Empowered Communication

In Episode 21, Meredith interviews a behavioral expert, Dr. Sarah Hansen, and they discuss the strategies that have been proven to work to change behavior. They talk about how these strategies can be used in the workplace to reduce the cost and waste of harassment and bullying. 

Learn more about Dr. Hansen's work here 

TW: religious/spiritual abuse, domestic violence

In Episode 20, Meredith interviews a past client, Liana West, who overcame a threatening neighbor dispute, challenged and recovered from a harassing and fraudulent construction contractor, and went on to develop her own system of enforcing accountability in the construction industry. Meredith and Liana talk about boundaries and how to build inner strength after demoralizing and dehumanizing trauma. 

Learn more about Liana's work with accountability in construction contracting: https://moneypitmanor.com/

In Episode 19, Meredith interviews workplace-belonging expert, Faith Clarke. They discuss the fundamentals of how to create belonging at work and their own experiences creating internal and external belonging.

Learn more about Faith Clarke's work at https://www.faithclarke.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithaclarke/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamworkWithFaith/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faith-clarke-550328a/

TW: race-race based discrimination, whistler retaliation

In Episode 18, Meredith interviews a past client who experienced race-based discrimination and whistleblower retaliation at a public employer. They talk about the impacts of being ostracized at work, and the challenges of going through investigation. 

How Toxic Is Your Work Environment? Take the quiz here.

TW: sexual assault, sexual harassment, legal process

In Episode 17, Meredith talks with Nicole Gainey, an employment attorney in Washington who helps employees with wrongful termination lawsuits. Nicole recounts one of her most memorable sexual harassment cases. They discuss the difference between going through the legal process and navigating workplace discrimination while working in order to try to preserve a career. 

How Toxic Is Your Work Environment? Take the quiz here: https://erisresolution.as.me/healthquiz

TW: sexual harassment, gender discrimination. 

In Episode 16, Meredith interviews a past client who works in marine research and shipping. They discuss what transformations have helped make a difference in navigating sexual harassment and other gender-discrimination at work and how to maintain integrity and self-respect in the midst of unfair treatment. 

How Toxic Is Your Work Environment? Take the quiz here: https://erisresolution.as.me/healthquiz

Episode Transcript  https://otter.ai/u/ANGbKDLnD3Ue38o06beW8B5HvpE?utm_source=copy_url

In Episode 15, Meredith drops a few thoughts about the holidays and one factor in communicating from an empowered place when we are triggered. Most of us have been taught that ego is arrogance, and we should avoid it. But, really ego is what defines our preferences and who we are. Holidays can be very triggering and bring out our sensitive points, but when we can manage and care for our egos (our preferences), we can interact better with people who are different from us. When we don't care for our egos, we can become arrogant and mean as an unconscious response to protect ourselves. The message here is take care of yourself! Eat that cookie! Binge that show! Even if you are busy or stressed, lonely or triggered, do something to calm your ego and care for yourself this holiday season.

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Do you have a story about a toxic work environment? We would love to hear it! Share your story here.

In Episode 14, Meredith and Megan talk about how gaslighting and brainwashing show up in the workplace, and how they can impact a work environment. Gaslighting happens when we fail to acknowledge someone else's reality, and instead reassert our version of reality or what we want reality to be. Brainwashing happens when we use coercive strategies to pressure people to share a certain reality. Both dynamics can create a toxic work environment, even when we are not intending to create that. Meredith and Megan talk about their personal experiences with gaslighting and brainwashing at work. 

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In Episode 13, Meredith and Megan feel attacked. Or at least they talk about the experience of feeling attacked at work. Meredith shares the concept of the emotional cage error, a thinking error that leads us to believe that if someone else acts abusively, it limits how we are allowed to feel or respond. When we feel defensive or attacked, and we act from that space, it can limit our responses and work against the outcomes we want. When we can enforce our boundaries and identify our emotional cage errors, we can refocus on creating the environment we want to experience at work. 

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In Episode 12, Meredith and Megan explore expectations at work. We often come from family systems and educational systems that teach us to expect one thing from our lives, but then we enter a workplace that is very different than we expected. Sometimes, workplaces even advertise themselves as "happy families," and after we start working, we learn they are anything but happy. When we learn that our expectations are not in line with the reality of the workplace, how should we handle that? In some ways, the answer is that we decide whether we want the work, as it is, and whether we are willing to put on the emotional or physical protections that will keep us safe.

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Do you have a story about a toxic work environment? We would love to hear it! Share your story here.