Well@Work
Well@Work presents podcasts on health and wellness at work as health and behavioral health professionals deal with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Join the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children as they present strategies that cover a variety of topics to build resilience and emotional well-being to assist and empower workers and supervisors to stay well at work. These podcasts are provided through a grant from SAMHSA to the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children.A video presentation of the podcast can be found at our website. https://www.uky.edu/ctac/wellatwork
Episodes
68 episodes
Creating Effective Organizational Change Toward Being Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed
Dr. Ginny Sprang discusses strategies for Creating Effective Organizational Change Toward Being Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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4:28
Pause, Reset, Nourish
Dr. Ginny Sprang explains the self-regulation strategy PRN and shares how it may reduce unwanted symptoms of stress to boost well-being. Dr. Ginny Sprang is a professor of psychiatry in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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5:08
How Supervisors Can Combat Secondary Traumatic Stress
Stephanie Gusler, Ph.D. talks with us about how supervisors can support their supervisees who may be experiencing secondary traumatic stress. Specific tips are provided to help supervisors become more STS-informed, assess areas of need related ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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5:27
Creating Peer Networks of Support
On this episode, Dr. Jessica Eslinger shares with us about how having a healthy peer network can help manage symptoms of secondary traumatic stress and offers tips for how to develop an effective peer network. This podcast is provided through a...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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7:52
Using Resilience Buddies to Enhance Wellness at Work - Well@Work
On this episode, Alex Clark explains how trauma exposure impacts mental and physical health and how peer support, like Resilience Buddies, can mitigate secondary traumatic stress (STS) symptoms. The episode offers practical tips for selecting a...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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6:06
Moral Distress
Dr. Tracy Clemans helps us understand what moral distress is and how it can arise throughout one’s career, especially during times of elevated stress. Symptoms of moral distress are discussed, as well as tips for managing moral distress should ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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9:51
Managing Occupational Trauma: Secondary Traumatic Stress
Dr. Ginny Sprang helps us understand the potential effects of occupational trauma on professionals. She defines the term secondary traumatic stress, outlines the symptoms, and makes suggestions for ways we can help mitigate the risk for develop...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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7:40
S3E5: Leadership Practices to Boost Employee Retention
Emily Smith shares strategies leaders and supervisors can use to build a healthier work environment and boost employee retention. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual D...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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6:37
S3E4 Positive Coping to Decrease Moral Distress
Emily Smith shares skills that can increase positive coping, well-being, and resilience to help mitigate the impact of moral distress. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellect...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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6:58
Increasing Psychological Safety in the Workplace
Emily Smith shares some ways to improve psychological safety in your work environment. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to the Center on Trauma and Chi...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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6:58
S3E2 Promoting Safety in the Workplace
Emily Smith shares strategies to help workers reduce the risk of experiencing workplace violence to enable them to provide care without fear of violence or injury. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Healt...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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5:29
Angustia Moral
Adriana Molina nos ayuda a comprender qué es la angustia moral y cómo puede surgir a lo largo de la carrera, especialmente en momentos de estrés elevado como la pandemia de COVID-19. Se discuten los síntomas de la angustia moral, así como conse...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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11:24
Working in the Midst of Workforce Shortages
Emily Smith shares strategies to reduce the stress of working when many workplaces are undergoing staffing shortages. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disa...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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6:12
S2E30: Post Traumatic Growth
Alex Clark discusses post traumatic growth and shares ways that experiences from the COVID pandemic can help us grow, moving from struggle to strength. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmen...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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4:53
Using Co-Regulation to Help Young Children Cope with COVID Stress
Emily Smith explains how caregivers can use co-regulation to help young children develop healthy coping skills as they learn to regulate their emotions. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developme...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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8:05
Tame That Stress: Enhancing Family Coping
Emily Smith offers tips to help families tame stress and develop healthy habits that can boost well-being. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to the Cent...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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6:07
How Not to Lose Faith
Emily Smith offers some strategies to regain and rebuild faith in others and yourself as you begin to recover from the ongoing impact of the COVID pandemic. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Devel...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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7:38
Reset and Rediscover Your Passion for Your Work
Emily Smith shares some ways to mitigate the impact of the stress of recent years and help health care and behavioral health workers feel re-inspired to do their work. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral H...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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6:38
Using Poetry to Cultivate Perspective
Andrea Helton shares ways that the written word, especially poetry, can change perspective during challenging times. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities t...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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8:56
COVID Discriminates, Healthcare Doesn't Have To
Emily Smith discusses t how health care workers can help close the health gap that allowed COVID to impact some communities more than others. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and In...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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7:24
Helping Children Manage Their Grief Over COVID Losses
Dr Stephanie Gusler discusses how health care providers can support children in COVID related grief and loss. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to the C...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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8:47
Mental Focusing During Times of Stress
Dr. Jessica Eslinger shares a technique called SOS and explains how mental focusing can help us cope in times of stress. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabiliti...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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5:20
Helping Women Stay Well@Work
Emily Smith shares some strategies to regain a sense of control to reduce the impact of the stress that comes from balancing work and home life This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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7:51
Managing Uncertainty
Emily Smith discusses how uncertainty can impact your well-being and offers tips to help you regain a feeling of control when uncertainty feels like the only constant. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral H...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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5:48
Healthy Family Conversations, Helping Extended Families Survive and Thrive During COVID
Emily Smith shares some ways to meet the needs of extended families thrive in households that may vary widely in ages and stages. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual D...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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7:40