EPIC Women Leaders
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -EPIC - Empowered, Prosperous, Influential and Confident!
EPIC Women Leaders is a global forum for women in leadership to come together to support one another when facing burnout, overwhelm, and extreme stress. This podcast supports that forum by providing information, tools, strategies and stories of inspiration and success to help navigate the effects.
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014: Dealing with Burnout as an Entrepreneur with Lydia Lee
November 16, 2020 17:00 - 37 minutes - 32.3 MBWhether you’re staying in the cubicle because you want to, or whether you’re in the transition to an entrepreneur, cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset is important for both entrepreneurs and corporate employees. An entrepreneurial mindset is one that takes control of their own destiny and finds how you can be a leader in your own life instead of whatever external circumstances that come in your life. However, entrepreneurs can be some of the most passionate and driven people. But this c...
013: Dealing with Corporate Burnout with Lydia Lee
November 09, 2020 17:00 - 40 minutes - 34.8 MBYou have the right to have work that inspires and brings you joy. But knowing yourself and knowing what it is you truly want isn’t something that can be done overnight. For many, living on autopilot on someone else’s dream and not knowing what they truly want is a surefire way to burnout. Burnout doesn’t just exhaust your mind and body, but it affects your passion as well. Join me as I speak with Lydia Lee, founder of Screw the Cubicle, as she recounts her struggle with burnout not once...
012: Wellbeing in the workplace with Michelle Yu
November 03, 2020 17:00 - 23 minutes - 17.4 MBCOVID has been a blessing in disguise in emphasizing the issue of burnout in the workplace. It has been a good wake-up call and a good push in showing people the importance of self-care and prioritizing mental health to avoid burnout. Creating boundaries at work and prioritizing mental health and wellbeing is a combination of the contribution of everyone in the workplace. It’s on the corporation to create the right structure to promote well being, it’s on the leader to make sure that they ...
011: Finding Your Purpose As A Working Mum With Jessica McClain
October 19, 2020 17:00 - 32 minutes - 19.4 MBJuggling the responsibilities of a job and being a new mom may seem impossible. It is no easy feat to be able to find the balance between work and family responsibilities. In this episode, we chat with Jessica McClain who shares her experiences of having a child and how she kept up with the demands of a newborn while juggling a full-time job. After feeling being pulled in different directions, she decided to quit her job and focus on her family. She could not survive when her job couldn’t p...
010: Burnout and Menopause
August 24, 2020 17:00 - 44 minutes - 26.9 MBMenopause is one of the most unspoken, and neglected contributors of burnout. Menopausal women are more prone to depression, anxiety, and stress. This affects their professional and personal lives which results in a poor quality of life. In this episode, we unpack the ways that women can mitigate the effects menopause, and what women in the C-Suite leadership positions can do to help ensure that they stay healthy. Through mindfulness practices and cultivating compassionate self-awareness...
009: Pursue What Aligns with Your Soul / Your Job Does Not Define You
August 03, 2020 17:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBBurnout is still very much stigmatised and seen as not being able to cope. It can be confronting and scary. It is more about finding the courage to remove ourselves from that environment which is not always easy. But once you’ve taken that first step, you become closer to living a more fulfilling life. Life is short and the last thing you want is to be resentful because you did not take a risk. In this episode, Mara shares with us how she was living her days just waiting for 5 PM and how s...
008: The 3-Part Strategy to Curb Burnout with Dr. Charmaine Gregory
July 06, 2020 17:00 - 49 minutes - 35.6 MBBurnout is one of the rock bottom consequences of our overly busy lives. Physician burnout not only harms the individual but harms their patients as well. Just like any other professional who experiences burnout, their personal relationships are usually the first to be affected. The negative effects of burnout spill over every aspect of your life - your personal relationship, your home, health, and work. The burnout of an individual affects not just themselves but everyone around them. In...
