The Kathryn Zox Show

Kathryn interviews Editor/Fast Company Julia Herbst. Everything that we've always hated about middle managers remains true. They don't get to make big decisions but have to inspire or even force employees to execute on them. Yet mid-level employees are now facing the Great Resignation and Great Reentry, caring for employees' physical and mental wellbeing, rolling out DEI training, and implementing...

Kathryn interviews social media influencer Nick Pfeifer. Suicidal thoughts, much like mental health conditions, can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or background. Suicide can often be the result of an untreated mental health condition. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month —a time to raise awareness of this stigmatized, and often taboo, topic. Depression and anxiety rose during t...

Kathryn interviews social media influencer Nick Pfeifer. Suicidal thoughts, much like mental health conditions, can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or background. Suicide can often be the result of an untreated mental health condition. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month —a time to raise awareness of this stigmatized, and often taboo, topic. Depression and anxiety rose during t...

Kathryn interviews Author Tamara Rosier PhD. When someone has ADHD, their brain is legitimately wired differently and focuses on different things than someone would expect them to. This difference in circuitry is not somehow wrong, incomplete, lazy, or shameful. However, it does present those diagnosed with ADHD with significant challenges around typical things that others do with ease. Time manag...

Kathryn interviews Author Tamara Rosier PhD. When someone has ADHD, their brain is legitimately wired differently and focuses on different things than someone would expect them to. This difference in circuitry is not somehow wrong, incomplete, lazy, or shameful. However, it does present those diagnosed with ADHD with significant challenges around typical things that others do with ease. Time manag...

Kathryn interviews Author Jeffrey Breslow. Starting with a literal bang, Jeffrey Breslow tells the gripping account of how the inventor held his company together after an employee opened fire in the Marvin Glass and Associates conference room in 1976. The gunman killed two of the Chicago firm's partners and an employee and critically wounded two more employees before killing himself. He missed tak...

Kathryn interviews Author Jeffrey Breslow. Starting with a literal bang, Jeffrey Breslow tells the gripping account of how the inventor held his company together after an employee opened fire in the Marvin Glass and Associates conference room in 1976. The gunman killed two of the Chicago firm's partners and an employee and critically wounded two more employees before killing himself. He missed tak...

Kathryn interviews Author Ali Michael PhD.Building a healthy multiracial society is possible, but not without millions of white people seeing racism as our problem and choosing to walk an antiracist path. It will take us supporting and challenging one another on this journey to learn more about the realities of racism and what we can do about it. Award-winning author Ali Michael and clinical psych...

Kathryn interviews Author Ali Michael PhD.Building a healthy multiracial society is possible, but not without millions of white people seeing racism as our problem and choosing to walk an antiracist path. It will take us supporting and challenging one another on this journey to learn more about the realities of racism and what we can do about it. Award-winning author Ali Michael and clinical psych...

Kathryn interviews Author Patricia Grayhall MD.In her debut memoir Patricia Grayhall MD shares her personal story for anyone who has ever lived the burden of being told their passions or ambitions are wrong. At 19, defying expectations of a woman growing up in Arizona in the 60s, she fled Phoenix for San Francisco, determined to finally come out as a lesbian after years of trying to be a "normal"...

Kathryn interviews Author Patricia Grayhall MD.In her debut memoir Patricia Grayhall MD shares her personal story for anyone who has ever lived the burden of being told their passions or ambitions are wrong. At 19, defying expectations of a woman growing up in Arizona in the 60s, she fled Phoenix for San Francisco, determined to finally come out as a lesbian after years of trying to be a "normal"...

Kathryn interviews OBGYN and Surgeon Greg Marchand MD.The current status of abortion laws throughout the states are confusing at best. With the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, many women are left with questions pertaining to their reproductive rights. Dr. Greg Marchand helps to shed some light on the subject of abortion rights, especially in Arizona, giving us a timeline of the legality of abortion....

Kathryn interviews OBGYN and Surgeon Greg Marchand MD.The current status of abortion laws throughout the states are confusing at best. With the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, many women are left with questions pertaining to their reproductive rights. Dr. Greg Marchand helps to shed some light on the subject of abortion rights, especially in Arizona, giving us a timeline of the legality of abortion....

