In Episode 2 of Season 2, Dahlia is joined by Rhona Berengut to discuss ‘Why do we all think we are stressed?
This episode steps away from the usual conversation about
style and identity and looks at the concept of stress.
Dahlia talks about being a student in Rhona's Organisational Behaviour Class and learning about the fact stress doesn't exist as a 'tangible' thing on it's own.
'And you said something I will never forget "There is no such thing as stress." I stopped in my tracks – at that minute it was possibly the most stressful thing I had ever heard.
Dahlia and Rhona discuss what stress actually is and how it can impact us both physically and mentally. They discuss the four different types of stressors that cause us to think we are stressed and give an example of how these might show up in our lives and how we can become more conscious of them to better manage how we feel.
Dahlia and Rhona discuss tips for anticipating, managing and overcoming these encounters and situations, with Rhona describing stress as a ball of string we need to untangle to get to the root cause of the issue. She shares tips on how to manage specific stressors and the patterns that identify when they may appear.
The conversation ends with reflections from both Rhona and Dahlia on how to identify and manage stressors over time and a personal reflection from Rhona on her time teaching Organisational Behaviour.

Rhona is a founding partner of SIGMA Strategic Solutions Inc. where she works with organizations to enhance performance by aligning people, performance and strategic purpose. Rhona was also an award winning part-time faculty member of York University’s Schulich School of Business from 1989-2018, and Program Director of the Schulich Mini-MBA: Essentials of Management from 2014-2018. In addition, Rhona has developed Executive Workshops on Critical Thinking and Innovation, Leading Sustainable Strategic Change and Developing a Strategic Mindset, and Developing Strategic Agility.Rhona is a Certified Planning and Facilitation Coach; a Certified Virtual CEO Administrator; a Certified Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Administrator; and has taught at UofT Rotman School of Business, the University Of Calgary Faculty Of Management, and Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Business Management.Rhona’s areas of expertise include Managing Strategic Change; Strategic Planning and Facilitation; Executive Coaching; Organizational Design, and Interpersonal Effectiveness, Executive Leadership and Critical Thinking and Innovation . Rhona is also a Coach with the Canadian Youth Business Federation, where she coached her entrepreneurs to the Entrepreneur of the Year Award.Rhona has worked with clients in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, among them: CN; American Express; BMO Nesbitt Burns; Stratford Festival; Ontario Ministry of Government Services; Kruger Paper Products Inc.; Ford Motor Company of Canada; The National Film Board; The Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Amdocs; The Older Adults Centre of Ontario; and The Sino-Technology Exchange Group; Mount Sinai Hospital; York University Student Client Services and the Registrar’s Office; and Aluma Systems Inc; Clinical Lab Management Association, City of Sudbury, Legal Aid Ontario, Ontario Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Revenue.

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