This week we have part 2 with our special guest. Dr. Gheni Platenburg, Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Auburn University. Together in a must listen two-part series, we discuss race and representation in media and technology, and how to be an advocate for black lives. If you would like to know more about Dr. Platenburg, you can follow her on twitter at @G_Platenburg.
This week we have a special guest. Dr. Gheni Platenburg, Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Auburn University. Together in a must listen two-part series, we discuss race and representation in media and technology, and the role of technology in the black lives matter movement.If you would like to know more about Dr. Platenburg, you can follow her on twitter at @G_Platenburg.
Welcome to Episode 13. This week we are talking about the Black Lives Matter Movement. This is the first of a four part series where we unpack the value of being seen and the importance of representation. In this first episode we discuss how we come to this movement, the potential bias that we bring to the conversation, and how to actively listen in order to set the stage for the series. In the next three episodes, we will discuss media representation of black lives, and of the movement as a whole. Please follow this series as we bring in experts in race and media representation to continue the discussion. You can donate to the Black Lives Matter by going to their website BlackLivesMatter.com.
This week Dr. Kortni draws on her expertise as a happiness scholar to remind us of the importance of self compassion and how to reframe the observations made by your inner voice in a positive way.
Welcome to the final of our three part series covering the human and financial cost of toxic workplaces. And thank you for bearing with our phone call-in audio in this series. We should return to regular audio levels next week. In this series, we explored what toxic workplaces actually cost an organization. In the last episode, we addressed what it costs us as human beings. This week, we discuss how it can affect the organization's bottom line. 50% of all people contemplate leaving jobs where they experience incivility. That is a huge investment in turnover - even if that 50% do not all leave on the first instance of incivility and bullying. We end our episode with advice to employers on how they can begin to model and support compassion in the workplace as a counter measure to toxic people and environments.
This week we delve into the second part of our 3 part series on the human and financial cost of toxic employees. We go into more depth of the human cost of being bullied in the workplace and how we are all team players rather than lone workers working in a vacuum. We end with advice to supervisors on how to make their workforce feel seen and valued, and how this will help your workforce culture thrive.Thrivers! We want to hear from you and truly make this a conversation. We have started a facebook community called Thriving in Toxicity. Thriving in Toxicity is a space where you can personally share your stories, comments, and even let us know what you would like for our next episode to be. We look forward to seeing you there.
This week we begin a 3 part series on the human and financial cost of toxic employees. We discuss what happens to a workplace climate when one or a few toxic coworkers infect the workplace with negativity. 87% of the workforce, in fact, states that they have worked in a toxic work environment. In this episode, we give advice to managers for dealing with toxic employees and opening up a more inclusive and welcoming workplace - and what that will do for their company's productivity and innovation.Thrivers! We want to hear from you and truly make this a conversation. We have started a facebook community called Thriving in Toxicity. Thriving in Toxicity is a space where you can personally share your stories, comments, and even let us know what you would like for our next episode to be. We look forward to seeing you there.
Hello thrivers! Today we talking about gratitude! Many of us are familiar with practicing gratitude, but today we are going to go beyond the 5 things list to give you some alternative ways of actively practicing gratitude. Research shows that gratitude blocks toxic emotions such as envy, regret, and even depression. And, that grateful people are more stress resilient. Join us this week as we learn how to become resilient and thrive with science based methods for actively practicing gratitude. Dr. Kortni has a free workbook to help you in your practice after the podcast. You can find it here, https://kortni-alston.mykajabi.com/gratitudeworkbook.
Welcome back, Thrivers! Today we talk about character strengths. The positive psychology movement focuses on how we flourish; and understanding character strengths are an important element when learning to thrive and flourish. In today’s episode, Drs. Alston and Dean discuss the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, which are made up of 24 universal characters, such as, love, social intelligence, and leadership, and how playing to these strengths can serve you when coping with stress.If you want to take the VIA yourself, you can find it here, https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/
On today's episode, we have a special guest. Julye Newlin is a professor who has run her own production studio for the past few decades in Houston, Texas. Julye talks to us about her toxic work experiences, best practices in being a good manager, and what it takes to tackle a toxic work environment.
Before the pandemic, work life balance dealt with managing our work and personal life. Now, with millions of us working from home we often need “remote” work “at home” balance. Creating and implementing a well-being strategy is so important. It addresses key areas to maintain physical and mental health. Today we are going to give you six simple tips to create your own wellness strategy. These tips can help you learn to cope, and eventually get your own superpowers back.
Have you worked with someone who has made you feel emotionally exhausted, devalued, and just flat out frustrated? Today we talk about the 5 types of toxic coworkers, and arm you with the tools you need to identify them in your own workplace.
Online negativity may seem like a newer phenomenon as we are all frustrated, home, and online so much right now, but it’s not new at all. Take a look at any political post and you will see how negativity and online bullying are thriving. Today Dr. Kortni Alston and Dr. Stephanie Dean discuss 6 strategies you can use to better shield yourself online.
Does traditional advice for remote work stand when you are in a pandemic? Yes, but you need to add some wellness techniques to your normal work mode. Listen to Dr. Kortni Alston and Dr. Stephanie Dean discuss how to work from home during a pandemic.
Get to meet us in our introductory podcast, learn who are the Thrivers, and how to begin the journey from surviving a toxic environment to THRIVING in one.