The Beyond Self Care Podcast
Join Gail as she takes a deep dive into workplace well-being and the concepts from her book Beyond Self Care: Leading a Systemic Approach to Well-Being for Educators. She’ll be joined by special guests to navigate these topics and provide tips and tricks that you can implement right away.
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Season 4: Psychological Safety: Research to Practice
In this episode of Beyond Self-Care, Gail Markin and Jade Garratt explore how power and hierarchy shape psychological safety in teams and organizations. They unpack how roles, authority, and unspoken power dynamics influence who feels safe to speak, challenge ideas, or stay silent.
In this third episode of the Beyond Self-Care Podcast, Gail Markin and Jade Garratt explore a concept that sounds technical but lands deeply human: fiduciary duty. The episode invites listeners to question how policies are interpreted, how systems reinforce particular behaviours, and how psychological safety can erode when leaders feel like vessels rather than contributors.
In this episode, Gail and her co-host Jade explore what psychological safety really looks like in practice. They discuss why learning often involves discomfort and interpersonal risk, and why it shouldn’t rely solely on individuals being brave.
The conversation examines how everyday interactions, responses to feedback, and moments of failure signal whether it is truly safe to speak up and learn. Bridging research and real-world experience, this episode invites listeners to reflect on how psychological safety is created and sustained over time.
Season 3: What Makes it Hard and What Gives Us Hope
In this episode, Gail and Caroline, with their guest Dr. Fei Wang, explore the challenges and opportunities surrounding psychological safety in school leadership.
In this episode, Gail Markin, Caroline Picard, and Dr. Fei Wang dive into the critical topic of psychological safety in the workplace.
Gail Markin and guest co-host Caroline Picard launch the third season of the Beyond Self Care Podcast focusing on the theme of "What Makes It Hard and What Gives Us Hope?"
Season 2: Workplace Well-being Conversations
Season 1: The Beyond Self Care Book Club
In this episode, Gail sits down with Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski, Vanessa White, and Dr. Shirley Giroux to explore why well-being is essential in both work and life. They discuss using data to build a business case for well-being, the challenges of education as a vocation, recognizing stress in our bodies, the impact of presenteeism, and the unique ways we find fulfillment. Tune in for an insightful conversation on what truly lights us up and why prioritizing well-being matters more than ever.
In the final episode of Season 4 of Beyond Self-Care: Psychological Safety – Research to Practice, Gail Markin and Jade Garratt reflect on the major themes explored throughout the series, including power, hierarchy, leadership, systems change, meetings, feedback, and workplace culture.
This conversation examines the realities of creating psychological safety within complex systems and explores why honest dialogue, feedback, and collective reflection are essential for meaningful organizational change.