest Deshawn Maurice as we…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Love Journal is a deep dive into artist, Troy Riyan's, struggles with love and healing that part of himself while attempting to find deeper understandings. Each episode includes an interview with close friends and family members for true vulnerability and a true connection for the realest possible conversations. The goal is to relearn love, have fun, and find truth. Take a moment to give it a listen, you may find your own truth.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Love Journal is a deep dive into artist, Troy Riyan's, struggles with love and healing that part of himself while attempting to find deeper understandings. Each episode includes an interview with close friends and family members for true vulnerability and a true connection for the realest possible...

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