Kevin Majeres, MD - Joy at Work

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Angel Scale Biotech: <a href= "https://syndicate.angelinvestboston.com/en-us/the-surge-of-opportunities-in-angel-scale-biotech"> Learn More</a></span></p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Kevin Majeres, MD, teaches cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) at Harvard Medical School. CBT is the gold standard to treat mental health conditions without drugs. CBT can also help with workplace issues such as burnout or anxiety. Dr. Majeres (pronounced Majors) has built a digital platform, OptimalWork.com, to improve the quality of work life. I learned really useful things from this interview.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p2">Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Highlights:</span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Sal Daher Introduces Dr. Kevin Majeres</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">What OptimalWork is Solving</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... what we are doing is bringing the insights of cognitive behavioral therapy out of the normal context, which is working with the cognitive behavioral therapist. We're bringing that to people in the setting of their work..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... In fact, everything with regard to eating behaviors, there's abundant evidence that cognitive behavioral therapy works. At one level, you could see that the more someone was afraid of hunger, the more likely they would be to act on it..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... This is why I think anxiety is the most central emotion to understand because anxiety is the urge to avoid challenge as challenge..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... Cognitive behavioral therapy, I should say, it also tends to focus on what's happening right now. What are the emotions showing up right now? Where's the avoidance right now? Where does the reframing have to take place right n