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The Evolving Landscape of Work and Careers
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
09/12/23 • 18 min
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:
The Cure for the Common Company: A Chief Medical Director’s Prescription for a Healthier Workforce
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
01/28/23 • 25 min
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
“A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient Workforce” by Richard Safeer, MD
“Leading with Gratitude” by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
“Anxiety at Work” by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
Navigating Narcissism in Work and Life
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
06/28/22 • 23 min
Wendy Behary, founder and director of The Schema Institutes of NJ/NYC/DC and author of the best-selling “Disarming the Narcissist” (available in 14 languages), joins Dr. Laura once more to dig deeper into how narcissists show up at work and in home life. She explains the emotional impact of the narcissistic individual on those around them.
Wendy Behary details the way in which overt and covert narcissists work to exert control over people and also how intimidating, overwhelming, and anxiety-producing they can become. She and Dr. Laura explore how gaslighting, or distorting reality, is used by the narcissist to instill doubt in others. Wendy has keen insight into how to cope with narcissists in your workplace or home, how to regain a sense of self, and also when and how to confront them in order to find your voice. Wendy encourages learning how to regain calm within yourself, not just for dealing with narcissists but so you can pursue personal wellness.
“The narcissist is attracted to self-sacrificers. And so often the empath and the self sacrificer are one and the same. So when we think about someone who is highly self sacrificing, typically what motivates that is two things: guilt and empathy. So if you've got a super amount of empathy and you also carry guilt, which may have been laid down through modeling in your own early life, then chances are you're willing to sacrifice your own needs, even your own identity, in order to please another. Narcissist: yay, happy day, right?” - Wendy Behary
About Wendy Behary:
With 25+ years of professional experience and advanced level certifications, Wendy Behary is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC. She has been treating clients, training professionals and supervising psychotherapists for more than 20 years. Wendy was on the faculty of the Cognitive Therapy Center and Schema Therapy Institute of New York (until the Institutes merged in 2012), where she trained and worked with Dr. Jeffrey Young since 1989. She is a founding fellow and consulting supervisor for The Academy of Cognitive Therapy (Aaron T. Beck’s Institute). Wendy served as the President of the Executive Board of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) from 2010-2014 and served as the Training and Certification Coordinator for the ISST Executive Board from 2008-2010. She is currently the chair of the Schema Therapy Development Programs Sub-Committee for the ISST.
Wendy Behary has co-authored several chapters and articles on Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy. She is the author of an international bestselling book, "Disarming the Narcissist...” translated into 15 languages. The Third Edition was released on October 1, 2021. Wendy has a specialty in treating narcissists and the people who live with and deal with them. As an author and an expert on the subject of narcissism, she is a contributing chapter author of several chapters on schema therapy for narcissism for professional readers. She lectures both nationally and internationally to professional and general audiences on schema therapy, narcissism, interpersonal relationships, anger, and dealing with difficult people. She receives consistent high praise for her clear and articulate teaching style and her ability to bring the therapy to life through dramatic demonstrations of client interactions in the treatment room.
Her work industry business speaking engagements focus on interpersonal conflict resolution. Her private practice is primarily devoted to treating narcissists, partners/people dealing with them, and couples experiencing relationship problems.
Resources:
“Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed” by Wendy Behary
The Schema Therapy Training Institute
Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations:
Dr. Laura is a partner of Humance | Culture and Performance.
[Part II] Humanizing Work for a Better World
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
07/28/21 • 28 min
In this episode, I continue speaking with Dr. Steve Hunt (Chief Expert, Work & Technology) and Robert Richardson (Human Experience Advisor) from SAP, about how to humanize work and the workplace. As the world of work continues to evolve, leaders must develop more human-centric organizational processes. This is Part 2 of our conversation.
Steve & Robert discuss how the pandemic has influenced the way we humanize work, they share what work-life wellness means to them personally, and what wellness challenges they have overcome. And Steve brings out his mandolin!
Steve's recommended book:
Stretch: How to Future-Proof Yourself for Tomorrow's Workplace, by Karie Willyerd and Barbara Mistick.
Robert's recommended podcast:
Hidden Brain, hosted by Shankar Vedantam.
Robert's recommended book:
The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed, by Robin Dreeke and Cameron Stauth.
Steve and Robert co-host the Work Matters! podcast. In Episode 12: Remote Work Matters, Dr. Laura discusses many aspects of remote work, including work-life wellness, blurred boundaries, remote leadership styles, and distributed team dynamics.
Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
For more resources, below are Dr. Laura's organizations.
Work EvOHlution
Synthesis Psychology
Calgary Career Counselling
Canada Career Counselling
Dr. Laura is a partner of Humance | Culture and Performance.
[Part I] Humanizing Work for a Better World
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
07/14/21 • 22 min
I speak with Dr. Steve Hunt (Chief Expert, Work & Technology) and Robert Richardson (Human Experience Advisor) from SAP, about how to humanize work and the workplace. As the world of work continues to evolve, leaders must develop more human-centric organizational processes. This is Part 1 of our conversation.
