December 16, 2025 • 17 mins
Today on the show Loren LoRosa takes listeners behind the scenes of her grind as the year winds down and the holidays approach. From celebrating personal and professional growth at iHeartMedia to grappling with self-doubt, responsibility, and the pressure that comes with visibility, Lauren opens up about what it really means to grow without getting in your own way.
She reacts to Kai Cenat’s vulnerable conversation about mental health and creative fear, explores the evolving media landscape, and highlights the importance of passion, substance, and longevity over noise. Lauren also shares powerful moments from her sit-down with Coco Jones, touching on therapy, finding your voice in seasons of silence, redefining success, and understanding purpose beyond public expectations.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
I'm a homegrowl that knows a little bit about everything
and everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
You don't know if you don't lie about that.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Right, Hey, y'all, what's up. It's Lauren L. Rosa and
this is the latest with Lauren the Rosa.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment, news,
and all of the conversations that shake the room.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Baby.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Now we are checking in behind the scenes of the grind.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Today, honestly is very cold outside in New York City,
but we are literally days away from Christmas. I have
yet to do any Christmas shopping, but I am really
excited about just being able. I told you guys about
a week ago that I am counting down the days
until I'm able to just be at home, not leaving
my home, and I don't choose to not having to
(00:51):
wake up at four o'clock in the morning, but also
just being with my family. Thanksgiving was a bit short
because it was also my birthday, so I went over
to the Bahamas. But just those couple of days I
was home, it was good to just be home. And
then Christmas will be the same. Like Christmas, I'll get
to really just chill, just spend time with the family.
(01:13):
So I'm excited about that. Max'ally about to head on
over to our Christmas party for iHeartMedia, the annual Christmas
party that we do, which honestly just reminds me of
like the progression of my journey here at iHeart because
my very first Christmas party that I ever attended with
(01:33):
iHeart was two years ago and I wasn't even working here.
I didn't even have a badge like anything like whatsoever.
I was just here guest hosting and was like, I'm
going to the Christmas party, and I was like, the
running joke was like, you don't even work here, why
are you and the Christmas party? And now fast forward
(01:53):
two years later, I'm working here, headed to the Christmas
party real quick to say hello to everybody. And today
is a good day to just be thinking about progress
here with iHeartMedia and with you know, Black Effect and
Breakfast Club and just all of the people that I've
come into this with. Because we're going into a new
(02:14):
year and in this year. One of the things that
I've been thinking a lot about going into this year
is things that I want to send Tanto's down on,
like claiming it has been my thought process. I think
as much as you guys hear me talk about things
I want to do and like you know, all of
that energy, there is still a very real, real I
(02:37):
wouldn't call it fear, because I don't claim fear, but
there is still a very real new sense of hesitance
that I feel sometimes when I am wanting to do
things or you know, wanting to just trust my instinct
in the way that I did prior to you know,
being with all five million plus of my low riders
(02:59):
here and just you know, on the Breakfast Club platform,
just because I feel like there's a different sense of
responsibility like I do, and going into twenty twenty six,
I want to make sure, of course I.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Am always leaning in.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And honoring that sense of responsibility, but also too, I
don't want to get in my own way and allow
my fears I hate that word, and allow my new
this is what it is. I don't want to allow
my new found, not even new found. I don't want
to allow the fact that I am focused on substance
(03:37):
and longevity and purpose getting the way of trying things
that might not align with you know, where I'm going
long term, but you got to try it to know
you gotta throw things at the wall onto sticks, and
that's been something that I've been battling with a lot
this year, to be honest, as like, Okay, as things grow,
(04:01):
you want to keep the main thing the main thing,
and you don't want to mess up like I'm always
just like I don't want to mess up and not
wanting to mess up. I never want to bring in.
I never want to put too much on myself to
the point where like I'm getting it in my own way
and the main thing is not the main thing anymore.
And Kay Sanat just posted a video that he recorded
on his birthday not too long after speaking out at
(04:22):
the Streamer Awards about his mental health and some of
the new things he wanted to try. He says he
wants to go into fashion design, and he wants to
direct and do a ton of things in the creative space,
but he talked about just where his mental has been
around that.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Let's sake, come listen to Kay Sanat.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Hello, everybody. I'm currently on my laptop right now, and
I appreciate everybody who's been sending me birthday wishes as
today is my birthday, so I felt like it was
a perfect day to be transparent and honest with you guys.
