Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley is a workplace psychologist, expert in acceptance and commitment therapy, researcher and author.

Dr. Dayna discusses emotional responses and coping strategies after being laid off, the importance of maintaining a balance between work and personal life, the limitations of personality tests in the workplace, symptoms and prevention of burnout, the challenges and benefits of remote work, and strategies for managing health and fitness as a remote worker. In this episode, Dr. Dayna and Will discuss the importance of creating a wind down routine for better sleep. They emphasize the need for a transition period between activities and sleep to allow the brain to relax. They also discuss the types of activities that can help with the wind down process, such as reading light and non-activating material or watching repetitive TV shows.

Chapters

00:00: Intro

00:23: Emotional Responses to Being Laid Off

03:43 Unhealthy Responses to Being Laid Off

06:01 Maintaining Healthy Habits After Being Laid Off

08:02 Healthy Ways to Cope After Being Laid Off

09:19 Success in Work Life vs. Personal Life

12:00 Emotion-Based Coping Skills

13:04 The Price of Focusing Only on Work

14:23 Signs Your Work Life is Affecting Your Personal Life

17:42 Personality Tests in the Workplace

19:36 Scientific Community's View on Personality Tests

21:13 Harmful Effects of Unvalidated Personality Tests

24:58 Symptoms of Burnout

31:04 Remote Work Burnout

32:19 Is Remote Work for Everyone?

34:18 Personality Traits and Remote Work

37:41 Avoiding Burnout as a Remote Worker

39:35 Managing Health and Fitness as a Remote Worker

42:21 The Missing Decompression Time in Remote Work

43:22 Creating a Wind Down Routine for Better Sleep

46:33 Using Repetitive TV Shows as Sleep Cues

Layoffs, Workplace Personality tests, Burnout Symptoms, Burnout and Remote Work