Disrupting Wellbeing with Petra Velzeboer
The Disrupting Wellbeing podcast is an edgy journey into the world of workplace wellbeing. This podcast challenges individuals and cultures to go beyond bubble-bath-wellbeing and into the sphere of hard conversations and action that provokes real and lasting change. These dynamic conversations are centered around getting to root issues and providing the tools and skills necessary for the audience to evolve into the new world of work and think outside of the wellbeing box and into a world of innovation, energy and creativity.
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Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Storytelling is a powerful way for humans to share what they are going through. It can also be a way for the stigmas of mental health to be lifted. My guest in this episode, Clare Munn, has been putting story telling at the centre of her efforts to disrupt how the world talks about mental health.
Clare Munn is an entrepreneur, media executive & activist focused on disrupting irrelevant and redundant models by using story telling. She is the Award-winning Executive Producer of The Square - a 3 Emmy, Oscar Nominated film. She also coined and trademarked CQ: Communication Quotient: Expressive & Receptive Intelligence, and H2H, Human 2 Human. Both are being developed into APPS and video and animation vignettes.
She talks about the importance of clear communication to get the support needed, her personal experiences during the pandemic and how we need to value play and diversity. She also discusses gender inequality and how the communication quotient (CQ) is the new IQ.
“Until there is equal pay for equal skills, we are going to continue to have massive problems in all fields” – Clare Munn
You'll hear about:
05:17 - Communication intelligence and self-awareness
11:03 - Mental health, assessments, and personal growth
16:55 - Valuing play and diversity
21:52 - Managing stress and anxiety during a pandemic
29:35 - The importance of having support
37:13 - Gender inequality and entrepreneurship
46:34 - The importance of clear communication
48:20 – Pro and cons of AI mimicking human work
54:13 - CQ is the new IQ
58:20 - Mental health stigma and the importance of storytelling
Clare Munn’s resources:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/claremunn/
IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6143693/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ClareMunn
Boxplay website - https://www.boxplay.io/
Petra’s resources:
Petra’s website - https://www.petravelzeboer.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-velzeboer/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/petra.velzeboer/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@petravelzeboer397
Buy Petra’s book: Begin With You: Invest in Your Mental Well-being and Satisfaction at Work - https://shorturl.at/nyDOX
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Imagine not being able to say a word as a child. Imagine every time you stammered you were beaten. Imagine that this treatment cured you.
This was the experience of my guest, Jon Smith. It was life changing and allowed him to pursue a career at the elite level of sport as a super-agent culminating in an OBE.
Jon discusses his own experience with mental health and the attitude towards mental health in sports. He also discusses the lack of support he got when he needed it in his own life when dealing with depression and why mental health and mental wellbeing are not the same thing.
Jon Smith gives motivational talks on how he conquered communication and the severe lack of confidence due to complete dysfluency as a child. He has also worked with some of the biggest sports stars in the world such as Diego Maradona and managed the off-pitch activities of the England Football Team for 10 years.
“I couldn’t talk for 15 years” – Jon Smith
You'll hear about:
01:34 - What is Jon working on at the moment?
06:22 - Does the NHS need to be ripped up and started again?
10:49 - From stammering kid to impacting the world
20:14 - How is mental health used as an excuse?
26:42 - Jon's experience with depression
28:59 - Jon's experience with mental health support
38:40 - Jon's thoughts on men’s mental health
46:16 - Pathologizing normal human emotion
Jon Smith’s resources:
Jon’s website - https://www.jonsmith.co/
X - https://twitter.com/jon1startist
Send your questions to jon@jsconsulting.london
Petra’s resources:
Petra’s website - https://www.petravelzeboer.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-velzeboer/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/petra.velzeboer/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@petravelzeboer397
Buy Petra’s book: Begin With You: Invest in Your Mental Well-being and Satisfaction at Work - https://shorturl.at/nyDOX
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Do you suffer from the Sunday night blues?
