Success, AI, and Authentic Leadership: Living Real with Camille Preston
Release Date: 01/19/2026
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info_outlineWhat if success isn’t about pushing harder or checking every box but about showing up authentically and listening deeply to yourself?
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Camille Preston, a business psychologist, executive coach, and author of Living Real, who sparks a powerful conversation about what it means to live a meaningful career and life amid the pressures of modern work and rapid technological change.
Camille brings a fresh blend of science, lived experience, and practical wisdom, especially for high achievers who feel the weight of performance yet struggle with a quiet sense that something is missing. We talk about the epidemic of 'shallowing'—how numbing or disconnecting from our full selves dims our joy and hurts performance. We explore how slowing down, embracing emotions, and aligning our inner values with our work can lead not only to better leadership but also a more enlivened life.
In this episode, we explore:
- The common disconnection high achievers experience despite external success
- The surprising impact of "shallowing" and emotional avoidance on wellbeing and performance
- How redefining success and happiness opens pathways to living real
- Signs that it’s time to go inward and reclaim your authentic self
- The concept of work-life integration versus balance and why alignment matters
- The loneliness epidemic and its effects on mental health
- AI’s role in the future of work and why emotional intelligence is the true human advantage
- The difference between knowledge and wisdom and how to cultivate both
- Practical ways to find "strategic stillness" to ground your leadership and life
- Living real as a foundation for thriving in a complex, fast-changing world
Camille’s book, Living Real, was born from a season of personal grief and offers a manifesto for embracing our whole selves amid life’s tensions and technology’s rise. This conversation is a timely invitation to lead with compassion, authenticity, and resilience in the future of work.
Dr. Camille Preston is a business psychologist, executive coach, and keynote speaker whose work focuses on helping high performing leaders bridge the gap between external achievement and internal fulfillment. She is the author of Living Real: Redefining Success, Presence, and Happiness, and founder of Aim Leadership (Awaken Inner Mastery).
Find more resources and her strategic stillness practice at livingreal.aimleadership.com.
If you’re feeling the pressures of the modern work world and wondering how to stay human and whole, this episode will inspire you to reclaim your inner wisdom and design a life that feels truly alive. Because no matter how much AI changes the landscape, humans still matter.