Work and Wellness

About Work and Wellness

Welcome to Work and Wellness, the podcast for anyone who wants to feel great and perform at their best, without burning out. I’m Ange Davies, a wellbeing speaker and ex-corporate leader, here to help you create a life that feels as good as it looks. Each week, I’m joined by guests who bring real stories and practical insights on what it means to thrive both at work and beyond. Ready to live well and succeed on your own terms? Hit follow and let’s get into it!

Publisher

Ange Davies

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Nov 2024

Latest episode

2 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

100 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Nov 2026

   EP99: You Can’t Predict the Future, But You Can Prepare for It with Steph Clark

   What if the best way to prepare for the future isn’t trying to predict it? In this episode, I sit down with Steph Clark, futurist, facilitator and founder of 28 Thursdays, to talk about how we can think harder about what’s next, at work and in life. Steph started out as an accountant, moved into learning and development, and now helps leaders and teams use strategic foresight to think differently about the future. She also runs the How to Friend project, which explores the art and science of friendship. We get into why so many organisations fail to think ahead, what is happening to trust and enjoyment at work, how your brain can rehearse a crisis before it happens, and which human skills matter most as AI changes work. Then we talk friendship, and some wonderfully simple ways to stay connected when life is busy. KEY TOPICS Why reinvention is usually a gradual experiment, not a burn the boats leap What leaders get wrong about the future, and why “what if to the what if” matters Why the loss of entry-level roles today creates a problem down the track What lean, restructured teams are doing to trust and enjoyment at work How futures thinking works and why it is about preparedness, not prediction The human skills that matter most as AI changes work: thinking, facilitation, feedback and discernment Why friendship is the foundation of everything else, and simple low lift ways to nurture it Backcasting: how to work backwards from the future you want ABOUT STEPH Steph Clark is a futurist, facilitator, lifelong learner and founder of 28 Thursdays, where she helps organisations challenge conventional thinking, explore emerging trends and prepare for the future. She began her career as an accountant before moving into learning and development, spending 15 years designing and facilitating leadership and learning experiences across industries and around the world. Today she combines strategic foresight, human-centred design, innovation and facilitation to help leaders and teams think differently about what’s next. She is also the creator of Steph’s Business Bookshelf Podcast and the How to Friend project. CONNECT WITH STEPH LinkedIn: Steph Clark (http://www.linkedin.com/in/steph-clarke) How to Friend Substack ( https://howtofriend.substack.com/ ) How to Friend Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/how-to-friend/id6818368307) KEYWORDS futures thinking, strategic foresight, future of work, friendship, connection, AI, leadership, career change, human skills, workplace culture

2. 

   26 Oct 2026

   EP 98: What Is Your Digital Diet Doing to Your Brain? with Jocelyn Brewer

   We talk a lot about what we eat, how we move and how we sleep. We talk far less about what we consume digitally. In this episode I sit down with Jocelyn Brewer, Sydney-based psychologist and founder of Digital Nutrition, to explore what our digital diet is really doing to our brains. I had just come back from hiking the Camino with almost no access to technology, so this conversation was very much on my mind. Jocelyn has spent over a decade translating complex research into practical, human-friendly language. We get into why screen time is far more nuanced than “good” or “bad”, what technology is doing to loneliness and friendship, how short form content trains our attention, and why we need to think carefully about outsourcing our thinking to AI. We also cover simple, realistic ways to design a digital diet that works for your life, without going cold turkey. KEY TOPICS What digital nutrition is and why the “virtual vitamins” analogy keeps getting stronger Why screen time is more complicated than the hours on your phone What technology is doing to loneliness, friendship and our tolerance for human discomfort Why short form content trains our brains for short bursts and how to rebuild attention How AI is changing the way we think, work and relate to each other What leaders can do to reduce digital overwhelm in their teams Why digital detoxes often fail and what a healthy day to day digital diet looks like The one change Jocelyn would encourage everyone to make tomorrow ABOUT JOCELYN Jocelyn Brewer is a Gadigal Sydney-based psychologist and the founder of Digital Nutrition. With a master’s in cyber psychology, she is an expert on how people live, love and learn in a hyper-connected, AI-immersed world. Known for her practical, approachable style, Jocelyn translates complex research into clear language and cuts through the anxiety around screen time and tech habits. CONNECT WITH JOCELYN Website: https://jocelynbrewer.com/ (https://jocelynbrewer.com/ ) KEYWORDS digital wellbeing, screen time, attention, AI, loneliness, social media, sleep, burnout, leadership, mental health

3. 

   19 Oct 2026

   EP 97: Why You've Stopped Trusting Yourself (And How to Change That)

   We have more information, more advice and more technology available to us than ever before. But are we losing the ability to trust our own judgment? In this episode, I share something deeply personal — how grief quietly disconnected me from my own intuition for over a year without me even realising it. It wasn’t until I spent hundreds of thousands of steps walking the Via Francigena in Italy with almost no external input that I recognised what had been missing. This episode is about what intuition actually is, why we are outsourcing our thinking more than we realise, what constant input is doing to our judgment, and six practical ways to reconnect with the most valuable voice in the room — your own. Key Topics What intuition actually is and why it is not woo-woo. It is neuroscience How grief, stress and overload quietly disconnect us from our own judgment Why outsourcing our thinking to AI and external sources is eroding a critical skill The default mode network and why your brain needs space to wander Six ways to reconnect with and strengthen your intuition and judgment How to distinguish true gut feel from fear, bias and old experiences Keywords: intuition, self trust, decision making, leadership, grief, AI, judgment, self awareness, mental clarity, burnout

Who has been a guest on Work and Wellness

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Anna Mackenzie
• Ange Cleary
• Madelyn Carafa
• Amy Savage
• Barton White

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

26 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51