How to Find Yourself When Everyone’s Watching: Loren Reflects on Dr. Joel Tudman
The Breakfast Club
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 14.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Latest with Loren LaRosa, Loren reflects on a candid conversation with Dr. Joel Tudman about his book The Fight to Find Yourself, using it as a springboard into her own journey of self-discovery and vulnerability. She examines the challenges of being emotionally honest in public, the friction between private healing and a public platform, and the ways representation—especially Black voices in media—shapes who we become. Loren weaves personal stories about relationships and family dynamics with practical takeaways on how to stay true to yourself while showing up for others. Tune in and join the conversation in the socials below.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | I'm a homeguard that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. |
| 0:10.0 | You know if you're going to lie about that, right? |
| 0:12.2 | Lauren came in. |
| 0:13.2 | Hi, y'all, what's up? |
| 0:18.0 | It's Lauren LaRosa, and this is the latest with Lauren the Rosa. |
| 0:22.6 | This is your daily dig on all things, pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. |
| 0:31.7 | Today we have a mixture of the two. And I love conversations and news and topics that kind of live right there. |
| 0:39.8 | So I made that the tagline for this podcast. So jumping right on into the latest, we had Dr. |
| 0:47.6 | Joelle Tudman on the Breakfast Club. Dr. Joel Tubman is a faith leader. He's an actor, a mental health advocate, and an author. |
| 0:57.0 | He's actually a USA Today bestselling author. |
| 1:00.9 | His book that he was on the Breakfast Club to promote, which is called The Fight to Find |
| 1:05.7 | Yourself, recently was named one of USA Today's bestsellers currently available for purchase. This book about |
| 1:12.9 | finding yourself, this is the definition written on his website. It blends practical teaching |
| 1:19.9 | with deeply personal stories, guided readers through the challenges of grief, confusion, |
| 1:25.4 | and identity toward renewed hope, joy, and self-discovery. |
| 1:29.8 | This book, to me, was all about, it was a very honest, I mean, for what I know, I don't know, |
| 1:37.0 | I didn't know Dr. Joel Tuddman before I met him at the Breakfast Club prior to our conversation |
| 1:41.1 | that I'm about to talk to you guys about. |
| 1:42.9 | But taking him at his word, and he is a pastor, this book is all about a very honest look |
| 1:51.3 | into going from who am I, why am I, and why am I doing? |
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