Welcome to The Wellbeing Rebellion

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Welcome to the wellbeing rebellion. My name is

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Ian Ghazi Wella, and I'm a corporate wellbeing and

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productivity consultant.

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And my name is Becky Alec Bojay, a psychologist and behavioural

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trim specialist.

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We are the founders of Aurora, a corporate culture consultancy

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that specialises in creating psychologically safe workplaces

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that enable employees to thrive. For us. Wellbeing is personal. I

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came from a corporate management background 15 years in oil and

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gas, I had it all going for me, the career, the family, the

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white picket fence, the whole shebang. Until it all came

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crashing down spectacularly. I burnt out in a blaze of glory,

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and ended up being signed off work for a year with work

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related stress, anxiety, and depression. This was a

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catastrophic blow, not just for me, my family and friends, but

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also for the team that I left in the lurch of work. I was working

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for the world's largest oil company, and I still crashed and

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burned. I had access to a comprehensive EAP on site

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occupational health, and one amazing boss, but it wasn't

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enough. You see, the problem with employee wellbeing support

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in most workplaces is that it puts the onus on the person

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struggling to seek help. And when you are unwell, that is

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just too big a burden to bear. It's not enough to say that your

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door is always open. If you expect your employees to walk

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through it unaided. We need to get better at supporting our

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employees. And that is precisely what this podcast is designed to

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help you do. Workplace wellbeing needs a new approach. The

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rebellion is here, and it is long overdue.

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So this podcast is specifically for the HR or business leader

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who wants to implement robbing track intake and actually make a

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difference to their employees. And the bottom line is we want

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to create psychologically safe workplaces where employees are

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empowered to bring their whole selves to work. We want to

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create a culture that is inclusive, supportive, and

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encourages everyone from shopfloor to boardroom to play

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their part.

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On the wellbeing rebellion podcast, we'll give you weekly

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up to date, insights, strategies and tips that cover leadership

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capability, executive burnout, mental health, equity, diversity

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and inclusion and employee challenges such as retention,

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productivity and emotional resilience. Sometimes, it'll be

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just us. Others we'll interview relevant industry leaders and

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experts and we may even host a q&a from time to time if you

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behave yourselves. You can find us wherever you usually get your

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podcast fixed, whether that be Apple Spotify, and we'll leave

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that up to you. Be sure to subscribe. The wellbeing