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| Three Brutal Types of Toxic Bosses | 27 Aug 2024 | 00:19:21 | |
Dr. Laura’s exploration into the topic of toxic bosses continues in this episode. During her extensive research on the subject of toxic bosses, she learned a great deal that she is compelled to share and is writing a book based on her findings set to publish in 2025. Her research is continuous and each insight she gains is passed on to listeners in these solo episodes. This time Dr. Laura instructs on how to identify three specifically brutal types of toxic bosses, detailing how they operate and what they are looking to gain. The first persona Dr. Laura identifies is that of a dishonest manipulator. Bosses of this type are inherently dishonest people and create an environment of mistrust in their team due to chronic lying. The second persona of a toxic boss is that of a great divider. This type prefers to cause dissension and conflict in their teams by pitting people against each other. And the third persona identified is the unethical corrupter. This boss lacks integrity to the point of corruption. They’re not just dishonest, they’re corrupt and unethical. Dr. Laura breaks down the mindset and actions of each type of toxic boss, explains how they will attack and undermine us, and gives straightforward advice on how to handle their toxicity. “People are not at their best when they're reporting to a toxic boss. In fact, it depletes their energy. It depletes their creativity and innovation. They live in a state of fear with high anxiety, and their self-esteem and confidence get eroded over time.” Dr. Laura About Dr. Laura: Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett is a work and career psychologist and thought leader on the evolution of work. She has always been fascinated by how work intersects with life and loves to use her expertise to improve organizations and help people thrive. Her passion for taking creative ideas and launching them into successful business strategies led her to start three counselling psychology practices (Calgary Career Counselling, Canada Career Counselling, and Synthesis Psychology), as well as six different business brands offering organizational assessment and consulting services. Dr. Laura is honoured to have been selected as a Woman of Distinction in Canada in 2014 and received a Canadian Woman of Inspiration Award as a Global Influencer in 2018. Resources: Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Great Disconnect: Inability to Listen and Its Impacts on Workplaces | 13 Aug 2024 | 00:43:31 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Oscar Trimboli, award-winning author, podcast host, and global expert on listening, to the show to talk about listening and how our inability to listen properly is hurting us at work and beyond. Oscar worked extensively in marketing and technology in his career and has a lot of experience in consulting with organizations, all of which give him great insight into the way people listen, or don’t listen, to each other and how to change that. Oscar traces his work in listening back to a boardroom in 2008 where he was challenged by the CEO’s statement to him: “If you could code how you listen, you could change the world”. He explains that the difference between hearing and listening is action. His new book, How to Listen, addresses research on the subject of listening as well as guidance into listening to what is said and not simply our interpretations of what we hear. Dr. Laura and Oscar discuss different ineffective listening styles that people often fall into and Oscar’s tips on how to improve listening. Oscar’s insight will resonate with everyone who hears this episode and challenge us to really listen, and not just hear, what he’s saying. “So please just be conscious that you can improve your listening simply by asking people one extra question, or simply by knowing that the word listen and the word silent have exactly the same letters. So if you just wanted one tip from our conversation today, that would be it. … Therefore just be silent just a little bit longer and you'll be surprised. That breath they've taken doesn't mean they've finished what they're saying. They're just collecting their thoughts.” Oscar Trimboli About Oscar Trimboli: Oscar Trimboli is an author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. Along with the Deep Listening Ambassador Community, he is on a quest to create 100 million deep listeners in the workplace. Through his work with chairs, boards of directors, and executive teams, Oscar has experienced first-hand the transformational impact leaders can have when they listen beyond words. He believes that when leadership teams focus their attention and listening, they will build organizations that create powerful legacies for the people they serve – today and, more importantly, for future generations. Oscar is a marketing and technology industry veteran working for Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Polycom, and Vodafone. He consults with organizations, including American Express, AstraZeneca, Cisco, Google, HSBC, IAG, Montblanc, PwC, Salesforce, Sanofi, SAP, and Siemens. He is the author of how to listen – discover the hidden key to better communication – the most comprehensive book about listening in the workplace, Deep Listening – Impact beyond words and Breakthroughs: How to Confront Assumptions Oscar loves his afternoon walks with his wife, Jennie, and their dog Kilimanjaro. On the weekends, you will find him playing Lego with his grandchildren. Resources: Website: OscarTrimboli.com Oscar Trimboli Podcast: Deep Listening - Impact beyond words “how to listen: discover the hidden key to better communication” by oscar trimboli Oscar Trimboli on LinkedIn “The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook” by Niall Ferguson Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The 4-Day Workweek: The Future or a Fad? | 09 Apr 2024 | 00:38:15 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Joe O’Connor, co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence, to the show to continue exploring the topic of the 4-day workweek. Joe originally served as CEO of 4 Day Week Global, the company co-founded by the last episode’s guest, Andrew Barnes. Joe and Dr. Laura explore the 4-Day workweek in great detail, examining both myths and truths about the four-day week and looking at the future of this global movement. Joe O’Connor points out that the adoption of the five-day workweek and eight-hour workday over a century ago was driven by major technological advancements. Yet more recent technology, such as the internet, email, and digital communication, haven’t shifted that structure despite gains in productivity. Joe and Dr. Laura discuss significant research that supports shifting to a 4-day workweek and Joe dispels common myths that prevent companies from considering the change. Joe addresses the flexibility of this possible structure, trusting and empowering employees, and why company leaders need to course correct in order for the change to work. Their conversation provides yet more eye-opening evidence that points to variations of the 4-day workweek as a compelling choice for the future of workplace productivity and wellbeing. “... we often advise leaders that are looking at this to think about it in terms of by the time you push the button to move to a shorter workweek, so by the time your trial starts or you've introduced the policy, you really want to have figured out to a pretty significant extent what are the things that we need to change in order to make this work operationally. You don't want to be doing those things after you've already started the trial. You don't want to be figuring it out, kind of building the aircraft while it's in flight.” Joe O’Connor About Joe O’Connor: Joe is CEO and co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence, a consulting and research organization based in Toronto, which specializes in shorter workweek models and reduced-hour, outcome-focused working. Internationally acclaimed as one of the leading experts on the shorter workweek, Joe developed the world’s first pilot program for the four-day workweek in Ireland at the onset of the pandemic in 2020. In collaboration with Boston College and University College Dublin, he codesigned a pioneering research project to measure the impact of the pilot. As CEO of 4 Day Week Global throughout 2020 and 2021, he expanded this model to lead the large-scale, heavily publicized trials of the four-day week in the UK, North America, and Australia. In this role, he supported hundreds of organizations and thousands of employees to shorten their work hours and optimize their productivity. Joe also led a research project on work-time reduction as a visiting research scholar at Cornell University. Resources: Website: WorkTimeReduction.com Joe O’Connor’s 2023 reading list 4-Day Workweek joint research study by Josh Bersin Company with The Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence “Work-Life Bloom” by Dan Pontefract Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Sponsor For This Podcast: This episode is brought to you by The improve it! Podcast with Erin Diehl, a top 1% global podcast. Are you ready to transform your life through laughter, lifelong learning, and a little bit of improv magic? Well, get ready because The improve it! Podcast with Erin Diehl is here to add a dose of playfulness to your Wednesdays. Erin sits down with personal and professional development gurus to explore the pesky and beautiful aspects of life. They dive deep into the things that make us tick, laugh, and sometimes even cringe. You can find The improve it! Podcast on Apple, Spotify, or learntoimproveit.com. Subscribe today! Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Four Day Week: A Panacea for Productivity? | 26 Mar 2024 | 00:36:25 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes author, entrepreneur, and pioneer of the 4 day week movement, Andrew Barnes, to the show to examine the benefits of his innovative 4 day work week movement. Andrew explains why he originally piloted a 4 day week and how that led to a global research program involving academics from leading universities. Would this benefit us? And in what ways would we realize that benefit? Dr. Laura’s conversation with Andrew Barnes starts with the big question: how can fewer days lead to more productivity? Andrew first defines what productivity is before diving into how the 4 day week can change our work-life wellness. It’s clear from the statistics and research Andrew shares that the 4 day week is a viable alternative companies should be considering. Rather than reducing one’s pay to 80%, people are paid their full-time salary but complete their work over 4 instead of 5 days. This reduced workweek increases productivity and efficiency, leading us to have more control over our time, in turn improving our health and wellness. Dr. Laura and Andrew Barnes have a compelling discussion that will change the way we perceive work structure. “So one of the most interesting pieces of research that we run is when we've had people on a four day week, and at the end of the pilot we ask them: how much do I have to pay you to go back to five days from four days? And about 15% say you just physically can't pay me enough, just not doing it. About another 15% will need a 75% pay rise. And then, you know, a large chunk of them are going to need about 50%. So what that says is that an employee values the time off at a higher price than you are actually paying for it.” Andrew Barnes About Andrew Barnes: Entrepreneur Andrew Barnes has made a career of market-changing innovation and industry digitisation leading and transforming companies in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, he made international headlines across the world with an idea that he believed would raise productivity in the workplace, while also contributing to the personal wellbeing of his staff – a 4 day work week. Through his company – New Zealand's largest corporate trustee company, Perpetual Guardian – Andrew announced a 4 day week trial, with staff receiving an extra day off work, on full pay, each week. The trial was an undeniable success, sparking widespread international interest and winning a number of global awards. Today, Barnes is considered the pioneer and architect of the global 4 day week movement. As co-founder of 4 Day Week Global with his partner, Charlotte Lockhart, they are conducting the largest ever trials, currently taking place across the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. More than 250 companies around the world with over 100,000 staff are taking part in the trials to change their workplaces combined with a global research programme involving academics from leading universities including Boston College, Cambridge, Oxford and many more. Additionally, in the last 4 years Andrew has worked with companies such as Unilever and has been part of the advisory process for close to a dozen country and regional governments who are all effecting change to the way their populations will work now and in the future. Recently he was recognised Introducing The Forbes Future Of Work 50 as a leader in workplace innovation. Andrew and Charlotte’s vision is to provide a community environment for companies, researchers/academics and interested parties to be able to connect and advance this idea as part of the future of work. Through this work he is on the advisory boards of both the US and Ireland 4 day week campaigns and the board of the newly created Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and is a founding member of the World Wellbeing Movement. In 2019 he wrote The 4 Day Week book, as a how to guide for companies trying to reduce work hours and increase productivity. Resources: Website: 4DayWeek.com Andrew Barnes on LinkedIn “The 4 Day Week” by Andrew Barnes with Stephanie Jones “The Worst Journey in the World” by Apsley Cherry-Garrard Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Growing Through Discomfort to Thrive in Work and Life | 12 Mar 2024 | 00:37:07 | |
Dr. Laura talks with guest Sterling Hawkins, a keynote speaker and the author of “Hunting Discomfort”, about the possibilities inherent in working through our discomfort. Sterling shares a bit of his story, which started with amazing opportunities, and then plunged him into the depths of discomfort. He reveals how much he learned from that experience. One of the things that spurred Sterling out of his ultimate low point was something his mother said, “the way out is through”. That piece of advice inspired him to move through the uncomfortable, the painful, and the embarrassment to get to the other side where things improve. Sterling took that advice, and all the experiences he pushed himself into after it, and channelled it into his book, “Hunting Discomfort”. He and Dr. Laura break down the five types of discomfort people experience and discuss how they can be used to one’s advantage. This episode is a look at how resilient we can be if we choose to embrace discomfort and push through it. It’s a key lesson with a success rate Sterling can personally attest to. “...sometimes people hear ‘hunting discomfort’ or conversations about discomfort and they're like, Sterling, look at my career, my relationships, my bank account. I don't need to hunt discomfort, I'm surrounded by it. But my answer is always the same, which is if you're surrounded by discomfort, you're not hunting it, you're living with it, you're placating it. You're rationalizing why you have to live with those things in your life. When I'm talking about hunting discomfort, I'm talking about getting to the source, the root of what's driving that discomfort, and freeing yourself from that place that leaves you forever and permanently free.” Sterling Hawkins About Sterling Hawkins: Sterling Hawkins is out to break the status quo. He believes that we can all unlock incredible potential within ourselves, and he’s on a mission to support people, businesses and communities to realize that potential regardless of the circumstances. From a multi-billion dollar startup to collapse and coming back to launch, invest in and grow over 50 companies, Sterling takes that experience to work with C-level teams from some of the largest organizations on the planet and speaks on stages around the world. Today, Sterling serves as CEO and founder of the Sterling Hawkins Group, a research, training and development company focused on human and organizational growth. He has been seen in publications like Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, The New York Times and Forbes. Based in Colorado, Sterling is a proud uncle of four and a passionate adventurer who can often be found skydiving, climbing mountains, shark diving or even trekking the Sahara. Maybe you’ll even join him for the next adventure – and discover the breakthrough results you’re looking for. He’ll have your back, #NoMatterWhat. Resources: Website: SterlingHawkins.com Book: “Hunting Discomfort: How to Get Breakthrough Results in Life and Business No Matter What” by Sterling Hawkins “The Presence Process” by Michael Brown Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Preventing Burnout In Our Lives | 27 Feb 2024 | 00:15:00 | |
