The Wellness-Driven Workplace

If your presence escalates the room instead of steadying it, you’re not leading—you’re losing. In this episode, host Lisa Urbanski sits down with Dr. Melanie Gray to talk about trauma-informed leadership and the emotional regulation skills modern leaders must develop to build trust, safety, and resilient teams. You’ll learn how to: 🧠 Lead with calm authority (without being “too nice”) 🤝 Build ps...

Ever snapped at a teammate, froze in a meeting, or overreacted to an email—then wondered,  Why did I do that? Host Lisa Urbanski talks with Dr. Melanie Gray, who breaks down emotional dysregulation as a nervous system response to show leaders how to reset before stress overrides their decisions. In this episode, you’ll learn: 🧠 Why high-performing leaders get “hijacked” under stress 🔋 The “low b...

If anxiety feels physical—racing heart, tension, exhaustion—this episode explains why and what actually helps. In this conversation, Lisa Urbanski talks with Dr. Melanie Gray about the body-based roots of anxiety and how to gently regulate your nervous system. You’ll learn how to: ✨ Understand anxiety as a body signal—not a personal failure ✨ Calm fight-or-flight responses safely ✨ Recognize th...

Burnout isn’t a personal failure — it’s often a system problem that keeps your nervous system stuck in overdrive. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Melanie Gray about how leaders and teams can prevent burnout at the root. In this conversation, you’ll learn: 🔥 The difference between burnout, moral injury, and exhaustion 🧠 Why your body stays “on” (and how to start regulating fast) 🛑 How to spot...

If you’re high-performing but running on fumes, this episode will help you reduce stress and prevent burnout—starting today. Stacey Chillemi sits down with Dr. Melanie Gray to unpack why burnout isn’t a personal failure, how chronic stress keeps leaders stuck in fight-or-flight, and what trauma-informed leadership looks like in real life—especially in healthcare. You’ll learn 👇 🧠 Why burnout is...