Episode 29

Is Work Making You ill? feat. Katrina Strohl

In This Episode . . . 

This episode features the always-inspiring Katrina Strohl, Psychological Safety Consultant and host of podcast Absolutely Not! Kishshana and Katrina discuss how a toxic work environment led Katrina to decide to take her own life and how that experience kickstarted their journey toward advocating for mental health and encouraging others to set personal boundaries at work and enforce their own psychological safety. Is your work making you ill? 

This conversation addresses what messages you are receiving in your work environment and knowing that your worth has nothing to do with your work. We need to learn how to observe the behavior, learn to label where necessary, and find the vocabulary to define the harm in our work environments.

Meet Katrina Strohl:

Katrina is best known for serving others through work with boundary strategy, mental health, suicide prevention, and veteran disability.

Katrina (she/they) is a Navy veteran who served as an Aviation Structural Mechanic (AM). Now, with over 10 years of Human Resources (HR) experience and a passion for psychological safety, Katrina continues to serve others. In 2018, Katrina decided to take her own life after internalizing the behavior of a toxic workplace. Since then she has become a huge advocate of mental health and works to reduce the stigma through their show, Absolutely Not! Absolutely Not! is the weekly live podcast dedicated to providing examples of setting personal boundaries at work and the vocabulary needed to name harm in those spaces.

Episode Highlights:

  • (3:10) Learn more about Katrina;
  • (3:37) Your worth has nothing to do with your work;
  • (6:40) Observing and labeling the harm in a work environment;
  • (15:58) Is work making you ill?;
  • (18:50) How do I start setting boundaries at work;
  • (29:21) Different ways to set boundaries;

Connect with Katrina:

Instagram: @k.m.strohl

LinkedIn: @katrina_strohl

Host of @absolutelynotwithk

Website: https://www.katrinastrohl.com

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Kishshana Palmer

Kishshana Palmer, CFRE is the author of Busy Is a Four-Letter Word: A Guide to Achieving More By Doing Less, uni-mom, trainer, educator, author and professional speaker. She is the CEO of ManageMint, Inc., Founder of “The Rooted Collaborative” - a global learning community for women leaders of color in the social sector - and host of ManageMint Made Easy formerly Let’s Take This Offline: The Podcast for Everyday Leaders. When she is not starring in the Life of My Queenager (okay it’s not a real show, but it could be), she is dropping knowledge about leadership and life. Kishshana is the epitome of your classic 90's Queens homegirl and quintessential corner office executive. She is your daily dose of Claire Huxtable with a side of Blanche Devereaux.