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CONTENT WARNING:
Before you listen to this episode, please be aware that parts of this conversation cover the topics of grief and bereavement. If you would prefer not to listen to a conversation of this nature, please turn off this episode and look after yourself. Help and support is available from the links below.
BBC Action Line | Mind | Samaritans
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In this special bonus episode, recorded during the excitement of this year’s World Happiness Summit in London, host Sarah Cunningham is joined by CEO of WOHASU, Founder of the World Happiness Summit, and newly published author, Karen Guggenheim.
After the sudden death of her husband in 2013, Karen made the inspiring decision to choose happiness, and began her journey to overcome trauma and positively transform her life. She studied happiness science from the world-leading experts, and decided her personal path to a state of happiness and wellbeing would be through meaning and purpose. Then she went one step further and decided to help others positively transform their lives...
And that is how the World Happiness Summit was created, with the first Summit taking place in Miami in 2017. The annual Summit brings together world-leading wellbeing experts to share their insights with the audience, spreading the science of happiness globally.
Now, listen to Karen share a behind the scenes peek from the World Happiness Summit in London, and share her personal story. Karen also reflects on the launch of her recent book: Cultivating Happiness – a practical and accessible guide to overcoming trauma and positively transforming your life.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
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Welcome to the final episode of our second podcast series, for which we are thrilled to welcome Dimitra Manis, the Chief Purpose Officer of S&P Global.
Dimitra’s work advances workplace wellbeing both internally at S&P Global, and across the globe. In this episode, Dimitra shares how S&P’s people and purpose first culture drives their business success, and how her uniquely titled job role guides this approach.
As the Chief Purpose Officer at S&P Global, Dimitra’s responsibilities span diverse domains, from steering marketing strategies and corporate responsibility, to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Listen as host Sarah Cunningham delves into the relationship between purpose-driven leadership and organisational success with Dimitra, and gain firsthand knowledge of the power that prioritising purpose can have for your business. You will also gain insight into how Dimitra maintains her own wellbeing in a demanding, multifaceted role – as she reminds us that sometimes the best thing for our wellbeing is to simply relax on the couch!
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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CONTENT WARNING:
Before you listen to this episode, you should know that it covers some important but upsetting themes of suicide and pregnancy loss. If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the topics raised in this conversation, help and support is available from the links below. And, if you feel like the topics mentioned are something you can’t listen to right now, please skip this episode and look after yourself.
Samaritans | BBC Action Line | Mind
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Are we rewarding our high performers for burning out?
Today’s guest, Rachel Fellowes, asked this question and sparked a new way of working at Aon, where she works as their first Chief Wellbeing Officer.
Rachel’s innovative work focuses on the idea of human sustainability, and sustainable performance. Aon now uses their Human Sustainability Index (HSI) tool to measure wellbeing, resilience and sustainability at individual, team and organisational levels.
In this episode, Rachel reveals why she believes measuring these elements are crucial to driving better data-informed decisions, and discusses learnings from the data so far – revealing that wellbeing is vital to business success.
Rachel also discusses why she advocates for more C-Suite level Wellbeing oriented roles, particularly more Chief Wellbeing Officers, to drive real change.
Hear about this and much more in today’s episode of the Working on Wellbeing podcast, hosted by Sarah Cunningham.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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CONTENT WARNING:
Before you listen to this episode, please be aware that segments of the discussion include personal stories about mental health challenges and breast cancer. If you would prefer not to listen to a conversation of this nature, please turn off this episode and look after yourself. Help and support is available from the links below.
Macmillan Support Line | Mind
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Our guest this week is Tracey Crouch, a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom. She is the current Conservative MP for Chatham and Aylesford.
In today’s episode, host Sarah Cunningham hits the road to meet Tracey in her constituency office. They discuss Tracey’s career highlights, how she works on her own wellbeing, and her hopes for a government that truly prioritises wellbeing.
