The past several years can be defined by nothing short of wellness. Both on a personal level and within businesses, wellness is essential in building any kind of people centered organization. In this episode, Alex sits down with Dr. Julie Alvira to discuss wellness and how this shows up in the workplace. Dr. Alvira has dedicated the later half of her career to understanding behaviors, addiction, and corporate burnout and in this episode, she breaks down the key to recognizing the patterns/behaviors in you and your team and just how to resolve them to become a stronger leader.

1:10 Who is Dr. Julie Alvira?

4:35 The journey that starts with curiosity

5:50 techniques for taking a step back to build awareness

9:10 Burnout in the workplace - recognizing in self and others

• Needing to appear strong even when you feel weak


• Recognizing different patterns within yourself and your team

15:15 Burnout and a detachment from your why for doing what you are doing

16:20 Performance failure /self critical burnout cycle

31:30 When you notice burnout, what can you do to support yourself and others?

24:10 Building awareness starts by asking  yourself “Why?”