About Mindful Management: Creating a Trauma-Informed Work Environment
Welcome to Mindful Management, a podcast where we share skills, stories, and resources about organization wellness to help you foster a healthy and successful workplace culture. With your host Shenandoah Chefalo, we speak with thought leaders in the field about how they have made staff well-being a core component of their business strategies.
The Weight of Over-Carrying: Finding An Equitable Balance and Learning To Count On Others
We close out this season of Mindful Management with a personal solo episode from Shenandoah on burnout, over-carrying, and the invisible weight so many leaders carry every day.
In this conversation, Shen reframes burnout as more than exhaustion, introducing three forms of “over-carrying”: emotional carrying, decision carrying, and identity carrying. Through both personal experience and her work with leaders across the country, she explores how absorbing others’ emotions, carrying constant responsibility, and tying our worth to being “the dependable one” quietly takes its toll over time.
Shen also shares practical language shifts and boundary-setting tools to help listeners redistribute responsibility and build healthier systems and relationships. A powerful series finale, this episode is a reminder that leadership is not about carrying everything — it’s about knowing what was never yours to hold in the first place.
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12 May 2026
Beyond The Pizza Party: What a Healthy Workplace Really Looks Like
In this episode of Mindful Management, Shenandoah sits down with Chase Sterling, founder and Executive Director of Wellbeing Think Tank , to unpack what it really takes to create healthier, more human workplaces. Together, they explore burnout, toxic positivity, psychological safety, and why wellbeing can’t be reduced to perks and pizza parties. Chase shares practical insights on leadership, belonging, workplace culture, and the small shifts that can create meaningful change. This conversation is a must-listen for leaders trying to build high-performing teams without sacrificing humanity.
Mentions:
Tiny Habits by BG Fogg
Trust Factor by Paul J Zak
28 Apr 2026
More Than Survival: Creating Joy in Foster Care
What if the smallest moments—new shoes, a summer camp, a chance to belong—could change the trajectory of a child’s life?
In this episode of Mindful Management, Shen sits down with Lauren Baker, founder and CEO of the Wonderfund, to explore what it truly means to support children in foster care. Drawing from her work partnering with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, Lauren shares how expanding resources and providing opportunities of enrichment can restore dignity, build confidence, and create lasting impact. Together, they unpack trauma-informed leadership, the power of shifting from “what’s wrong with you” to “what happened to you,” and why joy isn’t a luxury, but an essential part of life.
This conversation is a must-listen for leaders, educators, and anyone who wants to better understand how small, intentional actions can profoundly change a young person’s life.
Resources:
https://www.wonderfundma.org/
https://www.stevepemberton.io/a-chance-in-the-world-book
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