This REAL Eyes Realize podcast episode with Christopher Robinson highlights the journey of finding one’s circle of influence over time, trusting in the village around you, being honest with who you are and the opportunities in front of you, and being genuinely grateful for the leaders who provide open-door moments for growth on a personal and professional level. It is as vulnerable as it is inspiring and vivacious. We take time to go layers deep and inquire about how to find a level of happy in the here and now, and dance with grace and dignity.

Christopher Robinson. Christopher is a seasoned facilitator, program manager, and leadership development professional with over 15 years of experience supporting large organizations across industries—from retail to technology. He is recognized for his engaging and energetic facilitation style, exceptional communication skills, and proven ability to drive change management initiatives. Chris excels at designing and delivering impactful training programs using a variety of modalities, and is highly regarded for his talent in building strong relationships and lasting partnerships.

Outside of his professional pursuits, Chris is passionate about exploring new cultures and destinations, spending quality time with family and friends, and staying active through fitness and sports.

This REAL Eyes Realize podcast episode with Colin Scotland is one where we have an honest and REAL conversation about the rise and fall, and subsequent rise again of an international marketing professional who provides coaching to individuals and businesses around how to use AI as a co-intelligence partner, never losing your own authentic voice. Colin is inspiring, authentic, and relatable, and teaches us why he believes deeply in Nietzche’s philosophy “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”

Colin Scotland. Colin provides AI strategy and marketing guidance for humans building what matters. His work bridges timeless wisdom with emerging possibilities - creating frameworks that connect consciousness development, strategic positioning, and conscious AI partnership. He teaches systematic approaches to transformation, but sees that the real shift happens in consciousness. Through WAVE, MOVE, and AMPLIFY frameworks, leaders discover how to navigate change while maintaining their truth, build authority that serves, and partner with AI in ways that expand rather than diminish human wisdom.

Colin believes and teaches: It's strategy, but it's the consciousness beneath the systems that changes everything.

This REAL Eyes Realize podcast episode with Pear Urushima is an honest and insightful conversation about a successful marketing executive in the tech sector figuring out how to unleash her creative spark, make friends with her inner critic, and become a successful author and filmmaker in her “retirement” years. Her recent documentary, “Because of You, I Am” has won accolades at foreign film festivals and her poetry book titled “When the Critic Sleeps” is a vulnerable peek inside the ways in which our inner critic can be integrated into the whole of who we are versus running the show.

Pear Urushima. Author, poet, writer, publisher, producer, and filmmaker. Pear Urushima is founder of Kanreki Productions, is a third-generation Japanese American with a background in marketing, production, directing, and writing, and hails from Los Angeles. With over 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley’s high-tech marketing and branding landscape, she has skillfully navigated countless creative challenges. Her portfolio highlights the intricacies of marketing, multimedia content creation, and storytelling. Her corporate experience gave her the foundation to leap into producing and publishing new works independently. In addition to Kanreki Productions, she founded Slow Drum Press as a woman-owned small business based in California. Both ventures were born from a commitment to community service—to share stories, poetry, and prose from and for people who quietly inhabit the earth, whose voices are an integral part of our culture.