CONTENT WARNING:

Before you listen to this episode, please be aware that parts of this conversation cover the topics of grief and bereavement. If you would prefer not to listen to a conversation of this nature, please turn off this episode and look after yourself. Help and support is available from the links below.

BBC Action Line | Mind | Samaritans

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In this special bonus episode, recorded during the excitement of this year’s World Happiness Summit in London, host Sarah Cunningham is joined by CEO of WOHASU, Founder of the World Happiness Summit, and newly published author, Karen Guggenheim.

After the sudden death of her husband in 2013, Karen made the inspiring decision to choose happiness, and began her journey to overcome trauma and positively transform her life. She studied happiness science from the world-leading experts, and decided her personal path to a state of happiness and wellbeing would be through meaning and purpose. Then she went one step further and decided to help others positively transform their lives...

And that is how the World Happiness Summit was created, with the first Summit taking place in Miami in 2017. The annual Summit brings together world-leading wellbeing experts to share their insights with the audience, spreading the science of happiness globally.

Now, listen to Karen share a behind the scenes peek from the World Happiness Summit in London, and share her personal story. Karen also reflects on the launch of her recent book: Cultivating Happiness – a practical and accessible guide to overcoming trauma and positively transforming your life.

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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.

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Welcome to the final episode of our second podcast series, for which we are thrilled to welcome Dimitra Manis, the Chief Purpose Officer of S&P Global.

Dimitra’s work advances workplace wellbeing both internally at S&P Global, and across the globe. In this episode, Dimitra shares how S&P’s people and purpose first culture drives their business success, and how her uniquely titled job role guides this approach.

As the Chief Purpose Officer at S&P Global, Dimitra’s responsibilities span diverse domains, from steering marketing strategies and corporate responsibility, to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Listen as host Sarah Cunningham delves into the relationship between purpose-driven leadership and organisational success with Dimitra, and gain firsthand knowledge of the power that prioritising purpose can have for your business. You will also gain insight into how Dimitra maintains her own wellbeing in a demanding, multifaceted role – as she reminds us that sometimes the best thing for our wellbeing is to simply relax on the couch!

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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CONTENT WARNING:

Before you listen to this episode, you should know that it covers some important but upsetting themes of suicide and pregnancy loss. If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the topics raised in this conversation, help and support is available from the links below. And, if you feel like the topics mentioned are something you can’t listen to right now, please skip this episode and look after yourself.

Samaritans | BBC Action Line | Mind

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Are we rewarding our high performers for burning out?

Today’s guest, Rachel Fellowes, asked this question and sparked a new way of working at Aon, where she works as their first Chief Wellbeing Officer.

Rachel’s innovative work focuses on the idea of human sustainability, and sustainable performance. Aon now uses their Human Sustainability Index (HSI) tool to measure wellbeing, resilience and sustainability at individual, team and organisational levels.

In this episode, Rachel reveals why she believes measuring these elements are crucial to driving better data-informed decisions, and discusses learnings from the data so far – revealing that wellbeing is vital to business success.

Rachel also discusses why she advocates for more C-Suite level Wellbeing oriented roles, particularly more Chief Wellbeing Officers, to drive real change.

Hear about this and much more in today’s episode of the Working on Wellbeing podcast, hosted by Sarah Cunningham.

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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.