What If You’re Not the Mud? | Carla Royal on Identity, Patterns & Letting Go | Becoming Series Prequel
Episode Description
What if the problem isn’t you… but the way you’ve learned to push through?
In this episode of the Delay the Binge™ Podcast, Pam Dwyer sits down with Carla Royal to explore a powerful shift in perspective:
👉 What if you are not the mud?
Carla Royal, M.Ed., is a certified Integral Master Coach™ who works with high-performing founders navigating the hidden cost of constant pressure. Her work focuses beneath performance — where internal patterns begin to narrow clarity, capacity, and decision-making.
Together, Pam and Carla unpack what happens when willpower and discipline stop working… and why so many people find themselves stuck in patterns they can’t seem to break.
This conversation isn’t about trying harder.
It’s about learning to notice what’s happening underneath — and creating space to respond differently.
💡 In This Episode:
- Why pushing through eventually stops working
- The hidden cost of operating in “override”
- Understanding the different parts within you
- Why awareness creates more capacity than control
- How curiosity replaces pressure in real change
🌿 Connect with Carla Royal:
🌐 https://www.carlaroyal.com/
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlaroyal/
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This is Delay the Binge™ — formerly The Plus One Theory Podcast.
Delay the Binge™ explores the patterns behind urges, habits, emotional eating, stress, burnout, and Quiet Depletion™, and what happens in the pause between impulse and action, where real behavior change begins.
Through conversations with leading experts in neuroscience, psychology, resilience, and human behavior, you’ll gain practical insight into how the brain shapes reactions, and how small, intentional shifts can interrupt patterns and create lasting change.
Because it’s not about willpower…it’s about what you do in the moment the urge hits.
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Pam Dwyer | Speaker & Bestselling Author
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