Everyone has experienced that feeling of dread before you start work on a Monday. But what if that could be an indicator to so much more, not just to you as an individual but the organisation you work for. Then you would have the power to know where your energy and time should be spent rather than fearing the start of the week.
In this episode I am joined by Kirstin Furber, who is People Director at Channel 4. She has been researching the Sunday night blues and how it can be used to develop a toolkit for employees. She discusses the research and its findings so far and how it can be used to help businesses. She also covers why wellbeing has become so important in the workplace, her own journey with difficult conversations and the wellbeing changes we need to see in the world of work.
“The purpose and soul of an organisation comes from humanity” – Kirstin Furber
You'll hear about:
03:43 - The Sunday Night Blues project
05:58 - Does Kirsten get the Sunday night blues?
07:43 - How the project will help businesses
10:40 - Why has wellbeing become so important
13:25 - An opportunity to connect the dots
15:19 - The last brave conversation Kirstin had
19:10 - What leading by example looks like
25:13 - What was the role given to Kirsten as a child?
33:38 - What do people choose not to see?
39:37 - Can profit & growth foster healthy work?
41:30 - What is the most radical change needed?
Kirstin Furber’s resources:
Kirstin’s website - https://kirstinfurber.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstinfurber/
The Sunday night blues research - https://business-school-expertise.exeter.ac.uk/banishing-the-sunday-night-blues/
Petra’s resources:
Petra’s website - https://www.petravelzeboer.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-velzeboer/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/petra.velzeboer/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@petravelzeboer397
Buy Petra’s book: Begin With You: Invest in Your Mental Well-being and Satisfaction at Work - https://shorturl.at/nyDOX
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Are your life goals aligned with your job?
We are all different and all require different things to maintain our wellbeing. You need to be able to align with your flow, your skills, your joy and not be influenced by something that can harm that.
In this episode I talk to Stella Smith, Founder and CEO of pirkx, my collaborator on this podcast. Pirkx is a pioneering force within the benefits market working hard to make them inclusive for all.
Stella discusses her own wellbeing journey including the role her childhood had in making her who she is today. We also talk about how ambition and wellness fit together, the reasons for wanting to start this podcast and where we see the future of wellbeing and work.
“Everybody is different and needs different things” – Petra Velzeboer
You'll hear about:
01:13 - What drives Stella to create change?
04:43 - What role did Stella play as a child?
06:16 - One thing from Petra's childhood that made her who she is
10:56 - Can ambition and wellness co-exist?
16:27 - How our influences and conditioning affect wellbeing
12:19 - Definitions of mental health and wellbeing
28:49 - Why this podcast is being created
33:13 - Stella's mental health experience as a founder
37:39 - Will wellbeing change the future of work?
Pirkx’s resources:
Stella on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-smith/
Pirkx’s website - https://pirkx.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wearepirkx
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pirkx/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/pirkx/
Petra’s resources:
Petra’s website - https://www.petravelzeboer.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-velzeboer/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/petra.velzeboer/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@petravelzeboer397
Buy Petra’s book: Begin With You: Invest in Your Mental Well-being and Satisfaction at Work - https://shorturl.at/nyDOX
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Join me, Petra Velzeboer and founder of pirkx Stella Smith as we give you a snapshot of what's to come in this exciting new podcast!
We discuss many things, including:
Can ambition and wellbeing co-exist
Approaching a new world of work
Guests and themes for upcoming episodes
Ready to create change?
Petra Velzeboer hosts this dynamic conversation, confronting topics like workplace culture, leadership, burnout in people teams, getting benefits right, technology and the impact on employee mental health.
Petra hosts in a confronting and often hilarious way, getting to the root issues and providing the tools and skills necessary for the audience to evolve into the new world of work.
Interviewing thought leaders, employees, c-suite, human resources, politicians and personalities, she asks the questions that make a difference to how we do our job and helps us think outside of the wellbeing box ensuring true innovation in the wellbeing landscape.
This is about real-talk, getting to the heart of the matter and challenging brave action in order to take radical responsibility for creating mentally healthy cultures.