A few days ago, I spread awareness on mental health
and how important it is to take care of yourself,
and honestly, for the past few months, I've been struggling
with mental health out of self doubt and fright of
(05:00):
pursuing goals that I really want to achieve. And the
reason I've really been in my head is because I
just wanted to do more. I've gained to realize that
I'm a true creator and I'm very passionate about creating,
and i have other goals and things that I just
want to achieve and do more of. And I would
(05:20):
love to show you guys what I've been working on
for the past few months through my more personal page,
which is Casey three Hidden. I am going to go
private soon on that page, so whoever gets in gets in.
But I just want to let you guys know that
sometimes it is important to take care of your mental health.
And honestly, it's been getting better. It has, but out
(05:42):
of frustration and fear, I've just been in my head
for some reason. I've never had this feeling before, but
I want it to be known that I truly want
to create and I don't know if I'm getting mature
or I'm just looking at looking things at a broad
point of but I am so passionate about creating in general,
(06:05):
and I'm excited to show you guys what's going on.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
And I think that this is a very vulnerable and
real place for any person to admit that they are at.
But it's also one of those things that I think
you never stop running into. So I think to identify
it early to understand, you know, what resources you need
(06:28):
to put around yourself to be able to get through that,
work through that, stay consistent through that, and keep the
main thing the main thing through that is important. But
this is also why I love like this new era
of like media.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
And content creators.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
I feel like there And I said this when I
sat down with Gabe p from on the Radar, not
even just in journalism, but just in the media and
digital space in general. I think we're going to start
seeing like the cream of the crop is going to rise.
I think that you're going to see people who are
actually very passionate about what they're doing, who are passionate
about doing it well, doing it of quality of substance,
(07:08):
creating longevity around it.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Doing it in a way.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
That's purposeful, rise to the top and kind of quiet
out a lot of the noise. But that can get
kind of heavy sometimes, it can. It definitely can get
kind of heavy sometimes when you're figuring that out. So
Constat's conversation just made me kind of think about all
of that as I go into this new year, Like,
I want to honestly shed that heaviness, because when I
(07:34):
think about it, it's a blessing to be able to
even be in the space.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
To explore these things.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I want to shed that heaviness, But I also don't
want to ignore, you know, Like mentally some of the
it's almost like an anxious feeling, like an anti feeling
that happens whenever you are trying to figure out am
I doing this and am I doing it right? Versus
just trusting your instinct and doing what you know to do.
And the more people relying on you, the more eyes
(08:01):
watching you, it changes your thought process around that. Now,
speaking of a lot of eyes watching my.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Girl, Coco Jones.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Okay, I recently got a chance to sit down with
Coco Jones for an episode. No actually the final episode
that I shot with Beet talks which is a sit
down conversation over at b T or was anyway the
season and the show ended where they bring on different
guests and you have a conversation just about their careers
and new music and everything that they have happening. And
(08:32):
we're going to get to that because there's one clip
that I'm going to close the show with that I.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Think will be in line with how I opened the show.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
But in the midst of that, Coco Jones is working
with Apple Music, and you know, she's doing a sit
down show very similar to this, almost like a podcast
or radio show, and she's giving tips, you know, on
this certain episode of the show on dealing with the
why are you still single? Question during the holidays, and
(09:00):
y'all know Coco is far from single, honey.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
She's engaged. She is happy.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
She got engaged with Donovan Mitchell, who plays basketball, back
in July July of twenty twenty five, and baby been
living her best fairytale life ever since. I love to
see it for her, and I know that Sierra and
Russell Wilson were a part of the planning phase for
that engagement. They've talked about that a bit. But she's
(09:28):
giving out some advice to the girls who ain't taking
their fiance home this year for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Let's take a listen, Brandy from New Jersey.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
So every holiday, my aunt drills me with the same
questions about why I'm still single and when I'm going
to get married and have kids. No matter how hard
I try to change the subject, she keeps pressing me.
