Mental Health for Workaholics

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nabeela Ixtabalan is Walmart Canada’s new executive vice president of people and corporate affairs—and when she introduced herself to the company’s 90,000 associates she identified as a “recovering workaholic.” That’s an apt label for someone who was running a multi-million dollar business in her 20s (then as an executive at Starbucks) while at the same time parenting her first child and putting herself through grad school. But the pressure she put on herself provoked debilitating panic attacks. In this episode, she speaks with host Shaun Francis, CEO of Medcan, about her “baseline”—the set of self-care strategies she now uses to maintain her own mental wellness. She also talks about the way Walmart Canada is leading a national movement to more thoughtfully manage employee wellness. It’s a fascinating episode sure to appeal to anyone seeking pointers on how to manage the demands of work, home and self-care. For Nabeela Ixtabalan’s “baseline” and more check out</span> <a href="http://www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some recent blog posts by Ixtabalan</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“</span><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/know-your-baseline-nabeela-ixtabalan-ms-acc/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Know Your Baseline</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” — a more fulsome description of her baseline and the concept in practice.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/confessions-recovering-workaholic-nabeela-ixtabalan-ms-acc?trk=public_profile_article_view"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Confessions of a Recovering Workaholic</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://thriveglobal.com/st