Carla R. Cannon-Lawrence

Love me some Tab. Ordered mine. Are you ordered yours?☀️🌈🩷

Just dropping in and thought I’d add some sunshine to your day.☀️Remember to pace yourself. Newness brings excitement but failure to utilize wisdom along the way will cause you to crash and burn. So take it easy. Enjoy the journey. Every bump, bruise, heartache, betrayal and disappointment was all for the making, shaping and molding of something beautiful: YOU.🦋

So what do y’all think about India Arie’s comments on Yung Miami’s ‘Spend Dat?’ Do you agree or disagree? I personally can appreciate artistic expression because artists often speak from what they’ve seen, lived, or been exposed to. And if I’m honest, I can understand parts of the song from the perspective of growing up around boosters, buying things ‘hot’, and seeing how certain things became normalized.

But I can also understand India’s concern about what we keep celebrating, repeating, and calling culture. For me, this isn’t about judging either woman. It’s about turning cultural moments into healing conversations that make us pause, reflect, and ask deeper questions about our lived experiences, our choices, and what we normalize.

You can relate to the emotion behind something and still decide certain things aren’t for you personally.

So let’s talk about it. In your opinion is this artistic freedom, cultural concern, or both?🤷🏾‍♀️

Do you think the names people give us can quietly become the way we see ourselves? AGREE or DISAGREE?👀

I’m asking because sometimes ‘too sensitive’, ‘difficult’, ‘bossy’, or ‘too much’ stops sounding like someone else’s opinion and starts becoming your identity.

Maybe part of the work is pausing long enough to ask ourselves, ‘Is this who I am, or is this a story I learned to live from?’🤔

That’s the conversation we’re having on this week’s Healing Conversations with Carla podcast.

🌱What label have you had to rethink?

THIS WEEK ON HEALING CONVERSATIONS WITH CARLA PODCAST

💕NEW PODCAST EPISODE💕

What if one of the hardest things you’ve been trying to change about yourself isn’t actually who you are, but a belief you built around something someone called you years ago?

Too much.
Too sensitive.
Difficult.
Bossy.
Emotional.
Needy.
Different.

Sometimes a label doesn’t stay a label. Sometimes we hear it enough that it becomes a belief and that belief quietly starts shaping how we communicate, set boundaries, navigate relationships, make decisions, and see ourselves.

That’s the part I want us to talk about. In this week’s podcast episode, I’m asking a question that may make you pause: How often did a description of our behavior slowly become a definition of who we believed we were?

You can’t intentionally course-correct a pattern you haven’t learned to recognize. Often times clarity begins when we finally ask, “Who did I decide I was because of what happened to me?”

✨EP 151 | Who Told You You Were Too Much? (The Names We Were Given Before We Knew Ourselves) is out now.

🎧 Listen on Apple
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healing-conversations-with-carla/id1585037109?i=1000775734876

🎧 Listen on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3n3JV79h84z7sUHe8pl7J2?si=CtLO6xlfRaSWV2N42DC_lg&utm_source=copy-link

Pull up a chair and listen. I have a feeling this conversation may make you question a name you’ve been answering to for a very long time.🌱

You’ve been doing the work. You’re becoming more aware of your patterns, questioning things you once accepted, and learning to trust yourself differently.

But then real life happens. A relationship shifts. An old response shows up. A decision leaves you second-guessing yourself. In this season of your life I’m sure you don’t need another book, podcast, or inspirational quote. Sometimes you need somewhere to pause, talk through what’s showing up, and hear yourself more clearly.

That’s why I created the Healing Conversations Community (HCC)—a supportive, coaching-based community for women who are intentionally healing, growing, and navigating life in real time.

✨Join HCC for $27/month. Cancel anytime.

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We meet online twice a month for guided conversations, reflection, and real-time coaching insight. You don’t have to have everything figured out. Just bring yourself.🌱

The juice was worth the squeeze. The pain unveiled my life purpose. The rejection led to radical self-love. The hate birthed a prayer warrior. Being misunderstood led to self-confidence. Choosing me led to a quality circle. No regrets. Only lessons. The journey of life continues…

To my love Shon Lawrence thank you for making my birthday beautiful. I absolutely adore you and our love.💋