Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos

Find Your Voice Through Creativity with Hollis Citron

Episode Summary

Whether you believe you are creative or not, Hollis Citron firmly believes you can use creativity to find your voice and step boldly into who you are! After 30 years of teaching art, Hollis left her job and has found her voice. In this episode, we talk about the gap between what we perceive to be true versus the actual outcome. You will even hear incredibly wise words from her 18-year-old daughter that has shaped Hollis in powerful ways!

Episode Notes

As an art teacher, Hollis realized she kept asking the same question over and over: “Why am I not good enough?” It wasn’t until her daughter asked a life-changing question did the journey of pursuing her passions and purpose really begin.

In this episode, Hollis shares her journey through negative self-talk. We talk about the disparity gap between our personal perceptions and reality, and how Hollis learned to not give that tension so much of her time and energy.

Hollis uses creativity to present herself visually and express her truth and ideas. Through her business, she creates safe places for others to express themselves.

Tangible Takeaways:

• When you hear that internal voice ask, “Why am I not good enough?” take that as an invitation to focus on your purpose and passions. 
• Think of the ways you are creative! Explore how you can lean into your creativity and dive deeper into yourself and how you connect with others.
• Write down a time you thought you bombed it, but later realized you didn’t. Use that to remind yourself that the disparity gap is real next time self-doubt tries to take over.

About Hollis:

Hollis Citron is a seasoned art teacher and realized at 51 that she was halfway there and went through the Fyou 50’s and founded her company, I Am Creative & Express Yourself Publishing. She is passionate and wants to shout from the rooftops that being creative is not just about drawing and painting! Creativity is within everyone!  She has been spreading this message from California to New York.

Connect with Hollis:
Website: https://www.iamcreativephilly.com/

Podcast: https://creativeconversations.podbean.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hollis.grosscitron/ and https://www.facebook.com/iamcreativephilly 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamcreativephilly/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollis-gross-citron-a345126/ 
 

About me:
Karen Laos is a keynote speaker and leadership coach equipping women to stand out with unshakable confidence. She specializes in communication: executive presence and compelling messages. Karen champions female business leaders to own their value and find their voice so they can be seen and heard. She also works with teams to create cultures of trust and function at their best.

Karen has coached leaders at Facebook, Google, Netflix, Uber, Sephora, Sony, Microsoft, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Trip Advisor, Bacardi, Levi, and more. Karen’s style is fun, encouraging and results-oriented. She immediately moves past the “fluff” and gets straight to the issue (just ask her clients).

Connect with me:
Website: https://www.karenlaos.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenlaosconsulting

Facebook: Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos: https://www.facebook.com/groups/karenlaosconsulting

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenlaos/

Clubhouse: @karenlaos

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