Tracey was appointed as the world’s first Minister for Loneliness in January 2018, an expansion to her position as Minister for Sport and Civil Society. As Minister for Loneliness, Tracey researched and created a strategy to tackle loneliness. The findings contributed to a shift in perceptions of loneliness both within government and amongst the UK general public.
Please note: since recording, Tracey has announced that she will not be standing as an MP candidate at the next general election in the UK, taking place later this year. She continues to be a full-time member of Parliament until then.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What makes us happy?
Today’s guest, Prof Robert Waldinger, is the current Director of a study that set out to answer this exact question.
That study is the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has followed the same individuals for over 80 years in an attempt to find out what keeps people healthy and happy. Beginning in 1938, this is one of the longest ever running studies of adulthood and has produced remarkable data.
Robert is also co-author of ‘The Good Life’, which is a best-selling book informed by the study, and full of research-based insights and practical tips to improve our lives.
In this episode, Robert and host Sarah Cunningham discuss the fascinating findings and real-world applications of Robert’s and his predecessors’ work, including the importance of social connection, and building your social fitness.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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CONTENT WARNING:
Before you listen to this episode, please be aware that the first part of this conversation covers the topic of grief and bereavement. If you would prefer not to listen to a conversation of this nature, please either skip forward to 07:45 or turn off this episode and look after yourself. Help and support is available from the links below.
BBC Action Line | Mind | Samaritans
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Our guest this week is Kim Leadbeater, a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom. She is the current Labour MP for Batley and Spen.
Kim hasn’t taken the traditional route into politics, and her background in Sport Health, and Wellbeing science equips her with unique tools to advocate for a wellbeing-first approach to politics. Last year, she launched the ‘Healthy Britain’ report, outlining her recommendations for a new approach to health and wellbeing policy.
Kim’s work focuses on finding ways to embed wellbeing into the heart of all government decisions and policy, by taking a cross-departmental approach. She advocates for putting measures in place to treat root causes and prevent people from becoming ill, rather than ‘patching people up’ once they are struggling. Kim discusses her recommendations with host Sarah Cunningham, which range from encouraging grass-roots sports amongst children to designing housing and transport systems that facilitate social connection.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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When we think about a country’s government, many of us are likely to conjure up images in our mind of our country’s Prime Minister, Taoiseach, or President ... or perhaps a senior Minister who is in the public eye a lot. But we shouldn’t overlook the large number of people who play an integral role in supporting these figureheads. In the UK, more than half a million people work for the British Civil Service which, between 2005 and 2011, was led by today’s guest, Lord Gus O’Donnell.
Lord O’Donnell is a proud wellbeing public policy advocate, and a valued member of the World Wellbeing Movement’s Board of Trustees. In this episode, he talks host Sarah Cunningham through his journey into wellbeing economics, and his hopes for a wellbeing policy agenda that helps society move ‘beyond GDP’. Gus advocates for a government that prioritises the wellbeing of its people as the measure of success.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this week’s episode, host Sarah Cunningham chats to guest Dr Diana Han, Unilever’s Chief Health & Wellbeing Officer. Diana helps lead a global team of well over 100,000 employees, all with their own unique wellbeing needs.
She explains how she works to prioritise employee wellbeing at such a large scale and, importantly, reflects on the methods she has developed to do the same for herself. Diana also discusses her impressive career history and shares some fantastic strategies for promoting wellbeing at scale that she has learnt along the way!
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Our inner voice is a powerful tool, but it can be detrimental to our wellbeing when we find ourselves stuck in negative loops of thought.
Today’s guest is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. Psychologist and neuroscientist Prof Ethan Kross has dubbed these negative thought loops as ‘Chatter’, and his research suggests that getting lost in Chatter is one of the big issues faced by the human species today.
In this episode, Ethan explains the shocking emotional and physical damage that Chatter can cause. Fortunately, he draws on his award-winning research and best-selling book, aptly named Chatter, to offer life-changing tools that allow us to harness our inner critic – and transform it into our inner coach.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Described as the ‘happiness tsar’, Lord Richard Layard knows a thing or two about the science of wellbeing: he literally wrote the book on it.
