The Main Character Experience™ Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What does it really take to change your life? Identity change starts with changing what you believe about yourself, your worth, and what you are allowed to choose. You can set new goals, create a vision board, and promise yourself that things will be different, but lasting personal growth requires more than wanting a different outcome. It requires becoming someone whose beliefs, d...

Send us Fan Mail The Main Character Experience™ Podcast | Great Lock-In, Week 3 Hello, gorgeous! What if consistency isn't about doing everything perfectly, never missing a workout, or showing up at 100% every single day? In Week 3 of the Great Lock-In, we're talking about how to stay consistent when motivation fades, why your approach matters more than you think, and how to build habits...

Send us Fan Mail How do you build self-trust and confidence when you don't feel ready? How do you stop letting fear of failure, perfectionism, and the need to get everything right keep you from taking action? In Week 2 of The Great Lock-In , Kala Simmons explores how to build self-trust, overcome the fear of making mistakes, and start showing up for the life you want before you feel completel...

Send us Fan Mail What if you stopped waiting for January 1st to change your life? In this kickoff episode of The Great Lock-In , Kala Simmons is challenging you to stop treating the new year, a Monday, a perfect plan, more confidence, or someone else's approval as the starting line for the life you want. Because personal growth doesn't require a new year. You can start changing your life...

Send us Fan Mail Building a Main Character Mindset From Scratch What does it actually mean to become the main character in your own life ? It’s not about being the loudest person in the room, getting attention, or thinking the world revolves around you. A main character mindset is about becoming an active participant in your own life, trusting yourself, making decisions from alignment instead of a...

Send us Fan Mail What if you’re not behind? What if you’re simply becoming someone who wants different things? In this episode of The Main Character Experience™ Podcast , Kala Simmons talks about the freedom that comes with getting older, changing your mind, trying new things, and realizing that the life you wanted at 30 may not be the life you want at 40. Kala gets real about disappointment, self...

Send us Fan Mail Feeling behind in life? Maybe you're not behind at all. Maybe you've simply outgrown the life you were taught to want. In this episode of The Main Character Experience™ Podcast , Kala Simmons gets real about what happens when you stop following the unwritten rules about what a woman's life is "supposed" to look like. For years, many of us were taught that...

Send us Fan Mail Being passed over for a promotion hurts. Even when you know your worth. Even when you're confident. Even when you spend your days reminding other women to trust themselves, take up space, and stop waiting for permission. I know because I was passed over for a promotion, and it knocked the wind out of me. I had prepared for the interview. I had years of experience with the age...

Send us Fan Mail What if the version of yourself you've been working so hard to become isn't actually the version of you that needs to show up next? There comes a point in personal growth when you have to ask a different question. Not “Who am I becoming?” But: “Who am I when I stop performing?” If you've spent years building an identity around being successful, confident, accomplish...

Send us Fan Mail My childhood crush blocked me on social media. And honestly? I was surprised. I said, “Well, damn.” And then I kept scrolling. The old me would have handled this VERY differently. I would have wanted to know why. I would have investigated. I would have wondered what I did, whether someone said something, whether I misunderstood something, and (if we're being completely honest...

Send us Fan Mail Feeling stuck? Tired of saying “I’m going to change” and finding yourself right back in the same patterns a week later? This episode is for you. In this episode of The Main Character Experience , Coach Kala Simmons breaks down a simple, practical approach to creating real change when you feel overwhelmed, unmotivated, or unsure where to start. You do not need to completely reinven...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the woman who spent years teaching other women to find their voice, speak up, set boundaries, and stop shrinking realizes that confidence isn't always about saying more? In this return episode of The Main Character Experience , Coach Kala Simmons gets honest about what the last season of her life has taught her about confidence, self-worth, boundaries, perso...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt like you were constantly producing, performing, or trying to prove yourself? After months of workshops, speaking engagements, and nonstop commitments, I intentionally stepped away from social media to spend more time living than documenting. What I discovered during that break completely shifted my perspective on confidence, growth, and becoming the person I wan...

Send us Fan Mail What if the pressure to constantly post, perform, and stay visible is actually keeping you from living the life you're working so hard to build? In this episode of The Main Character Experience , Kala shares why she's intentionally slowed down on social media—and why it has been one of the healthiest decisions she's made. If you've ever felt guilty for taking a...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt like you're constantly producing, posting, performing, and pouring into everyone else—only to realize you've lost touch with yourself? In this episode of The Main Character Experience Podcast, Kala Simmons shares what happened when she unexpectedly stepped away from social media for 48 hours and why that break became a powerful reminder about the impor...

Send us Fan Mail You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. But you might be outgrowing the version of yourself you’ve been clinging to. In this episode of The Main Character Experience™, Coach Kala Simmons opens up about the identity shifts, mindset changes, boundaries, habits, and emotional growth happening as she approaches 40—and why becoming the next version of yourself requires more than motivation...

Send us Fan Mail You do not need another motivational podcast. You already know what to do. Are you emotionally exhausted from always being the strong friend? Do you struggle with people pleasing, hyper-independence, self-abandonment, burnout, or constantly putting everyone else before yourself? In this episode of The Main Character Experience™, Coach Kala Simmons dives deep into the hidden emotio...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode of The Main Character Experience™, Coach Kala Simmons shares the raw truth behind her healing journey, survival mode, people pleasing, divorce, single motherhood, burnout, therapy, boundaries, self-worth, and rebuilding her life from the ground up. After years of trying to be everything for everyone else, Kala opens up about the moment she realized...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when your children become young adults… and you realize love alone cannot carry them into adulthood? In this deeply honest episode of The Main Character Experience™, Coach Kala Simmons opens up about the emotional transition of parenting older teens and emerging adults. From graduation milestones to grief, boundaries, burnout, and guilt, this conversation is for every...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Main Character Experience™ Podcast , I’m opening up about a season that stretched me in ways I didn’t expect. I’m talking about what it really feels like to outgrow an old version of yourself—when your habits, patterns, and identity no longer align with where you’re going… but letting them go still feels heavy. Because personal growth isn’t always pretty.  I...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had someone switch up on you the moment you set a boundary? In this episode of The Main Character Experience™ Podcast , we’re getting real about what it means when a relationship you valued turns out to be… transactional. Because let’s be honest—  it doesn’t just hurt.  It confuses you. It frustrates you. And if you’re not careful, it’ll have you questioning yourself...

Send us Fan Mail If you feel emotionally drained, constantly overwhelmed, or like you’re carrying the weight of everyone else’s feelings… this episode is for you. In today’s episode of The Main Character Experience™, we’re breaking down how to stop reacting to everything and start responding with intention. Because let’s be honest… you’re not always overwhelmed. You might just be over-responding....

Send us Fan Mail You don’t need more time—you need a different relationship with it. In this episode of The Main Character Experience™ , Coach Kala gets real about one of the most common (and costly) excuses keeping women stuck: “I don’t have time.” If you’ve ever felt stretched thin, overwhelmed, or like your dreams keep getting pushed to “next week”… this conversation is your wake-up call. Becau...

Send us Fan Mail You’ve been the safe place. The listener. The one people run to when everything falls apart. But what happens when you’re also the one responsible for holding the boundary? In this episode, we’re talking about the emotional cost of leadership—the part no one prepares you for. The backlash, the misinterpretation, and the internal battle of knowing you’re doing the right thing… whil...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Main Character Experience , Kala gets real about burnout, boundaries, and the emotional shift that happens when you stop over-functioning for everyone around you. After a season of intense stress, leadership demands, and personal reflection, she shares how slipping back into survival mode forced her to reevaluate her capacity, her relationships, and the patt...