In a companion episode to Dr. Laura’s last episode on burnout (E73), she addresses what we need to know to identify and treat our burnout. Rather than talking to workplaces about how to prevent burnout in employees, this episode is all about us as individuals. What does burnout look like? What contributes to it? And what can we do about it? How do we help ourselves? Dr. Laura first defines burnout as “a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress” which means that personal and relationship stress, though impacting burnout, do not define the syndrome. She explains that mental health is on a continuum on which four main stages of depletion exist. We start off Healthy, move into Reacting, then if our needs are not addressed we enter into the Injured stage until, finally, we are deeply unwell in Illness. Each of these stages of burnout comes with increased mental and physical symptoms that must be recognized. Dr. Laura shares her insight on how we start to feel, the things we start to give up, and the ways in which we become ill. She explains how we need our work lives to foster our mental wellness so we can avoid burnout and mental illness in general. “I want to leave you with the fact that there is a way to address burnout once it happens, once you reach that end stage of burnout and you just feel a lack of energy, cynical, like you're not good enough, there is a way to get well again. And that burnout is not your fault. Oftentimes it's the organizational conditions you're in. It's the overload. It's the brutal boss that you're working for. It's the unhealthy team dynamics that are grating and wearing away at you. So it's not your fault, but you have the power to get the help you need.” Dr. Laura Note: If you wish to see the images Dr. Laura references, this episode can also be found on her YouTube channel here. About Dr. Laura: Bringing nearly 25 years of expertise as an Industrial/Organizational and Career Psychologist and pioneer in the future of work, Dr. Laura helps organizations evolve their cultures, and leaders and employees to thrive in their work and lives. She shares her expertise through keynote speaking, the Where Work Meets LifeTM podcast, strategic career coaching, and writing articles and books. Resources: Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Leveraging Life Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs | 13 Feb 2024 | 00:37:41 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Soren Kaplan, bestselling author, founder of Praxie.com, and Columnist for Inc. Magazine, to talk about his latest book, “Experiential Intelligence”. Soren talks about the impetus behind writing his book and defines Experiential Intelligence, or XQ, as a key factor in the road to success, alongside Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Soren shares examples of experiences from his childhood that have shaped into skills he uses today to explain XQ. Experiential Intelligence, or XQ, draws on experiential elements that give us understanding and abilities beyond what simple intelligence and resumés can explain. How we have lived matters to who we are. Dr. Laura and Soren Kaplan dive into elements of his book, explore how people learn and grow, and detail how leaders and managers can learn to assess XQ when hiring. Soren’s insights offer a way to look at the whole of a person and what they bring to the table, as well as opening each of us up to discover skills and attributes developed from our experience to aid us moving forward. “Usually we're talking about different assets other than emotions and IQ. We're talking about different attributes that we develop, usually based on our experience. And you and I were just talking about those experiences that we had in our home life that gave us practice doing certain things that give us these higher order abilities to navigate uncertainty or be resilient or understand group norms that exist underneath the surface of teams, whatever those things might be. And that's what I mean by experiential intelligence. It's your mindsets, your abilities, and really the know-how and skills that you develop over time through experience.” Soren Kaplan About Soren Kaplan: Soren Kaplan is a Wall Street Journal bestselling and award-winning author, a Columnist for Inc. Magazine, a leading keynote speaker, the founder of Praxie.com, and an affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at USC’s Marshall School of Business. Business Insider and the Thinkers50 have recognized him as one of the world’s top management thought leaders and consultants. His latest book, Experiential Intelligence, reveals how life experience contributes to real intelligence on par with IQ (intellect) and EQ (emotional intelligence) and can be leveraged for breakthrough in leadership and innovation. Concepts from the book have been profiled in Harvard Business Review, Psychology Today, Forbes, National Public Radio, and other media. Soren has advised and led professional development programs for thousands of executives around the world, including Disney, NBCUniversal, Kimberly-Clark, Colgate-Palmolive, Hershey, Red Bull, Medtronic, Roche, Philips, Cisco, Visa, Ascension Health, Kaiser Permanente, CSAA Insurance Group, American Nurses Association, and many others. He has lectured at the Harvard Business School, Copenhagen Business School, Melbourne Business School, Breda University in the Netherlands, and with other MBA and executive education programs globally. Soren’s debut book, Leapfrogging, was named “Best Leadership Book” and The Invisible Advantage received the “Best General Business Book” distinction by the International Book Awards. He has been quoted, published, and interviewed by Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, CNBC, National Public Radio, the American Management Association, USA Today, Strategy & Leadership, and The International Handbook on Innovation, among many others. He holds Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Organizational Psychology. Resources: Website: SorenKaplan.com “Experiential Intelligence” by Soren Kaplan “Leapfrogging” by Soren Kaplan Soren Kaplan on LinkedIn The Drive podcast The Ezra Klein Show podcast Making Sense podcast Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Never Not Working: How Always-On Cultures are Bad for People and Business | 30 Jan 2024 | 00:35:48 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Dr. Malissa Clark, an associate professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Georgia, about workaholism and her upcoming book, “Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture is Bad for Business - and How to Fix It”. Dr. Clark defines modern day workaholism, and explains why it’s so detrimental to both individuals and businesses. There is an aspect of workaholism that’s “like water to a fish”, according to Malissa Clark, which is that we are so immersed in work that we simply don’t notice it. She works to define workaholism and breaks it down into four main components: behavioral, motivational, emotional, and cognitive. Dr. Clark unpacks each of the components, which are detailed in her book, and talks about the research, interviews, and thoughts that she drew upon when writing “Never Not Working”. This episode dovetails nicely with the focus on remote and hybrid work that Dr. Laura focuses on, bringing work wellness and health into the forefront of discussion. “...we synthesized all of the research on the relationship between level of workaholism and performance ratings. And we basically find no relationship. And that is including if they were rating themselves or the bosses were rating their performance… my research and other people's research continually shows over and over again that not only do we not find that relationship… but we find that workaholism is related to a whole host of other detrimental outcomes, such as workaholics tend to be sometimes not the best coworkers and bosses for a variety of reasons.” Dr. Malissa Clark About Dr. Malissa Clark: Malissa Clark is an associate professor of industrial/organizational (I-O) psychology at the University of Georgia, where she has been on faculty since 2013. Currently, Clark serves as associate head of the department of psychology and director of the Healthy Work Lab. She is a recognized expert on the topics of workaholism, overwork, burnout, and employee well-being. Clark earned her Ph.D. in I-O psychology from Wayne State University, and her B.A. in organizational studies from the University of Michigan. She has received awards for her writing and mentoring, and her work has been funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). In 2023, Clark was named a Fellow of SIOP, a status that recognizes unusual and outstanding contributions that have an important impact on I-O psychology. Her first book, Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business—and How to Fix It, launches in February 2024. Clark’s work has been published in premier outlets such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior. She serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology and as action editor for Journal of Business and Psychology and Occupational Health Science. Clark is passionate about bridging the scientist-practitioner gap and advocating for healthier workplaces and worker well-being through her speaking and consulting. Her work has been featured on various podcasts and in outlets such as Time, US News and World Report, New York Times, and The Atlantic. She currently serves as a member of the NIOSH Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Council. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and travelling. Resources: Pre-order “Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture is Bad for Business - and How to Fix It” by Malissa Clark (release date February 6, 2024) Healthy Work Lab; Department of Psychology at the University of Georgia “The 4 Day Week” by Andrew Barnes, Stephanie Jones “Overwhelmed” by Brigid Schulte Thriving at Work with Dr. Patricia Grabarek and Dr. Katina Sawyer podcast Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Mind-Body Cure: The Impacts of Chronic Stress and How to Reclaim Our Wellness | 16 Jan 2024 | 00:35:46 | |
Dr. Laura talks with Dr. Bal Pawa about her book, “The Mind-Body Cure”, and her journey through the health field into her focus on integrative medicine. Dr. Pawa shares her story of being a physician and a patient on the same day after a car accident, and how that opened her eyes to an entirely new experience and perspective on medicine. Dr. Pawa discusses the science and medical background that informs her book but stresses that she made it very digestible to anyone without that background. She talks about personal healing and learning to regulate our own nervous systems, a preventative model of medicine that she says is missing from our current healthcare system. Dr. Pawa teaches Dr. Laura a breathing exercise from her book, one that helps improve oxygen saturation in the lungs and calm the nervous system. Dr. Pawa’s knowledge and experience inform her message about the impacts of chronic stress and the importance of the mind-body connection. She shares her insight with as many people as possible in order to change lives. “If 75% of our physical symptoms are attributed to chronic stress and anxiety - because of the hormones I talked about, cortisol and adrenaline - and if that's the case and the other 25% are viral, infectious, injury, well, then it behooves us to make sure we pay attention to what causes stress hormones.” Dr. Bal Pawa About Bal Pawa: Dr. Pawa has 30-plus years in the health field as a physician with a focus on Integrative Medicine and Women's Health. She obtained certification in Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is also a Certified Menopause Clinician and has completed additional studies on Functional Medicine: Neuroplasticity, Gut, Brain, and Autoimmune disease. Bal is a passionate advocate for bringing evidence-based medicine to the masses and empowering them with knowledge. She has been an invited speaker on radio, television, community events, and presented health lectures to corporations across Canada, the USA, and the UK. Her TEDx talk about the role of stress and anxiety on your health has nearly 1 million views. Dr. Pawa's, international best-selling book The Mind-Body Cure provides tools for self-care, as people struggle to reclaim their health. A Clinical Instructor at UBC Faculty of Medicine, Bal continues to inspire and mentor younger physicians. Resources: Website: DrBalPawa.com “The Mind-Body Cure: Heal Your Pain, Anxiety, and Fatigue by Controlling Chronic Stress” by Bal Pawa “Chronic Stress, Anxiety? You Are Your Best Doctor!” | Dr. Bal Pawa | TEDxSFU Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Burnout Prevention: What Organizations Must Do | 02 Jan 2024 | 00:20:46 | |
Dr. Laura addresses the topic of burnout in this episode, defining exactly what it is and describing the workplace symptoms that can contribute to it. Burnout is not a category of mental disorder or a formal medical diagnosis but instead a stress response to toxic and suboptimal working conditions. How can it be prevented? Dr. Laura shares her insight. The quick fixes that organizations implement to combat burnout don’t proactively solve the problem. As good as a wellness program and yoga class can be, it won’t fix the root cause of employee burnout. Dr. Laura breaks down all the signs of a toxic workplace: the types of dysfunctional dynamics that directly contribute to burnout. She also explains how organizations can find out about those toxic symptoms in order to address them at the root. There is a responsibility on companies and leaders to eliminate the systemic issues leading to burnout so healthier and more productive workforces can be cultivated. Dr. Laura’s expertise in organizational psychology shines a light on how this might be accomplished. “... basically burnout is a result of suboptimal working conditions. Too often we'll put the blame on the individual and we'll say, well, that individual, that person, they're just not coping very well with the workload. Or maybe they have a lot going on in their personal lives, and that's why they're burnt out. That's not actually the case. When we look at burnout, we have to put a lot of weight into the workplace situation that the person is finding themselves in ... ” Dr. Laura Note: If you wish to see the images Dr. Laura references, this episode can also be found on her YouTube channel here. About Dr. Laura: Bringing nearly 25 years of expertise as an Industrial/Organizational and Career Psychologist and pioneer in the future of work, Dr. Laura helps organizations evolve their cultures, and leaders and employees to thrive in their work and lives. She shares her expertise through keynote speaking, the Where Work Meets LifeTM podcast, strategic career coaching, and writing articles and books. Resources: Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Emotionally Strong Leader: Transforming from the Inside Out | 19 Dec 2023 | 00:36:45 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes guest Carolyn Stern, President and CEO of EI Experience and author of The Emotionally Strong Leader, to the show for a conversation about emotional intelligence in leaders. Carolyn is an emotional intelligence and leadership development expert who discusses her belief that everyone needs an education in how to communicate and resolve conflict when emotional, especially those in leadership roles. Carolyn relates personal examples of how she learned to control her emotions to find the strength to communicate clearly and get her job done under stress. She explains how having emotions and being emotional is different, why emotions and feelings are not bad experiences if we can manage our responses to them, and how to identify our triggers so we can be on top of them. Dr. Laura explores how Carolyn’s book offers an emotional intelligence learning process for readers to take part in and what those key steps look like. Emotional intelligence is not taught in schools but it’s a vital skill for everyone to develop in life, something that will assist not only leaders but anyone in managing healthy communication and relationships. “... I think that the bottom line is our emotions are incredibly powerful. I think we overvalue positive emotions and undervalue negative emotions, but you and I both know they both provide gifts. Every emotion tells you something.” Carolyn Stern About Carolyn Stern: Carolyn Stern is the President and CEO of EI Experience—an executive leadership development and emotional intelligence training firm. She is a certified Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Development Expert, professional speaker, award-winning author, and university professor. Since launching her book, The Emotionally Strong Leader: An Inside-Out Journey to Transformational Leadership, Carolyn has quickly gained acclaim following her appearances on The Social, CTV Your Morning, Daytime Chicago, and Global TV. Her book was awarded the Axiom Book Award for Best Business Book in 2023 in the leadership category and the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the career category. She has also been featured in various media outlets across the globe, including Forbes, Fast Company, The European Business Review, The Globe and Mail, and Inc.com. Carolyn’s emotional intelligence courses and modules have been adopted by top universities, and she has trained over 35,000 business leaders across the continent in highly regarded corporations. Resources: Website: CarolynStern.com “The Emotionally Strong Leader: An Inside-Out Journey to Transformational Leadership” by Carolyn Stern “Dare to Lead” by Brené Brown Dare to Lead with Brené Brown podcast Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Fighting the Good Fight for Workplace Flexibility: Why Remote Work Can’t Go Away! | 05 Dec 2023 | 00:37:00 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes guest Kaleem Clarkson, CEO of Blend Me, Inc., to the show to talk about the importance of remote work. Blend Me, Inc. is a consultancy that helps small businesses transform into remote or hybrid-remote workplaces. Kaleen is a passionate advocate for remote work and his conversation with Dr. Laura reveals why. Kaleem reminds us that at the start of the pandemic much of the working world went remote in just a month. He points to that as being one of the best examples of business leaders’ ability to transform and be agile. But now, with a push to return to the office like before, he says leaders are falling into what he calls “leadership nostalgia”. Kaleem and Dr. Laura discuss how leaders are afraid of what the future holds and back away from remote-hybrid work because what they know is comforting. Kaleem explains how he became passionate about remote work, why office buildings are still vacant, and his desire for vacant buildings to become residential assets. The discussion sheds light on why we shouldn’t move backwards away from the remote work ground we’ve gained. “… leaders love the way things used to be. That's what they knew, and I've been trying to gain a lot more empathy. I think that's one thing, humility, a little more humility. A little more empathy for some of these leaders because they don't know any other way. You know, that's how they moved up the ranks. They went to the golf course, they played golf. They were the chummy person in the office a lot of times, like that's how they were able to get ahead and that's all they know.” Kaleem Clarkson About Kaleem Clarkson: Kaleem is a husband, father, remote work advocate, and speaker. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Blend Me, Inc, a fractional people operations consultancy that helps startups and small businesses transform into high-functioning remote or hybrid-remote workplaces by improving the remote employee experience. He has been featured in Harvard Business Review, CNBC, Fortune Magazine, named to LinkedIn’s Top 10 Voices in Remote Work, listed as one of the top 15 Remote Work Advocates by the All-American Speakers Bureau and named as a 2023 Top Remote Work Influencer by Remote.com. Kaleem has presented at South by Southwest, Transform HR, Make-A-Wish Foundation and has shared the stage alongside leadership from companies such as Google, United Airlines, Facebook, Visa, and HP. Kaleem is passionate about work-life integration and the remote employee experience. Resources: Website: BlendMeInc.com Website: RemotelylOne.com How I Built This with Guy Raz podcast Smartless with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett podcast Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Resilience Plan: Optimizing your Work Performance and Mental Health | 30 Jul 2024 | 00:36:17 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier, leadership psychologist, executive coach, and author, to the show to tackle the issue of resilience. Resilience is a quality that increases our ability to handle stress and bounce back from setbacks with greater ease. But how do we identify healthy ways to develop resilience and to tap into it when needed? How can it assist our work performance? Marie-Hélène answers these questions in her new book “The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health” and shares key insights in this episode. In working with her clients through executive coaching and in her speaking work, Marie-Hélène would hear feedback about how helpful her knowledge of resilience was. That led her to write this book so she could share the message with a greater audience. Resilience, according to Marie-Hélène, is the skill we need to hone to deal with the chronic demands at work and life in general. In her book, she walks us through analyzing the demands on our time and how to create a strategic plan to strengthen our resilience through action. The ideas that Dr. Pelletier shares are uniquely positioned to help us survive increasing patterns of burnout and her ideas can be tailored to each of our individual needs. “Then you may have had people around you that tell you, oh, you're so resilient, we can give you anything and it always works. And then they'll start calling you the rock, the rock of the team, the rock of the family. And so you get to a point where you buy it, you associate with that idea. It feels like it's an identity. And that's a trap because we know from research [that] resilience is not a personality trait. It's a state.” Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier About Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier: Throughout her career in business management and psychology, Dr. Pelletier has spearheaded the dialogue on the crucial issues of leadership resilience and work performance. Drawing on her extensive background in corporate, insurance, governance and public sectors, she brings an international perspective and unique expertise on leadership. She is a practicing leadership psychologist and executive coach with over 20 years of experience and holds a Ph.D. and an MBA from the University of British Columbia. Marie-Hélène is a Member of the Global Clinical Practice Network of the World Health Organization and past Director on the boards of the Canadian Psychological Association and the International Association of Applied Psychology. She has presented, authored and co-authored a number of industry and academic publications and has won numerous academic and industry awards. In 2024, Dr. Pelletier published her award-winning book, The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health. Resources: Website: DrMarie-Helene.com Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier on LinkedIn “The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health” by Marie-Hélène Pelletier, PhD MBA Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Seismic Shifts in Leadership | 21 Nov 2023 | 00:30:42 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes guest Michelle K Johnston, executive coach and author of “The Seismic Shift in Leadership”, to the show to talk about how leadership has changed. The old way of leading with an iron fist, using command and control, is no longer how great leaders operate. Leaders today need to embrace connection, which is the focus of Michelle’s book. Sharing personal stories in “The Seismic Shift in Leadership” connects Michelle with readers in much the same way as she urges leaders to connect with their teams. In order to reach people, we first have to know who we truly are and be comfortable in our own skins. Once we have that insight, we can connect authentically with others. Michelle shares her growth stories with Dr. Laura and speaks about why leaders need to listen more than talk and how coaches can foster healthy workplaces. Leadership should inspire trust and build connection, and Michelle’s advice on how to achieve that is truly valuable for both work and life wellness. “… I realized that connection was key and I wanted to explore more about connecting. And that's what the seismic shift in leadership is about … the new leader today who is truly effective has an ability to meaningfully connect with their teams and to inspire them and to motivate. But first you have to step back and make sure you're connected with yourself.” Michelle Johnston About Michelle K. Johnston: Dr. Michelle K. Johnston is a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert who is the Clifton A. Morvant Distinguished Professor in Business at Loyola University New Orleans. Her first book, The Seismic Shift in Leadership, The Seismic Shift in Leadership: How to Thrive in a New Era of Connection, is now an Amazon bestseller. She was recently named A Woman of the Year by CityBusiness and one of the most influential New Orleanians. Michelle is a celebrated keynote speaker presenting at conferences and events nationwide. She received her Ph.D. in Communication from Louisiana State University and was named to the prestigious 100 Coaches Group, which consists of the top executive coaches worldwide. For speaking engagements, media, and more, visit michellekjohnston.com. Resources: Website: MichelleKJohnston.com Michelle on LinkedIn “The Seismic Shift in Leadership: How to Thrive in a New Era of Connection” by Michelle K. Johnston “The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brene Brown “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” by Marshall Goldsmith Dr. Ruth Gotian weekly show “Optimizing Success” “The Success Factor” by Ruth Gotian Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Your Career Development: Keys to Fulfillment and Growth | 07 Nov 2023 | 00:16:48 | |
Dr. Laura’s 25 years of experience in career psychology informs this episode’s discussion about career development trends and how you can take charge of your career. Dr. Laura shares how she chose to specialize in career development when she obtained her Master’s in Counseling Psychology and how that led her to found Canada Career Counseling. In referencing the Psychological Contract: A Paradigm Shift, Dr. Laura breaks down how the old contract for obtaining and maintaining a career has given way to an entirely new contract and what that means. Defining how we individually see success is now as important as evaluating exactly what we want to do with our time. A great deal of our career satisfaction comes from understanding who we are: what our skills and strengths are, what values we hold, and our interests and passions. Dr. Laura explains how these things shape us and why they are vital to our personal and professional fulfillment and growth. “Covid brought on a lot of people reconsidering: what do I want to do? … And do I want a job that feels meaningless and doesn't give me purpose? Or do I want to have a job that I feel makes some sort of difference to humanity? A difference in the world, whether that's helping others, helping the environment, whether it's innovating to make our lives easier, whether it's exciting technology development. Different strokes for different folks. But it's important to understand this great re-evaluation is still happening and the quiet quitting movement is where people are feeling less attached to work. They're feeling [that] maybe what they're doing is no longer meaningful and they're figuring out a higher purpose.” Dr. Laura Note: If you wish to see the images Dr. Laura references, this episode can also be found on her YouTube channel here. About Dr. Laura: Bringing nearly 25 years of expertise as an Industrial/Organizational and Career Psychologist and pioneer on the future of work, Dr. Laura helps organizations evolve their cultures, and leaders and employees to thrive in their work and lives. She shares her expertise through keynote speaking, the Where Work Meets LifeTM podcast, strategic career coaching, and writing articles and books. Resources: Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Money and Well-Being: How the Pink Tax Harms Us All | 24 Oct 2023 | 00:30:53 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes guest Janine Rogan, CPA and Founder/CEO of the Wealth Building Academy, to the show to talk about financial equity and her new book “The Pink Tax”. Janine’s mission is to empower women to confidently grow their wealth through financial feminism, and her insight is invaluable not just to women but to everyone invested in financial equity. In “The Pink Tax”, Janine writes about the impacts of the systems we’ve set up in society on certain groups of people. She uses the book to educate and inform women about the financial industry and her company, the Wealth Building Academy, also has an online investing course geared towards women. Dr. Laura and Janine address salary negotiations, how financial planners are compensated, and three personas we can take on to impact change. Finances are an aspect of well-being as they affect not only our physical state but our emotional and mental wellness too. This episode shines a light on the need for financial equity and some ways to go about achieving it. “I think there are two key areas that I really want women to take away when it comes to their own personal finances … number one is negotiation. I think women under-negotiate. We know that every $5,000 that you negotiate in your early career years, in your early salaries, can translate to over $750,000 in wages over the course of your career. So we know negotiating is important. And it doesn't always have to just be negotiating salary. It can be negotiating time off. It can be negotiating work from home.” Janine Rogan About Janine Rogan: Janine Rogan, CPA, is a passionate keynote and TEDx speaker. She is the Founder and CEO of The Wealth Building Academy Inc. and an award-winning CPA. Her mission is to educate and empower women to confidently and profitably grow their wealth, through financial feminism - financial equality for all. Janine has been featured internationally in a number of publications and has delivered keynotes to thousands of individuals and companies around the world. She currently sits on the CPA Alberta Education Foundation board, the board of FESA, and the planning committee of the AICPA Global Women’s Leadership Summit. Janine is pursuing her Master’s in Economic Sustainability through the University of Torrens in Australia. In spring 2023, Rogan released her debut book “The Pink Tax: Dismantling A Financial System Designed To Keep Women Broke” published by Page Two Books. In it, Janine explores the hidden ways that women are held back in our society—from overpriced women’s themed items to the motherhood penalty. It debuted at #1 on Amazon for Feminist Theory books. Janine is a University of Alberta alumni, born and raised in Edmonton, Canada. She is currently based out of Calgary where she lives with her husband Andrew, son Theodore, and pup Lazer. Resources: Website: TheWealthBuildingAcademy.com Website: JanineRogan.com “The Pink Tax: Dismantling A Financial System Designed To Keep Women Broke” by Janine Rogan “Say Less, Get More” by Fotini Iconomopoulos Website: The Trauma of Money “Cultish” by Amanda Montell “Wordslut” by Amanda Montell Goal Digger Podcast by Jenna Kutcher Online Marketing Made Easy Podcast by Amy Porterfield Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Making Bold Life Changes: Turning Fear into Courage | 10 Oct 2023 | 00:35:21 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes guest Samra Zafar - founder and CEO of Brave Beginnings, best-selling author of “A Good Wife”, and internationally renowned speaker - to the show to talk about the courage to make big life changes. Samra herself made a bold and difficult life change when she escaped an abusive marriage, as detailed in her book, and she offers insight gained from that experience. Samra shares her story with Dr. Laura. She talks about why she’s pursuing her MD after a career in finance and how she has managed the pivot into medicine after escaping her arranged teenage marriage with two children. Samra addresses the idea of courage as not being the absence of fear but the willingness to do the thing even when you’re terrified. Dr. Laura and Samra have a revealing discussion about believing in yourself, the psychological damage of abuse, why she wrote “A Good Wife”, and the impact telling her story has had across the world. It’s an inspirational episode with a message for everyone. “It's very, very natural to feel those feelings of fear and imposter syndrome and all those things. So courage is not the absence of those things. Courage is, Yes, I am afraid right now. Yes, I'm terrified. Yes, this feels scary. But this means something to me and I care about this, so I'm going to do it anyway. Courage is trusting in your ability to figure things out.” Samra Zafar About Samra Zafar: Samra Zafar is an award-winning internationally renowned speaker, bestselling author, and educator for equity, mental health, and human rights. Samra is currently pursuing an MD at McMaster's DeGroote School of Medicine with the purpose of becoming a psychiatrist promoting inclusive mental health. She is the founder and CEO of Brave Beginnings, a national charity supporting women in building lives of freedom after escaping abuse and oppression. She has been recognized twice among the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada. She is also named among the Top 25 Most Inspirational Women in Canada, and Top 25 Canadian Immigrants. She is the 2021 recipient of the Desmond Parker Outstanding Young Alumni Award at University of Toronto, in recognition of her work to advance human rights. She served as one of the youngest alumni governors for the University of Toronto. She currently serves as a board member for Women’s College Hospital Foundation and a Celebrated Ambassador for Plan International Canada. Samra's book, “A Good Wife: Escaping The Life I Never Chose”, based on her journey of escaping an abusive child marriage to pursue her education and shed light on gender-based oppression, is an international bestseller, and is being adapted for television. Her work has impacted millions and has been extensively featured in national and global media. Resources: Website: SamraZafar.com “A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose” by Samra Zafar and Meg Masters “Good Morning, I Love You” by Shauna Shapiro, PhD Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Flexibility and Neurodiversity: Creating Inclusive Work Environments | 26 Sep 2023 | 00:28:59 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes productivity catalyst, highly sensitive executive coach, and international speaker Clare Kumar to the show to discuss designing workspaces for neurodivergent productivity. Clare has a wealth of insight into how spaces can best suit inclusion and differing work needs. Dr. Laura and Clare Kumar talk about neurodiversity and exactly what sorts of behaviors and traits encompass neurodiversity. Clare explains the needs that often accompany neurodiversity, why hybrid and flexible work arrangements are so important, and how we are lacking in organizational training around the impacts of our physical spaces on wellbeing. The conversation is a welcome look into neurodiverse needs and ties into Dr. Laura’s continuing study of flexible work situations and what we all need for well-being and productivity. “What we've seen collectively is the recognition that people can work effectively from home and that a large majority of people are fiercely clinging to the ability to be working from home and the autonomy that comes with that. So, yes, I think it's highly advantageous for the neurodivergent population, but really most humans want a degree of customizing their work experience and having some autonomy to do that, whether it be time, space, how you're doing the work, all of that has a part to play in people showing up at their best.” Clare Kumar About Clare Kumar: Productivity catalyst, highly sensitive executive coach, and international speaker Clare Kumar examines the intersection of productivity and inclusivity – paying attention to both being and doing. She inspires individuals to design for well-being and cultivate sustainable performance while avoiding exhaustion and burnout. Clare encourages leaders to design inclusive performances to invite the richest contributions from every member of their team. This is a topic Clare explores with innovators as host of the Happy Space Podcast. Clare draws on a diverse corporate career that took her from Toronto to Tokyo and Montreal, with equal experience as an entrepreneur. She is a sought-after media contributor to news and lifestyle shows including the Huffington Post, Fast Company, the Globe and Mail, CBC Radio, The Social, and the Marilyn Denis Show. Whether speaking to one person or thousands, Clare loves inspiring massive shifts by inviting you to pay attention to little things that make a big difference. She welcomes all highly sensitive professionals as well as those who want to love and support them to find community in the Happy Space Pod. Resources: Website: ClareKumar.com “The Highly Sensitive Person” by Elaine N. Aron, PhD “Sensitive” by Jenn Granneman and Andre Solo Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Evolving Landscape of Work and Careers | 12 Sep 2023 | 00:18:02 | |
Dr. Laura reflects on the just-finished Season 3 of Where Work Meets LifeTM, and the themes and highlights she explored throughout key episodes. She looks ahead to the upcoming Season 4 and shares the topics she wants to revisit from new angles and which new ideas she will examine in the coming episodes. Dr. Laura addresses hot topics like AI, hybrid and flexible work, and toxic workplaces and bosses, which she has been talking about recently and wants to explore in more depth in coming episodes. The idea of nuanced humans, embracing our intuition, heart, and inner wisdom in making career decisions, is something she cherishes discussing, as well as the brain, the neuroscience behind what we do and choose. Season 3 brought many enlightening episodes that each investigate different aspects of wellbeing, workplace and career. Dr. Laura highlights a few key guests and conversations that are worth revisiting for inspiration and advice. Thank you all for being on the journey so far and join Dr. Laura for even more insight and knowledge in Season 4. “...I think that intuition is an important element of our work and our lives. I would love to continue talking about that when it comes to thriving humans. And creating meaning and fulfillment in our lives is super important because it is easy to get consumed by fear and worry and constant thoughts that are churning in our heads, and to have difficulty grounding and finding purpose and meaning in this life.” Dr. Laura About Dr. Laura: Bringing nearly 25 years of expertise as an Industrial/Organizational and Career Psychologist and pioneer on the future of work, Dr. Laura helps organizations evolve their cultures, and leaders and employees to thrive in their work and lives. She shares her expertise through keynote speaking, the Where Work Meets LifeTM podcast, strategic career coaching, and writing articles and books. Resources: “The Impact of AI on Tomorrow’s Job Market” by Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett on LinkedIn Episode 62 | The Gift of Intuition in Our Work and Lives Episode 41 | Too Bad to Stay, Too Good to Leave: Making Purposeful Career Pivots Episode 42 | Career Fulfillment: Making or Breaking our Work-Life Wellness Episode 57 | The Power of Exercise to Optimize your Brain and Mental Wellness Episode 61 | Vitamin N: The Power of Nature in Work/Life Wellness Episode 64 | The Generous Workhome: Boosting Your Wellbeing and Productivity Episode 47 | Tragedy as Our Teacher: Finding Silver Linings with Detective Sweet Episode 48 | Unlikely Connections, Affirmations, and the Power to Make a Difference Episode 54 | Special Episode on The LiLoHia Project: with guests Gerald Auger and Sass Jordan Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Generous Workhome: Boosting Your Wellbeing and Productivity | 28 Aug 2023 | 00:36:12 | |
