Guest: Maryanna Klatt, Ph.D.
Everyone needs your attention. But you’re exhausted; how much do you have left?
When your days are filled with meetings, messages, and difficult decisions, pushing through the overload and stress becomes a habit. You keep delivering, but finish the day exhausted, distracted, and still replaying a conversation that ended hours ago.
Maureen Metcalf welcomes mindfulness researcher Maryanna Klatt, PhD, to explore how leaders can recognize their reactions to stress and respond more deliberately. Klatt explains the workplace practices behind Mindfulness in Motion, and shares research on its effects among intensive care personnel.
The conversation connects mindfulness to familiar leadership challenges: checking email while someone is speaking, anticipating conflict with a colleague, and mistaking an interpretation for a fact. Maureen also shares a coaching example of a leader who learned to notice his stress and step away before taking it out on others.
You’ll hear practical approaches to bringing attention into meetings, examining the stories you tell yourself, and practicing mindful eating…including the revealing question, “What are you really hungry for?”
Listen for ideas you can apply in your next conversation, meeting, or meal.
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
- Mindfulness & Its Benefits in the Workplace with Rich Fernandez and Peter Weng
- From Stress to Strength: How to Rewire Your Brain for Resilience with Jon Wortmann
- Mental Toughness: How to Embrace Stress for Greater Success with Col. Deb Lewis
- Staying Cool in Challenging Situations with Janet Fouts
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RESOURCES:
Learn more about Maryanna’s Mindfulness in Motion program on it’s website at https://bit.ly/MindsInMotion-ILI.
The book she mentioned, The Upside of Stress, is available in paperback at https://amzn.to/3Wpmb8w.
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here.
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the Kindle version at https://amzn.to/44buVz8. The audiobook version is now available at https://amzn.to/4dTCleZ.
Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here.
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Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko
Graphics Editor: Stacia Rogan
Booking Producer: Jenna Reik
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About Our Guest:
Maryanna Klatt, PhD, has researched mindfulness-based interventions across high-stress populations. As the director of the Ohio State Center for Integrative Health and a clinical professor of Family and Community Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Dr. Klatt has researched simple ways to reduce the risk of stress-related chronic illness for employees of high-stress work environments.
She combines yoga, mindfulness meditation, and diaphragmatic breathing in her teaching and research. conferences. Contributing to creating a more mindful workforce has been the joy of her professional life.
