Sociologist Jessica Calarco has been studying women struggling to balance work and parenting during the Covid-19 pandemic – and how workplaces can help. She says societal pressures, ideas about motherhood, and systemic failures are causing working mothers to suffer greater anxiety and depression than before the pandemic.
Yesterday
Managing Anxiety When Passion Drives Your Work with Poppy Jaman, OBE
How can you build a mentally healthy workplace while still managing the pressure, expectations, and emotional challenges of mission-driven work? In this episode, I talk with Poppy Jaman, OBE, founding CEO of Mental Health First Aid England and CEO of the City Mental Health Allian ... Show More
35m 43s
Oct 6
How to Recenter Yourself With Dr. Liane Davey
Do you ever feel exhausted at the end of the workday without being able to point to what you actually accomplished? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Liane Davey, an organizational psychologist, about the invisible cognitive and emotional load that keeps you distracted, anxious, a ... Show More
1h 3m
Oct 1
How to Handle Anxiety About Difficult Conversations with Amy Gallo
Do you avoid difficult conversations because you don't want to make things worse? You're not alone. Many of us avoid conflict because it feels uncomfortable, but avoiding it often creates even more stress, uncertainty, and anxiety. In this episode, I sit down with workplace confl ... Show More
41m 27s
Jul 2021
On becoming a mother in a pandemic
More than a year after the novel coronavirus pushed much of the world into lockdown, a generation of new mothers are still coming to terms with having been pregnant - and giving birth - in a pandemic.
And if you consider the uncertainty of the past year, the stress, the isolation ... Show More
30m 25s
Jan 2024
312: Intrusive Thoughts and COVID with a Newborn with Jackie Werboff, LMHC, PMH-C
The height of the COVID pandemic caused so much fear and anxiety, all for good reason. The moms who gave birth and faced postpartum difficulties during this time were under immense pressure to try to keep themselves and their babies safe.
For many, it ended up being the perfect ... Show More
47m 5s