Headspace for the Workplace with Dr. Sally: Helping Leaders Build Human-Centered Workplaces
by Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas · 107 episodes
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Headspace for the Workplace – A Podcast on How to Cultivate a Vibrant and Psychologically Safe and Healthy Workforce with your host Dr. Sally Spencer-ThomasIn our brain-based economy, we depend on fully engaged, mentally healthy teams. Organizations that have figured this out not only have a competitive advantage, they are awesome places to work. Take a listen to the lessons learned and actionable take-aways to promote mental health and wellbeing and support people through tough times – at work.
Latest episodes
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16 min
Wouldn't, Couldn't, Shouldn't: Rethinking Return to Work After Mental Health Leave with Dr. Mark Salzer
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Dr. Mark Salzer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at Temple University, and one of t…
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18 min
Your Presence Is Enough: Building Peer Support Programs That Don't Burn Out the Helpers with Sarah Buino
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Sarah Buino, a psychotherapist, former group practice owner, and nationally recognized voice on wounded healer dynam…
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18 min
When the Bet Comes to Work: What Employers Need to Know About Problem Gambling with Saul Malek
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Saul Malek, a speaker, educator, and problem gambling prevention advocate who travels the world delivering practical…
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19 min
Silence Is Not Neutral: How to Welcome Employees Back From Mental Health Leave With Dignity with Jennifer Moff…
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Jennifer Moffett, a senior technology leader who has spent over 22 years at PayPal, a national suicide prevention ad…
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19 min
Are You What You Do? Supporting Early-Career High Performers Before They Burn Out with John Brown
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with John Brown, a licensed marriage and family therapist, executive coach, and sports psychology specialist who works wi…
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29 min
From Awareness to Action: How Construction Is Leading the Way on Workplace Mental Health with Sonya Bohmann
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Sonya Bohmann, Executive Director of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (CIASP), an organizat…
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13 min
Beyond Narcan: How to Build Overdose Prevention Into Your Workplace Safety Culture
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Dr. Virna Little, co-founder and CEO of Zero Overdose, a national initiative bringing overdose safety planning into…
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24 min
Systems, Not Slogans: What It Actually Takes to Build a Veteran-Friendly Workplace
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Alicia Scovill, President of Scovill Construction & Contracting Services, a veteran herself, and a construction work…
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30 min
Stop Fixing, Start Leading: How to Show Up in Your Team's Hardest Moments
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Mitch Wallis, the founder of Heart on My Sleeve and one of the world's leading experts on connection capability in t…
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18 min
Get Real With Your Why: What Leaders Need to Know About Rethinking Their Relationship With Alcohol
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sat down with psychologist, author, and organizational consultant Dr. Abby Medcalf who spent years working with executives in merg…
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20 min
There's No Panacea for Human: The Power of Connection During Life's Transitions at Work with Nick Freud
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Nick Freud, founder of Fellow Humans - a platform built on a simple but radical idea: the most powerful support a pe…
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53 min
SPECIAL EPISODE: Work-Related Suicide - How Do We Define and Measure Work-Related Suicide?
This special episode of Headspace for the Workplace is produced in partnership with the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) Workplace Special Interest Group, co…
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21 min
The Cost of the Chase: Can You Build Profit and Protect People?
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Aaron Witt, founder of BuildWitt, a people-first training and development company on a mission to build the construc…
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21 min
The Hidden Safety Crisis: Sleep, Mental Health, and Workplace Fatigue
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I tackle one of the most underestimated safety risks in high-risk industries: sleep deprivation driven by mental health. Drawing on…
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16 min
Soul Exhaustion at Work: How to Protect Your Time, Set Boundaries, and Reclaim Your Well-Being
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I am joined by my longtime colleague and friend Sarah Gaer to explore a concept that goes deeper than burnout: soul exhaustion. Sara…
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28 min
From Pain to Purpose: How Workplaces Can Support Post-Traumatic Growth with AnneMoss Rogers
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I am joined by Anne Moss Rogers - a nationally recognized suicide prevention advocate, keynote speaker, and brain tumor survivor who…
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28 min
Connection Beats Complexity: How Caring Contacts Save Lives at Work with Cheri Skelding
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with Cheri Skelding, Clinical Director of Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners, to explore one of the most evidence-backed and…
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21 min
Creating a Tipping Point for Change in Workplace Mental Health and the Manager Multiplier Effect with Laura Pu…
In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit down with workplace wellbeing expert Laura Putnam to explore one of the most overlooked drivers of mental health at work: mana…
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19 min
Responding to Critical Incidents at Work -- Crisis Confirms Culture with Jeff Gorter
When a critical incident strikes a workplace — whether a natural disaster, an act of violence, a sudden death, or a large-scale social disruption — leaders are thrust into decision…
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19 min
Human Doings and How We Interrupt A Void Dance at Work with Baruch HaLevi
We say we are human beings, but most days at work, we live like human doings.Meeting to meeting.Task to task.Crisis to crisis.In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I sit…