Dr. Laura records a special episode live in Bruges, Belgium, with guest Philip Vanhoutte for a tour of the Generous Workhome. Philip explains how the vital elements of nature and wellbeing were distilled into six essentials for work health, and how those six essentials were built into the Generous Workhome to create an optimal, productive environment. Philip drew from research into the value of pulling nature into daily life and the concepts of biophilic design to create the blueprint for the Generous Workhome. His theory is encapsulated by the acronym EASI, which is defined as Energizing being the key to driving Authoring, Sharing, and Interacting. As Philip guides Dr. Laura through the prototype Workhome studio spaces, it is evident that elements of sound blocking, nature, movement, adjustable lighting, and air temperature have all been carefully curated. Dr. Laura learns more about how EASI needs are woven into a functional work layout, the intention behind every choice, and how the outdoors can be brought into daily life. The YouTube version of this episode will enable viewers to truly see the Generous Workhome, aspects of which can be applied into our own work environments. “In here you are hearing the sounds of a forest at this very moment. It's a biophilic sound which has no repetition or pattern in it. So it's not twice the same bird that you're hearing chirping. And that puts people at ease. What human beings and animals need is the sounds of water, wind, and birds. If they hear these things, they relax.” Philip Vanhoutte About Philip Vanhoutte: Leveraging a rewarding international career in the ITC industry, Philip Vanhoutte’s passion for personal productivity tools and communication & collaboration solutions morphed into a singular purpose: accelerating the realization of human potential. Philip champions the adoption of Smarter Working: a holistic human centered work design practice that unifies space, technology, and people disciplines. He co-authored The Smarter Working Manifesto, a definitive guide on how to shape the best work style. In his quest for health and joy at work he learned that Nature Deficit Disorder has produced highest ever burnouts, work induced sickness, and a struggling workforce. He campaigned for more nature at work with Ozadi at SXSW in Austin and GCUC in Denver. Philip graduated from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium with a combined Applied Economics and Engineering degree and a major in Marketing. He started his career at Accenture Consulting, to continue with key change management roles at Engie and Wang Laboratories. In the second part of his IT career, he grew the MCI WorldCom International business, became Chief Marketing Officer at Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications to finish a blue-chip career as SrVP and MD of Plantronics (now part of HP) Europe and Africa. Since the Financial Crisis of 2008, Philip became a strong advocate of Agile Working with a passion for Human Dimensions of Organisations. He is known for transformational projects in award-winning offices which are acoustic temples and benchmarks for the biophilic built environment. He has advised Leesman, Veldhoen+Company and Work EvOHlution, and provided support to the founding of the Osservatorio Smart Working at the Politecnico di Milano. Resources: Website: https://smarterworking.io/ “The Smarter Working Manifesto” by Guy Clapperton and Philip Vanhoutte “14 Patterns of Biophilic Design” by Terrapin Bright Green “Forest Bathing” by Dr. Qing Li “Spring Cannot Be Cancelled” by David Hockney and Martin Gayford Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Philanthropy Through Fashion: Purpose, Planet and People | 14 Aug 2023 | 00:32:12 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes guest Randi Seiff, President and Chief Creative Officer of Treun, to talk about how Treun is bringing sustainability and philanthropy into luxury fashion. Randi has been in the fashion and lifestyle industry for over 30 years and values the ability to align brands with social good. Randi and Creative Founder Doug McClain met at the start of COVID, and from their alignment on philanthropy through fashion, Treun was born. Randi shares the statistic that out of 150 billion ready to wear garments annually sold, 30% and can end up in landfills! Treun seeks to reduce that waste by focusing on made to order and made to measure garments, removing inventory and poorly fit returns from the equation. Randi and Dr. Laura discuss how Treun focuses on use of natural fibers in the fabrics they make, using deadstock, eliminating plastic packaging, and Treun’s commitment to support a different foundation or charity quarterly. Through live events they seek to bring awareness to and raise funds for each charity. This conversation highlights how fashion can be re-thought with the needs of the planet and people in mind, reducing waste and harm while feeling and doing good. “... it goes back to using sustainability as a lens through which you look at everything… and sustainability, for me, it's a vehicle for product innovation and value creation, and that can be applied to any industry. Certainly you can look at every touchpoint and try and think how you can do this differently; just because it's been done that way for a zillion years doesn't mean that's the right way for now. As we have learned with the fashion system right now, we know the industry is broken and we're slowly but surely spreading the word to get other companies on board.” Randi Seiff About Randi Seiff: Randi Seiff is a Creative and Strategist in one, with 30+ years of expertise in fashion & lifestyle, specializing in design, branding, & product development, building purpose-driven brands from concept to completion. Randi brings a unique perspective where marketing, brand, and design work together to streamline a cohesive brand experience. Design-driven and strategy-led, with a mission to find solutions towards circularity, she uses design-thinking as a methodology for creative problem-solving to design entire brand experiences, connecting sustainability and purpose at every touchpoint - from design to supply chain to sales. A holistic approach where every detail matters and is a deliberate piece of the overall experience ensures the customer, brand, product, marketing, and experience authentically connect. Tapping into a shared sense of community and purpose, Randi leverages collaborations for product innovation and strategic partnerships, and with empathy, entrepreneurial spirit, and imagination, communicates the story to bring the brand’s personality to life….a triple win-win-win….for people, planet and profit. Resources: Randi Seiff Website: randiseiffdesign.com Treun Website: treunhouse.com “Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst” by Laura Belgray Seth’s Blog by Seth Godin Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Gift of Intuition in Our Work and Lives | 28 Jul 2023 | 00:17:54 | |
Dr. Laura hosts another solo episode to discuss the topic of intuition. A topic she is passionate about, she defines intuition as a gut instinct, feeling something is off, or a hunch that something isn’t right. Our intuition is as valuable to our lives as science and data, and Dr. Laura explains why. Our inner voice is an accumulation of so many experiences we’ve had as a human being and it needs to be taken into account. The common perception that our intuition is “fluffy” or just “emotional” discounts our natural instincts and inner knowing. Dr. Laura explains some of the science behind intuition, the ability to sense external cues that stems from our spinal cord and guts, and why learning to factor intuition into our daily lives gives us extra insight into decision making. Intuition is a gift; we should be conscious of honing it to the benefit of our work and lives. “We all make decisions that we end up regretting. But I want to encourage you to turn that regret into learning. Say, what did I learn from that for next time that I'm going to put into action so that I can better trust my gut? Because again, the concrete data is important, but it does not always tell us the full story of what lies ahead.” Dr. Laura About Dr. Laura: Bringing nearly 25 years of expertise as an Industrial/Organizational and Career Psychologist and pioneer on the future of work, Dr. Laura helps organizations evolve their cultures, and leaders and employees to thrive in their work and lives. She shares her expertise through keynote speaking, the Where Work Meets LifeTM podcast, strategic career coaching, and writing articles and books. Resources: Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Vitamin N: The Power of Nature in Work/Life Wellness | 14 Jul 2023 | 00:41:54 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes guests Laura Cohen, counsellor and founder of her own nature therapy practice, and Philip Vanhoutte, ITC industry professional and author of “The Smarter Working Manifesto”, to the show to talk about the power of Vitamin N, nature. Both Laura and Philip are champions of the benefits of a connection with nature at work and in life. Laura Cohen, who works with Dr. Laura through Canada Career Counselling, details studies that show people to be happiest in coastal environments and outdoors. She also cites the profound benefits of nature for those living with ADHD. Philip Vanhoutte is a proponent of Biophilic Design, which includes identifying fourteen patterns of nature that would ideally be included in a building to directly impact the wellness of individuals within. The ways in which nature improves our work lives and overall health are compelling and it becomes apparent that we need to set ourselves up to maximize our interactions with nature. Laura and Philip share their individual expertise on the transformative power of nature and how they each advise incorporating more of the outdoors into our daily lives. “There's also this idea that I think a lot of the time we see nature as this thing that's separate from us or that it's a commodity to fulfill us and make us feel good… it reduces our stress hormones and we see it as something that's beneficial. But the next level is kind of understanding the reciprocity and how do I give back to nature, and developing that sort of deeper relationship with nature.” Laura Cohen About Laura Cohen: Originally from Montreal, Laura is now based in Halifax with a 10 minute walk to the ocean. For the last 6 years, Laura has worked as a counsellor in universities, Employee Assistance Programs, and in private practice, including her own nature therapy practice and Canada Career Counselling. Laura holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from McGill University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a minor in Psychology from Concordia University. Laura has been a guest lecturer for organizations such as Dalhousie University, Concordia University, Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association presenting on the mental health benefits of nature as well as, offers individual nature-informed therapy and outdoor groups therapeutic services for women and children for an embodied experience. She is also an intuitive, creative, and finds herself exploring the intersection of psychospiritual concepts and western psychology in her work as a nature therapist guiding her clients through the lens of transpersonal psychology, polyvagal theory, creative arts, and other modalities like Acceptance & commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems. About Philip Vanhoutte: Leveraging a rewarding international career in the ITC industry, Philip Vanhoutte’s passion for personal productivity tools and communication & collaboration solutions morphed into a singular purpose: accelerating the realization of human potential. Philip champions the adoption of Smarter Working: a holistic human centred work design practice that unifies space, technology, and people disciplines. He co-authored The Smarter Working Manifesto, a definitive guide on how to shape the best work style. In his quest for health and joy at work he learned that Nature Deficit Disorder has produced highest ever burnouts, work induced sickness, and a struggling workforce. He campaigned for more nature at work with Ozadi at SXSW in Austin and GCUC in Denver. Philip graduated from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium with a combined Applied Economics and Engineering degree and a major in Marketing. He started his career at Accenture Consulting, to continue with key change management roles at Engie and Wang Laboratories. In the second part of his IT career, he grew the MCI WorldCom International business, became Chief Marketing Officer at Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications to finish a blue-chip career as SrVP and MD of Plantronics (now part of HP) Europe and Africa. Since the Financial Crisis of 2008, Philip became a strong advocate of Agile Working with a passion for Human Dimensions of Organisations. He is known for transformational projects in award-winning offices which are acoustic temples and benchmarks for the biophilic built environment. He has advised Leesman, Veldhoen+Company and Work EvOHlution, and provided support to the founding of the Osservatorio Smart Working at the Politecnico di Milano. Resources: Website: https://smarterworking.io/ “The Smarter Working Manifesto” by Guy Clapperton and Philip Vanhoutte Website: https://lauracohen.org/ Terrapin Bright Green Publications Bill Browning, Founding Partner at Terrapin “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer “Sound Business” by Julian Treasure “Returning the Gift” PDF by Robin Kimmerer Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| What People Don’t Think about When It Comes to Their Career | 16 Jul 2024 | 00:34:16 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Dr. Lynn Imai, a Registered Psychotherapist, Clinical Director at Canada Career Counselling, and Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Ivey Business School, to the show to talk in-depth about careers and career changes. Lynn works at the national psychology practice Dr. Laura founded, and the conversation with Lynn digs into practical and psychological insights, delving into how to change, choose, and assess careers. Dr. Lynn Imai understands the uncertainty that can accompany a major career change as she did one herself, pivoting from being a full-time professor teaching global leadership at a business school to being a registered psychotherapist with a career counselling focus. The expectations, pressures, and anxieties of such a move inform much of how she relates to clients. She and Dr. Laura discuss what not to do when choosing a career and how to manage the worry that comes with navigating a drastic change in one’s career. This episode serves as a starting point for anyone who wants to start on a new career path or is just beginning to decide what their career journey will look like. “I do think that the traditional career path [of] climbing the ladder is breaking apart a little bit in society and you see a lot of people taking career breaks or changing their careers, doing nontraditional work, you know, shared work gigs, coming back in from retirement. But what's interesting is, psychologically, people still tie their self-worth to the traditional notions of success, like money, prestige and title and those things. And so a lot of my work is helping them undo what they've learned.” Dr. Lynn Imai About Lynn Imai: Lynn Imai, Ph.D., is a Registered Psychotherapist and Career Counsellor in Toronto. Many of Lynn’s clients, when they first come to her, are at a critical point in their lives. They are questioning their careers and asking themselves why they do what they do. They are often feeling unfulfilled, purposeless, and stuck between the pain of staying where they are in their careers, and the pain of dealing with the confusion, overwhelm, stress, and anxiety of figuring out what comes next. Lynn’s approach to career counselling draws on psychotherapy, which helps her clients manage difficult emotions and develop deep self-awareness, while at the same time, focusing on making strategic, informed decisions with practical action planning. In addition to career counselling, Lynn provides psychotherapy on personal issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, low confidence & self-esteem, relationships, and interpersonal issues. Lynn draws from a variety of evidence-based psychotherapy modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). Outside her clinical work, Lynn is a recognized expert on organizational behaviour, workplace effectiveness, culture & diversity, and global leadership. As a former professor at Ivey Business School (Western University), Lynn’s research and teaching have focused on how individuals can develop as global leaders in workplace contexts such as cross-cultural negotiations, global virtual teams, and strategy consulting in emerging markets. Lynn’s research has appeared in top-tier academic journals, and both her research and teaching have garnered national press coverage. Personally, Lynn is a “third culture kid” who grew up in Japan, the U.S., Canada, and Belgium, and brings a multicultural perspective to therapy. She obtained her Hon. BSc. in Psychology from the University of Toronto—Trinity College, and her M.Psy. in Clinical and Counselling Psychology from Adler Graduate Professional School. Lynn also has graduate degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland—College Park. Resources: Website: CanadaCareerCounselling.com Lynn Imai on LinkedIn Lynn Imai at Ivey Business School “Evolution to Purpose: Choosing a Life of Authenticity with Work” by Bryan Hong PhD The Happiness Lab podcast Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Exploring the Human Side of Unconscious Bias at Work | 28 Jun 2023 | 00:26:43 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Tina Varughese, keynote speaker and one of Ignite magazine’s top ten notable speakers in Canada, to the show to talk about unconscious bias at work and the human side of this hot button topic. Tina has been speaking on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for many years, and unconscious bias was a natural addition to her keynotes as she recognized the critical importance of understanding it. Tina Varughese defines unconscious bias as “learned behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that sit in our unconscious state”. They are not things we are both with, but things we absorb over time. She identifies seven key areas in which we hold unconscious bias: gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, weight, and disability (physical and emotional). Tina and Dr. Laura discuss how biases in each of these areas affect our work and workplaces, how we are largely unaware of our unconscious biases, and why leaders need to act on unconscious bias. Tina’s candor and insight shed light on things we may not have considered, things that unconsciously affect our interactions with colleagues and our experiences at work. “I think the most common, or the ones that probably come into play in the workplace the most, would be racial bias, gender bias, parental or maternal bias, and affinity bias. Affinity bias being the one that's the most difficult to recognize in the workplace because we'll say things like, ‘Oh, she'll make a great culture fit’, or ‘he won't make a great culture fit’, when in essence, that might actually be our affinity bias at play. And that's why we really need to interrupt that, because at the end of the day we might be screening someone out when we could have screened them in, and they might have been a great organizational fit…” Tina Varughese About Tina Varughese: An Indo-Canadian daughter of first generation parents, Varughese says her cultural background allows her to find “the best of both worlds” and shed light, knowledge, and, most importantly, universal humor into the changing workplace. Her highly entertaining, interactive, and practical keynotes leave attendees inspired to think, behave, act, and communicate with intention. For fifteen years Varughese worked with immigrants in her roles with the Province of Alberta’s immigration office. She also ran her own successful relocation and settlement firm. Varughese draws from her experiences as an entrepreneur, mother, daughter, wife, sister, and friend when delivering keynotes on diversity and inclusion — topics that resonate with her both professionally and personally. Varughese has been named one of “Canada’s Top 10 Notable Speakers” by Ignite Magazine for her ability to break down barriers and create a comfortable, inclusive, and fun space for attendees. She was the face of diversity, literally, having been chosen to participate in Dove’s campaign for Real Beauty, representing beauty in diversity. The past-president of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (Calgary), Varughese is a contributing writer for the Human Resource Institute of Alberta’s Network magazine, Calgary Real Estate News, and Home to Home magazine. She was also profiled in Alberta’s Venture Magazine. Resources: Website: https://tworksforyou.ca/ “The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias” by Pamela Fuller, Anne Chow, and Mark Murphy “Sway: Unravelling Unconcious Bias” by Pragya Agarwal Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Closing the Confidence Gap to Thrive in Your Career | 14 Jun 2023 | 00:31:59 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes women’s leadership coach and author Kelli Thompson to the show to talk about confidence, particularly about closing the confidence gap that many women (and minority groups) face in career growth. Kelli explains what inspired her to write her book, Closing the Confidence Gap, and how she learned to move past the hesitation she initially felt about speaking up at work. Kelli addresses many of the reasons people, specifically women and minorities, offer to explain why the confidence gap exists for them. She has experienced how reluctant women are to talk about money and negotiate for their salaries. She and Laura talk about the invisible extra work that women frequently shoulder and how that places women at a disadvantage when it comes to career advancement. Fear and imposter syndrome exist for many of us, but Kelli’s approach urges people to move confidently despite those feelings. Kelli’s confidence and leadership insights align well with Dr. Laura’s career coaching knowledge, and their conversation provides a foundation from which to examine where our lack of confidence comes from. “But I remember moving into a human resources role and the chief that I was supporting had made a comment. He's like, you know, you're really direct and people may not know how to handle you! And I remember thinking to myself, it kind of just came full circle like, oh my gosh, I've always been called too direct. And so many of the women that I work with have always been called something: too bossy, too assertive, too sensitive, too emotional. And I think … systemically this really plays into a lot of gender likability biases…” Kelli Thompson About Kelli Thompson: Kelli Thompson is a women’s leadership coach and speaker who helps women advance to the rooms where decisions are made. She has coached and trained hundreds of women to trust themselves, lead with more confidence, and create a career they love. She is the founder of the Clarity & Confidence Women’s Leadership Program, and a Stevie Award® winner for Women in Business— Coach of the Year. Kelli holds an MBA, has served as an adjunct management professor, and has more than ten years of senior leadership experience in financial services and technology organizations. Her thought leadership has been featured in Forbes, MarketWatch, Parents Magazine, HuffPost, and Working Mother. Kelli is from Omaha, Nebraska, and her favorite roles are wife to Jason and mom to Hailey. Learn more about Kelli at www.kelliraethompson.com. Resources: Website: www.kelliraethompson.com “Closing the Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential, and Your Paycheck” by Kelli Thompson So Money with Farnoosh Torabi podcast “My Life in Full” by Indra Nooyi Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| From Sea to Space: The Quest to Help Humanity Survive and Thrive | 28 May 2023 | 00:35:38 | |
