Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBringing you timely insights and inspiration from experts at the intersection of work and life. Topics include workplace, wellness, career, and advocacy.
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Leveraging Life Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs
February 13, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBDr. Laura welcomes Soren Kaplan, bestselling author, founder of Praxie.com, and Columnist for Inc. Magazine, to talk about his latest book, “Experiential Intelligence”. Soren talks about the impetus behind writing his book and defines Experiential Intelligence, or XQ, as a key factor in the road to success, alongside Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Soren shares examples of experiences from his childhood that have shaped into skills he uses today to explain XQ. Ex...
Never Not Working: How Always-On Cultures are Bad for People and Business
January 30, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBDr. Laura welcomes Dr. Malissa Clark, an associate professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Georgia, about workaholism and her upcoming book, “Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture is Bad for Business - and How to Fix It”. Dr. Clark defines modern day workaholism, and explains why it’s so detrimental to both individuals and businesses. There is an aspect of workaholism that’s “like water to a fish”, according to Malissa Clark, which is that we are so i...
The Mind-Body Cure: The Impacts of Chronic Stress and How to Reclaim Our Wellness
January 16, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBDr. Laura talks with Dr. Bal Pawa about her book, “The Mind-Body Cure”, and her journey through the health field into her focus on integrative medicine. Dr. Pawa shares her story of being a physician and a patient on the same day after a car accident, and how that opened her eyes to an entirely new experience and perspective on medicine. Dr. Pawa discusses the science and medical background that informs her book but stresses that she made it very digestible to anyone without that backgroun...
Burnout Prevention: What Organizations Must Do
January 02, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBDr. Laura addresses the topic of burnout in this episode, defining exactly what it is and describing the workplace symptoms that can contribute to it. Burnout is not a category of mental disorder or a formal medical diagnosis but instead a stress response to toxic and suboptimal working conditions. How can it be prevented? Dr. Laura shares her insight. The quick fixes that organizations implement to combat burnout don’t proactively solve the problem. As good as a wellness program and yoga...
The Emotionally Strong Leader: Transforming from the Inside Out
December 19, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBDr. Laura welcomes guest Carolyn Stern, President and CEO of EI Experience and author of The Emotionally Strong Leader, to the show for a conversation about emotional intelligence in leaders. Carolyn is an emotional intelligence and leadership development expert who discusses her belief that everyone needs an education in how to communicate and resolve conflict when emotional, especially those in leadership roles. Carolyn relates personal examples of how she learned to control her emotio...
Fighting the Good Fight for Workplace Flexibility: Why Remote Work Can’t Go Away!
December 05, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBDr. Laura welcomes guest Kaleem Clarkson, CEO of Blend Me, Inc., to the show to talk about the importance of remote work. Blend Me, Inc. is a consultancy that helps small businesses transform into remote or hybrid-remote workplaces. Kaleen is a passionate advocate for remote work and his conversation with Dr. Laura reveals why. Kaleem reminds us that at the start of the pandemic much of the working world went remote in just a month. He points to that as being one of the best examples of bus...
Seismic Shifts in Leadership
November 21, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBDr. Laura welcomes guest Michelle K Johnston, executive coach and author of “The Seismic Shift in Leadership”, to the show to talk about how leadership has changed. The old way of leading with an iron fist, using command and control, is no longer how great leaders operate. Leaders today need to embrace connection, which is the focus of Michelle’s book. Sharing personal stories in “The Seismic Shift in Leadership” connects Michelle with readers in much the same way as she urges leaders to co...
Your Career Development: Keys to Fulfillment and Growth
November 07, 2023 08:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBDr. Laura’s 25 years of experience in career psychology informs this episode’s discussion about career development trends and how you can take charge of your career. Dr. Laura shares how she chose to specialize in career development when she obtained her Master’s in Counseling Psychology and how that led her to found Canada Career Counseling. In referencing the Psychological Contract: A Paradigm Shift, Dr. Laura breaks down how the old contract for obtaining and maintaining a career has gi...
Money and Well-Being: How the Pink Tax Harms Us All
October 24, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBDr. Laura welcomes guest Janine Rogan, CPA and Founder/CEO of the Wealth Building Academy, to the show to talk about financial equity and her new book “The Pink Tax”. Janine’s mission is to empower women to confidently grow their wealth through financial feminism, and her insight is invaluable not just to women but to everyone invested in financial equity. In “The Pink Tax”, Janine writes about the impacts of the systems we’ve set up in society on certain groups of people. She uses the book...
