The Gaslighting Effect

When my principal and vice principal became aware of the mobbing, they could have stopped it. Instead they joined in. In this episode, I talk about how that felt and the resulting repercussions.

Being mobbed is like being chased by a pack of wolves. No one will help you because they’re too afraid of the wolves. In this episode, I talk about the effects of being stigmatized in the workplace. It happened to me almost overnight and it was terrifying.

What is a “critical incident” in workplace mobbing? It’s the moment power is challenged. When the status quo is threatened, it bites back.

Before stage one of the mobbing process, the warning signs are there. When it happened to me, I didn’t recognize them. Here I detail the behaviors I missed and the personal traits that made me vulnerable.

In this episode, I talk about some red flags of an unhealthy work environment, characteristics of bad bosses, and how my first year of teaching went from bad to worse.

Content warning for gruesome descriptions of violence. Discussed is how mobbing differs from lynching and how powerless populations have historically been subject to stage 5 of the mobbing process: expulsion or elimination through public execution and/or forced sterilization.

When an entire class gangs up on a student for the duration of an entire school year, it’s more than mere bullying. Content warning for discussion of suicidal ideation.

A review of the first two mobbing stages and a detailed example of how the phenomenon can stop. Hint: It can’t reach stage four. Also discussed is the ripple effect of gossip culture in schools, the importance of therapy, and how inner child work has helped me.

Being the family scapegoat is isolating, and recovery is a daunting journey. It has many striking similarities to the unsettling dynamics of workplace mobbing.

Power as influence. This episode is devoted to analyzing “power” through the work of Dacher Keltner, who has written several books and teaches at U.C. Berkley. The dimensions of power are explored here: the good, the bad, and the scary.