Dr. Laura is joined by the brilliant Dr. Shawna Pandya - a Canadian physician, aquanaut, scientist-astronaut candidate with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, VP of Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies, and Director of IIAS’ Space Medicine Group. Dr. Pandya talks about the many facets of her career and what drives her to success and continued exploration. It is tempting to simply call Dr. Shawna Pandya superhuman and assume she is on a level of her own, but Dr. Laura delves into the very human side of what inspired Dr. Pandya to pursue space medicine, and what continues to keep her growing. Dr. Pandya talks about resilience and the ability to see failure as growth. She has wrestled with her own perceived failures and learned how perspective shifts things for the better. Dr. Pandya explains what being an aquanaut is, her record for days living under the sea, the importance of mentorship and role models in life, and who her own mentors are. From studying to be a neurosurgeon to testing the first commercial spacesuit in zero gravity, Dr. Pandya shares with Dr. Laura how she navigates her extraordinary life. “...so realizing the end is not guaranteed, but the journey is so incredible. Like if you told me as a kid I would get to be part of Mars simulations and get to command these missions and get to live under the sea and do really cool science as part of this and do really cool technology development, and even work with some of these companies like I do with Sonic or advise some of these companies, you know, that's a pretty cool dream to realize as an adult! And so the journey is just as important as that end goal.” Dr. Shawna Pandya About Dr. Shawna Pandya, BSc (Hons), MSc, MD, CFPC, DMT, FAWM (candidate), FEWM (honorary): Dr. Shawna Pandya is a physician, aquanaut, scientist-astronaut candidate with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), skydiver, pilot-in-training, VP Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies, Associate Fellow of the Aerospace Medicine Association, and Fellow of the Explorers Club. She is Director of IIAS’ Space Medicine Group, Chief Instructor for IIAS’ Operational Space Medicine course, a host with the World Extreme Medicine’s podcast series, Primary Investigator for the Shad Canada-Blue Origin student microgravity competition, member of the AIAA ASCEND Guiding Coalition, medical advisor at Astreas and Above: Space Development Corporation, and sessional lecturer for “Technology and the Future of Medicine,” at the University of Alberta. Dr. Pandya was on the first crew to test a commercial spacesuit in zero-gravity in 2015. She earned her aquanaut designation on the 2019 NEPTUNE (Nautical Experiments in Physiology, Technology and Underwater Exploration) mission. Her expeditions have been previously captured in the 2019 Land Rover short, 'Another World,' released with the Apollo 11: First Steps film, and in the 2022 FIGS Space Navy and Mauve space medicine themed campaign. She interned at ESA’s European Astronaut Center and NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Her publications include a paper on medical guidelines for commercial suborbital spaceflight, and book chapters on space technologies that have benefitted terrestrial medicine, psychological resilience in long-duration spaceflight, and reproduction and sexuality in long-duration spaceflight. In 2021, she was granted an Honorary Fellowship in Extreme and Wilderness Medicine and named to the Canadian Women’s Executive Network’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. Her work is permanently exhibited at the Ontario Science Center alongside Dr. Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman in space. In 2022, Dr. Pandya was named to the Explorers' Club's “50 Explorers Changing the World." Resources: Dr. Shawna Pandya at the IIAS (International Institute for Astronautical Sciences) WEMcast (World Extreme Medicine Podcast) “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” by Chris Hadfield Houston, We Have a Podcast (NASA podcast) “Another World: A Film by Land Rover” short film on YouTube “FIGS Scrubs: Space Navy and Mauve” ad on YouTube Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Power of Exercise to Optimize your Brain and Mental Wellness | 14 May 2023 | 00:32:25 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and world renowned expert in ADHD, Dr. John Ratey, to the show. Dr. Ratey has written twelve books including “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain,” which inspires much of Dr. Laura’s conversation with him. Dr. Ratey shares his experiences and research into the power of exercise on the brain and how it can reduce stress. The ability of exercise to combat stress and increase focus, including in those diagnosed with ADHD, is a powerful thing. Dr. Ratey refers to physical education in schools and how changing the traditional program benefits the mental wellbeing of students. Dr. Laura and Dr. Ratey discuss the increased levels of anxiety, stress, and depression in the world, the positive brain chemistry exercise produces, and the benefits of community on wellness. The knowledge shared in conversation and in Dr. Ratey’s books is inspirational and potentially life changing. “Let's talk about workplace. I mean, it has been a big bonus to include exercise opportunities in the workday, whether that means extended breaks or membership in the gyms or having some … yoga instructors in a couple afternoons a week during their lunch period, stuff like that to encourage wellness on the job.” Dr. John J Ratey About Dr. John J. Ratey: John J. Ratey, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized expert in Neuropsychiatry. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and 12 books published in 20 languages, including the groundbreaking ADD-ADHD “Driven to Distraction” series with Ned Hallowell, MD. Their latest release, ADHD 2.0 (2021) explores new science and strategies. With the publication of his bestseller, "Spark-The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain," Dr. Ratey established himself as one of the world's foremost authorities on the brain-fitness connection in areas such as ADHD, Autism, Aging and Cognition. Dr. Ratey’s work in Attention Deficit Disorder came after he and his former student, Ned Hallowell, recognized and diagnosed their own ADD, prompting them to write a book to raise awareness and an understanding of the diagnosis to a lay audience. Published in 1994, “Driven to Distraction” became a bestseller, with over 2 million copies in print, and is still considered one of the Bibles of ADD today. Dr. Ratey and Dr. Hallowell went on to write “Delivered to Distraction” and “Answers to Distraction”, and have become recognized around the world as authorities on the subject. They continue to collaborate and recently released ADHD 2.0, exploring new science and strategies. Recognized by his peers as one of the Best Doctors in America since 1997, Dr. Ratey was recently honored by the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society as "Outstanding Psychiatrist of the Year" for advancing the field. Dr. Ratey and his work are frequently profiled in the media, where he’s been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and NPR, as well as in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post, US News and World Report, Men’s Health, and other national publications. Dr. Ratey maintains an active practice in Cambridge, MA and Los Angeles, CA. Resources: “Spark” by John J Ratey, MD with Eric Hagerman “ADHD 2.0” by Edward M Hallowell, MD and John J Ratey, MD “Driven to Distraction” by Edward M Hallowell, MD and John J Ratey, MD Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Evolution of Flexibility at Work with Dr. Laura | 28 Apr 2023 | 00:16:49 | |
Dr. Laura shares insights from her pioneering research around the future of work in this episode. The research topic for her doctorate was on leading dispersed teams, and she also researched telework adoption in the days before Zoom became ubiquitous. Drawing from that experience and the realities of working today, Dr. Laura talks about themes she’s observing and the idea of workplace flexibility. She explains the significant benefits and unique challenges of flexible work locations. Working humans are diverse in their personalities and preferences; there will always be situations that work better for some people and don’t work for others. For example, we are all on a scale of how much we tend to procrastinate - from quick starters to those who struggle to begin a project or task - recognizing these differences and implementing tools to assist in overcoming them is part of what needs to be considered in remote work. Dr. Laura discusses how, in her field of organizational psychology, she has studied what factors or traits and skills give someone the ability to be an effective remote leader. She explores the support structure that hybrid work requires and how to move past the rigid office structure of the past. “... a few things are for sure in my mind. One is that flexibility is a top motivator for a large number of humans … I think having had a taste of greater flexibility, to take that away is like taking away a gift. It's like saying: here's the gift, unwrap it. You like it? Okay, well, you liked it, but I'm going to retract that gift. What's going to happen is people are going to shop around for places where they can get that gift of flexibility back.” Dr. Laura About Dr. Laura: KEYNOTE SPEAKER | PSYCHOLOGIST | THOUGHT LEADER | PODCAST HOST | AUTHOR Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett helps organizations and people to grow and thrive, using the principles of organizational psychology. Through leading, speaking, writing, coaching, and mentoring, she is driven to help people flourish in their work and life. Speaking with passion on topics that make a difference to organizations and people’s lives is a key focus. Dr. Laura makes complex topics simple and practical, based on evidence from psychology. As an engaging and dynamic speaker, she has spoken globally about addressing the challenges of remote and hybrid work, maintaining work-life wellness and mental health, and leading through turbulent times. Fascinated by how work intersects with life, she started her podcast, Where Work Meets Life™, so she could interview experts and broadcast insights on thriving workplaces, work-life wellness, and career fulfillment. She is honored to have 1000s of listeners around the world, inspiring them to flourish in their work and their lives. As an entrepreneur, Laura has launched several counselling psychology practices since 2009, including Calgary Career Counselling, Canada Career Counselling, and Synthesis Psychology. Her team helps 1000s of people throughout Canada. Outside of work, she serves on non-profit committees and boards focused on ending violence against girls and women, as well as growing confidence and leadership skills in children and youth. She has a lively household with her husband, three children & dog. Resources: Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Secrets to Happiness at Work | 14 Apr 2023 | 00:31:46 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes sociologist, author, and thought leader Tracy Brower to the show to talk about happiness and work, and why those two ideas aren’t mutually exclusive. There is an incredible amount of research on happiness, as Tracy discovered when writing her latest book, The Secrets to Happiness at Work. She shares why she was compelled to write it and some of what she learned along the way. Tracy acknowledges that a lot of times we hear that “happiness is fluffy.” On the contrary, she has found that happiness, and joy, are the drivers of physical and mental health, cognitive capability, and business benefits. She and Dr. Laura explore the ways in which work and life spill over into each other and how happiness in either one will tend to increase happiness in the other. Community, common goals, and our relationship to work are all places where happiness can be cultivated. Tracy’s insights on joy in work are more relevant than ever in our post-pandemic society. “The other thing we can do in terms of creating the conditions for happiness at work is looking for opportunities to grow, to learn, to stretch. When we're doing things that challenge us, it's extraordinarily correlated with happiness.” Tracy Brower About Dr. Tracy Brower, PhD, MM, MCRW: Dr. Tracy Brower is a PhD sociologist studying work-life fulfillment and happiness. She is the author of a new book, The Secrets to Happiness at Work as well as her previous book, Bring Work to Life. She is the Vice President of Workplace Insight for Steelcase and a contributor to Forbes.com and Fast Company. Tracy’s work has been translated into 17 languages and she is an award-winning speaker with over 25 years of experience working with global clients to achieve business results. Tracy is on the board of the United Way of Greater Ottawa County and on the executive council of the Design Museum Everywhere. In addition, she is an executive advisor to Like|Minded, Coda Societies and to the MSU Master Industrial Mathematics Program. Tracy’s work has been featured in TEDx, The Wall Street Journal, Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century (book), Globe and Mail (Canada), InsideHR (Australia), HR Director (UK), T3N (Germany), Real Estate Review Journal, Fortune.com, Inc. Magazine, HBR (France) and more. Tracy holds a PhD in Sociology, a Master of Management in Organizational Culture, and a Master of Corporate Real Estate with a workplace specialization. Resources: “The Secrets to Happiness at Work” by Tracy Brower “Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work” by Tracy Brower Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
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| Special Episode on The LiLoHia Project: with guests Gerald Auger and Sass Jordan | 28 Mar 2023 | 00:27:09 | |
Dr. Laura hosts a special episode to highlight The LiLoHia Project. She’s joined by Gerald Auger and Sass Jordan, co-collaborators on The LiLoHia Project, for a conversation on exactly what the project is about, what it aims to do, and who can get involved. LiLoHia - light, love, and gratitude - is about spirituality and the rise of human consciousness, and includes episodes, concerts and healing events curated by Gerald and Sass, centered around the solstice dates (March 21, June 21, September 21, December 21). Sass Jordan explains LiLoHia was created because there is such a demand by people to understand what’s happening in the world, to sort out underlying confusion and connect to oneself. Gerald Auger says “We’re just fulfilling our commitment that we made to our higher power to help our fellow human beings”. Dr. Laura and her guests discuss the journey Gerald and Sass are on, the different paths people find themselves on when seeking spirituality, and what spirituality is and can be. The conversation sheds light on how all these insights weave into The LiLoHia Project. “... because we have the opportunity to have public platforms, we're just sharing our journey with anyone who's interested ... I think it's a collective growth that we're all going through. And, you know, when you can lean on each other, someone else has a question and maybe you have an answer… but beyond anything that you say, it's [that] you got to walk your talk.” - Sass Jordan About Gerald Auger: Gerald Auger is an actor, producer, writer, entrepreneur and motivational speaker from Alberta, Canada, of Woodland Cree descent. He graduated from Grande Prairie Regional College in 1995 with a Marketing Management diploma and a Small Business Management certificate. In 1996 and 1997 Auger was awarded the National Native Role Model by the Governor General of Canada and spent the next two years visiting more than 30 communities across Canada, inspiring his aboriginal peers, relating stories about his experiences and bonding with locals through cultural events and ceremonies. After being spotted at the opening ceremonies of the 1995 Canada Winter Games, Auger was given a supporting role in the 1998 film Il mio West (later dubbed Gunslinger’s Revenge), also starring David Bowie and Harvey Keitel. Filmed in Italy for Pacific Pictures, it was the first spaghetti western to use First Nations actors in aboriginal roles. In 1999 Auger became the first aboriginal recipient of the Rotary International Integrity Award for the Avenue of Nations in Alberta. Auger had a lead role in the 2002 National Geographic IMAX-production Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West, and the next year he played Crow Hunter in an episode of the four-part Hallmark Entertainment TV miniseries Dreamkeeper. In addition to being in the opening and closing ceremonies for the Arctic Winter Games as Anook the Rockman for The Heroes Journey in 2010, Auger had a role in the cult classic FUBAR 2 and played a Native guide and interpreter in Western Confidential (starring FUBAR’s Paul Spence) as well as a Native policeman in The Plateau.
