EP 218 | Stop Performing, Start Living: Even When It Disappoints People with Judi Holler  - The Confident Podcast
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EP 218 | Stop Performing, Start Living: Even When It Disappoints People with Judi Holler

Ever feel like you’re performing your life instead of actually living it? I sit down with best-selling author and keynote speaker, Judi Holler to unpack the courage it takes to stop pleasing, start tr...

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EP 218 | Stop Performing, Start Living: Even When It Disappoints People with Judi Holler

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About This Episode

Ever feel like you’re performing your life instead of actually living it? I sit down with best-selling author and keynote speaker, Judi Holler to unpack the courage it takes to stop pleasing, start trusting yourself, and make space for a truer version of success. From her decade-by-decade journey, Judi shows how small brave experiments compound into identity shifts.

We dig into why “make it till you make it” beats “fake it till you make it,” and how to jump with a parachute: savings, skills, support, and a plan. Judi opens up about the cave season that stripped away applause and forced her to find worth without a stage, ultimately birthing her new book, Holler At Your Dreams (which is a must read). We talk about going from hustle and stress to hustle and flow, click bait, protecting your peace, and choosing delayed gratification.

Ready to step out of performance and into a braver, truer life? Hit follow, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review with the one belief you’re dropping this week. Your future self will thank you.

Chapters:

  • : Judy’s Decade-By-Decade Journey
  • 8:12: From Improv Class To Keynote Career
  • : The Leap: Quitting Corporate With A Plan
  • 16:36: Make It Till You Make It
  • : Letting Old Selves Go
  • 24:14: Stop Outsourcing Your Power
  • : Intuition, Soul Vs Brain
  • 31:05: Life As A Creative Laboratory
  • : Holler At Your Dreams: Why She Wrote It
  • 39:09: Spirituality As A Success Advantage
  • : Hustle And Flow Can Coexist
  • 47:26: Algorithm Anxiety And Reality Checks
  • : Curate Your Inputs, Protect Your Peace


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Show Notes

  • 2:15: Judy’s Decade-By-Decade Journey
  • : From Improv Class To Keynote Career
  • 12:09: The Leap: Quitting Corporate With A Plan
  • : Make It Till You Make It
  • 20:20: Letting Old Selves Go
  • : Stop Outsourcing Your Power
  • 27:40: Intuition, Soul Vs Brain
  • : Life As A Creative Laboratory
  • 34:44: Holler At Your Dreams: Why She Wrote It
  • : Spirituality As A Success Advantage
  • 43:05: Hustle And Flow Can Coexist
  • : Algorithm Anxiety And Reality Checks
  • 51:15: Curate Your Inputs, Protect Your Peace

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