Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley is a workplace psychologist, expert in acceptance and commitment therapy, researcher and author.
Dr. Dayna discusses emotional responses and coping strategies after being laid off, the importance of maintaining a balance between work and personal life, the limitations of personality tests in the workplace, symptoms and prevention of burnout, the challenges and benefits of remote work, and strategies for managing health and fitness as a remote worker. In this episode, Dr. Dayna and Will discuss the importance of creating a wind down routine for better sleep. They emphasize the need for a transition period between activities and sleep to allow the brain to relax. They also discuss the types of activities that can help with the wind down process, such as reading light and non-activating material or watching repetitive TV shows.
00:23: Emotional Responses to Being Laid Off
03:43 Unhealthy Responses to Being Laid Off
06:01 Maintaining Healthy Habits After Being Laid Off
08:02 Healthy Ways to Cope After Being Laid Off
09:19 Success in Work Life vs. Personal Life
12:00 Emotion-Based Coping Skills
13:04 The Price of Focusing Only on Work
14:23 Signs Your Work Life is Affecting Your Personal Life
17:42 Personality Tests in the Workplace
19:36 Scientific Community's View on Personality Tests
21:13 Harmful Effects of Unvalidated Personality Tests
24:58 Symptoms of Burnout
31:04 Remote Work Burnout
32:19 Is Remote Work for Everyone?
34:18 Personality Traits and Remote Work
37:41 Avoiding Burnout as a Remote Worker
39:35 Managing Health and Fitness as a Remote Worker
42:21 The Missing Decompression Time in Remote Work
43:22 Creating a Wind Down Routine for Better Sleep
46:33 Using Repetitive TV Shows as Sleep Cues