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My Workplace Is Killing Me!AI Anxiety — How to Stop Worrying, Avoiding, and Panicking🎙 Podcast Episode 4: AI Anxiety — How to Stop Worrying, Avoiding, and Panicking
If AI showed up at your front door, would your first thought be, “Are you taking my job?” or “Are you taking over the world?” Either way, you’re not alone. In this episode, Dr. Michelle King and Selina Suresh dive deep into the rising tide of AI anxiety—what it is, who it affects (spoiler: everyone), and how to stop it from hijacking your career and confidence.
From college grads second-guessing their future to seasoned professionals feeling left behind, the fear of AI is real—but it’s al...2025-04-1636 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!To Survive the AI Workplace, You Need to Learn How to Learn🎙 Podcast Episode 3: To Survive the AI Workplace, You Need to Learn How to Learn
The future of work isn’t just about adapting to AI—it’s about adapting to constant change. As automation reshapes industries and new skills emerge faster than ever, one ability stands out as essential: learning how to learn.
In Episode 3, Dr Michelle King and Selina Suresh discuss why developing a mindset of continuous learning is more important than mastering any single skill. They explore how our reliance on technology and social media is undermining our ability to focus and retain information...2025-04-0939 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!The Gen Z Work Crisis: Skills, Turnover, and What Comes Next🎙 Podcast Episode 2: The Gen Z Work Crisis
Gen Z is entering the workforce with fresh ideas, ambition, and talent. But they’re also facing a major challenge—a skills gap that’s affecting their success at work. Despite being highly educated, many young workers are struggling with essential workplace skills like communication, conflict management, and adaptability. As a result, turnover is high, and employers are feeling the pressure.
In Episode 2, Dr Michelle King and Selina Suresh delve into why this gap exists and how both employees and organisations can bridge it. Unlike Episode 1, which explored the importa...2025-04-0237 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!The Number One Skill You Need to Future-Proof Your CareerSEASON 2
🎙 Podcast Episode 1: The Number One Skill You Need to Future-Proof Your Career
The future of work is here—and it's more unpredictable than ever. AI, automation, hybrid workplaces, and rapidly shifting roles are reshaping careers faster than most of us can keep up. Feeling anxious about what comes next? You're not alone.
In Episode 1, Dr. Michelle King and Selina Suresh dive deep into the skill that will define your success in an ever-changing job landscape: navigating ambiguity. Through groundbreaking research, real-life stories, and actionable strategies, they uncover why...2025-03-1931 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!How We Bully Ourselves🎙 Podcast Episode 8: How We Bully Ourselves
We’ve spent this season uncovering workplace bullying—from toxic bosses to manipulative colleagues and even entire company cultures that grind people down. But what if the harshest bully in your career is actually... you?
In Episode 8, Dr. Michelle King and Selina Suresh explore how self-doubt, perfectionism, and relentless self-criticism create an internal bully—one that follows us around, even when no one else is watching. Through eye-opening research and real-world insights, they reveal how our biggest career obstacles often aren’t external but internal.
💡...2025-02-2644 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!Why Bullying Isn’t Illegal And What You Can Do To Protect YourselfEpisode 7: Why Bullying Isn’t Illegal—And How to Protect Yourself
Workplace bullying ruins careers, crushes mental health, and often leaves employees feeling powerless. But here’s the shocking truth: in the UK, most workplace bullying isn’t even illegal—unless it crosses into harassment or discrimination.
In this episode, Dr. Michelle King and Selina Suresh dive deep into the legal gray areas of workplace bullying with UK employment lawyer Polly Rodway. They explore:
🔹 The legal definitions of bullying, harassment, and discrimination
🔹 When workplace bullying becomes a legal issue
🔹 Common mistakes employers make in h...2025-02-2026 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!Quitting Time: How to Know When It’s Time to GoEPISODE 6. Quitting Time: How to Know When It’s Time to Go
Episode Overview:
Deciding whether to quit your job is one of the most difficult career decisions you’ll ever make. It’s not just about finding another opportunity—it’s about navigating self-doubt, workplace dynamics, and the emotional weight of leaving something familiar behind.