What does it mean to humanize work? Steve and Robert discuss the many factors involved in this process, such as ensuring full transparency throughout the workplace, valuing employees' well-being, shifting away from an exploitative organizational model, and more.
Steve and Robert co-host the Work Matters! podcast. In Episode 12: Remote Work Matters, Dr. Laura discusses many aspects of remote work, including work-life wellness, blurred boundaries, remote leadership styles, and distributed team dynamics.
Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
For more resources, below are Dr. Laura's organizations.
Work EvOHlution
Synthesis Psychology
Calgary Career Counselling
Canada Career Counselling
Dr. Laura is a partner of Humance | Culture and Performance.
[Part II] Optimizing your Brilliant Brain for Work and Life Success
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
06/28/21 • 20 min
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Dr. Mary Rensel, neuroimmunologist, and Ali Hively, life coach with an MA in education. These two brilliant woman have joined forces and founded Brain Ops Group, where they teach busy, stressed professionals brain resiliency tools to improve productivity and focus.
In Part II, we focus on work-life wellness, what this means to Mary and Ali, and what they recommend for achieving greater mental wellness when living a busy, fast-paced life.
Mary's recommended book:
Between Grit and Grace: The Art of Being Feminine and Formidable, by Dr. Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD.
Ali's recommended books:
Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life, by Gretchen Rubin.
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, by Jen Sincero.
Brain Ops Group: https://www.brainopsgroup.com
Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
For more resources, below are Dr. Laura's organizations.
Work EvOHlution
Synthesis Psychology
Calgary Career Counselling
Canada Career Counselling
Dr. Laura is a partner of Humance | Culture and Performance.
Why does it take a catastrophe to evolve the way we work and live?
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
10/14/20 • 42 min
Welcome to the first episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets LifeTM: Why does it take a catastrophe to change the way we work and live?
In this episode, we are joined by Philip Vanhoutte - Author of "The Smarter Working Manifesto", Founder of Ozadi, and Board Chair for multiple companies (one of them being Work EvOHlution, which Dr. Laura Co-Founded). Philip is passionate about accelerating the realization of human potential. We discuss how Covid-19 has changed the way we work and live, and how smarter work and nature@work can enhance our health and productivity.
links:
https://www.workevohlution.com/
https://synthesispsychology.com/
https://www.calgarycareercounselling.com/
https://canadacareercounselling.com/
Disarming the Narcissist at Work
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
06/14/22 • 27 min
Dr. Laura welcomes Wendy Behary, founder and director of The Schema Institutes of NJ/NYC/DC and author of the best-selling book “Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed”, to the podcast. Wendy brings over twenty-five years of professional experience, and a specialty in treating both narcissists and those who deal with them, to this important conversation.
Wendy Behary defines narcissism and explains the traits that define both more typical “overt narcissists” and the “covert narcissists” she refers to as ‘virtuous victims’. Narcissistic individuals all carry the same sense of very self-absorbed energy. Dr. Laura and Wendy explore why narcissists do tend to gravitate to professional work and leadership positions, and Wendy shares the pros of their leadership as well as the devastating cons. Wendy has vast experience, through her extensive work as a therapist, on how to deal with a narcissist and why certain approaches work and others don’t. She wrote her book to help the people living and working with narcissists identify opportunities to get them help, while liberating themselves from self-blame.
“I think one of the toughest situations is when you're working with or for someone like this, especially if it's your boss or supervisor, because you may just not have the luxury of just leaving. Or the ease of transitioning into a whole new job. If you can, it may be the best way. But for most people that isn't the case. And so I guide them, as you probably do too, Laura, with strategies like: set limits as much as you can, try to limit your exposure, keep yourself tucked away from the narcissist as much as you can. Don't be trying to win them over. It's really a lost cause.” - Wendy Behary
About Wendy Behary:
With 25+ years of professional experience and advanced level certifications, Wendy Behary is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC. She has been treating clients, training professionals and supervising psychotherapists for more than 20 years. Wendy was on the faculty of the Cognitive Therapy Center and Schema Therapy Institute of New York (until the Institutes merged in 2012), where she trained and worked with Dr. Jeffrey Young since 1989. She is a founding fellow and consulting supervisor for The Academy of Cognitive Therapy (Aaron T. Beck’s Institute). Wendy served as the President of the Executive Board of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) from 2010-2014 and served as the Training and Certification Coordinator for the ISST Executive Board from 2008-2010. She is currently the chair of the Schema Therapy Development Programs Sub-Committee for the ISST.
Wendy Behary has co-authored several chapters and articles on Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy. She is the author of an international bestselling book, "Disarming the Narcissist...” translated into 15 languages. The Third Edition was released on October 1, 2021. Wendy has a specialty in treating narcissists and the people who live with and deal with them. As an author and an expert on the subject of narcissism, she is a contributing chapter author of several chapters on schema therapy for narcissism for professional readers. She lectures both nationally and internationally to professional and general audiences on schema therapy, narcissism, interpersonal relationships, anger, and dealing with difficult people. She receives consistent high praise for her clear and articulate teaching style and her ability to bring the therapy to life through dramatic demonstrations of client interactions in the treatment room.
