2025 Guest Recap

In this special year-end episode of Navigating Neva, Nicole and Wes look back on 2025 through the voices that helped shape it. From lifeguards and swim instructors to nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and advocates, this episode celebrates the guests who showed up, spoke honestly, and pushed the aquatics industry forward.

We revisit the big conversations—water safety, leadership, burnout, workforce development, trauma-aware instruction, career pathways, and what it really takes to create safer, more sustainable aquatic programs. This isn’t a highlight reel for clicks; it’s a reflection on growth, lessons learned, and the shared responsibility we carry as aquatic professionals.

Whether you joined us for one episode or all of them, this recap honors the community behind the mic and sets the tone for where we’re headed next.