Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo: Mental Health, Stress, and Healthy Career Habits

Lucas and Luna explore why most professionals can name their salary, title, and next promotion but can't articulate their core work values. Using the example of a software engineer who turned down a $30,000 raise because the role clashed with her value of autonomy, they discuss how a simple 15-minute values inventory can prevent misaligned career moves, reduce long-term dissatisfaction, and serve...

Lucas and Luna explore the hidden career cost of not having a genuine work friendship. They discuss a 2024 Gallup study showing that employees with a 'best friend at work' are 7 times more engaged and 43% more likely to have received recent recognition. The hosts examine why workplace friendships are declining in the remote era, how the lack of a work buddy can accelerate burnout, and three small...

Lucas and Luna explore the concept of an annual skill audit — a structured self-assessment of your professional abilities to prevent stagnation and avoid career drift. Lucas shares the story of a marketing manager who discovered she had let her data analytics skills atrophy, costing her at least a 20 percent compensation growth opportunity over two years. They discuss how to conduct a skill audit...

In Episode 104 of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the subtle but serious cost of skipping a deliberate break ritual at work. Drawing on a 2023 Microsoft study of 20,000 knowledge workers, they discuss how continuous work without structured breaks leads to a 40% drop in cognitive performance by mid-afternoon. Lucas explains why a break ritual — like a five-minute breathing...

In this episode of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the specific and measurable career costs of not having a genuine work friendship. Drawing on a Gallup study showing that having a best friend at work quadruples the likelihood of high engagement, they discuss how workplace isolation leads to lower performance, higher burnout risk, and slower promotion. The hosts share a ca...

In this episode of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why failing to mark the end of a job — whether leaving on good terms or not — can quietly damage your career. They unpack a 2025 study from the Society for Human Resource Management showing that 38% of professionals who left jobs without a formal exit process reported lingering negative references or network disconnects tw...

This episode of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo introduces the concept of a career burnout audit — a structured, twice-yearly self-check that goes beyond surface-level stress. Lucas and Luna walk through a real framework used by Deloitte's wellness team: a 10-question inventory covering energy depletion, cynicism, and professional efficacy. They discuss why traditional annual reviews miss burnout...

Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a personal board of directors for your career, drawing on a 2025 study by Harvard Business Review that found professionals with a self-assembled advisory group of 3-5 trusted mentors saw 40% faster salary growth. They discuss how to recruit diverse voices from inside and outside your industry, set meeting cadences, and avoid common pitfalls like groupthink. Lu...

In episode 99 of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the overlooked power of a structured end-of-work decompression ritual. They examine a 2023 study from the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology showing that employees who perform a consistent 10-minute 'closing' ritual report 23% lower evening fatigue and 17% higher next-day engagement. The conversation digs into example...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a work identity journal — a tool to prevent career drift by regularly reflecting on who you are at work versus who you want to become. Lucas shares a case study from a mid-career software engineer who used this practice to realize she was chasing promotions she didn't actually want. Luna offers a counterpoint from organizational psychology res...

Lucas and Luna explore a hidden driver of burnout and disengagement: the absence of a genuine work friend. Drawing on a Gallup study that found having a 'best friend at work' is one of the strongest predictors of employee engagement — and that only 2 in 10 employees strongly agree they have one — they discuss why workplace friendships matter more than free snacks or ping-pong tables. Lucas shares...

Episode 96 of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo explores the hidden toll of living without a financial safety net. Lucas and Luna discuss how a lack of emergency savings—even just a few months of expenses—can fuel chronic stress, impair decision-making, and accelerate burnout. They anchor the conversation in a 2025 Betterment study showing that 42% of U.S. workers couldn't cover a $1,000 emergency....

Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive career wellbeing concept: the 'work pacifier' — a small, low-stakes personal comfort object or ritual that helps you regulate during high-friction moments. Lucas cites a 2024 study from the Journal of Organizational Behavior showing that knowledge workers who used a grounding object (a stress ball, a specific pen, a tea ritual) reported 23% lower cortisol...

Lucas and Luna discuss the career cost of being too agreeable: saying yes to every request, every meeting, every extra project. They dive into the psychology of people-pleasing at work, why it leads to burnout and resentment, and how to practice strategic refusal. Lucas shares a framework from the book 'The Power of a Positive No' by William Ury, and Luna brings a personal example from her own car...

In this episode of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the career cost of not keeping a weekly career diary. Lucas shares how a simple five-minute weekly reflection practice helped a former colleague avoid drift burnout by tracking accomplishments, energy patterns, and skills growth. The hosts discuss the psychological benefits of documenting small wins and setbacks, and how a...

Lucas and Luna explore why ignoring your inbox after hours isn't enough — and how a deliberate email wind-down ritual at the end of the workday can protect your mental health, improve sleep, and prevent burnout. Drawing on a 2023 study from the University of Illinois showing that workers who set an email 'end time' reported 23% lower stress levels, they discuss practical strategies like a five-min...

In this episode of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why joining a peer learning group might be the most undervalued career move you can make. Drawing on a 2024 Society for Human Resource Management study that found employees in peer learning groups are 47% more likely to report high job satisfaction and 38% less likely to experience burnout over a two-year period. They disc...

In episode 90 of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the overlooked cost of not having a structured annual career review. They explore how drift burnout—the slow fade of motivation without a clear crisis—can be prevented by a simple yearly reflection practice. Drawing on a 2023 study from the Journal of Organizational Behavior showing that professionals who conduct annual re...

In this episode of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a professional will—a document that outlines your career intentions, unfinished projects, and key relationships in case of an unexpected departure. They discuss why this overlooked tool can reduce anxiety and protect your legacy, drawing on the example of a senior marketing director who left her team in chao...

Episode 88 of Workplace Wellbeing explores why most career check-ins happen too late. Lucas and Luna discuss the concept of a career annual review — a structured yearly audit of your professional trajectory that goes beyond your employer's performance review. They break down the five-question framework used by executive coach Roberta Chen, who surveyed 1,200 professionals and found that those who...

In this episode of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the hidden costs of navigating your career without a mentor. Drawing on a study from the American Society for Training and Development showing that employees with mentors are promoted five times more often, they discuss why mentorship isn't just nice-to-have—it's a strategic career move. Lucas shares how a structured mento...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of the career sabbatical as a proactive tool for preventing burnout, not just a last resort. They examine concrete examples including a software engineer who took a three-month leave, the policies of companies like Buffer and Adobe, and the surprising data on return-to-work rates. The hosts discuss how to plan a sabbatical, what to do with the ti...

Lucas and Luna explore how a simple daily gratitude practice can reduce workplace anxiety and improve career resilience. Lucas cites a 2023 study from the University of California showing that employees who wrote three things they were grateful for each day for two weeks reported a 28% reduction in stress levels. He contrasts this with the common workplace focus on 'deficit thinking'—constantly id...

In this episode of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how a simple completion ritual—like closing a notebook or saying a phrase—can reduce anxiety and improve focus at work. They discuss a study from the Journal of Experimental Psychology showing that people who performed a brief completion ritual after a task reported 22% less rumination about unfinished work. Lucas shares h...

Episode 83 of Workplace Wellbeing with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna unpack the hidden toll of meeting overload — and one simple calendar shift that can reclaim your focus. They look at a 2025 Microsoft study showing the average knowledge worker spends 68% of their week in meetings or responding to meeting-related messages. Lucas shares how a product manager at a mid-sized SaaS company cut her meeting l...