At Work, Under Pressure

About At Work, Under Pressure

Solve your workplace pressure point. At Work, Under Pressure is a podcast about the moments when work gets hard – when burnout rises, people get overwhelmed, conflict escalates, and mental health crises sneak into the workplace. Hosted by Jessi Beyer, a SWAT negotiator and licensed mental health professional, we take you behind the scenes of today’s workforce and show you what’s working and what’s not in workplace mental health, straight from the mouths of executives, HR professionals, safety/risk leaders, and corporate wellness experts who are seeing it firsthand. At Work, Under Pressure is for leaders who understand that people problems become operational problems when organizations are not prepared. If that’s you, pull up a chair, whip out a notebook, and settle in for real conversations about building workplaces that are safer, steadier, and better equipped for high-pressure human moments.

Publisher

Jessi Beyer

Category

business · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Jun 2026

Latest episode

2 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Nov 2026

   Mission Ready: Human Connection and Performing Under Pressure at NASA with Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton

   CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! (https://linkedin.com/in/jessierinbeyer) How do you build a spacecraft so complicated that no single person understands how the whole thing works? You start with the humans. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure, Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator of NASA’s Psyche mission and author of Mission Ready, to talk about team culture, creativity, communication, burnout, psychological safety, and what it takes to lead hundreds of highly specialized people through extraordinarily complex work. Lindy explains why even the hardest science and engineering ultimately comes back to person-to-person relationships. On Psyche, that has meant deliberately breaking down traditional silos between scientists, engineers, schedulers, budget teams, communications professionals, and everyone else whose expertise is necessary to make the mission work. Jessi and Lindy discuss: Why high-performing teams need people willing to look beyond their own “swim lane” How curiosity and asking questions can prevent expertise from turning into ego Why silence from part of a team can be an important warning sign How leaders can distinguish productive pressure from the kind of stress that leaves people feeling trapped and unsupported Why high performers are often rewarded with more work and less support How punishment and psychological unsafety can shut down the communication teams need to catch problems Why NASA viewed Psyche’s team culture as an asset capable of helping the mission survive high-stress situations Lindy also shares how she thinks about protecting intensely driven people from burnout: giving people multiple ways to speak up, measuring the temperature of the team, acting visibly on what leaders hear, educating people to recognize burnout in themselves, and providing real support when someone begins struggling. This episode is for executives, scientists, engineers, researchers, project leaders, people managers, and anyone responsible for helping highly driven teams perform when the stakes are enormous. Because extraordinary technical systems still depend on ordinary human relationships. And when the pressure rises, the strength of those relationships can determine whether the team keeps communicating, solving problems, and moving forward. CONNECT WITH DR. ELKINS-TANTON LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ltelkins/) NASA Project Psyche (https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/) X (Dr. Elkins-Tanton) (https://x.com/ltelkins) X (Project Psyche) (https://x.com/MissionToPsyche) Death Star Canteen Skit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxX7QCll3oc)

2. 

   30 Oct 2026

   Success With Less Stress: Executive Function Skills and ADHD Accommodations with Michael Delman

   CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! (https://linkedin.com/in/jessierinbeyer) People are often quick to label someone as lazy, unmotivated, distracted, or unable to hack it. But sometimes the problem is not willpower at all. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure, Jessi Beyer sits down with Michael Delman, founder of Beyond BookSmart and WorkSmart Coaching, to talk about executive function, ADHD, anxiety, accommodations, leadership, coaching, and how to help people succeed without assuming that everyone’s brain works the same way. Michael describes executive function as the skills that help people achieve “success with less stress,” from setting priorities and managing distractions to regulating emotions and following through on goals. He also introduces the idea of “hill, skill, will”: sometimes people are not failing because they lack motivation, but because the demands in front of them do not match the skills and scaffolding available to them. Jessi and Michael discuss: What executive function actually is and why it affects far more than school performance Why struggling people may need scaffolding rather than shame How leaders can accommodate individual needs without negatively affecting the rest of the group Why small accommodations can produce outsized returns in loyalty, commitment, and performance What it takes to support and develop a large team of executive function coaches Why coaches need clear boundaries when clients disclose mental health, trauma, substance use, or other needs outside their scope How organizations can build enough crisis readiness that trusted employees know what to do when someone shares something serious This episode is for parents, educators, HR leaders, people managers, coaches, school leaders, executives, and anyone trying to understand why smart, capable people can still struggle to organize, start, focus, and follow through. Because struggling does not always mean someone lacks willpower. Sometimes it means the ladder rungs are too far apart, and the right support can help them climb. CONNECT WITH MICHAEL LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-delman/) Beyond BookSmart (free infographics and guides!) (https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/executive-function-infographics-and-guides) WorkSmart Coaching (https://www.worksmartcoaching.com/)

3. 

   28 Oct 2026

   The Two Mountains of Mental Health Disabilities: Recovery and Return-to-Work with Dr. Andrew Miki

   CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! (https://linkedin.com/in/jessierinbeyer) Going on mental health leave is not a vacation. For many people, it means losing routine, confidence, identity, connection, and the sense that they are still contributing to the team around them. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure, Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Andrew Miki, psychologist, founder of Mental Fitness, and advisor in psychological health and safety, to talk about workplace disability, burnout, return-to-work, leadership, accommodations, and what psychologically safe workplaces actually look like. Andrew shares how his career moved from treating individuals on disability to helping organizations understand mental health at a systems level. He also explains why returning to work can become a “second mountain” after symptoms improve, especially when social anxiety, workplace conflict, workload, or unsupportive leadership contributed to the leave in the first place. Jessi and Andrew discuss: How ordinary stress and emotional difficulty can progress toward diagnosable mental illness and workplace disability Why being off work can create guilt, insecurity, identity loss, and fear of letting other people down What employers can do to support employees through disability leave and return-to-work Why unresolved workplace conflict, workload, bullying, or poor manager relationships can make recovery harder to sustain Why accommodations can become difficult when medical restrictions are vague or impossible to operationalize How psychological health and safety parallels physical safety through hazard identification, risk assessment, reporting, and mitigation Why employees who believe their manager “has their back” may be working inside a fundamentally healthier organization This episode is for HR leaders, disability managers, occupational health teams, workers’ compensation leaders, healthcare and education leaders, executives, and anyone trying to build workplaces that are psychologically safer, more functional, and more humane. Because people do not recover in isolation from the systems around them. And if the same workplace patterns are still waiting when someone returns, recovery becomes much harder to sustain. CONNECT WITH DR. MIKI LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-andrew-miki/) Personal Website (https://www.andrewmiki.com/) TEDx Talk (https://www.ted.com/speakers/andrew_miki) WorkSafe BC (https://www.worksafebc.com/en) Vancouver Coastal Health (https://www.vch.ca/en)

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