In this episode of My Workplace Is Killing Me!, Dr. Michelle King and Selina Suresh tackle the complexities of quitting. Whether it’s toxic work environments, lack of career growth, or burnout, knowing when to walk away isn’t a...2025-02-1238 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!RedFlags: What To Look For In A New Employer🎙 My Workplace Is Killing Me! Podcast
Ever left a toxic job only to end up in another? You’re not alone.
In this episode, Dr. Michelle King and Selina Suresh uncover the warning signs job seekers should watch for before signing that contract. From vague job descriptions and high turnover rates to red flags in interviews, we break down the subtle (and not-so-subtle) clues that a workplace might be more toxic than it seems.
🔍 What you’ll learn in this episode:
✅ The biggest red flags to look for when job hunting
✅ Why...2025-02-0539 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!Why Women Bully Women: How to Deal with Mean Girls at WorkAre you feeling undermined, excluded, or walking on eggshells at work? You're not alone. In this eye-opening episode of My Workplace Is Killing Me!, Dr. Michelle King and Selina Suresh tackle the taboo topic of workplace bullying—specifically, how women experience and sometimes perpetuate toxic dynamics with other women.
"Did you know that women are 30% more likely to experience bullying at work than men? And when women bully, they target other women up to 70% of the time."
From understanding the cultural and systemic forces that fuel these behaviors to sharing Sarah’s heartbreaking story of exclus...2025-02-0249 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!Am I The Bully: How To Tell If You Are The Problem.This season we are focusing on bullying and today we want to dive into a difficult topic, but one that is healthy to think about. How can you tell if you are the bully or if you are engaging in poor behaviours?
Bullying at work is often obvious when it’s happening to us, but it’s not always easy to recognize when we might be the ones causing harm. And here’s the thing, most people don’t think they’re the bully!
Poor behaviour is often a result of cultures, that tolerate it. If you thin...2025-01-2238 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!Navigating Bullying and Anxiety: What To Do When Work Feels UnsafeWelcome to today’s episode, where we’re diving into a really tough challenge, a Gen Z employee dealing with workplace bullying. This story stood out to us because it’s something so many people in this generation are facing right now.
In coaching we always spend time up front trying to get clear on what the goal is, and in today’s story the person is wanting to understand how she can cope with the anxiety of her situation. A 2015 study examining all the research on this confirms that bullying leads to anxiety and depression which is no surp...2025-01-1535 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!Bullying: How Do You Know When It Is Happening?In this episode, we will explore how to recognise when bullying is taking place within the workplace.
If you are confused as to whether you are experiencing bullying we discuss the research-backed steps for you to take:
Keeping a log
Seeking peer feedback
Reflecting upon the emotional impact
Checking behavior against the Behavior Against Bullying Criteria
Making sure to support each other, if you see something, call it out.
You just want to have a plan for when, where and how you might leave. Even just having this can help make you feel more in...2025-01-0841 minMy Workplace Is Killing Me!TeaserWelcome to our new podcast! Each week, we share real stories from people around the world who have felt at one time or another that their workplace is killing them! As coaches we will share our insights as well as practical advice, and expertise to help you navigate workplace challenges.
Plus, we bring in the experts like psychologists, thought leaders, lawyers, and business experts to explore the big questions—like how we can advance our careers and find meaning in our work, fix broken workplace systems, tackle inequality and create environments where everyone can succeed.
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The FixMichelle King: How To Get More Women In Power And Keep Them ThereLast weekend, Kamala Harris made history when she became America's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, representing a new face of political power. The California senator's history-making win also represents the millions of women in the demographics -- often overlooked, historically underrepresented, and systematically ignored -- who are now the recipients of that new power for the first time in the country's 200-plus-year history.
On this special episode, my former UN Women colleague, Selina Suresh, will be interviewing me on how we can get more women, like Kamala into positions of power, and...2020-11-1329 min