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Amy Ouzoonian
Join Amy Ouzoonian (CEO) from MoodConnect as she talks with CEOs and HR from companies and learn about how those guests lead their teams towards success.
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- rge in peoples interests in public help and this has translated to people wanting to make a difference, such as enrolling on the courses she teaches.
- We are living in a historically difficult time for individuals and businesses. Dr Todd has witnessed some companies that have been very out-of-touch and out-of-sync with their employees lives. Companies need to move forward and work with their employees to improve their health and wellbeing and this can only be done by understanding them and their needs.
- Businesses are beginning to understand that the health and wellbeing of their employees and workforce has a direct impact on how well the businesses functions.
- Mental health and wellness is still stigmatised. This needs to change, Dr Todd longs for the day when discussing seeing a therapist is on the same level as mentioning a dentist appointment.
- It doesn’t have to be complicated. There are many simple ways for managers and employers to offer a healthy environment for their staff, such as good communication, making an effort where it counts and making people feel like that they matter and you are thinking about them authentically.
BEST MOMENTS
“I think this has really jarred employers and businesses into a realisation that they’re going to have to make more of an effort to ensure that employee satisfaction and wellness are more of a priority for their business”
“They’re very aware that they depend on a health workforce in order to get day to day work done”
“A pay check isn’t enough if an incentive to go to go forward and go to work everyday...”
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Dr. Jennifer Todd
Dr. Todd is the founder of Jennifer Todd Wellness, which focuses on helping employers address issues of workplace wellness, employee satisfaction and retention, adopting effective communication strategies, leadership with kindness, and psychological safety. As a result of the Great Resignation, employers are putting more emphasis on providing a supportive and empathetic workplace. Dr. Todd is supporting this shift by providing tools for employers and employees to engage in thought and discussion around burnout, leading with mindfulness, communicating with kindness, and bullying in the workplace.Dr. Todd is the founder of Jennifer Todd Wellness, which focuses on helping employers address issues of workplace wellness, employee satisfaction and retention, adopting effective communication strategies, leadership with kindness, and psychological safety. As a result of the Great Resignation, employers are putting more emphasis on providing a supportive and empathetic workplace. Dr. Todd is supporting this shift by providing tools for employers and employees to engage in thought and discussion around burnout, leading with mindfulness, communicating with kindness, and bullying in the workplace. You can contact Dr. Jennifer through her site and learn more about her and the work she does, here: www.jennifertoddwellness.com
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n this episode, Amy speaks with Kathy Z. Kathy is an author, poet and musician. Her latest story Mardi Gras Almost Didn't Come This Year is a children’s picture book, which is about Mardi Gras but also about surviving after the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Amy and Kathy discuss the book, the importance of black writers and her plans for the future.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- For a long time, black voices haven’t been amplified. It should be black authors writing about black stories and this is something Amy and Kathy really both believe in.
- The beauty of peoples’ experiences can truly be shown and heard when someone of that community, with real lived experiences, talks and writes about them. It gives a book and any medium more authenticity as well as a platform for those writers.
- The important part of Kathy’s books is that they can bring joy and laughter as well as explore difficult topics such as disenfranchisement. She believes this really ties in with the work that Amy is doing with Mood Connect too.
BEST MOMENTS
“Narratives with bare out the truth in them, what needs to be the truth in them”
“I have a lot of hope in those stories”
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mardi-Gras-Almost-Didnt-Come/dp/1534444254
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Kathy Z www.kathyzprice.com
Kathy Z. Price is a Cave Canem Fellow. She is also a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry. Her poetry is included in Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poet’s Café, Henry Holt. '' She was awarded an Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship with the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, and received a scholarship award for The Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Poet and musician Kathy Z. Price made her debut in the children's-book field with the publication of The Bourbon Street Musicians. Based on the traditional folk tale "The Bremen Town Musicians," The Bourbon Street Musicians, Clarion/Houghton Mifflin received a starred review from ALA Booklist, a National Council of Teachers of English Notable Book Award, a New York Times Book Review and is included in Best Children’s Books of the Year, by Bank Street College. Price's story entertains younger listeners with a lyrical text that swings with the music of New Orleans jazz. The New York Times states: "In her first book for children, Kathy Price has made the journey itself, the story."
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Join Amy in this episode as she speaks to coach Gail David. Gail is the Cofounder of TheCreators2030 UN SDGs, Arts & Youth Initiative. , which is an international platform to connect governments, citizens, NGOs and more to collaborate on how to save the planet.
Amy and Gail talk about the role of mental health and wellbeing in work spaces, the importance of personal responsibility and of course her work with youth and leaders as president of TheCreators2030 UN SDGs, Arts & Youth Initiative. .
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- At a young age, Gail realised she could easily talk to anyone anywhere. She was a people watcher too and soon recognised how useful her communication skills were. She began to feel that she could help bring people together through art, as she could see that no matter who you are or where you are from, art can speak to you.
- If you can’t look after your wellbeing or mental health then it’s very difficult to survive in this world.
- We need to uplift each other as a world. How you uplift is different across cultures and socioeconomic background, this is why music and the arts is so powerful because it can cross these divides.
- Some challenges we face aren’t down to are our own doing or under our own control. When this happens we have to remember that they are dealing with their own issues and projecting them onto you. A lot of this is also created by society, if we weren’t always pitted against each other in competition then a lot of these problems wouldn’t arise, particularly in a work environment.
- It’s important to be in the now. You need to be present in order to create and plan your future.
- What drives competitiveness rather than collaboration is insecurity and bad habits. Whenever you feel the drive of competiveness, ask yourself why this is.
- When you are secure within yourself and your work you will happily praise anyone and everyone who does good work. If you hold back on this or bad mouth others then that means you have insecurities you need to work on.
- When you know your own humanity, you can recognise it in others.
BEST MOMENTS
“We’re nurturers, but it’s important we nurture ourselves too”
“If you don’t have mental health, and you don’t have food and these basic things you can’t solve anything”
“I’m not being careful with what I say because at this age I don’t give a damn what people think”
“Anytime you need to be competitive to out-do someone else there’s an insecurity”
"Know your purpose in life, get paid for what you do and then give back to others"
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Gail Davis
Coach and Co-founder of TheCreators2030 UN SDGs, Arts & Youth Initiative.
ABOUT THE HOST
Amy Ouzoonian is the host of MoodConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Rachelle McCloud, LCSW is a Mental Health and Emotional Wellness pratitioner. Through years of successfully helping clients move their anxiety, depression, and trauma disorders into remission, she has developed a program that empowers people to skillfully get rid of symptoms and heal. She is also the facilitator of the Facebook group Releasing the Baggage of Anxiety, Depression, and Traumatic Stress where she delivers free training on leading interventions that work well for getting rid of symptoms, not just coping or managing them. Her mission is to empower people to do their own healing work effectively, safely, and skillfully. Visit her site to learn more: www.rachellemccloud.com this podcast was brought to you by Betterhelp and peer collective, peer to peer therapy made easy and fun!