The People Leaders Podcast
The People Leaders Podcast is a resource for managers and business leaders creating high performing teams. Join leadership and team development experts Jan and Michelle Terkelsen each week and explore both subjects from every angle.Through practical tips, valuable insights, and compelling interviews with leadership experts around the world, you’ll learn how to bring out the best in your staff and how to give your best as a leader.We cover issues such as workplace communication, understanding the self and each other, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), managing virtual teams, our very own High Performing Team Assessment Tool and much more.Our goal with the podcast is to reduce workplace stress and increase job satisfaction for leaders, managers and their teams worldwide.
The People Leaders Podcast
Combating Workplace Stress with Vedic Meditation: An Interview with Brett Jarman
Workplace stress, resilience, psychological safety… These are all buzzwords that have gained increasing attention in recent years. And rightly so. We spend a huge proportion of our time at the workplace, so it’s critical that we do our best to keep stress to a minimum.
But who is actually responsible for this? Our guest on the podcast this week says the burden of responsibility is shared, and proposes meditation as a solution that can have a huge impact on stress, not just from within the workplace, but also the stresses that naturally make their way into the workplace from “outside.”
Brett Jarman is a Vedic Meditation teacher, and has practised the technique every day, without exception, for more than 33 years. (We, Jan and Michelle, have also been practising the technique for the same period of time).
As a business consultant, mentor, and business mastermind group facilitator, Brett’s also well versed in the impacts of stress in the workplace.
He is also Jan’s husband 🙂, and is very active behind the scenes in our business, so is very familiar with the world of leaders and managers.
He says meditation, and Vedic Meditation in particular, is not just a personal pursuit; it’s a transformative tool that can profoundly benefit the workplace environment.
Episode Highlights:
- 00:30 Introduction to the Interview
- 01:25 Understanding Stress in the Workplace
- 04:23 The Contagion of Stress
- 05:18 Identifying Signs of Stress
- 05:26 The Role of Good Stress
- 08:45 Stress and Employee Roles
- 12:09 Benefits of Meditation in the Workplace
- 16:00 Personal Benefits of Meditation
- 17:19 Understanding Baseline Happiness
- 19:05 Different Types of Meditation
- 22:45 The Science Behind Meditation
- 23:32 Learning Vedic Meditation
- 26:05 Teaching Meditation in Workplaces
- 27:46 Current Projects and Future Plans
- 29:29 Conclusion and Contact Information
Useful Links:
The Meditation People website - https://themeditationpeople.com
Brett Jarman on Instagram - https://instagram.com/brettjarman
Brett Jarman on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettjarman/
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