Making Bold Life Changes: Turning Fear into Courage
October 10, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBDr. Laura welcomes guest Samra Zafar - founder and CEO of Brave Beginnings, best-selling author of “A Good Wife”, and internationally renowned speaker - to the show to talk about the courage to make big life changes. Samra herself made a bold and difficult life change when she escaped an abusive marriage, as detailed in her book, and she offers insight gained from that experience. Samra shares her story with Dr. Laura. She talks about why she’s pursuing her MD after a career in finance and...
Flexibility and Neurodiversity: Creating Inclusive Work Environments
September 26, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBDr. Laura welcomes productivity catalyst, highly sensitive executive coach, and international speaker Clare Kumar to the show to discuss designing workspaces for neurodivergent productivity. Clare has a wealth of insight into how spaces can best suit inclusion and differing work needs. Dr. Laura and Clare Kumar talk about neurodiversity and exactly what sorts of behaviors and traits encompass neurodiversity. Clare explains the needs that often accompany neurodiversity, why hybrid and flexib...
The Evolving Landscape of Work and Careers
September 12, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBDr. 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 ep...
The Generous Workhome: Boosting Your Wellbeing and Productivity
August 28, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBDr. Laura records a special episode live in Bruges, Belgium, with guest Philip Vanhoutte for a tour of the Generous Workhome. Philip explains how the vital elements of nature and wellbeing were distilled into six essentials for work health, and how those six essentials were built into the Generous Workhome to create an optimal, productive environment. Philip drew from research into the value of pulling nature into daily life and the concepts of biophilic design to create the blueprint for t...
Philanthropy Through Fashion: Purpose, Planet and People
August 14, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBDr. Laura welcomes guest Randi Seiff, President and Chief Creative Officer of Treun, to talk about how Treun is bringing sustainability and philanthropy into luxury fashion. Randi has been in the fashion and lifestyle industry for over 30 years and values the ability to align brands with social good. Randi and Creative Founder Doug McClain met at the start of COVID, and from their alignment on philanthropy through fashion, Treun was born. Randi shares the statistic that out of 150 billion r...
The Gift of Intuition in Our Work and Lives
July 28, 2023 07:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBDr. Laura hosts another solo episode to discuss the topic of intuition. A topic she is passionate about, she defines intuition as a gut instinct, feeling something is off, or a hunch that something isn’t right. Our intuition is as valuable to our lives as science and data, and Dr. Laura explains why. Our inner voice is an accumulation of so many experiences we’ve had as a human being and it needs to be taken into account. The common perception that our intuition is “fluffy” or just “emotion...
Vitamin N: The Power of Nature in Work/Life Wellness
July 14, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBDr. Laura welcomes guests Laura Cohen, counsellor and founder of her own nature therapy practice, and Philip Vanhoutte, ITC industry professional and author of “The Smarter Working Manifesto”, to the show to talk about the power of Vitamin N, nature. Both Laura and Philip are champions of the benefits of a connection with nature at work and in life. Laura Cohen, who works with Dr. Laura through Canada Career Counselling, details studies that show people to be happiest in coastal environment...
Exploring the Human Side of Unconscious Bias at Work
June 28, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBDr. Laura welcomes Tina Varughese, keynote speaker and one of Ignite magazine’s top ten notable speakers in Canada, to the show to talk about unconscious bias at work and the human side of this hot button topic. Tina has been speaking on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for many years, and unconscious bias was a natural addition to her keynotes as she recognized the critical importance of understanding it. Tina Varughese defines unconscious bias as “learned behaviors, attitudes and beliefs t...
Closing the Confidence Gap to Thrive in Your Career
June 14, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBDr. Laura welcomes women’s leadership coach and author Kelli Thompson to the show to talk about confidence, particularly about closing the confidence gap that many women (and minority groups) face in career growth. Kelli explains what inspired her to write her book, Closing the Confidence Gap, and how she learned to move past the hesitation she initially felt about speaking up at work. Kelli addresses many of the reasons people, specifically women and minorities, offer to explain why the c...
From Sea to Space: The Quest to Help Humanity Survive and Thrive
May 28, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBDr. Laura is joined by the brilliant Dr. Shawna Pandya - a Canadian physician, aquanaut, scientist-astronaut candidate with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, VP of Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies, and Director of IIAS’ Space Medicine Group. Dr. Pandya talks about the many facets of her career and what drives her to success and continued exploration. It is tempting to simply call Dr. Shawna Pandya superhuman and assume she is on a level of her own, but Dr....
