Out of everyone I've interviewed, Nida Leardprasopsuk is one I never forgot - so I brought her back.
We just... connected. And interestingly, that's where her business and brand as evolved to today: relationship os designed to reconnect a disconnected world.
Nida was born in Baltimore, moved to Bangkok at ten without being able to write Thai, did her master's in Sydney, went into Fortune 500 corporate life and got out fast. She's a coach, she gets incredible transformations in clients and she's building a reality show with no drama in it.
Here's the thing about Nida: almost nobody reads her correctly. Not the people in Bangkok. Not the coaching industry. Not even the clients who see the go-getter.
This isn't a conversation about business or personal brands. It's about what happens when you let go of the version of you that everyone admires.
In this episode, we unpack:
- Nida's thesis on why making friends is exactly like dating.
- Why an introvert can be the loudest person in the room.
- The reality show she's auditioning people for - and who she wants on it.
- Why she quit her PhD, and why she has no regrets.
- The message her body sent that she couldn't argue with.
- Why she wants her life's work to be free.
- What she wants to be remembered for (it isn't what you'd guess).
Episode Chapters
00:00 I Never Released These…
00:59 A Thesis on Friendship
01:47 Friendship Is Dating
04:13 The Five Who Looks Like a Seven
05:12 Loud Introverts
05:58 Two Days in Bangkok, Just Talking
08:39 A Reality Show With No Drama
10:00 Who Gets On the Show
12:16 Her Learning Edge12:47 Nine Hours Is Not Lazy
14:07 "I Quit My PhD"
16:25 When Quitting Is Deliberate
17:27 You Can't Have It All
18:29 What Her Body Was Saying
21:05 Make It Free
23:48 Remember Me for My Heart
25:29 The Age of Integrity
27:00 Nida Turns the Question
27:58 A Loaded Word
This episode is part of I Never Released These... The Lost Tapes, a special 12-part series featuring interviews I recorded between 2022 and 2024 that never made it into the world... until now.
Follow Nida:
Website: nidaleard.com
Instagram: @nidaleardofficial
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Instagram: @merilyn
Website: merilyn.com