Kathryn interviews Author Shaun Tomson. Veteran, world champion surfer Shaun Tomson—who is on most lists of The Top 10 Greatest Surfers of All Time shares with us his experience on overcoming life's obstacles drawing on the pain of losing a child and the strengths he acquired becoming a sports leader. Along with co-writer Poet-Philosopher Noah benShea, he employs surfing as a metaphor to analyze 1...

Kathryn interviews Author Shaun Tomson. Veteran, world champion surfer Shaun Tomson—who is on most lists of The Top 10 Greatest Surfers of All Time shares with us his experience on overcoming life's obstacles drawing on the pain of losing a child and the strengths he acquired becoming a sports leader. Along with co-writer Poet-Philosopher Noah benShea, he employs surfing as a metaphor to analyze 1...

Kathryn interviews Author Marianna De Marco Torgovnick. Marianna De Marco Torgovnick experienced the rupture of two of her life's most intimate relations when her mother and brother died in close proximity. Mourning rocked her life, but it also led to the solace and insight offered by classic books and the practice of meditation. She entered a spiritual and psychological state of "transcendental h...

Kathryn interviews Author Marianna De Marco Torgovnick. Marianna De Marco Torgovnick experienced the rupture of two of her life's most intimate relations when her mother and brother died in close proximity. Mourning rocked her life, but it also led to the solace and insight offered by classic books and the practice of meditation. She entered a spiritual and psychological state of "transcendental h...

Kathryn interviews Author Christine Miles. Do you want to make a positive change in your life, work, or business? Do you want to improve your marriage, be a better parent, or drive more revenue to your business? Christine Miles encourages us to examine how we are listening. She helps us to discover that not only are many of the problems in our lives due to not listening effectively, but how listen...

Kathryn interviews Author Christine Miles. Do you want to make a positive change in your life, work, or business? Do you want to improve your marriage, be a better parent, or drive more revenue to your business? Christine Miles encourages us to examine how we are listening. She helps us to discover that not only are many of the problems in our lives due to not listening effectively, but how listen...

Kathryn interviews Author, Speaker Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross We'd all like to think we'd be able to help if one of our friends or family members expressed emotional anguish and suicidal thoughts. But, if confronted with that situation, what should we do that would help the most, and what should we avoid doing that might make the situation worse? Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross, an Intergenerational Trauma Exp...

Kathryn interviews Author, Speaker Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross We'd all like to think we'd be able to help if one of our friends or family members expressed emotional anguish and suicidal thoughts. But, if confronted with that situation, what should we do that would help the most, and what should we avoid doing that might make the situation worse? Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross, an Intergenerational Trauma Exp...

Kathryn interviews Author Farzana Nayani .Anti-Asian violence continues to proliferate and there is still so much work to be done with promoting AAPI inclusion and history initiatives. Helping AAPI staff feel safe in the workplace is one important component of that fight according to Farzana Nayani. Of multiethnic Filipina-Pakistani background, Farzana is a passionate advocate for the multiracial...

Kathryn interviews Author Farzana Nayani .Anti-Asian violence continues to proliferate and there is still so much work to be done with promoting AAPI inclusion and history initiatives. Helping AAPI staff feel safe in the workplace is one important component of that fight according to Farzana Nayani. Of multiethnic Filipina-Pakistani background, Farzana is a passionate advocate for the multiracial...

Kathryn interviews Author Caitlin Billings. Caitlin Billings knows the struggles of balancing work, mental health, and motherhood better than most – while accepting her own bipolar diagnosis, she had to learn how best to support her gender-fluid child, who inherited depressive behaviors, as well as pursue an allegation of child sexual assault in their home. In her work as a Licensed Clinical Socia...

Kathryn interviews Author Caitlin Billings. Caitlin Billings knows the struggles of balancing work, mental health, and motherhood better than most – while accepting her own bipolar diagnosis, she had to learn how best to support her gender-fluid child, who inherited depressive behaviors, as well as pursue an allegation of child sexual assault in their home. In her work as a Licensed Clinical Socia...