How can I handle her this year without losing my
cool or turning the family gathering into a scene. Oh
(09:57):
my god, now that right there is MESSI girl, and
I do have to chuckle just a touch, just a touch.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Because why does every aunt want to be in the business.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
I even in my song, my was in my business
I had and I had to call her out respectfully. Girl.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
You know I love you. On to Kim anyway, here's
what I think.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I actually have been very into nice nasty reads, have
you? You know what I'm saying. I've been watching a lot
of Real housewives and they just love a nice nasty read.
It's still like cut, but it was like, you said
that really cute and you gotta like you gotta listen
to it twice, you know what I'm saying. So I
would honestly prep since you know that this happens every year.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Coco talk to me a bit about that too, just
kind of you know, her journey with therapy and you know,
figuring out and finding her voice, and I thought it
was really powerful. She said that she because she went
through a downtime in her career where she had to
really be still, like she was not working at all.
She said that that time actually helped her find her voice.
So take a listen to Cocon. You've been very vocal
(10:54):
at starting posting your career with like your vlogs and
your videos and telling what you were going through. What
was the turning point for you where you realize, Okay,
I really don't have it all together and I need
to take this break to figure it out.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
The break took me, honestly, the break took. The space
in between was not my choice. Yeah, but now you know,
hindsight and looking back, the silence is where I could
even hear my voice, you know, be like, oh this
is who I am. Oh this is important to me.
Oh I do talk like this and I don't talk
like that, you know. So finding my voice was really
kind of what happened in the meantime in the between Honestly,
(11:26):
I was super happy with how everything happened with the EP.
Even though I didn't make the final say, I still
was doing what I loved. I was making songs. I
loved doing music videos. Again, there was a budget. Again, Yes,
I was up.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Hello.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
I guess people from that section of my life dropped
off because you know, when you go higher, people act
weird dot com. And so when people started to drop off,
that's when I was like, Okay, I think I'm gonna
be the only one that I know for sure is
not going anywhere.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
So I need to be the voice.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
I need to be the through line because now they
gone and who am I again? Kind of took me
shedding that skin to be like what do I really
look like? And what do I want to look like
in the future. Now it's up to me.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
And that made me ask her, like, what does purpose
look like for you? Like, you know, I think when
you're young and you're creative and you just want to,
you know, be successful because people are depending on you,
or because you have these goals you want to reach,
and then you get to a point where you start
achieving these things.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
There is that conversation about.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Like, well wait, hold on this is happening and and
then I don't know about anybody listening, but for me,
once I achieved something goal wise, I'm a very goal
oriented person. But you know, now at this phase in
my life when I achieve something, I'm always looking around
and like wondering, like, how is this impact to people?
(12:43):
I've talked about that here on the podcast, but I
ask that question all the time to myself, like what
was the impact in that? What did that do for somebody?
Did that do anything for somebody? And if not, what
else have you done? You know that that will or
that can or you know, how can you be of
service to other people? And the purpose conversation was one
of my favorite parts of the conversation with Coco, because
(13:05):
you know, with Coco Jones being this Disney star at
one point or this child star at one point and
having to kind of take a step back and figure
it out all over again.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
A lot of times people will tell you who you
are and honestly who you're not.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Okay, Auntie at at the Christmas dinner will make you
feel like you are not a person. That is you're
not doing You could have everything else lined up, hit
every other goal for twenty twenty five. But you show
up to that dinner without yellow boo thang, and now
you are not any of those you know, good things
you felt about yourself before you walk through that door
because of this one thing that someone is identifying that
(13:42):
you haven't succeeded at.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
No, we're not doing that over here.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
We're not doing that because when you understand purpose, I
think you understand that even what hasn't fell in line
with you or for you yet, it doesn't mean it's
not happening.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
It just hasn't happened yet.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
You're being prepared, you know what I mean, preheated like
the oven at that Christmas dinner. Let's say, listen to
Coco talk about purpose. Does Coco Jones think about like
her purpose of her art? Like what is your purpose
of your art?
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yes? I do think about my purpose, I mean not
just of my art, but like why do I get
to be here with this platform?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
And why did I make it?
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Even after that time and there was so many years
of nothing, Why what.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Do I do with this?