He is a labour economist based within the London School of Economics and Political Science and a co-founder of both Action for Happiness and the World Wellbeing Movement. His long-standing research career – in which he has devoted much of his efforts to reducing inequality and, latterly, in establishing the economics of happiness – saw him appointed to the UK’s House of Lords in 2000.
In this exclusive discussion, he offers his first-hand account of how wellbeing science has developed over the past half-Century, plus how he is calling on policymakers and business leaders alike to put wellbeing at the heart of decision-making.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Providing the right environment for people to thrive is fundamental to wellbeing. After all, if we don’t feel comfortable – in our place of work, for example – it can be difficult to make tough decisions or call out bad behaviour that would otherwise have an adverse effect on the way we feel.
The concept of psychological safety is the belief that you can speak up with new ideas, ask questions, and relay concerns or point out mistakes. Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and quite possibly the world’s leading expert on psychological safety.
In this episode of Working on Wellbeing, she establishes the key elements required for creating a psychologically safe environment, tackles some of the biggest threats to true psychological safety, and takes a closer look at what a responsible leader really looks like.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week’s guest has a unique career path: from professional athlete, via chart-topping musician, to mental health advocate and now PhD student.
Niall Breslin – better known as ‘Bressie’ in his native Ireland – speaks openly to Sarah about his own struggles with anxiety, and the journey he has taken to harness the power of his own mind.
Plus, he explains the evidence-based interventions which his charity A Lust For Life is using to boost the wellbeing of children and young people in Ireland, and discusses the systemic changes required for society to truly put wellbeing at the heart of decision-making.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What can rabbits teach us about living longer, happier, and healthier lives? This week's guest is better qualified than most to offer an answer.
Dr Kelli Harding MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and author of The Rabbit Effect. In this episode, she shares with Sarah the importance of kindness and social connections to our wellbeing, both at work and in general life, and how wellbeing is a proven indicator of present – and future – physical health.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It’s difficult to overstate the importance of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging to our wellbeing. In this episode, Sarah picks the brains of a global leader in this space, LaFawn Davis.
In addition to her role as Vice President, Environmental, Social & Governance at recruitment site Indeed, LaFawn has been named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Women of Impact, Fast Company’s Queer50, San Francisco Business Times’s Most Influential Women in Business and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women.
She talks to Sarah about what belonging actually means in a workplace context, the real-life impact of “you cannot be what you cannot see” and shares insights from the world’s largest study of employee wellbeing, undertaken in partnership with the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Having the skills to do a job is only of use if we’re equipped with the confidence and support systems in place to use them. Crucially, this authentic confidence can help us unlock our true potential and flourish at work.
In this episode, researcher and author Jacqueline Brassey talks to Sarah about her own crisis of confidence, and shares tips we can all use to improve our workplace wellbeing.
Plus, as co-leader of the McKinsey Health Institute, she shares some of the latest research on the challenges of the modern workplace.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The five-day work week hasn't changed since it was first brought to prominence by Henry Ford almost a century ago. But this set-up is increasingly at odds with our 21st Century lifestyles - and is having a real and measurable impact on our mental health and wellbeing.
In this episode, Sarah chats to Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart: co-founders of 4 Day Week Global, a not-for-profit community whose support for trials across the globe has shown the very real benefits - for employees and business alike - of reducing work time to the equivalent of four days a week.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Why wellbeing? And why should we put it at the heart of everything we do?
In this first episode of Working on Wellbeing, a podcast series from the World Wellbeing Movement, host Sarah Cunningham chats to two titans of the wellbeing world to get their take.
Karen Guggenheim, CEO and founder of the World Happiness Summit (WOHASU), shares her deeply personal story which set her on a path to 'choose happiness'. And Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Professor of Behavioural Science and Economics and Director of the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, gives the lowdown on what the research tells us - and the work that is still to be done.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now.
From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
