Pia Mailhot-Leichter, a creative force for good, believes that creativity is our birthright. And while creativity requires us to choose trust, bravery, and vulnerable, when we accept creativity as a way of life, we can change the world. 

➡️ What is your relationship with creativity?
➡️ Do you think of yourself as a creative person?
➡️ Is creativity something you do, or do you believe creativity is something innate to who you are?

Dive in, trust the process, Pia will help you find your answers.

Pia joins the conversation to share her superpower of "unleashing creativity to make a better world."

Pia is the founder of Kollektiv Studio where she is a creative partner to clients. She is also the author of the award-winning “Welcome to the Creative Club.”

Pia has been in creative spaces her whole life, but it was a breakthrough moment, not a breakdown moment, where she realized creativity is not just a thing she did…but it was a choice and a way of life.

That is when she chose to change the world by changing the world in her.
In previous conversations, people have talked about creativity as a way to access more joy, which I believe is true, and yet Pia shares that creativity is not always about rainbows and puppies, but like all meaningful and powerful experiences in life, it takes courage, vulnerability, and a leap of faith.

And, as Pia says, it takes giving yourself a “permission slip to suck.”

Pia shares her not-so-secret-now that giving yourself the permission slip to suck will actually free you up to do your most creative work.

In this episode, Pia answers the following questions:
- What is the true meaning of creativity?
- How do I know if I’m creative?
- What does it take to be creative?
- What skills improve my creativity?

My favorite quote from the episode: “Creativity changed the world in me when I redefined what the word creativity meant for me in my life.”

I shared the line from U2’s Rejoice, “I can’t change the world but I can change the world in me,” with Pia and she took off running with it. Although she had grown up in creative spaces, it took a breakthrough moment for her to unfold, honor, and unleash the creativity within herself. And now she is changing the world, from an inside out perspective, by using her superpower to help others embrace and unleash their creativity.
 
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Pia’s Company: Kollektiv Studio
- Pia’s LinkedIn: 

Music in this episode by Ian Kastner.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is a series of conversations where I speak with interesting people about their special talent or superhero power and the meaningful impact it has on others. The intention is to learn more about their experience with their superhero power, so that we can learn something about the special talent in each of us which allows us to connect more deeply with our purpose and achieve our potential.

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"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/

Keywords
Creativity, Trust, Bravery, Choice, Vulnerability