health, protecting one’s peace, and systemic racism. Podcast conversations have included her friends, colleagues and special guests including author and MTV personality Devi Brown, best friend and two-time Grammy winner LeToya Luckett, and empowerment speaker and TV personality Iyanla Vanzant. A two-part podcast episode featured her husband as they delved into discussions about infidelity, healing and being candid in the church about their personal lives. “The most important thing you can be is unfiltered as a leader. Perfection doesn’t exist,” said Gray. ”Your testimony can help people to avoid some of the missteps and mishaps by being transparent, open and honest about things you’ve walked through where you didn’t get it right. If you’re honest and speak about it without shame, and you can see the hands go up, and light bulbs go on from people that say ‘me too,’ then we’re doing something right.”
“Because of her background in church, and the Lord dealing with her, she took her skills from dance school and started doing dance ministry in church, and throughout the community for Black History Month programs, Dr. King programs,” said Cotton. “That’s how it really all got started. That was her passion.” Cheerleading and dancing from childhood to today, Gray founded a dance troupe at the age of 14, performed while a student with FAMU’s Mahogany Dance Theater, and is founder and director of The Reign Dance Company which hosts conferences, master classes, and ministry guidance classes throughout the country. “From artistic creative dance, to healthcare, heart and lung care, and caring about neonatal care, I happen to be one of those who graduated, and took a route of healthcare to divinity, to tv, entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment,” said Gray of her multi- faced background. “I went from one extreme to the next, finding the medium space to make it all work together.” Dance was instilled in her, but the passing of her grandmother from cystic fibrosis while Gray was in
eighth grade inspired her interest in receiving her bachelor’s degree in cardiopulmonary science, followed by a master’s degree in health administration from Strayer University. “Who knew that I would need to use my expertise for the man who I would marry and the son who I would birth,” said Gray whose husband and son struggled with sleep apnea. “It was a battle for me to be heard by doctors, but because I knew what I was talking about, I realized I could advocate for parents.” From Broadcasting Church Services to Broadcasting on OWN In addition to opening up abouther life on her podcast, Gray gave the world 24 reality TV episodes to see her up close and personal. The Oprah Winfrey Network approached her husband John to be featured in a dramedy docu-follow about the family called, “The Book of John Gray.” The reality show was produced when John was co-pastor of Osteen’s megachurch, and when Gray was a co-pastor in training, and mother to preschool-aged children.
Multi-talented in the Arts and Sciences
What helps Gray keep it all together is dance. While it is part of her self care routine to breathe, move and stretch, her mother enrolled her in dance school at the age of three and the practice became part of Gray’s DNA.
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