What do you need? So many black women feel like they have to be superwomen and take care of everything for everyone else. This goes back for generations where our mothers, grandmothers, and aunties just gave gave gave of themselves and didn’t really consider their own needs.

Today, I unpack this topic with Carla Martin, a past client I worked with inside 9-5 To Freedom for six months. She’s a stress and anxiety coach for black women and is striving to change the narrative around having to be the stereotypical “strong black woman.”

In this interview, we delve into what it means to really take care of yourself and talk about where she was before joining the program, where she’s at now, and how things have radically shifted for her. It’s an interesting, beautiful conversation you’ll want to listen to through the end!

4:39 - Carla introduces herself and describes how she helps black women

6:51 - How joining Janet’s visibility challenge helped Carla

9:52 - Why self-care goes beyond treating yourself to hot baths and massages

13:22 - Carla discusses her book and how it relates to her life coaching business

20:29 - The one thing women of different ages and careers have in common

24:36 - Carla’s coaching program and how it came together

29:25 - Two common problems with a lot of coaching programs offered

32:31 - Why the community experience inside 9-5 To Freedom still benefits Carla

36:18 - How Janet challenged Carla and the next stage on her business journey

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