007: Taking Ownership Of Your Career with Monique Valcour
June 29, 2020 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBOne-third of the average person’s life is spent working and building a career. Work is a major part of our lives. In fact, so many of us make work the primary aspect of our lives and it’s safe to say that our job makes a huge impact on the quality of our lives. In this episode, we unpack how to blaze your new path and build a lifestyle that you love. Monique shares her tips on how to work more effectively with your mind and make progress on things that matter the most. As we spend most of ...
006: Self-Care in Healthcare with Tracy Churchill
June 22, 2020 17:00 - 31 minutes - 22.1 MBBurnout sometimes happens to the people who love their jobs so passionately that they lose sight of everything else. Nurses and healthcare professionals are some of the professionals who fit this description. It is innate for healthcare professionals and nurses to care for other people, sometimes putting the health, safety, and wellness of their patients before their own. When nurses are given support to be healthy, they are able to perform better and give patient-care at the highest level...
005: Better Habits For A Better You with Cathy Carr
June 01, 2020 19:00 - 28 minutes - 18.8 MBThe day-to-day choices you make determine whether you maintain vitality and optimal health or develop unhealthy habits. Positive change does not happen overnight. The older we get, the more difficult it is to break our habits, and the key is to acknowledge that change takes time and is a long-term commitment. In this episode, Cathy Carr shares her insights on the everyday changes we can make towards a happier, healthier body that is functioning optimally to improve our lives. These sim...
004: Beating Burnout And Prioritizing Your Well-being With Skye Romuld
May 18, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBBurnout is a terrifying landslide into darkness that can cause exhaustion, stress, and panic attacks. A high level of productivity is a goal that most companies and workplaces strive for and as a culture, we buy into this glorification of being busy all the time. Working hard, filling our calendars every single day with back-to-back meetings - this has become the new norm at work. Burnout in the workplace is a major problem that spills over into our personal life. As we navigate this pa...
003: The Power of Purpose with Annie Gaudreault
May 12, 2020 22:00 - 36 minutes - 26.1 MBAre you living your passion? Are you aware of your calling? Are you looking for a deeper sense of purpose at work? Our guest for this episode is Annie Gaudreault, a licensed holistic nutritionist, endurance athlete and founder of Veev Health and Wellness. In this episode Annie talks about how you can overcome your circumstances by having a great support system and tapping into your creativity. Annie shares the challenges she faced during her childhood that shaped who she is today, how ...
002: Finding The Power To Overcome Postpartum Depression with Karina Pardus
May 11, 2020 22:02 - 36 minutes - 32.4 MBBecoming a mother is an immensely life-changing shift for any woman. But for some, this experience is coupled with feelings of hopelessness, emptiness and sadness. Postpartum depression is fairly common in new mothers or even in seasoned mothers. But what do mothers who have experienced postpartum depression have in common? They overcame it. In this episode, Karina Pardus, an EPIC woman who overcame postpartum depression not only once, but twice, shares how she did it and how you can also...
001: From Burnout And Resilience To Gratitude And Positivity with Sarah Ratekin
May 11, 2020 22:00 - 41 minutes - 30.1 MBIn this episode of Epic Women Leaders, we chat with Sarah Ratekin, a renowned Executive Coach and Chief Happiness Officer. Sarah shares her burnout and resilience journey and how she accidentally discovered the role of a Chief Happiness Officer. A Chief Happiness Officer provides data-driven perspectives to what is traditionally seen as a fluffy engagement space with no scientific basis at all. However, there is growing evidence of what really happens when employees are happier. In this...
000: Why I Started The EPIC Women Leaders Podcast
May 07, 2020 22:00 - 7 minutes - 5.08 MBHow do women in senior leadership - with all of the knowledge, experience and credentials to get them there - find themselves trapped in positions where the they can't find a way out? Where they no longer feel effective, dread going in to work, don't have the support or resources to get the job done, and the alternatives don't feel much better? Where they feel like they are a failure for not being able to manage it all? In this very first episode of EPIC Women Leaders, I share why I started...