The Power of Exercise to Optimize your Brain and Mental Wellness
May 14, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBDr. Laura welcomes Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and world renowned expert in ADHD, Dr. John Ratey, to the show. Dr. Ratey has written twelve books including “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain,” which inspires much of Dr. Laura’s conversation with him. Dr. Ratey shares his experiences and research into the power of exercise on the brain and how it can reduce stress. The ability of exercise to combat stress and increase focu...
The Evolution of Flexibility at Work with Dr. Laura
April 28, 2023 07:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBDr. Laura shares insights from her pioneering research around the future of work in this episode. The research topic for her doctorate was on leading dispersed teams, and she also researched telework adoption in the days before Zoom became ubiquitous. Drawing from that experience and the realities of working today, Dr. Laura talks about themes she’s observing and the idea of workplace flexibility. She explains the significant benefits and unique challenges of flexible work locations. Workin...
The Secrets to Happiness at Work
April 14, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBDr. Laura welcomes sociologist, author, and thought leader Tracy Brower to the show to talk about happiness and work, and why those two ideas aren’t mutually exclusive. There is an incredible amount of research on happiness, as Tracy discovered when writing her latest book, The Secrets to Happiness at Work. She shares why she was compelled to write it and some of what she learned along the way. Tracy acknowledges that a lot of times we hear that “happiness is fluffy.” On the contrary, she ...
Special Episode on The LiLoHia Project: with guests Gerald Auger and Sass Jordan
March 28, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBDr. Laura hosts a special episode to highlight The LiLoHia Project. She’s joined by Gerald Auger and Sass Jordan, co-collaborators on The LiLoHia Project, for a conversation on exactly what the project is about, what it aims to do, and who can get involved. LiLoHia - light, love, and gratitude - is about spirituality and the rise of human consciousness, and includes episodes, concerts and healing events curated by Gerald and Sass, centered around the solstice dates (March 21, June 21, Septem...
A Time To Lead: Master Yourself So You Can Master Your World
March 14, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBDr. Laura welcomes executive coach, keynote speaker, and author, Craig Dowden, to the show to talk about his book, A Time To Lead. Craig’s passion for learning what makes people tick drove his career toward understanding of positive leadership qualities, and those insights shaped his book. He and Dr. Laura explore the idea of bettering yourself to better lead others. Craig Dowden describes how leadership today must be focused on a human-centric or empathetic approach. People desire authenti...
Making Space in Our Lives for What Matters
February 28, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBDr. Laura welcomes author David Allen back to the show to share more insights from his book, Getting Things Done, and on his GTD methodology. They discuss how GTD helps people make space in their lives for being present. David offers insights gained from his spiritual coach that dovetail with the ideas in his book around freeing up mental space. David gives Dr. Laura real life examples of some ways in which his Getting Things Done methodology has tangibly changed peoples’ lives for the bett...
Getting Things Done: Alleviating Work/Life Overwhelm
February 14, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBDr. Laura welcomes one of the world’s leading experts on productivity, author David Allen, to the show to talk about his book, Getting Things Done. David shares why the book, first written in 2001 with a second edition in 2015, remains relevant and why the processes are useful in any situation. Getting Things Done, or GTD, outlines the five steps that David uncovered for taking control of situations in your life. Dr. Laura and David discuss how the process of externalizing and clarifying c...
The Cure for the Common Company: A Chief Medical Director’s Prescription for a Healthier Workforce
January 28, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBDr. 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 t...
Dr. Laura’s Tips: How Workplaces Can Evolve in 2023
January 14, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBDr. Laura welcomes you to the first episode of Where Work Meets Life for 2023. As an organizational and career psychologist, Dr. Laura uses her expertise to make lives and workplaces better through keynote speaking, career coaching, writing articles, and this podcast. In this episode she highlights and offers guidance on three key areas for workplaces to focus on in 2023. The areas Dr. Laura identifies as being strategically important moving forward are flexibility, leaders who care, and le...
Unlikely Connections, Affirmations, and the Power to Make a Difference
December 28, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBDetective Dave Sweet, author of “Skeletons in My Closet”, joins Dr. Laura once more to talk about choosing positivity over cynicism when faced with the world’s troubles. Dave details his work with charitable organizations that seek to put silver linings in tragedy. Dr. Laura revisits the tragedy surrounding her nieces that first drew her and Dave together, and they share a story about connectedness, some might call an affirmation, involving a painting. The messages that Dave shares throug...