Speaker 2 (14:23):
And I hope I ain't doing another wrong, but sorry, I.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Mom live man.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Seriously, I do think about my purpose all the time,
and I'm trying to just do the best I can
with what I got and hope that inspires someone. I
do try to be very transparent about the journey, the
time that it took, the self doubt, the things that
I had to work on to be who I am now,
to live the life that I live now. It was
only because I drilled in my head that I did
(14:48):
deserve it, because for a while I was like, I
don't know, I don't know. I feel like when you
don't know, nobody knows, right.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
I love Coco.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
That conversation you guys can listen to and full over
on a bet YouTube channel was a great convo between
me and my girl Coco, and definitely some things to
think about. I mean, we're all maneuvering, we're moving, grooving,
and the holidays are coming up and you will have
time to sit still, you know, hopefully outside of providing
dinner and all the things for your family or whatever
(15:18):
it is that you do every holiday season around this time.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
But when you have that time to sit still with
the people that.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Really love you and really, you know, really love you
start to think about everything that feels like, okay, this
is in linement for me that's been my mantra. For
the last like a week or two. Charlotmae has been
talking a lot about this being the Year of the
Snake and just shutting things internally and people and in
me doing that because I went and bought a book
all about claiming and shedding things. I'm writing down things
(15:45):
that I want to shed, things that I want to claim.
I begin thinking about, like what feels in alignment in
my life, Like what feels in alignment in my life,
Like what feels like it's flowing and it's not forced.
What things am I doing that may make those things
(16:06):
feel forced? Because those are things I need to shut
for myself, like my thought processes sometimes, you know, like
my defens Like there's a lot of things I'm working through.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
This is a therapy session. Lord God, hallelujah. Won't you
do it?
Speaker 1 (16:19):
But yes, get you a notebook join me. These next
couple of weeks, I am writing down lit This is
what I did. I got a notebook, and in front
of the notebook, I wrote down everything that I am
letting go of or I'm shutting. In the back of
the notebook, I'm going to put everything that I'm claiming.
The two are going to meet in the middle at
some point in twenty twenty six, and we'll be okay.
(16:42):
We will be released, we will be free.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
At the end of the day.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
There's always a lot to talk about your host, Lawn Rosa,
and this is the layest with Lawn Rosa, and every
single time you guys are here with me to talk
about it, my low writers, I appreciate y'all.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
I really do. I'll see you guys in my next episode.
I'm a homegrowl that knows a little bit about everything
and everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
You don't know if you don't lie about that.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Right, Hey, y'all, what's up. It's Lauren L. Rosa and
this is the latest with Lauren the Rosa.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment, news,
and all of the conversations that shake the room.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Baby.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Now we are checking in behind the scenes of the grind.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Today, honestly is very cold outside in New York City,
but we are literally days away from Christmas. I have
yet to do any Christmas shopping, but I am really
excited about just being able. I told you guys about
a week ago that I am counting down the days
until I'm able to just be at home, not leaving
my home, and I don't choose to not having to
(00:51):
wake up at four o'clock in the morning, but also
just being with my family. Thanksgiving was a bit short
because it was also my birthday, so I went over
to the Bahamas. But just those couple of days I
was home, it was good to just be home. And
then Christmas will be the same. Like Christmas, I'll get
to really just chill, just spend time with the family.
(01:13):
So I'm excited about that. Max'ally about to head on
over to our Christmas party for iHeartMedia, the annual Christmas
party that we do, which honestly just reminds me of
like the progression of my journey here at iHeart because
my very first Christmas party that I ever attended with
(01:33):
iHeart was two years ago and I wasn't even working here.
I didn't even have a badge like anything like whatsoever.
