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Balancing Life's Issues Season 2: This Is Your Job Now

Balancing Life's Issues Season 2: This Is Your Job Now

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 This Is Your Job Now Season 2 of Balancing Life’s Issues the Podcast Because leadership means showing up—especially when it’s uncomfortable. Hosted by Wendy Wollner, CEO of Balancing Life’s Issues, This Is Your Job Now helps leaders navigate the hardest parts of managing humans—burnout, mental health, DEI fatigue, grief, and more. With expert voices, real stories, and zero corporate jargon, this show asks the only question that matters: Why should you care? If you’re leading people today, this is already your job.Copyright 2026 Balancing Life's Issues Season 2: This Is Your Job Now Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Unscarred at Work: Rethinking Tattoos as Healing, Art, and Identity (with Elise Jaffe)

    Unscarred at Work: Rethinking Tattoos as Healing, Art, and Identity (with Elise Jaffe)
    Jan 26 2026
    What if the tattoo you’re judging is actually part of someone’s healing? And what’s a leader’s job when unconscious bias shows up in dress codes, hiring decisions, or everyday workplace reactions? In this episode of This Is Your Job Now, Wendy Wollner sits down with Elise Jaffe—Executive Producer, filmmaker, and owner of Big Teeth Productions—to explore a powerful reframe: tattoos aren’t just “style.” For many people, they’re healing, reclamation, and self-authorship after trauma, illness, or loss. Elise shares the story behind her documentary-in-progress, Unscarred, and explains why leaders, managers, and coworkers need to look beyond stigma and ask better questions—especially in workplaces where tattoos still trigger assumptions about professionalism, safety, or “fit.”
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    11 mins
  • We Choose Hope: Bill Doherty on Bridge-Building in a Polarized Time

    We Choose Hope: Bill Doherty on Bridge-Building in a Polarized Time
    Nov 7 2025
    Host Wendy Wollner talks with Bill Doherty, family therapist, professor emeritus, and Co-Founder of Braver Angels, about practical ways leaders, teams, and clinicians can repair trust across deep political divides. Bill shares ground rules that make hard conversations possible, the difference between optimism and a choice for hope, and how therapists can serve as “citizen bridge-builders” at work, at home, and in their communities. What You’ll Learn Why polarization blocks solutions—and how “respectful rules” reopen dialogue A simple reframing: change minds about people, not just policies How to listen when you’re triggered (even for therapists) The line is behavior, not opinion: how to hold strong views respectfully Practical on-ramps for clinicians: from self-checks in session to moderating public workshops Why hope is a decision leaders can make—and model
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    19 mins
  • Leading Without Burnout: Dr. Marsha Gordon on Humility, Resilience, and the Power of Community

    Leading Without Burnout: Dr. Marsha Gordon on Humility, Resilience, and the Power of Community
    Oct 27 2025
    What does it take to lead with purpose, grace, and energy — for decades — without burning out? Episode Overview: In this inspiring conversation, host Wendy Wollner sits down with Dr. Marsha Gordon, President and CEO of The Business Council of Westchester. A trailblazing leader who transformed a struggling local chamber into one of the most influential business organizations in New York State, Marsha reflects on her decades of leadership, the power of humility and gratitude, and how she continues to lead with joy, curiosity, and connection. From surviving tough early years to winning the prestigious Corning Award for Excellence, Marsha shares wisdom that every leader — especially those feeling stretched thin — needs to hear.
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    14 mins
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