Who would have thought construction would lead the way on workplace mental health? Not tech, not healthcare, not corporate America. Construction. Sonya Bohmann, Executive Director of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention, joins Dr. Sally to share two lessons every industry needs: move from awareness to action, and make mental health a 12-month-a-year conversation.
For every 1,000 construction workers who die on a job site, over 11,000 die from overdose. Narcan saves lives, but it only works after an overdose has already happened. Dr. Virna Little, co-founder of Zero Overdose, joins Dr. Sally to show workplaces how to prevent the event in the first place.
Veterans die by suicide at higher rates than the general population, and most are working at the time. Alicia Scovill, a veteran and construction workplace expert, joins Dr. Sally to unpack why visible performance isn't the same as wellbeing, and why veteran-friendly workplaces need systems, not slogans.
When a team member says they're not okay, most managers do one of five wrong things. Mitch Wallis, who has trained over 10,000 leaders across Microsoft, KPMG, and American Express, shares the five-step ELSA-B model and the single mindset shift that separates managers from leaders who actually change people's lives.
Most leaders attack habit change like a business problem: make a plan, take action, get results. But Dr. Abby Medcalf says that's exactly why it fails. Whether it's alcohol, sugar, or any high-stakes habit, lasting change doesn't start with what you do. It starts with getting radically honest about why you want to change.
Who would have thought construction would lead the way on workplace mental health? Not tech, not healthcare, not corporate America. Construction. Sonya Bohmann, Executive Director of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention, joins Dr. Sally to share two lessons every industry needs: move from awareness to action, and make mental health a 12-month-a-year conversation.
What if chasing profit is quietly burning out the people who make it possible? BuildWitt founder Aaron Witt joins Dr. Sally to explore how leaders who prioritize their own wellbeing and invest in relationships before the crisis hits build teams that are stronger, more resilient, and more profitable in the long run.
In this emotionally resonant episode of Headspace for the Workplace, Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas talks with Dr. Colleen Saringer, a psychologist, speaker, and spouse of a construction business owner, about one of the most overlooked realities of workplace mental health: the spillover of job stress into family life.