I was just here guest hosting and was like, I'm
going to the Christmas party, and I was like, the
running joke was like, you don't even work here, why
are you and the Christmas party? And now fast forward
(01:53):
two years later, I'm working here, headed to the Christmas
party real quick to say hello to everybody. And today
is a good day to just be thinking about progress
here with iHeartMedia and with you know, Black Effect and
Breakfast Club and just all of the people that I've
come into this with. Because we're going into a new
(02:14):
year and in this year. One of the things that
I've been thinking a lot about going into this year
is things that I want to send Tanto's down on,
like claiming it has been my thought process. I think
as much as you guys hear me talk about things
I want to do and like you know, all of
that energy, there is still a very real, real I
(02:37):
wouldn't call it fear, because I don't claim fear, but
there is still a very real new sense of hesitance
that I feel sometimes when I am wanting to do
things or you know, wanting to just trust my instinct
in the way that I did prior to you know,
being with all five million plus of my low riders
(02:59):
here and just you know, on the Breakfast Club platform,
just because I feel like there's a different sense of
responsibility like I do, and going into twenty twenty six,
I want to make sure, of course I.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Am always leaning in.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And honoring that sense of responsibility, but also too, I
don't want to get in my own way and allow
my fears I hate that word, and allow my new
this is what it is. I don't want to allow
my new found, not even new found. I don't want
to allow the fact that I am focused on substance
(03:37):
and longevity and purpose getting the way of trying things
that might not align with you know, where I'm going
long term, but you got to try it to know
you gotta throw things at the wall onto sticks, and
that's been something that I've been battling with a lot
this year, to be honest, as like, Okay, as things grow,
(04:01):
you want to keep the main thing the main thing,
and you don't want to mess up like I'm always
just like I don't want to mess up and not
wanting to mess up. I never want to bring in.
I never want to put too much on myself to
the point where like I'm getting it in my own way
and the main thing is not the main thing anymore.
And Kay Sanat just posted a video that he recorded
on his birthday not too long after speaking out at
(04:22):
the Streamer Awards about his mental health and some of
the new things he wanted to try. He says he
wants to go into fashion design, and he wants to
direct and do a ton of things in the creative space,
but he talked about just where his mental has been
around that.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Let's sake, come listen to Kay Sanat.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Hello, everybody. I'm currently on my laptop right now, and
I appreciate everybody who's been sending me birthday wishes as
today is my birthday, so I felt like it was
a perfect day to be transparent and honest with you guys.
A few days ago, I spread awareness on mental health
and how important it is to take care of yourself,
and honestly, for the past few months, I've been struggling
with mental health out of self doubt and fright of
(05:00):
pursuing goals that I really want to achieve. And the
reason I've really been in my head is because I
just wanted to do more. I've gained to realize that
I'm a true creator and I'm very passionate about creating,
and i have other goals and things that I just
want to achieve and do more of. And I would
(05:20):
love to show you guys what I've been working on
for the past few months through my more personal page,
which is Casey three Hidden. I am going to go
private soon on that page, so whoever gets in gets in.
But I just want to let you guys know that
sometimes it is important to take care of your mental health.
And honestly, it's been getting better. It has, but out
(05:42):
of frustration and fear, I've just been in my head
for some reason. I've never had this feeling before, but
I want it to be known that I truly want
to create and I don't know if I'm getting mature
or I'm just looking at looking things at a broad
point of but I am so passionate about creating in general,
(06:05):
and I'm excited to show you guys what's going on.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
And I think that this is a very vulnerable and
real place for any person to admit that they are at.
But it's also one of those things that I think
you never stop running into. So I think to identify
it early to understand, you know, what resources you need
(06:28):
to put around yourself to be able to get through that,
work through that, stay consistent through that, and keep the
main thing the main thing through that is important. But
this is also why I love like this new era
of like media.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
And content creators.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
I feel like there And I said this when I
sat down with Gabe p from on the Radar, not
even just in journalism, but just in the media and
digital space in general. I think we're going to start
seeing like the cream of the crop is going to rise.
I think that you're going to see people who are
actually very passionate about what they're doing, who are passionate
about doing it well, doing it of quality of substance,
(07:08):
creating longevity around it.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Doing it in a way.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
That's purposeful, rise to the top and kind of quiet
out a lot of the noise. But that can get
kind of heavy sometimes, it can. It definitely can get
kind of heavy sometimes when you're figuring that out. So
Constat's conversation just made me kind of think about all
of that as I go into this new year, Like,
I want to honestly shed that heaviness, because when I
(07:34):
think about it, it's a blessing to be able to
even be in the space.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
To explore these things.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I want to shed that heaviness, But I also don't
want to ignore, you know, Like mentally some of the
it's almost like an anxious feeling, like an anti feeling
that happens whenever you are trying to figure out am
I doing this and am I doing it right? Versus
just trusting your instinct and doing what you know to do.