Tragedy as Our Teacher: Finding Silver Linings with Detective Sweet
December 14, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBDr. Laura is honoured to host Detective Dave Sweet, a 24 year member of the Calgary Police Service and published author, to the podcast to talk about tragedy and hope. Detective Sweet has been changed by many difficult and tragic situations, but works to learn lessons and retain a positive outlook. Dr. Laura shares that she first met Dave Sweet during a tragedy that affected her own family, which was when she first read his book, Skeletons in my Closet. Dave wrote the book with the idea of ...
The Power of Music for Work-Life Wellness
November 28, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBDr. Laura invites Jennifer Buchanan, author of “Wellness, Wellplayed”, back to the show to discuss wellness through music. Jennifer discusses how music plays a key role in impacting our mood, memory, and productivity, and she shares stories about witnessing the power of music therapy in action. Music has an incredible impact on our moods: Jennifer talks about how it can motivate us out of a slump and increase our serotonin levels. She details the positive effects of music on every stage of ...
Wellness, Wellplayed: Using Your Playlist with Purpose
November 14, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBDr. Laura is thrilled to welcome author, Music Therapist, and Founder of JB Music Therapy, Jennifer Buchanan, to the show to talk about the therapeutic benefits of music. Dr. Laura has personal experience with how JB Music Therapy helped her mother through late-stage dementia, and together she and Jennifer explore the wellness aspects of music and Jennifer’s new book “Wellness, Wellplayed”. Jennifer Buchanan had her moment of epiphany about music’s therapeutic power when she was a tween ask...
How Will You Measure Your Life? The True Meaning of Success.
October 28, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBDr. Laura is again joined by Dr. Alan Patterson, author of “Burn Ladders. Build Bridges. Pursuing Work with Meaning and Purpose”, to talk about how to measure success. Dr. Patterson challenges us to offer each other respect and to value our relationships as much as our achievements. Dr. Alan Patterson and Dr. Laura discuss how unhappiness at work is often fuelled by a lack of equity, respect, and inclusion. They address the responsibilities leaders have to forge workplaces where people want...
Burning Ladders and Building Bridges in Your Work and Life
October 14, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBDr. Laura welcomes organizational development consultant and author Dr. Alan Patterson to the show to discuss his new book “Burn Ladders. Build Bridges: Pursuing Work with Meaning and Purpose”. Dr. Patterson’s thoughts on career development and work success align very closely with those of Dr. Laura and Canada Career Counselling. Dr. Alan Patterson experienced his own major career shift when he lost his largest client and moved to doing more coaching on his own. He understands that career s...
Career Fulfillment: Making or Breaking our Work-Life Wellness
September 28, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBDr. Laura and guest Meghan Reid, psychologist and co-founder of Canada Career Counselling, discuss how career fulfillment, or lack thereof, can affect our work and overall life wellness. Meghan shares how to assess if your career is impacting your wellbeing and how to get back into balance. If you dread Mondays starting on Sunday, you might not be in the right career. Meghan Reid explains the mental health impacts of career dissatisfaction and how that manifests in us. She also details exa...
Too Bad to Stay, Too Good to Leave: Making Purposeful Career Pivots
September 14, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBDr. Laura welcomes Meghan Reid, psychologist and co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, to the podcast to discuss career moves and “the great re-evaluation”. Meghan brings a wealth of experience in helping clients make strategic and fulfilling career transitions to this conversation. Meghan Reid has always been drawn to helping people and solving their career and work-related challenges. She breaks down the misconceptions surrounding career counselling; the surprise people have at learning...
Evolving Yourself to Live Happy in this Messy World
August 28, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBNew York Times bestselling author and thought leader Cy Wakeman rejoins Dr. Laura on the podcast to share more insight from her newest book, “Life’s Messy, Live Happy”. Cy addresses aspects of resiliency and spirituality that contribute to happiness and contentment. Cy describes how her process for seeking answers in life is to ask better questions. She avoids “either/or” questions and challenges herself to reframe how she’s asking things and what she’s asking. Better questions bring better...
Life's Messy, Live Happy: Keys to Contentment S02 E39
August 14, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBDr. Laura welcomes New York Times bestselling author and thought leader Cy Wakeman back to the podcast. Dr. Laura dives into aspects of Cy’s most recent book, “Life’s Messy, Live Happy”, and Cy offers her unique and inspirational perspective on the reality of why she wrote the book. Cy Wakeman challenges listeners to examine what happiness really is and discusses what she terms “toxic positivity” with Dr. Laura. Cy did not want to write a book simply telling people how to be happy, but want...
