Episode 29: Being Free To Be Me with Karen Laos
02/17/22 • 46 min
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Have you ever felt like there’s something more ahead for you but the path to get there just isn’t clear? It’s a strange kind of stuckness when you have the sense that you are meant to do more and be more but you don’t yet know what ‘more’ might be.
Karen Laos felt like a racehorse behind the gates, all fired up and ready to go but the gates just weren’t open. The more that things expanded around her, the more constricted she felt in the place where she worked. It took almost two years for her to find her ‘more’.
And then the global pandemic struck.
Covid-19. What a time to be free!
Karen shares how she found her way to freedom so that she could answer her calling and make an even bigger impact in the world. Having escaped the prison of self-doubt and the paralysing fear of judgement that held her there, she now wants to help ten million women to achieve the same freedom. A communications expert by profession, Karen is on a mission to empower women to find their voice, overcome self doubt and speak with confidence.
ABOUT MY GUEST: KAREN LAOS
Based in San Francisco, Karen Laos is a former corporate leader turned professional speaker specializing in communication. She is fiercely committed to equipping women in business to speak with clarity and stand out with unshakable confidence.
Over her 20+ year career, she has gained rave reviews from clients such as NASA, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Sephora, AT&T, Levi’s and United Healthcare.
She got her start in human resources at Gap Inc and then found her passion for corporate training at Decker Communications, where she led a team of facilitators and traveled the globe consulting professionals on their communication skills. After 14 years, she left Decker to pursue her entrepreneurial dream (and hasn’t looked back!).
Her mission is to eradicate self-doubt so women can stop holding back and start taking their seat at the table. One of the ways she does this is through her podcast: Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos.
Karen can be contacted via her website www.karenlaos.com and on a variety of Social Media/Audio platforms, including:
Podcast: https://www.karenlaos.com/podcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenlaosconsulting/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenlaos/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/karenlaosconsulting
ABOUT YOUR HOST: SUE REVELL
Sue is on a mission to STOP women playing small so that they can create the legacy they want to leave in the world. With over 30 years coaching and leadership experience, Sue loves nothing more than disrupting the unhelpful thinking that often holds women back, so that they can think, dream and BE bigger in leading the change they want to see. Coaching internationally, Sue’s clients are primarily world-changing women who want to lead with confidence, increase their impact and live a life that matters.
TO CONNECT WITH / HEAR MORE FROM SUE:
Sign up for regular updates: Mission Mojo Sign-Up
Join the Women on a Mission Community: Facebook Group
Connect with Sue at: suerevell.com | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram
Have you ever felt like there’s something more ahead for you but the path to get there just isn’t clear? It’s a strange kind of stuckness when you have the sense that you are meant to do more and be more but you don’t yet know what ‘more’ might be.
Karen Laos felt like a racehorse behind the gates, all fired up and ready to go but the gates just weren’t open. The more that things expanded around her, the more constricted she felt in the place where she worked. It took almost two years for her to find her ‘more’.
And then the global pandemic struck.
Covid-19. What a time to be free!
Karen shares how she found her way to freedom so that she could answer her calling and make an even bigger impact in the world. Having escaped the prison of self-doubt and the paralysing fear of judgement that held her there, she now wants to help ten million women to achieve the same freedom. A communications expert by profession, Karen is on a mission to empower women to find their voice, overcome self doubt and speak with confidence.
ABOUT MY GUEST: KAREN LAOS
Based in San Francisco, Karen Laos is a former corporate leader turned professional speaker specializing in communication. She is fiercely committed to equipping women in business to speak with clarity and stand out with unshakable confidence.
Over her 20+ year career, she has gained rave reviews from clients such as NASA, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Sephora, AT&T, Levi’s and United Healthcare.
She got her start in human resources at Gap Inc and then found her passion for corporate training at Decker Communications, where she led a team of facilitators and traveled the globe consulting professionals on their communication skills. After 14 years, she left Decker to pursue her entrepreneurial dream (and hasn’t looked back!).
Her mission is to eradicate self-doubt so women can stop holding back and start taking their seat at the table. One of the ways she does this is through her podcast: Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos.