And the more people relying on you, the more eyes
(08:01):
watching you, it changes your thought process around that. Now,
speaking of a lot of eyes watching my.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Girl, Coco Jones.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Okay, I recently got a chance to sit down with
Coco Jones for an episode. No actually the final episode
that I shot with Beet talks which is a sit
down conversation over at b T or was anyway the
season and the show ended where they bring on different
guests and you have a conversation just about their careers
and new music and everything that they have happening. And
(08:32):
we're going to get to that because there's one clip
that I'm going to close the show with that I.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Think will be in line with how I opened the show.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
But in the midst of that, Coco Jones is working
with Apple Music, and you know, she's doing a sit
down show very similar to this, almost like a podcast
or radio show, and she's giving tips, you know, on
this certain episode of the show on dealing with the
why are you still single? Question during the holidays, and
(09:00):
y'all know Coco is far from single, honey.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
She's engaged. She is happy.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
She got engaged with Donovan Mitchell, who plays basketball, back
in July July of twenty twenty five, and baby been
living her best fairytale life ever since. I love to
see it for her, and I know that Sierra and
Russell Wilson were a part of the planning phase for
that engagement. They've talked about that a bit. But she's
(09:28):
giving out some advice to the girls who ain't taking
their fiance home this year for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Let's take a listen, Brandy from New Jersey.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
So every holiday, my aunt drills me with the same
questions about why I'm still single and when I'm going
to get married and have kids. No matter how hard
I try to change the subject, she keeps pressing me.
How can I handle her this year without losing my
cool or turning the family gathering into a scene. Oh
(09:57):
my god, now that right there is MESSI girl, and
I do have to chuckle just a touch, just a touch.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Because why does every aunt want to be in the business.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
I even in my song, my was in my business
I had and I had to call her out respectfully. Girl.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
You know I love you. On to Kim anyway, here's
what I think.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I actually have been very into nice nasty reads, have
you? You know what I'm saying. I've been watching a lot
of Real housewives and they just love a nice nasty read.
It's still like cut, but it was like, you said
that really cute and you gotta like you gotta listen
to it twice, you know what I'm saying. So I
would honestly prep since you know that this happens every year.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Coco talk to me a bit about that too, just
kind of you know, her journey with therapy and you know,
figuring out and finding her voice, and I thought it
was really powerful. She said that she because she went
through a downtime in her career where she had to
really be still, like she was not working at all.
She said that that time actually helped her find her voice.
So take a listen to Cocon. You've been very vocal
(10:54):
at starting posting your career with like your vlogs and
your videos and telling what you were going through. What
was the turning point for you where you realize, Okay,
I really don't have it all together and I need
to take this break to figure it out.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
The break took me, honestly, the break took. The space
in between was not my choice. Yeah, but now you know,
hindsight and looking back, the silence is where I could
even hear my voice, you know, be like, oh this
is who I am. Oh this is important to me.
Oh I do talk like this and I don't talk
like that, you know. So finding my voice was really
kind of what happened in the meantime in the between Honestly,
(11:26):
I was super happy with how everything happened with the EP.
Even though I didn't make the final say, I still
was doing what I loved. I was making songs. I
loved doing music videos. Again, there was a budget. Again, Yes,
I was up.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Hello.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
I guess people from that section of my life dropped
off because you know, when you go higher, people act
weird dot com. And so when people started to drop off,
that's when I was like, Okay, I think I'm gonna
be the only one that I know for sure is
not going anywhere.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
So I need to be the voice.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
I need to be the through line because now they
gone and who am I again? Kind of took me
shedding that skin to be like what do I really
look like? And what do I want to look like
in the future. Now it's up to me.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
And that made me ask her, like, what does purpose
look like for you? Like, you know, I think when
you're young and you're creative and you just want to,
you know, be successful because people are depending on you,
or because you have these goals you want to reach,
and then you get to a point where you start
achieving these things.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
There is that conversation about.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Like, well wait, hold on this is happening and and
then I don't know about anybody listening, but for me,
once I achieved something goal wise, I'm a very goal
oriented person. But you know, now at this phase in
my life when I achieve something, I'm always looking around
and like wondering, like, how is this impact to people?
