In This Episode
Wisdom Labs’ Dr. Parneet Pal, MBBS, MS, a Harvard and Columbia-trained Physician, and her Wisdom Labs colleague, Meghna Majmudar, discuss the workplace as part of a long-term health plan. Parneet explains epigenetics and the powerful link between adversity and health decline, as well as the importance of finding meaning and purpose in work and life.
Conversation includes: How to create wellness programs that work, positive behavior changes and the limits of willpower, the value of psychological safety in the workplace, and how the essence of compassion is courage, not kindness.
Links:
- Dr. Steve Cole and Wisdom Lab Study
- Conserved Transcriptional Response to Adversity
- Prefrontal Cortex
- Parasympathetic Nervous System
- Psychological Safety
- The Aristotle Project
- Amy Curry – Women in Leadership
Show Notes
- 1:31 – The Power of Lifestyle Medicine
- 3:15 – The Lifestyle Medicine Movement
- 3:50 – The Evolution Public Health
- 4:31 – The High Cost of Stress in the Workplace
- 5:41 – Creating Wellness Programs That Work
- 7:15 – The New Field of Epigenetics
- 9:07 – Your DNA is Not Your Destiny
- 9:50 – The Effects of Stress and Adversity on Gene Expression
- 11:15 – Epigenetics and Illness in the Workplace
- 12:10 – Mindfulness Can Lower Inflammation and Increase Connection with Others
- 14:31 – The Limits of Motivation and Will-Power
- 16:27 – Creating Positive Behavior Changes
- 17:43 – Mindfulness and Compassion Are Key for Creating New Options
- 19:17 – Meaning and Purpose Protect Your Health
- 20:00 – Finding Purpose and Meaning In and Out of the Workplace
- 21:34 – Compassion is Good for Your Health and Your Company
- 23:09 – Building Psychological Safety
- 24:04 – Lead By Example with Vulnerability
- 25:05 – The Responsibility of Leaders
- 26:29 – New Leaders and the Importance of Warmth
- 27:59 – Trust and Mindful Listening
- 28:48 – “Let’s Do This Together”
- 29:15 – Compassion is Courage
- 31:43 – Acts of Courage in the Workplace
