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Let's Get Real

Let's Get Real

Written by: Nina Simonds PCC
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Hi, I'm Nina Simonds, a leadership and relationship coach, and Let's Get Real is about having REAL (relevant, engaging and authentic leadership) conversations with people who inspire me. My guests are business leaders, learning professionals, and social impact entrepreneurs who are creating positive change in individuals and organizations. We explore personal experiences that have been catalysts for their growth and share some of the key concepts and tools that support effective leading and relating.

© 2026 Nina Simonds
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Episodes
  • The Centered Leader
    Apr 27 2026

    Anna is a leadership and embodied presence coach, facilitator, and coach educator. She has trained around 1,000 coaches globally and serves as a Faculty at the Co-Active Training Institute. She is the founder of Wholeness in You, where she works with leaders in transformation to develop an embodied leadership presence, so they can lead with clarity, creativity, and power without shutting down. In this conversation, Nina and Anna explored how:

    To Move from a Reactive to a Centered State — We all have a default "reactive" mode driven by old subconscious programming. Anna explains how to recognize when you're in it and how to shift back to your centered state, where your real leadership presence lives.

    Your Body Knows Before Your Mind Does — The vagus nerve and nervous system are constantly processing information your conscious mind hasn't registered yet. Anna breaks down why embodiment isn't a wellness trend — it's actually a better way to increase your self-awareness.

    Presence Can't Be Performed — Executive presence isn't about posture or polish. We make the case that authentic presence is energy, and people feel it whether you're trying to project it or not — which means the real work is internal.

    To learn more about Anna’s work, visit: www.wholenessinu.com

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

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wholenessinu



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    44 mins
  • Mindful Self-Compassion
    Apr 5 2026

    Mark Rovner and Rebecca Scott are Washington DC-based coaches with specialities that include mindful self compassion, adult development and immunity to change. Mark is the founder and principal at Sea Change Strategies and a trained facilitator in Dr. Kristin Neff’s Mindful Self-compassion program. Rebecca focuses on making work suck less with humor and compassion, one coaching conversation at a time.

    Mindful Self-Compassion Course

    Lisa Feldman Barrett

    Sea Change Strategies

    Rebecca Scott on LinkedIn

    https://substack.com/@stumblr

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    44 mins
  • Coaching with Kindness
    Jan 4 2026

    Jeff is an executive coach and leadership facilitator with 30+ years of experience in the coaching world. He works with clients to manage change, discover cutting-edge solutions, bring humanity to work, and create sustainable workplaces.

    Additionally, he leads the Co-Active Training Institute’s (CTI) Leadership Program, working with executives and other professionals to ignite their inherent strengths and create mutual, powerful alliances.

    In this conversation, Nina and Jeff explored the myths of kindness and the five pathways for being truly kind when you are coaching and developing others. They also talk about their own superpowers when it comes to kind coaching and where they see coaches get tripped up.

    The Kind Lab

    The Five Pathways of Kindness

    Jeff Jacobson World

    Jeff's LinkedIn


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    51 mins
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