(12:43):
I've talked about that here on the podcast, but I
ask that question all the time to myself, like what
was the impact in that? What did that do for somebody?
Did that do anything for somebody? And if not, what
else have you done? You know that that will or
that can or you know, how can you be of
service to other people? And the purpose conversation was one
of my favorite parts of the conversation with Coco, because
(13:05):
you know, with Coco Jones being this Disney star at
one point or this child star at one point and
having to kind of take a step back and figure
it out all over again.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
A lot of times people will tell you who you
are and honestly who you're not.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Okay, Auntie at at the Christmas dinner will make you
feel like you are not a person. That is you're
not doing You could have everything else lined up, hit
every other goal for twenty twenty five. But you show
up to that dinner without yellow boo thang, and now
you are not any of those you know, good things
you felt about yourself before you walk through that door
because of this one thing that someone is identifying that
(13:42):
you haven't succeeded at.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
No, we're not doing that over here.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
We're not doing that because when you understand purpose, I
think you understand that even what hasn't fell in line
with you or for you yet, it doesn't mean it's
not happening.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
It just hasn't happened yet.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
You're being prepared, you know what I mean, preheated like
the oven at that Christmas dinner. Let's say, listen to
Coco talk about purpose. Does Coco Jones think about like
her purpose of her art? Like what is your purpose
of your art?
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yes? I do think about my purpose, I mean not
just of my art, but like why do I get
to be here with this platform?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
And why did I make it?
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Even after that time and there was so many years
of nothing, Why what.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Do I do with this?
Speaker 2 (14:23):
And I hope I ain't doing another wrong, but sorry, I.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Mom live man.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Seriously, I do think about my purpose all the time,
and I'm trying to just do the best I can
with what I got and hope that inspires someone. I
do try to be very transparent about the journey, the
time that it took, the self doubt, the things that
I had to work on to be who I am now,
to live the life that I live now. It was
only because I drilled in my head that I did
(14:48):
deserve it, because for a while I was like, I
don't know, I don't know. I feel like when you
don't know, nobody knows, right.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
I love Coco.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
That conversation you guys can listen to and full over
on a bet YouTube channel was a great convo between
me and my girl Coco, and definitely some things to
think about. I mean, we're all maneuvering, we're moving, grooving,
and the holidays are coming up and you will have
time to sit still, you know, hopefully outside of providing
dinner and all the things for your family or whatever
(15:18):
it is that you do every holiday season around this time.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
But when you have that time to sit still with
the people that.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Really love you and really, you know, really love you
start to think about everything that feels like, okay, this
is in linement for me that's been my mantra. For
the last like a week or two. Charlotmae has been
talking a lot about this being the Year of the
Snake and just shutting things internally and people and in
me doing that because I went and bought a book
all about claiming and shedding things. I'm writing down things
(15:45):
that I want to shed, things that I want to claim.
I begin thinking about, like what feels in alignment in
my life, Like what feels in alignment in my life,
Like what feels like it's flowing and it's not forced.
What things am I doing that may make those things
(16:06):
feel forced? Because those are things I need to shut
for myself, like my thought processes sometimes, you know, like
my defens Like there's a lot of things I'm working through.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
This is a therapy session. Lord God, hallelujah. Won't you
do it?
Speaker 1 (16:19):
But yes, get you a notebook join me. These next
couple of weeks, I am writing down lit This is
what I did. I got a notebook, and in front
of the notebook, I wrote down everything that I am
letting go of or I'm shutting. In the back of
the notebook, I'm going to put everything that I'm claiming.
The two are going to meet in the middle at
some point in twenty twenty six, and we'll be okay.
(16:42):
We will be released, we will be free.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
At the end of the day.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
There's always a lot to talk about your host, Lawn Rosa,
and this is the layest with Lawn Rosa, and every
single time you guys are here with me to talk
about it, my low writers, I appreciate y'all.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
I really do. I'll see you guys in my next episode.
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