As owner and Chief Executing Officer of the business Black Eagle Entertainment, Auger plans to produce films, television series and documentaries aiming to advance the status and expose the stereotyping of his people. Auger is currently (spring 2013) working on his latest film project The Forgotten Truth of the Wilderness where he explores the idea that the Son of God was one of the greatest Sundancer’s that ever lived for he was one of the first men to give his flesh to a tree. About Sass Jordan: The roots that grew Canada’s Queen of Rock, Sass Jordan, started in Europe and edged across the pond to the veins of metal pulsing in the musical metallurgy of Montreal in the 70’s. Montreal’s burgeoning ’70’s scene included a ‘no holds barred’ approach to glam, punk, blues, prog, metal, country, jazz, folk, with the added attraction of a homegrown sound created by the Quebecois artists of the decade, unique to the landscape and pertinent to the denizens of the period. There was no better musical place to be in the ’70’s- and this was the backdrop that nurtured one of the pioneers of female fronted rock – Sass Jordan. In the years since these auspicious beginnings, Sass has found herself working with and in the company of many of the people that inspired her to do what she does, amongst them the incomparable Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Steve Miller Band, Van Halen, The Foo Fighters, Cheap Trick, Santana, Joe Cocker, Styx, Rodger Hodgson, April Wine, Jeff Healy, and countless others. She has won various awards, including Juno and Billboard, and has sold over a million records world wide. Sass was a feature actor in the episodic tv show “Sisters”, and from 2003 to 2008 starred as one of the four judges on the hugely popular television series, Canadian Idol. Her songs and performances have been featured on numerous television shows, including the iconic 90’s ‘Baywatch’ and ‘Knight Rider’, The Dennis Miller Show, and SyFy’s ‘Defiance’. There are very few female singers out there that are used as an example to describe a sound/style, but Sass is one of them. Resources: The LiLoHia Project on YouTube The LiLoHia Project on Instagram The LiLoHia Project on Twitter Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| A Time To Lead: Master Yourself So You Can Master Your World | 14 Mar 2023 | 00:32:46 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes executive coach, keynote speaker, and author, Craig Dowden, to the show to talk about his book, A Time To Lead. Craig’s passion for learning what makes people tick drove his career toward understanding of positive leadership qualities, and those insights shaped his book. He and Dr. Laura explore the idea of bettering yourself to better lead others. Craig Dowden describes how leadership today must be focused on a human-centric or empathetic approach. People desire authentic connection. The genuine leadership Craig illuminates through seven key qualities, is a vital part of reaching people in what Craig describes as our current VUCA world. VUCA stands for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, and Craig identifies authenticity and core belief alignment as vital for cutting through the VUCA world. “And I think that's what's incredibly powerful, is that when you really are looking at promoting positive and impactful change, it's about the simplicity. It's our ability to connect with others and for them to be able to see the movie that's playing and to follow along. And so that's at the heart of engagement.” - Craig Dowden About Craig Dowden, PhD: Craig Dowden (Ph.D.) is an inspiring and thought-provoking executive coach, Forbes author and keynote speaker who partners with leaders and executives to tackle their most important personal and organizational challenges. Craig holds a Doctorate in psychology, with a concentration in business and is a Certified Positive Psychology Coach. In his role as a trusted advisor, he integrates the latest findings in the science of leadership, team, and organizational excellence into his coaching and consulting work. A dynamic and award-winning speaker, participants have described Craig’s presentations as motivating, energizing, and empowering, as they come away with strategies they can implement immediately within their workplaces. Audience members also highly respect the scientific foundation of his ideas. Craig is passionate about sharing world-class content and insights with his clients. To date, he has interviewed over 50 CEOs of North American companies, including Molson Coors, McDonald’s, IKEA, and VIA Rail. Craig has been asked to share his thought leadership in leading HR and business publications, including Forbes, the Huffington Post (U.S.), the Financial Post, the Financial Times, as well as Psychology Today. Resources: Craig Dowden, PhD, on LinkedIn “A Time To Lead” by Craig Dowden, PhD Do Good To Lead Well with Craig Dowden podcast “Do Good To Lead Well” by Craig Dowden, PhD “Difficult Conversations” by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen “Humble” by Daryl Van Tongeren “The Earned Life” by Marshall Goldsmith “The Good Life” by Robert J Waldinger and Marc Schulz, PhD “The Power of a Positive No” by William Ury Work Life with Adam Grant podcast Anxiety At Work with Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton podcast Deep Leadership with Jon S Rennie podcast Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
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| Making Space in Our Lives for What Matters | 28 Feb 2023 | 00:24:12 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes author David Allen back to the show to share more insights from his book, Getting Things Done, and on his GTD methodology. They discuss how GTD helps people make space in their lives for being present. David offers insights gained from his spiritual coach that dovetail with the ideas in his book around freeing up mental space. David gives Dr. Laura real life examples of some ways in which his Getting Things Done methodology has tangibly changed peoples’ lives for the better. When you make room for your mind amongst the distractions of the material world, you find that inner spiritual world that alights your creativity and positivity. David and Dr. Laura talk about journaling for creative expression and ultimately a focus on what really matters in life. “But again, part of our methodology is … it's not all cake and cupcakes. You move into challenges. It's like, okay, now that I've got a challenge, something in my intention, what's my desired outcome? So training myself to think about outcome and action. As opposed to being the victim. And that's a lot of what my methodology is about, it's a thought process. How do you train yourself to think there are no problems, there are only projects.” - David Allen About David Allen: YOUR MIND IS FOR HAVING IDEAS, NOT HOLDING THEM.® That’s why David Allen created Getting Things Done®. GTD is the work-life management system that has helped countless individuals and organizations bring order to chaos. GTD enables greater performance, capacity, and innovation. It alleviates the feeling of overwhelm—instilling focus, clarity, and confidence. After decades of in-the-field research and practice of his productivity methods, David wrote the international best-seller Getting Things Done. Published in over 28 languages, TIME magazine heralded it as “the defining self-help business book of its time.” In 2015, he released a new edition of the book, with new insights, updates, and discoveries about the GTD methodology and its many personal and professional applications. Today, David Allen is considered the leading authority in the fields of organizational and personal productivity. The David Allen Company, run by David and his wife Kathryn, oversees the certification academy and quality standards for Global Partners offering Getting Things Done courses and coaching around the world.
Resources: David Allen Company on LinkedIn “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories on Netflix “Episode 39 | Life’s Messy, Live Happy: Keys to Contentment” with Cy Wakeman “The Antidote” by Oliver Burkeman “Humankind” by Rutger Bregman, translated by Erica Moore & Elizabeth Manton Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Getting Things Done: Alleviating Work/Life Overwhelm | 14 Feb 2023 | 00:27:40 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes one of the world’s leading experts on productivity, author David Allen, to the show to talk about his book, Getting Things Done. David shares why the book, first written in 2001 with a second edition in 2015, remains relevant and why the processes are useful in any situation. Getting Things Done, or GTD, outlines the five steps that David uncovered for taking control of situations in your life. Dr. Laura and David discuss how the process of externalizing and clarifying commitments is part of the journey required to manage stress. It’s the feeling of overwhelm in both personal and professional lives that GTD offers the tools to tackle. David Allen offers his personal reasons for writing the book, or manual as he refers to it, and why he believes that balance in life overall is key to wellness. “So my whole methodology was about getting appropriate engagement with your life. It wasn't about working harder or being busier. Getting Things Done is not really about getting things done, it's about clarifying the things that you have some investment in making happen and then being appropriately engaged with them.” - David Allen About David Allen: YOUR MIND IS FOR HAVING IDEAS, NOT HOLDING THEM.® That’s why David Allen created Getting Things Done®. GTD is the work-life management system that has helped countless individuals and organizations bring order to chaos. GTD enables greater performance, capacity, and innovation. It alleviates the feeling of overwhelm—instilling focus, clarity, and confidence. After decades of in-the-field research and practice of his productivity methods, David wrote the international best-seller Getting Things Done. Published in over 28 languages, TIME magazine heralded it as “the defining self-help business book of its time.” In 2015, he released a new edition of the book, with new insights, updates, and discoveries about the GTD methodology and its many personal and professional applications. Today, David Allen is considered the leading authority in the fields of organizational and personal productivity. The David Allen Company, run by David and his wife Kathryn, oversees the certification academy and quality standards for Global Partners offering Getting Things Done courses and coaching around the world. Resources: David Allen Company on LinkedIn “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Brutal Behaviors of Toxic Bosses | 02 Jul 2024 | 00:14:18 | |
Dr. Laura explores more on the subject of toxic bosses, a topic she is passionate about researching for the benefit of people suffering under one. In this episode, she explains some of the defining and brutal behaviors of a toxic boss. Since a toxic boss can be anyone from a first-time manager to a CEO, it’s the psychological and physical health damage they cause to people working under them that makes them toxic. Understanding their behavior will help people to identify a toxic boss and, ideally, leave their sphere of control. There are fourteen categories of behaviors that Dr. Laura and her research assistant, Renee Pye, have learned through their study. Toxic bosses have many different ways of presenting themselves. Dr. Laura addresses three types of behavior in detail today: 1. Control and micromanagement, 2. Power dynamics and favoritism, and 3. Self-serving and exploitative behavior. She describes each set of behaviors in detail, addressing how the toxic boss comes across and the damage they inflict. The more information Dr. Laura uncovers and shares about toxic bosses, the sooner people struggling under them can see warning signs and get help to navigate the situation. “The only way to know if a leader is a great leader, a mediocre leader, or a toxic leader, is to find out from the people that report to him or her. So with that said, I think that whether the leader is controlling and micromanaging, whether they're creating power dynamics and divides in their team, or whether they're self-serving and exploiting others, all of these things are brutal behaviors and are causing a lot of harm to people.” Dr. Laura About Dr. Laura: Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett is a work and career psychologist and thought leader on the evolution of work. She has always been fascinated by how work intersects with life and loves to use her expertise to improve organizations and help people thrive. Her passion for taking creative ideas and launching them into successful business strategies led her to start three counselling psychology practices (Calgary Career Counselling, Canada Career Counselling, and Synthesis Psychology), as well as six different business brands offering organizational assessment and consulting services. Dr. Laura is honoured to have been selected as a Woman of Distinction in Canada in 2014 and received a Canadian Woman of Inspiration Award as a Global Influencer in 2018. Resources: Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Cure for the Common Company: A Chief Medical Director’s Prescription for a Healthier Workforce | 28 Jan 2023 | 00:25:59 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes her first guest of 2023, author and Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Wellbeing at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Richard Safeer to the show. Dr. Safeer just released his first book, “A Cure for the Common Company” and he talks about his book and the benefits of workplace wellbeing with Dr. Laura. Richard Safeer wrote his book because he sees that what companies are doing may not be as effective as they thought. He believes there is a better way to use company time, energy, and resources to effect a greater culture of wellbeing. He explains the six building blocks of wellbeing, where the title of his book came from, and how employers are instrumental in the health of their employees in this inspiring conversation with Dr. Laura. “So, you know, one of the most common challenges I see workplaces have is that the employer takes this individual approach. Here are the resources, go ahead and use them and get better. As opposed to recognizing that we're all in this together, that our well being is a team sport and that we rely on each other to improve and maintain our health and well-being” - Richard Safeer About Dr. Richard Safeer: Dr. Safeer is Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Wellbeing at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Safeer completed his B.S. in Nutrition at Cornell University before graduating from medical school at the S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo (magna cum laude). He completed his residency in Family Medicine and a Faculty Development Fellowship. He is certified in Clinical Lipidology. He’s a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and the American College of Preventive Medicine. Prior to Hopkins, Dr. Safeer practiced family medicine in Virginia. He was then on faculty at the George Washington University, the Residency Director of Family Medicine in his last year. He was the Medical Director of an Occupational Health Center in Baltimore and Wellness Director for the Mid-Atlantic region of the parent company, just before starting at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield as the Medical Director of Preventive Medicine. He has been credited by some for bringing ‘wellness’ to the realm of the managed care industry. He also led CareFirst BCBS to be among the first cohort of health plans to be accredited for Wellness by NCQA. He holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the American University, where he taught “Organizational Health”. Amongst his responsibilities at Hopkins, includes leading the employee health and well-being initiative, Healthy at Hopkins. Dr. Safeer also advises the institution on matters related to health plan benefits, occupational health, and the employee assistance program. He has published many journal articles and his work is featured in many books. He regularly speaks to national audiences on the employee health and wellbeing space, more specifically on how to create healthy workplace cultures. He previously served on the board of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, a professional organization he helped establish. In January 2023, Wiley will release his book, “A Cure for the Common Company”. Dr. Safeer enjoys most outdoor activities including biking and tennis. He’s hiked in the Andes, Alaska, and Australia as well in many national parks. He lives in Columbia Maryland with his wife, three kids and their dog Kami. Watch for his book, “A Cure for the Common Company”, coming in January 2023. Resources: Richard Safeer on LinkedIn “Leading with Gratitude” by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton “Anxiety at Work” by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Dr. Laura’s Tips: How Workplaces Can Evolve in 2023 | 14 Jan 2023 | 00:23:32 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes you to the first episode of Where Work Meets Life for 2023. As an organizational and career psychologist, Dr. Laura uses her expertise to make lives and workplaces better through keynote speaking, career coaching, writing articles, and this podcast. In this episode she highlights and offers guidance on three key areas for workplaces to focus on in 2023. The areas Dr. Laura identifies as being strategically important moving forward are flexibility, leaders who care, and leading with humility and not ego. She examines each of these areas in depth and offers insight on everything from the benefits of remote or hybrid work to the value of continued growth and learning. Join Dr. Laura to kick off the new year with the right foot forward in your workplace and career. “So something to remember is that people crave the A’s, and I find that the A's are easy to remember. They crave attention. So what they’re doing is being noticed and seen, and what they do matters. … People also crave appreciation. So being appreciated for a job well done, and that praise and that thank you goes a long way. … And then the other is acceptance. And in this age of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, all [are] very important.” - Dr. Laura About Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett: Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett is a work and career psychologist and thought leader on the evolution of work. She has always been fascinated by how work intersects with life and she loves using her expertise to improve organizations and help people thrive. Dr. Laura is honoured to have been selected as a Woman of Distinction in Canada in 2014 and received a Canadian Woman of Inspiration Award as a Global Influencer in 2018. While completing her Doctorate in 2002, she focused on remote leadership and predicted the world of work would change to become more flexible and mobile. She continues to write and innovate on the topic as a future of work pioneer. In 2013 she co-created assessments and training for organizations to thrive when working remotely, and co-founded Work EvOHlutionTM, (acquired by Humance) which helps develop leaders, teams, and cultures to succeed in hybrid or remote workplaces. Her passion for taking creative ideas and launching them into successful business strategies led her to start three counselling psychology practices (Calgary Career Counselling, Canada Career Counselling, and Synthesis Psychology), as well as six different business brands offering organizational assessment and consulting services. Philanthropy and charitable work are very important to Dr. Laura, and she serves on non-profit committees and boards focused on areas she’s passionate about. Ending violence against girls and women, as well as growing confidence and leadership skills in children and youth in the performing arts are her top charity focuses. Outside work, she has a busy and fun household overlooking the Rocky Mountains in Calgary, which includes her life partner Scott, two sons (Nick & Matt), a daughter (Cadence), and a fluffy white dog (Ghost). She enjoys travel, competitive squash, hiking, yoga, and downhill skiing. Resources:
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| Unlikely Connections, Affirmations, and the Power to Make a Difference | 28 Dec 2022 | 00:33:04 | |
Detective Dave Sweet, author of “Skeletons in My Closet”, joins Dr. Laura once more to talk about choosing positivity over cynicism when faced with the world’s troubles. Dave details his work with charitable organizations that seek to put silver linings in tragedy. Dr. Laura revisits the tragedy surrounding her nieces that first drew her and Dave together, and they share a story about connectedness, some might call an affirmation, involving a painting. The messages that Dave shares through his charity work and book are about awareness and empowerment. As a homicide detective, he sees some of the worst tragedies that can befall people, but he chooses positivity and actions that make a difference. “I wanted to be part of an organization that was supporting and empowering women not to go back to their abuser. Gems [for Gems] spoke to me on that level. I was introduced to the organization through a family that I had already been supporting who had lost a daughter to intimate partner violence. And once I started to learn more about intimate partner violence, I really came to learn that 85% of the time the abuser is a man. And so if men are going to be the biggest part of the problem, then we have to also be part of the solution. I mean, it just makes sense.” - Dave Sweet About Detective Dave Sweet: With over 24 years of policing experience, Detective Dave Sweet has been involved in some of Canada’s most infamous and famous cases. Dave has worked as a patrol officer, an undercover police officer, and led several task forces targeting gangs and organized crime. In 2009 Dave joined the ranks of the homicide unit where he has spent the past 14 years specializing in the areas of homicide, missing person and suspicious death investigations. Several of Dave’s most known cases have been featured in documentaries and podcasts including the CBC’s The Detectives, Corus Entertainment’s Crime Beat and Investigative Discoveries Murder Board. In 2018 Mischievous Books published Dave’s first book, Skeletons in My Closet - Life Lessons from a Homicide Detective which was written in collaboration with his talented co-author Sarah Graham. Dave is currently writing his second book with acclaimed author Susan Forest due to release in the Spring of 2023. In addition to a Distinguished Service Award in 2010, Dave earned the Chiefs Award for Investigative Excellence in 2017, the Governor General’s Exemplary Service Medal in 2021 and the Queens Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022. Dave lives by the mantra “love people” and believes his inner strength and mindfulness are rooted from that perspective. Resources: “Skeletons in My Closet: Life lessons from a homicide detective” by Dave Sweet and Sarah Graham
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| Tragedy as Our Teacher: Finding Silver Linings with Detective Sweet | 14 Dec 2022 | 00:23:55 | |
Dr. Laura is honoured to host Detective Dave Sweet, a 24 year member of the Calgary Police Service and published author, to the podcast to talk about tragedy and hope. Detective Sweet has been changed by many difficult and tragic situations, but works to learn lessons and retain a positive outlook. Dr. Laura shares that she first met Dave Sweet during a tragedy that affected her own family, which was when she first read his book, Skeletons in my Closet. Dave wrote the book with the idea of it being a memoir of sorts, a legacy of the lessons he learned that he could pass down to his children and grandchildren. Each story in the book, no matter how disturbing, has a message or silver lining. Detective Sweet discusses some of those lessons, the subject of his next book, and what courage means in this enlightening interview. “Tragedy isn't something that we wish for. But when it does come, there are often opportunities. It may be a challenge at first, but there are opportunities to find silver linings in that tragedy ...” - Dave Sweet About Detective Dave Sweet: With over 24 years of policing experience, Detective Dave Sweet has been involved in some of Canada’s most infamous and famous cases. Dave has worked as a patrol officer, an undercover police officer, and led several task forces targeting gangs and organized crime. In 2009 Dave joined the ranks of the homicide unit where he has spent the past 14 years specializing in the areas of homicide, missing person and suspicious death investigations. Several of Dave’s most known cases have been featured in documentaries and podcasts including the CBC’s The Detectives, Corus Entertainment’s Crime Beat and Investigative Discoveries Murder Board. In 2018 Mischievous Books published Dave’s first book, Skeletons in My Closet - Life Lessons from a Homicide Detective which was written in collaboration with his talented co-author Sarah Graham. Dave is currently writing his second book with acclaimed author Susan Forest due to release in the Spring of 2023. In addition to a Distinguished Service Award in 2010, Dave earned the Chiefs Award for Investigative Excellence in 2017, the Governor Generals Exemplary Service Medal in 2021 and the Queens Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022. Dave lives by the mantra “love people” and believes his inner strength and mindfulness are rooted from that perspective. Resources: “Skeletons in My Closet: Life lessons from a homicide detective” by Dave Sweet and Sarah Graham
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| The Power of Music for Work-Life Wellness | 28 Nov 2022 | 00:25:26 | |
Dr. Laura invites Jennifer Buchanan, author of “Wellness, Wellplayed”, back to the show to discuss wellness through music. Jennifer discusses how music plays a key role in impacting our mood, memory, and productivity, and she shares stories about witnessing the power of music therapy in action. Music has an incredible impact on our moods: Jennifer talks about how it can motivate us out of a slump and increase our serotonin levels. She details the positive effects of music on every stage of our lives. One of the physical areas in which music therapy has a demonstrable impact is in neuro rehab. Jennifer explains how challenges in fine or gross motor movement after a brain injury can be positively influenced by elements of music. “So music has this incredible capacity to act like a drug on our system and … the hormones and neurotransmitters that affect us. You hear about the words dopamine, for example, and that feel-good oxytocin, which is that social bonding hormone that can be released in our system, and serotonin, which is the one you don't want to get too low because you start feeling low and there's this nice window of where serotonin needs to reside. And what we have found through the research and evidence is that music has this incredible capacity to be able to change those hormone levels in our system, especially when we use [music] regularly.” - Jennifer Buchanan About Jennifer Buchanan: Jennifer Buchanan is an award-winning author and Music Therapist, instrumental in the implementation of hundreds of music therapy programs throughout Canada since 1991. Her company JB Music Therapy has thrice been nominated for the Community Impact Award by her local Chamber of Commerce. She is the author of several books including Wellness, Wellplayed: The Power of A Playlist and is a regularly invited guest to speak at industry conferences that aim to strengthen and inspire people working in healthcare, education, and the public sector including law enforcement. As a subject matter expert, Jennifer is a trusted source for many television media outlets across North America and has been featured in publications such as The Guardian and The Huffington Post. As a board member and service provider with the National Music Centre, Jennifer champions music for health and wellness throughout Canada and beyond. Resources: Jennifer Buchanan on Instagram “Wellness, Wellplayed: The Power of a Playlist” by Jennifer Buchanan “Wellness, Wellplayed Workbook” by Jennifer Buchanan “Tune In: A Music Therapy Approach to Life” by Jennifer Buchanan “Wellness Incorporated” by Jennifer Buchanan Ongoing History of New Music podcast by Alan Cross “This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession” by Daniel J. Levitin
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| Wellness, Wellplayed: Using Your Playlist with Purpose | 14 Nov 2022 | 00:23:56 | |
Dr. Laura is thrilled to welcome author, Music Therapist, and Founder of JB Music Therapy, Jennifer Buchanan, to the show to talk about the therapeutic benefits of music. Dr. Laura has personal experience with how JB Music Therapy helped her mother through late-stage dementia, and together she and Jennifer explore the wellness aspects of music and Jennifer’s new book “Wellness, Wellplayed”. Jennifer Buchanan had her moment of epiphany about music’s therapeutic power when she was a tween asked to sing and play guitar for her ailing Granddad. Jennifer explains exactly what music therapy is and how her company employs it in different instances. She shares how her book “Wellness, Wellplayed” focuses on the inherent power of a playlist, and who will benefit from reading her books. This conversation sheds light on a beautiful aspect of wellness that offers so much but is sometimes overlooked as a therapeutic option or important habit. “I was worrying and I always was feeling like all I want to do is hide. But the music kept pulling me out and helping me make my next best decisions. And that's essentially what I wrote about in the book, is around that science of how music legitimately works. It takes us from that whirr and that worry, slips us into the creative process of our hippocampus so we're able to make that executive decision and good decisions moving forward.” - Jennifer Buchanan About Jennifer Buchanan: Jennifer Buchanan is an award-winning author and Music Therapist, instrumental in the implementation of hundreds of music therapy programs throughout Canada since 1991. Her company JB Music Therapy has thrice been nominated for the Community Impact Award by her local Chamber of Commerce. She is the author of several books including Wellness, Wellplayed: The Power of A Playlist and is a regularly invited guest to speak at industry conferences that aim to strengthen and inspire people working in healthcare, education, and the public sector including law enforcement. As a subject matter expert, Jennifer is a trusted source for many television media outlets across North America and has been featured in publications such as The Guardian and The Huffington Post. As a board member and service provider with the National Music Centre, Jennifer champions music for health and wellness throughout Canada and beyond. Resources: Jennifer Buchanan on Instagram “Wellness, Wellplayed: The Power of a Playlist” by Jennifer Buchanan “Wellness, Wellplayed Workbook” by Jennifer Buchanan “Tune In: A Music Therapy Approach to Life” by Jennifer Buchanan “Wellness Incorporated” by Jennifer Buchanan
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| How Will You Measure Your Life? The True Meaning of Success. | 28 Oct 2022 | 00:25:53 | |
Dr. Laura is again joined by Dr. Alan Patterson, author of “Burn Ladders. Build Bridges. Pursuing Work with Meaning and Purpose”, to talk about how to measure success. Dr. Patterson challenges us to offer each other respect and to value our relationships as much as our achievements. Dr. Alan Patterson and Dr. Laura discuss how unhappiness at work is often fuelled by a lack of equity, respect, and inclusion. They address the responsibilities leaders have to forge workplaces where people want to remain. Dr. Patterson shares his thoughts on givers versus takers in life, why relationships are so valuable, and how he hopes people will seek out curiosity and imagination in their jobs instead of simply climbing the ladder. This is a vital conversation on the metrics for measuring success in your life that will challenge listeners to examine their own choices and motives. “I think people are emotionally worn out. The door opened and a tsunami came in. And I think people are really questioning, some more deeply than others. I mean, people need jobs. They need jobs to put food on the table. But I think it has kindled, not rekindled, the important situations and circumstances we need to think about when it comes to equity and fairness and inclusion. I mean, people want to be respected and acknowledged. And I think there's that level of unhappiness that was always there. But the dam broke and it's coming through loud and clear. I don't think we'll ever see work the way we saw it prior to 2020.” - Dr. Alan Patterson About Dr. Alan Patterson: Dr. Alan M. Patterson is an organizational development consultant, specializing in executive and leadership development. Having led hundreds of clients for over four decades, Dr. Patterson continues to ignore standard coaching methods, opting to pursue and lead clients down the path of meaningful careers that are not only successful, but also rewarding. He’s worked with everyone from the Federal Reserve Bank to Hewlett Packard to Major League Baseball and the United States Navy. His new book is ”Burn Ladders. Build Bridges: Pursuing Work with Meaning and Purpose”.
Resources: Dr. Alan Patterson on LinkedIn "Burn Ladders. Build Bridges. Pursuing Work with Meaning and Purpose" by Alan Patterson “Life’s Messy, Live Happy” by Cy Wakeman “Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader” by Herminia Ibarra The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
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| Burning Ladders and Building Bridges in Your Work and Life | 14 Oct 2022 | 00:24:48 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes organizational development consultant and author Dr. Alan Patterson to the show to discuss his new book “Burn Ladders. Build Bridges: Pursuing Work with Meaning and Purpose”. Dr. Patterson’s thoughts on career development and work success align very closely with those of Dr. Laura and Canada Career Counselling. Dr. Alan Patterson experienced his own major career shift when he lost his largest client and moved to doing more coaching on his own. He understands that career shifts can happen to anyone, at any time, and for any reason, but also that you can choose your own career shift. Dr. Patterson advocates for owning your career development and making choices. He stresses the importance of networking and he maintains that building relationships is the most important factor in career satisfaction. Dr. Laura and Dr. Patterson’s conversation will inspire you to examine your own career path. “... that's one thing that I think is problematic; that ladder climbing, and the state of education and what it does and what it reinforces for the way people think. I think curiosity has been engineered out and I think that's a travesty.” - Dr. Alan Patterson About Dr. Alan Patterson: Dr. Alan M. Patterson is an organizational development consultant, specializing in executive and leadership development. Having led hundreds of clients for over four decades, Dr. Patterson continues to ignore standard coaching methods, opting to pursue and lead clients down the path of meaningful careers that are not only successful, but also rewarding. He’s worked with everyone from the Federal Reserve Bank to Hewlett Packard to Major League Baseball and the United States Navy. His new book is ”Burn Ladders. Build Bridges: Pursuing Work with Meaning and Purpose”.