Karen can be contacted via her website www.karenlaos.com and on a variety of Social Media/Audio platforms, including:
Podcast: https://www.karenlaos.com/podcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenlaosconsulting/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenlaos/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/karenlaosconsulting
ABOUT YOUR HOST: SUE REVELL
Sue is on a mission to STOP women playing small so that they can create the legacy they want to leave in the world. With over 30 years coaching and leadership experience, Sue loves nothing more than disrupting the unhelpful thinking that often holds women back, so that they can think, dream and BE bigger in leading the change they want to see. Coaching internationally, Sue’s clients are primarily world-changing women who want to lead with confidence, increase their impact and live a life that matters.
TO CONNECT WITH / HEAR MORE FROM SUE:
Sign up for regular updates: Mission Mojo Sign-Up
Join the Women on a Mission Community: Facebook Group
Connect with Sue at: suerevell.com | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram
Previous Episode
Episode 28: Looking back on "Mission over Money" with Tara Newman
Money. A taboo topic that’s still in the Top 10 of subjects to avoid in polite conversation. Particularly if you’re a woman. Money is a really loaded topic and, given the connection we often create between money and self worth, a troubled relationship with money can often mean a troubled relationship with our mission, and ourselves.
The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. We can do ‘the work’ to clean up our thoughts, beliefs, values and behaviours and, in doing so, open up a whole new way of BEing around money. When we re-write our money story, we transform how we show up in the world and the difference we can make in our mission.
In this week’s solo episode, we look back at my conversation with Tara Newman, the founder and Chief Executive of the Bold Profit Academy, to see what insights we can learn from her money story. It’s a story that encompasses neuro-diversity, entrepreneurial poverty, bankruptcy, and the ultimate surrender demanded by ultimate transformation.
If you know it’s time to re-write your money story so that you can show up in your mission in a new way, take a listen now.
ABOUT YOUR HOST: SUE REVELL
Sue is on a mission to STOP women playing small so that they can create the legacy they want to leave in the world. With over 30 years coaching and leadership experience, Sue loves nothing more than disrupting the unhelpful thinking that often holds women back, so that they can think, dream and BE bigger in leading the change they want to see. Coaching internationally, Sue’s clients are primarily world-changing women who want to lead with confidence, increase their impact and live a life that matters.
RESOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:Workbook (free to download): Being Unstoppable by Sue Revell
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen SinceroTO CONNECT WITH / HEAR MORE FROM SUE:
Sign up for regular updates: Mission Mojo Sign-Up
Join the Women on a Mission Community: Facebook Group
Click the following links to connect with Sue at: Her website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram
Next Episode
Episode 30: Looking back on "Being Free To Be Me" with Karen Laos
Ready for more. Deep down, you know that where you are now is no longer enough, but you don’t yet know what “more” looks like.
What do you do when you absolutely know you aren’t in the right place to be your best self, but you can’t yet see what lies ahead or the path to your escape?
This is an episode about finding your voice so that you can speak up and be heard. When you’re no longer afraid of what other people might think, it’s amazing how much “more” becomes possible.
When what you do and how you do it are completely aligned with who you are and how you express it, that alignment frees you to work from a place of flow and genius, so that you can do your best work in your mission to make the world a better place.
In this week’s solo episode, we look back at my conversation with Karen Laos, professional speaker, communication specialist and podcast host. As we consider her experience of finding her voice, there are many deeply helpful insights in her journey from frustration and fear towards freedom and fulfilment.
If you know it’s time to find your voice so that you too can experience the freedom to be your very best self in your mission, take a listen now.
ABOUT YOUR HOST: SUE REVELL
Sue is on a mission to STOP women playing small so that they can create the legacy they want to leave in the world. With over 30 years coaching and leadership experience, Sue loves nothing more than disrupting the unhelpful thinking that often holds women back, so that they can think, dream and BE bigger in leading the change they want to see. Coaching internationally, Sue’s clients are primarily world-changing women who want to lead with confidence, increase their impact and live a life that matters.
RESOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:Workbook (free to download): Being Unstoppable by Sue Revell Karen’s podcast: Inside Out Confidence with Sue Revell
TO CONNECT WITH / HEAR MORE FROM SUE:
Sign up for regular updates: Mission Mojo Sign-Up
Join the Women on a Mission Community: Facebook Group
Click the following links to connect with Sue at: Her website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram
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