Life's Messy, Live Happy: Keys to Contentment
August 14, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBDr. Laura welcomes New York Times bestselling author and thought leader Cy Wakeman back to the podcast. Dr. Laura dives into aspects of Cy’s most recent book, “Life’s Messy, Live Happy”, and Cy offers her unique and inspirational perspective on the reality of why she wrote the book. Cy Wakeman challenges listeners to examine what happiness really is and discusses what she terms “toxic positivity” with Dr. Laura. Cy did not want to write a book simply telling people how to be happy, but want...
Healthy to Destructive: Exploring Narcissism in Ourselves and Others
July 28, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBDr. Laura welcomes Dr. Nina W. Brown back to the show. Dr. Brown is a Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, an eminent scholar and professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia, USA. Through her career, Nina has authored over forty books, ten of which are on the subject of narcissism. Dr. Brown discusses how her latest book is more a guide to helping individuals understand themselves in order to better cope with the narcissist in their life, a tactic she finds rew...
How to Handle Narcissistic Personalities on the Job
July 14, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBDr. Laura continues her exploration into the subject of narcissism with her guest, eminent scholar and professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia, USA, Dr. Nina W. Brown. Nina is the author of over forty books, ten of which are on the subject of narcissism. Nina shares valuable insight from her own experiences and her extensive research into both psychology and narcissism. A personal experience with a difficult to deal with department chair was what initially sent Nina Brown into rese...
Navigating Narcissism in Work and Life
June 28, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBWendy 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...
Disarming the Narcissist at Work
June 14, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBDr. 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”...
Being Yourself at Work to Create Better Work-Life Wellness
May 28, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBDr. 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 h...
You Can Be Yourself Here: Creating Inclusive Workplaces Through the Psychology of Belonging
May 14, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBDr. Laura welcomes 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”, to the podcast to explore the vital subject of belonging through the lens of psychology and corporate culture. DDS has lived experience as a queer person and a long career in corporate America, Europe, and Asia that informs their focus on belonging in workplaces. DDS shares insight on the key differences be...
[Part II] Extraordinary Cultures: the Evolution from Inclusion to Belonging
April 28, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBDr. Laura welcomes Lorne Rubis, thought leader and Co-Founder of Belongify.com, back to the podcast to continue their conversation on inclusion and belonging. Having previously examined the differences between inclusion and belonging, they now discuss the wider implications of remote working through the pandemic and whether or not that has detracted from fostering a culture of belonging. Lorne shares thoughts from personal experience around how connection in any context cannot be taken for g...
[Part I] Extraordinary Cultures: the Evolution from Inclusion to Belonging
April 14, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBLorne Rubis, thought leader and Co-Founder of Belongify.com, joins Dr. Laura to talk about the journey from inclusion to belonging, and the differences between the two ideals. Lorne Rubis explains how his research into extraordinary and highly adaptive cultures led him to establish a foundation from which to bring leadership into alignment on advancing culture. He details to Dr. Laura how Belongify.com is part of that evolution. Dr. Laura hears foundational stories from Lorne’s past that he...
[Part II] Innovating From a Distance: Do we need to be together to create?
March 28, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBIn the continuation of Dr. Laura’s conversation with Marie-Josée Lareau, Marie-Josée draws personal insights from her storied career and the work she does through her company, InnoveLab (now part of Humance), to explore creativity. She and Dr. Laura discuss intuition and the role it plays in being creative, and share practical advice on how to achieve a reset to spark new ideas. Marie-Josée explains how she views creativity as a circle that requires a reset to ensure the loop is completed b...
[Part I] Innovating From a Distance: Do we need to be together to create?
March 14, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBDr. Laura welcomes Marie-Josée Lareau to the podcast to explore creativity and innovation, especially in these times of remote work replacing in-office collaboration. Marie-Josée, who holds an EMBA and formerly worked with Cirque du Soleil, founded InnoveLab in Montreal where she applies over 20 years of experience in the field of innovation to teaching organizations how to stimulate ideation, strategic thinking, and collaboration. Dr. Laura and Marie-Josée Lareau define exactly what creati...
[Part II] Stop Sitting For Better Work/Life Wellness
February 28, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBDr. Laura continues her conversation with Dr. Stefan Zavalin, Doctor of Physical Therapy and author of the book “Sit Less: Evolve Your Work and Life Without Compromising Your Health”, in Part 2 of their enlightening interview. Dr. Laura learns some surprising and inspiring things about Dr. Zavalin’s personal journey and how he has overcome obstacles in his life. Stefan Zavalin details how he endured losing his vision to the point of legal blindness while in grad school. He persevered and fi...