Her work industry business speaking engagements focus on interpersonal conflict resolution. Her private practice is primarily devoted to treating narcissists, partners/people dealing with them, and couples experiencing relationship problems.
Resources:
“Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed” by Wendy Behary
The Schema Therapy Training Institute
Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations:
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Being Yourself at Work to Create Better Work-Life Wellness
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
05/28/22 • 24 min
Dr. Laura and DDS Dobson-Smith, CEO of SoulTrained and author of “You Can Be Yourself Here: Your Pocket Guide to Creating Inclusive Workplaces by Using the Psychology of Belonging”, explore work-life wellness in their second conversation. DDS breaks down how a culture of belonging directly impacts wellness at work.
Dr. Laura and DDS share personal stories from their own lives that illustrate times when they didn’t feel that vital sense of belonging in a space. They explore the impact that had on their senses of self. DDS also likens work-life wellness, or “work-life blend” as they call it, to a pie and how each slice of your life is part of the overall pie in context. They discuss that choices in terms of time you give to work, hobbies or relationships mean other pieces of the pie must necessarily shrink to accommodate. DDS reveals the book and podcast they most recommend and their hope for how people can improve workplaces in the future.
“I love that you call it work-life wellness. Because I refer to it as work-life blend. And I just don't believe in the concept of work-life balance, because that phrase in and of itself is saying there's work and there's life. And I like to remind my clients that work is one context of life. And that your life is made up of many contexts. ... And so for me, work-life blend means being able to look at all of the contexts of my life, and approaching them, and experiencing them, in ways that are fulfilling.” - DDS Dobson-Smith
About DDS Dobson-Smith:
DDS Dobson-Smith is a licensed therapist, author, executive coach, speaker on leadership and growth, and a Reiki master — all in service of helping others grow and become who they are. They are the Founder and CEO of SoulTrained, an executive coaching and leadership growth consultancy. Their new book is called “You Can Be Yourself Here: Your Pocket Guide to Creating Inclusive Workplaces by Using the Psychology of Belonging”
DDS brings multi-sector global experience, decades of training in human potential, and enduring dedication to creating leaders who are worth following to everything they do.
They have notched up over 25 years of working in small, medium, and large corporations. They grew up in the hospitality industry and they started their career as a college professor teaching hotel and business management. They’ve since held a range of senior, executive, and C-Suite level roles across a host of sectors and companies.
DDS Dobson-Smith is certified as an Executive Coach by both the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Oxford School of Coaching & Mentoring. They are credentialed with the International Coach Federation, and are a coach-supervisor through the Coaching Supervision Academy.
Resources:
“Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson
Scene On Radio Podcast - Season 2: Seeing White
Scene On Radio Podcast - Season 3: Men
Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations:
Dr. Laura is a partner of Humance | Culture and Performance
Difficult vs. Toxic Bosses: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter?
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
10/22/24 • 15 min
Dr. Laura revisits the topic of toxic bosses with in-depth information about the differences between a difficult boss and a toxic boss. In conducting studies and reading research on toxic bosses for the book she’s writing, Dr. Laura has gathered an immense amount of knowledge on identifying, differentiating, dealing with, and surviving toxic bosses. In this episode, she illustrates how a difficult boss is not necessarily a toxic boss and why this difference matters.
One of the main differences Dr. Laura points to is that while a difficult boss can be unpleasant to work with, they are manageable and can be navigated. A toxic boss, however, is not a sustainable person to work for as they are incredibly bad for mental health, physical health, and career progression. Dr. Laura breaks down all the ways we can differentiate between a difficult and toxic boss through their personal styles of management, levels of micromanagement, whether they communicate poorly or with dishonest and manipulative intentions, and how it feels when working with them. This episode expands our understanding of toxic bosses and adds more information to our knowledge bank so that toxic bosses can be more readily identified and, hopefully, avoided.
“And the biggest difference, really, is that you can find ways to manage a difficult boss, and you cannot do so with a toxic boss. A toxic boss is really damaging to your engagement, your productivity and your wellbeing.” 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:
Where Work Meets LifeTMEpisode 83 | Managing Your Boss: How to Succeed, Thrive, or Know When to Leave with Mary Abbajay
“Managing Up: How to Move Up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss” by Mary Abbajay
Dr. Laura on LinkedIn
Where Work Meets LifeTM on YouTube
Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live
For more resources, look into Dr. Laura’s organizations:
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How many episodes does Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura have?
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura currently has 95 episodes available.
What topics does Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura cover?
The podcast is about Management, Career, Psychology, Startup, Work, Wellness, Podcasts, Small Business, Education, Jobs, Business, Awareness and Careers.
What is the most popular episode on Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura?
The episode title 'Welcome to Season 5: Trends in the World of Work and How Humanity Can Evolve' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura?
The average episode length on Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura is 29 minutes.
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Episodes of Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura?
The first episode of Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura was released on Oct 14, 2020.
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