Let's Get Real

Robin Lacambra is a social justice advocate and movement educator and the founder of GOODBODYFEEL, a studio that offers accessible, inclusive and decolonized movement classes that build self-awareness, strength and community.  

Robin shared how inclusivity informs both her parenting and her leadership.  Nina and Robin talked about how essential embodiment is to our collective liberation.  Robin spoke eloquently about the difference between true joy and what she calls "toxic positivity."  They also riffed about the power in deconstructing binary thinking in our personal lives and in our activism.   

GOODBODYFEEL

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Rebecca Scott is a leadership coach and catalyst with Cultivating Leadership.  She also brings humor, vulnerability and grace to her daily struggles with Multiple Sclerosis through her blog Stumblr.  In this episode Rebecca shared the mindsets and habits she uses to deal with MS and how she applies what she is learning to her work with leaders.  Nina and Rebecca also geeked out about adult development theory and how it has helped both of them grow.  They also came up with a new definition for moderation.  

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Richard Hurt was elected to Aliso Viejo City Council in 2020, the first black person to be elected to local office in South Orange County, California.  Nina and Richard talked about their hopes for racial equity in the United States and the importance of staying in the conversation.   Richard about his early experiences getting things done for Aliso Viejo and what gives him hope for the future.

Kathryn Finney

Leadership and Self Deception

Clint Smith 

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Seena Hodges is the founder of The Woke Coach, an organization that helps clients have a deeper understanding of how the legacy of racism and injustice affect us all.  Ms. Hodges and her team engage with clients to facilitate conversations that live at the intersection of equity, diversity, inclusion, antiracism, and empowerment.   She shared the specific distinctions between being an ally and an accomplice.  Nina and Seena also got real about what it will take for friendships between white women and black women to be more common.   
 
The Woke Coach

Leading through Complexity Peer Group

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Finding your Roots 

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In this episode Nina shares more about Season 2 and interviews a very special guest, her daughter Layne Bower.  Layne is a Senior at the University of Minnesota and is the president of the College of Liberal Arts Student Board.   Layne asked her mom the five questions that Nina has been asking each guest this season. Nina and Layne also talked about what makes their relationship unique and how Nina came up with the title for the show.  

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Eric Kohner is an internationally recognized executive coach and keynote speaker. He founded EKCOsystem, a global corporate training company dedicated to bringing the human being into business. He brings heart skills to high-level executives in global organizations such as the US Navy, Capgemini, and ING and is a pioneer of the coaching profession.  Eric shared candidly about how he is learning to work with his own privilege in his work with emerging talent.   Nina and Eric explored some of the taboo topics in leadership development.  They also discussed why it's more important than ever for leaders to be BADASS.  

Eric's Website

Seven Seconds

Bryan Stevenson

Leading through Complexity 

White Fragility

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California activist Celeste Pewter is an upcoming journalist with bylines in Teen Vogue  and Thrillist.  Most recently she has been speaking out about the increased profiling of people of Asian American descent.    In this conversation, Celeste shared candidly about recent harassment she experienced near her home as a Taiwanese American.  Nina and Celeste also explored the power of witnessing for one another and how the term microaggression may minimize the toxicity of racist comments.  Finally, Celeste and Nina discussed three specific ways we can support the AAPI community.   

Teen Vogue Article

Vincent Chin NY Times article

Asian American Journalists Association

Nina's Next Peer Group

Celeste's Twitter

Let's Get Real IG

Grace Meng's Website

Bystander Training 

Toronto-based executive coaches Joanna Cotton and Grace Churchill are the founders of the Do Good Collective, a community for women who want to create meaningful connections and change the world.  Grace and Joanna shared their insights about what professional women need most right now.  Nina also found out what helps them thrive as a partnership, and they got real about their reactive patterns.  Grace and Joanna were also candid about what it's like to face another lockdown just as the United States seems to be emerging out of the pandemic. 

Women Rising (Do Good Collective's May Session)

About Nina

Let's Get Real on Instagram

Do Good Collective Facebook Page

ORSC

For All Mankind (on Apple+)

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Kvon Tucker heads up leadership development for Google’s Staffing organization.   He is also the founder of Consciously, a purpose-driven Executive and Leadership Coaching firm.  Kvon and Nina dove into the topic of leadership presence and what it means to balance the masculine and the feminine.  Kvon shared specific practices he uses with clients to help them develop presence.  The two of them also explored the connection between personal transformation and working for the greater good, and the healing that happens when men support women. 

Kvon's IG

Consciously

Coaching for Everyone

ACTO Conference

Tim Ferriss interview of Elizabeth Lesser

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