Laura Simms
Founder of Your Career Homecoming


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"I just wanted to send you a huge personal thank you for your talk. You have already shifted how I think and I honestly thought there was ‘nothing new under the sun,’ but you have such a different perspective and it is revolutionary."

Laura Simms has spent 15 years solving a problem the career and self-help industries keeps getting wrong: why smart, successful people can't figure out what they actually want to do with their careers.

As the founder of Your Career Homecoming and creator of The WHOLE Method, she works with high-achieving professionals who have built impressive careers around work that drains them. Her approach ditches the assessments, the vision boards, and the "follow your passion" bumper-sticker advice that leaves people more confused than when they started. What she offers instead is a structured path from confusion to clarity, one that has guided over 450 clients from toward careers with both meaning and money.

A former professional actor, Laura brings a rare combination of intellectual rigor and genuine presence to every conversation. Your audience won't hear retreads of conventional career wisdom. They'll hear a framework that actually accounts for the complexity of being a high-performer who has done everything right and still feels like something essential is missing.

Your audience will leave feeling grounded, capable, hopeful, and with tools to create lasting change.

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Career Advice They Haven't Heard

LAURA RIKARD | PROFESSOR AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN UNIVERSITY

"As a guest lecturer for my students, Laura brought a free and invigorating voice that inspired my students' creativity, emphasized and supported my curriculum, and motivated all of us. In my many years of teaching, I have never met anyone like Laura. Her serenity, thoughtfulness, and expertise are matched by no other."

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Furman University
University of California, Irvine
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas Conference for Women
The Lola

CYNDRA KROGEN-MORTON | PROFESSOR AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN UNIVERSITY

"Laura made a successful connection with my students through her authentic, engaging, and humorous presentation style. She asked important questions regarding careers in a way that was both accessible and thought-provoking. Her presentation helped our students explore their motivation and aspirations to help others while providing them with a starting point to build their professional identities."

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Furman University
University of California, Irvine
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas Conference for Women
The Lola

CYNTHIA BASSHAM | PROFESSOR AT UC IRVINE

"Laura Simms was a wonderful guest speaker for my graduate-level class at University of California, Irvine. She shared her experience and expertise in an easy, warm-hearted, and business-focused manner. Sassy and savvy, playful and purposeful—she brought a message of 'you can do it!' and perhaps more importantly, 'here's how.""

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Furman University
University of California, Irvine
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas Conference for Women
The Lola

JAY ONEY | PROFESSOR AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY

"Laura Simms provided our students with several sessions of very practical, very positive advice about building a career. Better yet, Laura offered them excellent counsel about making a life after graduation, about building successful business and personal relationships that can sustain young graduates as they work themselves up."

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Furman University
University of California, Irvine
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas Conference for Women
The Lola

BARRETT BROOKS | PODCAST HOST

"When I asked Laura to join me on The Living for Monday Show, I fully expected to have a great conversation. What I didn't expect was to dive so deep on such valuable topics that directly related to our audience. If you're looking for an inspiring and grounded source of motivation for your audience, Laura is the person you're looking for."

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Furman University
University of California, Irvine
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas Conference for Women
The Lola

Jen Ostrich | facilitor & executive coach

"I had the pleasure of introducing a panel that Laura was on at the Texas Conference for Women, Re-inventing Your Career. Laura was fantastic. She gave the audience lots of simple, memorable tips and tools within the career development space. Her professional yet approachable style and ability to speak in very human truisms I found both unique and refreshing."

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Furman University
University of California, Irvine
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas Conference for Women
The Lola

conference attendee

"Some speakers sounded like they were reciting sound bites that their corporation pre-approved. You really spoke to us and weren’t afraid to be real."

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Furman University
University of California, Irvine
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas Conference for Women
The Lola

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Laura Simms is the Founder of Your Career Homecoming and a Certified Equity-Centered Coach (IECC) with 15 years of experience guiding high-performers through meaningful career transitions. She has helped over 450 professionals choose careers with both meaning and money, and her clients have come and gone from places like Google, OWN, NPR, Fortune 500 companies, the FBI, Broadway, and HarperCollins. As the creator of the WHOLE Method—a holistic career change strategy—Laura brings a unique approach that integrates purpose with practicality. Her expertise has been featured in US News & World Report. She holds degrees from Furman University and The University of California, Irvine, and has taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Based in Atlanta, Laura enjoys thrifting, interior design, and walks in the woods.

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