Resources: Dr. Alan Patterson on LinkedIn "Burn Ladders. Build Bridges. Pursuing Work with Meaning and Purpose" by Alan Patterson
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| Career Fulfillment: Making or Breaking our Work-Life Wellness | 28 Sep 2022 | 00:24:30 | |
Dr. Laura and guest Meghan Reid, psychologist and co-founder of Canada Career Counselling, discuss how career fulfillment, or lack thereof, can affect our work and overall life wellness. Meghan shares how to assess if your career is impacting your wellbeing and how to get back into balance. If you dread Mondays starting on Sunday, you might not be in the right career. Meghan Reid explains the mental health impacts of career dissatisfaction and how that manifests in us. She also details exactly how she approaches career counseling with a client who has requested her help. Dr. Laura and Meghan address the necessity of identifying core values and having an ability to live them as being a key factor in career satisfaction. She shares important advice on achieving and maintaining your work-life wellness. This episode contains invaluable resources, insight, and advice for anyone struggling with work or with keeping work from consuming their lives. “To me, it's all about integrity. If you say you value work-life balance, but then your actions don't align with that, like you're sending emails as a boss at 11pm, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the organization. So I think it's identifying your values and then clarifying: what does it look like to live and work in alignment with those values?” - Meghan Reid About Meghan Reid: Meghan Reid, M.A., C. Psych, is a Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneur. She specializes in Counselling Psychology and is recognized for her expertise in Career and Workplace Psychology. She is the co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, a leading provider of career-development services, and led the expansion of the firm into the Ontario and Nova Scotia markets. She is a sought-after speaker, panelist, facilitator, and trainer, and often shares her expert opinion on career, workplace, and mental health matters with the media. Meghan can be described as warm and empathetic, yet candid, realistic, and strategic. Through both her individual and organizational work, Meghan’s mission is to help Canadians achieve personal success and career fulfillment. She enjoys working directly with clients, managing and supporting her team, and providing supervision and consultation to counsellors working in the career counselling space. Meghan is also passionate about supporting leaders and teams in their professional development to improve workplace culture and employee effectiveness. Common career development concerns she addresses in her work include: uncertainty around career transitions; navigating workplace politics; challenges progressing into leadership roles; difficulty with boundary setting and balancing work and life; burnout and other mental health challenges; and developing confidence, assertiveness and communication skills. Meghan holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from McGill University and a Bachelor of Arts with an Honours Specialization in Psychology from the University of Western Ontario. She is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. Resources: CERIC (Counseling and Education Research Institute of Canada) Canada Career Counselling - Blog “From Strength to Strength” by Arthur C. Brooks
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| Too Bad to Stay, Too Good to Leave: Making Purposeful Career Pivots | 14 Sep 2022 | 00:22:57 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Meghan Reid, psychologist and co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, to the podcast to discuss career moves and “the great re-evaluation”. Meghan brings a wealth of experience in helping clients make strategic and fulfilling career transitions to this conversation. Meghan Reid has always been drawn to helping people and solving their career and work-related challenges. She breaks down the misconceptions surrounding career counselling; the surprise people have at learning this service offered by psychologists even exists. Meghan and Dr. Laura discuss how people’s fear of “failing” at a career needs reframing so they can see the benefits of a career transition. Meghan also identifies three major ways in which organizations are letting employees down, which is leading to the seeming flood of employee resignations. This compelling episode will help you evaluate your own career satisfaction and give guidance to anyone contemplating a move. “... I think it's shifting or flipping the script on how we match to jobs. I think now a lot of it is 'Here are the jobs that exist, which one can you fit yourself into', as opposed to ‘don't even think about the jobs that are out there, think about what you would want to be doing. And then identify opportunities that could fit you.’” - Meghan Reid About Meghan Reid: Meghan Reid, M.A., C. Psych, is a Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneur. She specializes in Counselling Psychology and is recognized for her expertise in Career and Workplace Psychology. She is the co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, a leading provider of career-development services, and led the expansion of the firm into the Ontario and Nova Scotia markets. She is a sought-after speaker, panelist, facilitator, and trainer, and often shares her expert opinion on career, workplace, and mental health matters with the media. Meghan can be described as warm and empathetic, yet candid, realistic, and strategic. Through both her individual and organizational work, Meghan’s mission is to help Canadians achieve personal success and career fulfillment. She enjoys working directly with clients, managing and supporting her team, and providing supervision and consultation to counsellors working in the career counselling space. Meghan is also passionate about supporting leaders and teams in their professional development to improve workplace culture and employee effectiveness. Common career development concerns she addresses in her work include: uncertainty around career transitions; navigating workplace politics; challenges progressing into leadership roles; difficulty with boundary setting and balancing work and life; burnout and other mental health challenges; and developing confidence, assertiveness and communication skills. Meghan holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from McGill University and a Bachelor of Arts with an Honours Specialization in Psychology from the University of Western Ontario. She is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. Resources:
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| Radical Empathy: How Stressed Out Leaders Can Energize Themselves and Their Team | 18 Jun 2024 | 00:39:25 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes special guest Erin Diehl to the show to talk about radical empathy and Erin’s new book “I See You!: A Leader’s Guide to Energizing Your Team Through Radical Empathy”. Erin Diehl is a Business Improv Edutainer, author, and keynote speaker who hosts the improve it! podcast. Dr. Laura and Erin talk about Erin’s recent journey of self-exploration and why she was called to write her book after emerging from an oppressive hustle mentality. Erin understands how people get to a place of being overloaded, stressed, burnt out, and feeling like they don’t matter. Her desire through the book and her work is to help people, including leaders, give to themselves and take moments of self-reflection. She shares her journey through struggles with infertility and the physical pain that came from overwork. Erin’s story of how she decluttered her life, found her purpose, and claimed inner peace is inspiring. The revelations and discoveries in her book are for everyone to apply to their own lives, especially those in management positions so toxic leadership can be replaced by leaders who are empathetic and supportive. “And it's so crazy how our thoughts really affect every cell in our body. And I'll tell you this, I didn't heal, I had chronic back pain, like shoulder pain and back pain that was so tight... I would literally cry myself to sleep at night because I was just so frustrated. … I took every ergonomic chair on Amazon into my office. I tried all the things, all the pillows, and went to all the doctors. And no one could say what was wrong. And I finally realized it was just my own mental emotions and my own thoughts that were really stagnating me. And I had not dealt with a lot of things.” Erin Diehl About Erin Diehl: Erin “Big” Diehl is a Business Improv Edutainer, Failfluencer, and Professional Zoombie. Through a series of unrelated dares, Erin created improve it!, a unique professional development company that pushes others to laugh, learn, play, and grow. Among her many accolades, Erin is most proud of successfully coercing over 30,000 professionals to chicken dance. Erin Diehl is a graduate of Clemson University, and a former experiential marketing and recruiting professional as well as a veteran improviser from the top improvisational training programs in Chicago, including The Second City, i.O. Theater and The Annoyance Theatre. Erin has spoken on global stages both virtually and in person - with companies like Uber Freight, Walgreens, Motorola, LinkedIn and The Obama Foundation (to name a few)! She is a member of The Chicago Innovation Awards Women’s Cohort and a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program. She is also the proud host of a Top 1% Global Podcast, The improve it! Podcast, which you can find anywhere you listen to pods! When she's not playing pretend or facilitating, she enjoys walking on the beach with her husband, son, and eight-pound toy poodle, BIGG DIEHL. Resources: Website: LearnToImproveIt.com Erin Diehl on Instagram “I See You!: A Leader’s Guide to Energizing Your Team Through Radical Empathy” by Erin Diehl “When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress” by Gabor Maté MD Bestseller Masterclass with Gabby Bernstein “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations: Order Dr. Laura’s new book today: I Wish I’d Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Evolving Yourself to Live Happy in this Messy World | 28 Aug 2022 | 00:29:36 | |
New York Times bestselling author and thought leader Cy Wakeman rejoins Dr. Laura on the podcast to share more insight from her newest book, “Life’s Messy, Live Happy”. Cy addresses aspects of resiliency and spirituality that contribute to happiness and contentment. Cy describes how her process for seeking answers in life is to ask better questions. She avoids “either/or” questions and challenges herself to reframe how she’s asking things and what she’s asking. Better questions bring better answers. Dr. Laura and Cy discuss vulnerability, the need for authentic apology, and whether we are allowing ourselves to evolve and to raise our consciousness. Cy also shares some writers, meditation tools, and poets that inspire her daily. This episode will open a window into how near happiness can be to you with a shift in perspective. “And there's universal principles that have been with us for thousands and thousands of years. And they didn't just come from religion. They've come from philosophy, oral traditions, cave petroglyphs … as long as humans have existed, there seems to be some commonality in how we're all seeking to evolve and move through this world with a general state of contentment.” - Cy Wakeman About Cy Wakeman: Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a new lens through which employees and executives alike, can shift their attention inward, sharpen their focus on personal accountability, and uncover their natural state of innovation simply by ditching the drama. Deemed “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Wakeman has helped companies such as Google, Facebook, Viacom, Uber, NBC Universal, NASA, Pfizer, Johns Hopkins, Stanford Health Care, Keurig Dr. Pepper, AMC Theatres, White Castle, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and countless others learn to navigate our rapidly changing world using good mental processes to harness energy wasted in workplace drama and reinvest that effort into achieving profound business results. As a highly sought-after conference headliner, Cy Wakeman holds a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speaker’s Association, placing her within the top 3% of speakers. She’s a regular contributor on Forbes.com, Success.com, The Huffington Post, and Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global. She’s been featured on the TODAY Show, the AskGaryVee Show with Gary Vaynerchuk, Cheddar TV, The New York Times, Business Insider, The Daily Muse, SHRM.com and many more. Cy Wakeman was voted in the top 100 leadership professionals to follow on twitter for 7 years in a row and in 2021 and 2022, she topped the Global Gurus list of Top 30 Leadership Professionals across the globe, coming in at #1. Wakeman has published four books, the latest of which is “Life’s Messy, Live Happy: Things Don't Have to Be Perfect for You to Be Content” (2022). Cy also hosts her own No Ego podcast and adds bi-weekly video content on YouTube to address leaders’ biggest challenges in the workplace. Resources: “Life’s Messy, Live Happy” by Cy Wakeman “The Book of Awakening” by Mark Nepo
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| Life's Messy, Live Happy: Keys to Contentment | 14 Aug 2022 | 00:30:45 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes New York Times bestselling author and thought leader Cy Wakeman back to the podcast. Dr. Laura dives into aspects of Cy’s most recent book, “Life’s Messy, Live Happy”, and Cy offers her unique and inspirational perspective on the reality of why she wrote the book. Cy Wakeman challenges listeners to examine what happiness really is and discusses what she terms “toxic positivity” with Dr. Laura. Cy did not want to write a book simply telling people how to be happy, but wanted to say “hey, join in the club of humanness - this is our human experience”. She weighs in on the three questions that have changed her life, the true depths of how to look at gratitude, and the differences between self-care and self-soothing. Cy’s warm presence and the insightful thoughts she shares with Dr. Laura are not to be missed. “And so I wanted to write a book that wasn't about toxic positivity, like pressuring people to be happy in the midst of a pandemic, but really showing people how you can be happy in the context of your entire life, that there's space for all of it. You can build a life big enough to hold sadness and happiness at the same time.” - Cy Wakeman About Cy Wakeman: Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a new lens through which employees and executives alike, can shift their attention inward, sharpen their focus on personal accountability, and uncover their natural state of innovation simply by ditching the drama. Deemed “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Wakeman has helped companies such as Google, Facebook, Viacom, Uber, NBC Universal, NASA, Pfizer, Johns Hopkins, Stanford Health Care, Keurig Dr. Pepper, AMC Theatres, White Castle, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and countless others learn to navigate our rapidly changing world using good mental processes to harness energy wasted in workplace drama and reinvest that effort into achieving profound business results. As a highly sought-after conference headliner, Cy Wakeman holds a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speaker’s Association, placing her within the top 3% of speakers. She’s a regular contributor on Forbes.com, Success.com, The Huffington Post, and Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global. She’s been featured on the TODAY Show, the AskGaryVee Show with Gary Vaynerchuk, Cheddar TV, The New York Times, Business Insider, The Daily Muse, SHRM.com and many more. Cy Wakeman was voted in the top 100 leadership professionals to follow on twitter for 7 years in a row and in 2021 and 2022, she topped the Global Gurus list of Top 30 Leadership Professionals across the globe, coming in at #1. Wakeman has published four books, the latest of which is “Life’s Messy, Live Happy: Things Don't Have to Be Perfect for You to Be Content” (2022). Cy also hosts her own No Ego podcast and adds bi-weekly video content on YouTube to address leaders’ biggest challenges in the workplace. Resources: “Life’s Messy, Live Happy” by Cy Wakeman Ditch the Drama – How to Live Happy in a Messy World Cy Wakeman Ted Talk
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| Healthy to Destructive: Exploring Narcissism in Ourselves and Others | 28 Jul 2022 | 00:25:52 | |
Dr. Laura welcomes Dr. Nina W. Brown back to the show. Dr. Brown is a Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, an eminent scholar and professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia, USA. Through her career, Nina has authored over forty books, ten of which are on the subject of narcissism. Dr. Brown discusses how her latest book is more a guide to helping individuals understand themselves in order to better cope with the narcissist in their life, a tactic she finds rewarding. Dr. Laura hears from Nina exactly how the approach of understanding self, of gaining awareness, leads to protecting ourselves and thriving into what Dr. Brown terms “positive revenge”. On the subject of wellness, Nina shares how she unwinds and refreshes outside of work by reading mystery and science fiction books. She shares advice on writing something every day, whatever bit you can - a sentence or paragraph even - in order to stay focused on a writing goal. Dr. Brown has a humble and incredibly wise outlook on life. Her insights on coping with narcissism and on cultivating the value of self will inspire everyone who hears her. “And so this is how we can develop ourselves, particularly with the empathy, because one of the defining characteristics of someone with a narcissistic personality disorder, is a lack of empathy. And so what we can work with is developing ourselves so that we can be empathic, that we can feel what the other person is feeling, without losing the sense of ourselves as being separate and distinct from them. We don't become enmeshed, we don't become overwhelmed.” - Nina W. Brown About Dr. Nina W. Brown: Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychological Association Fellow is a professor and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA USA. She received her doctorate from The College Of William and Mary, and served as president of the Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Association, Secretary of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, President of APA Division 49 (The Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy), President of The Group Council and other positions. She writes and publishes books on group psychotherapy and narcissism with 40+ books to date some of which have been translated into other languages. Dr. Brown’s first book was Teaching Group Dynamics: Process and Practice and she also published the first book on psychoeducational groups which is now in the 4th edition. Other books on group therapy include Expressive Processes for Groups Counseling, Group Counseling for Elementary and Middle School Students, Creating High Performance Classroom Groups, Facilitating Challenging Groups: Leaderless, Open and Single Session Groups, Creative Activities for Group Therapy, and Effective Psychoeducational Groups. Her ten published books on narcissism are The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern, Understanding Narcissists, Children of the Self-absorbed (Three editions and also translated into Chinese, Dutch, German, Polish, Korean, and Czech), Children of Self-absorbed Aging Parents, Coping with Infuriating, Mean, Critical People, Coping with Your Partner’s Jealousy, Loving the Self-absorbed and Working with the Self-absorbed. Other publications include book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles. Resources: Nina W. Brown at Old Dominion University Alanis Morissette Podcast: Episode 18 Nina W. Brown “Understanding Narcissists: How to Cope with Destructive People in Your Life” by Nina W. Brown “Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism” by Otto F. Kernberg, MD
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| How to Handle Narcissistic Personalities on the Job | 14 Jul 2022 | 00:27:46 | |
Dr. Laura continues her exploration into the subject of narcissism with her guest, eminent scholar and professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia, USA, Dr. Nina W. Brown. Nina is the author of over forty books, ten of which are on the subject of narcissism. Nina shares valuable insight from her own experiences and her extensive research into both psychology and narcissism. A personal experience with a difficult to deal with department chair was what initially sent Nina Brown into researching narcissism. She discovered that everyone on the faculty was feeling the same way as she was, devalued and frustrated by interactions with this person, so she set out to learn why. That led her deep into narcissism study and ten books on the subject. Dr. Brown acutely understands exactly why narcissistic individuals have such a toxic impact on the workplace. She explains why it can be difficult to initially spot the narcissist and what kind of coping strategies can be created once their behavior is revealed. “[Narcissism] can impact [cultures] by being and making the workplace toxic. It can impact individuals, and then it extends out to the whole group. And what it does, is it makes the workplace less effective. And it makes the workers less effective because they don't feel appreciated. They don't feel heard and understood. And they feel that perhaps they're being undercut in some way.” - Nina W. Brown About Dr. Nina W. Brown: Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychological Association Fellow is a professor and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA USA. She received her doctorate from The College Of William and Mary, and served as president of the Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Association, Secretary of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, President of APA Division 49 (The Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy), President of The Group Council and other positions. She writes and publishes books on group psychotherapy and narcissism with 40+ books to date some of which have been translated into other languages. Dr. Brown’s first book was Teaching Group Dynamics: Process and Practice and she also published the first book on psychoeducational groups which is now in the 4th edition. Other books on group therapy include Expressive Processes for Groups Counseling, Group Counseling for Elementary and Middle School Students, Creating High Performance Classroom Groups, Facilitating Challenging Groups: Leaderless, Open and Single Session Groups, Creative Activities for Group Therapy, and Effective Psychoeducational Groups. Her ten published books on narcissism are The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern, Understanding Narcissists, Children of the Self-absorbed (Three editions and also translated into Chinese, Dutch, German, Polish, Korean, and Czech), Children of Self-absorbed Aging Parents, Coping with Infuriating, Mean, Critical People, Coping with Your Partner’s Jealousy, Loving the Self-absorbed and Working with the Self-absorbed. Other publications include book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles. Resources: Nina W. Brown at Old Dominion University “Understanding Narcissists: How to Cope with Destructive People in Your Life” by Nina W. Brown “Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism” by Otto F. Kernberg, MD Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
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