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Headspace for the Workplace with Dr. Sally: Helping Leaders Build Human-Centered Workplaces

Headspace for the Workplace with Dr. Sally: Helping Leaders Build Human-Centered Workplaces

By: Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas
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 Headspace for the Workplace – A Podcast on How to Cultivate a Vibrant and Psychologically Safe and Healthy Workforce with your host Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas

In our brain-based economy, we depend on fully engaged, mentally healthy teams. Organizations that have figured this out not only have a competitive advantage, they are awesome places to work. Take a listen to the lessons learned and actionable take-aways to promote mental health and wellbeing and support people through tough times – at work.Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • The Evolution of the EAP: What Good Support Really Looks Like with David Nix

    The Evolution of the EAP: What Good Support Really Looks Like with David Nix
    Feb 3 2026
    Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are among the most common workplace mental health benefits and among the most misunderstood.In this episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I am joined by David Nix, a nationally respected EAP leader with more than two decades of experience supporting the oil & gas industry, working on military bases in Iraq, and supporting remote oil fields in Alaska.Together, we explore the evolution of the EAP from quiet crisis hotlines for alcoholism into proactive, culture-shaping systems that support people, leaders, and whole organizations.Drawing on emerging research, including recent findings on modern EAP models and their effectiveness, this conversation challenges leaders to rethink what “good” EAP support actually looks like and how to ensure it truly serves their people. For more information on this episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/86
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    21 mins
  • SPECIAL EPISODE: How Traveling Workforces Can Prevent Suicide Through Lived-Experience Leadership with Fran Valenzuela

    SPECIAL EPISODE: How Traveling Workforces Can Prevent Suicide Through Lived-Experience Leadership with Fran Valenzuela
    Jan 23 2026
    Fly-In Fly-Out (FIFO) work can quietly erode mental health, strain families, and elevate suicide risk if workplaces aren’t designed with human realities in mind.In this special episode of Headspace for the Workplace, we relaunch a powerful conversation from the IASP Work-Related Suicide Series featuring Francisco “Fran” Valenzuela, CRSP, a safety leader, lived-experience advocate, and systems-level change agent in the oil and gas sector.Fran shares how FIFO environments create a high-risk ecosystem shaped by isolation, long rotations, masculine norms, fatigue, and limited access to care—and how those same systems can be redesigned to protect lives, strengthen culture, and improve the bottom line. For more information on this episode go to sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Year in Review: Workplace Mental Health, Leadership, and Hope

    Year in Review: Workplace Mental Health, Leadership, and Hope
    Dec 30 2025
    In this special year-in-review episode of Headspace for the Workplace, I reflect on a year of advancing workplace mental health and suicide prevention across high-risk industries, global conferences, and organizational systems. The episode blends practical insights for leaders with candid reflections on burnout, leadership pressure, and what it takes to stay human while building cultures of care at work. for more infoemation on this episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/83
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    19 mins
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