Wellbeing

When psychiatrist Dr. Sue Varma was tapped to lead a mental health program for 9/11 survivors, she met a woman who had escaped the North Tower and suffered immense loss, but showed no signs of trauma. “I asked her, what’s your secret?” Dr. Varma recalls. “And she sai ...

In this episode, leadership coach Sohee Jun explores how women can redefine success on their own terms, and move beyond the idea of trying to “have it all.” Sohee shares practical tools to identify burnout and build self-awareness; you’ll learn how to push back on ...

As workplace consultant, and author Minda Harts traveled the country in recent years, she heard a common theme.  “People would tell me that they didn’t trust their company or they didn’t trust their colleague or they didn’t trust their manager,” she said in a ...

“When your mind and body don’t agree,” Sangwan says, “the body always is right.”

As an eventful year comes to a close, many people feel physically and emotionally exhausted. But Jacinta Jiménez, psychologist and author of The Burnout Fix, has tips for catching burnout before it catches you. 1. Develop Psychological Safety “Psychological safety,” say ...

In this episode, Pooja Lakshmin shares her expertise on the power of self-care. As a mental health practitioner, Pooja knows where many of us tend to fall flat and steer ourselves toward burnout. Here, she’ll share tips for how to set meaningful boundaries at work, how to ...

Robyn Garrett is a speaker, author, and CEO of Beamably, a leadership technology company that helps leaders develop the courage to change the world.  She also literally wrote the book on happiness at work: Happy at Work: How to Create a Happy, Engaging Workplace for Tod ...

Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change, is clear about the significance of care work—not only to families but also to organizations and society at large.  “Care work is the work that makes all other work possible,” she says. Whether i ...

Entrepreneur Julie Rice and her business partners Elizabeth Cutler and Ruth Zuckerman broke new ground nearly twenty years ago when they founded SoulCycle. And they soon realized that while people came for fitness, they returned for each other.  Suddenly, Rice and Cutle ...

In anticipation of World Mental Health Day, we are sharing tips from a recent conversation with Jeff Benton, founder of Paragon Performance Evolution, about prioritizing well-being in the workplace.  Conferences for Women Communications Director: I usually ask people to tal ...