Welcome to Hard-Earned Wisdom, a podcast about the life lessons learned while stumbling through trauma, grief, loss, and unmet expectations. My guests share personal stories from the trenches, and most importantly, the hard-earned wisdom that I hope will inspire new ways of surviving and thriving in difficult life circumstances.

In this episode, Nicole shares her expertise on diversity, equity, inclusion, and culturally responsive leadership. We talk about her work on helping difference get along, the meaning of race in America today, and what needs to happen in the next 400 years.

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Oki shares his experiences navigating the most difficult and transformative year of his life. He shares what he learned about himself while losing a friend to cancer, overcoming PTSD after an assault, and co-parenting two kids through a divorce and shared custody.