Inside the Workplace: explores the psychology behind complex workplace challenges through the lenses of positive psychology and organizational behaviour. Hosted by Meg Kirwin, Founder of The Kirwin Group, each episode blends authentic workplace stories with practical, evidence based strategies. Drawing on more than twenty five years of consulting experience, an MBA in Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, and an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology, Meg shares research informed insights to help build healthier workplaces. This podcast is for educational purposes and not a substitute for professional advice.
Could the best parts of you also be exhausting you? This episode explores how your greatest character strengths can go into overdrive and how awareness and intentionality can help you bring those strengths back into balance.
What makes life worth living? This episode explores how consciously using your character strengths can create greater energy, engagement, and meaning-and what happens when you make more space for the best parts of yourself to come alive.
Are you carrying more at work than is actually yours to carry? This episode explores the difference between healthy responsibility and over-responsibility, and how recognizing what is-and isn't-yours can help you put down the weight you were never meant to carry.
Is fear protecting you, or holding you back? This episode explores the ways fear shows up at work and how becoming more comfortable with discomfort can help you respond with greater courage, presence, and choice.
What does a dysfunctional team look like from the inside? This episode explores how the absence of trust shows up in everyday interactions and why vulnerability, honesty, and psychological safety are essential to building a high-performing team.
What does legacy mean to you? This episode explores how the way we show up in everyday moments can leave a lasting impact on the people around us and shape your legacy.
Confidence is often misunderstood as having all the answers. This episode explores what confidence really means and why trusting yourself matters more than certainty.
Grief does not stay neatly outside the workplace. This deeply personal episode explores how grief affects us at work and what it means to allow ourselves to move through it.
Do you find yourself replaying conversations, second guessing decisions, or struggling to switch your mind off? This episode explores overthinking and how we can strengthen our ability to return to the present moment.
What if thinking harder is not the best way to become more creative? This episode explores the surprising psychological conditions that can expand our thinking and help new ideas emerge
AI can do more than simply give us answers. This episode explores how it can become a creative thinking partner that challenges assumptions and expands human thinking.
Some people avoid decisions while others struggle to let go of control. This episode explores the psychological patterns that can quietly shape how we make decisions at work.
Who actually has the decision? This episode explores one of the most overlooked sources of workplace confusion and why clear decision ownership matters for accountability, relationships, and team effectiveness.
Menopause can affect far more than our physical health. This episode explores how symptoms can influence confidence, concentration, energy, and performance at work and what can support women through this transition.
When does being nice cross the line into people pleasing? This episode explores the psychology behind people pleasing and its impact on boundaries, leadership, relationships, and wellbeing.
Blurred boundaries between leaders and employees can quietly create dependency. This episode explores enmeshment at work and why healthy autonomy matters for trust, accountability, and strong teams.
Why do some disagreements lead to better ideas while others damage relationships? This episode explores the psychology of conflict and what allows difficult conversations to become more curious and collaborative.
Some workplace relationships feel easy and secure, while others repeatedly create anxiety, tension, or disconnection. This episode explores how attachment styles can shape trust, communication, feedback, conflict, and leadership
Why can change feel so difficult, even when we know it is necessary? This episode explores the psychology behind our resistance to uncertainty and what helps us navigate change with greater resilience.
When was the last time something truly took your breath away? This episode explores the psychology of awe and its surprising impact on stress, creativity, resilience, wellbeing, and connection.
Burnout rarely happens overnight. This episode explores how chronic stress and inadequate recovery build over time and the warning signs that can tell us something needs to change.
What becomes possible when we replace “either/or” with “and”? This episode explores how holding multiple truths can expand our thinking, strengthen relationships, and help us navigate complexity.
There are moments when we become so absorbed in what we are doing that time seems to disappear. This episode explores the psychology of flow and why it can be so powerful for focus, creativity, performance, and wellbeing.
Difficult workplace relationships are rarely about one isolated interaction. This episode explores how recognizing recurring patterns can help us respond with greater clarity, stronger boundaries, and less emotional exhaustion.
What if the problem is not how much stress you experience, but how little you recover from it? This episode explores why recovery matters and how small moments throughout the day can interrupt stress reactivity.
Not every workplace relationship deserves the same level of trust. This episode introduces the Inner Museum, a framework for understanding boundaries, relationships, and who gets access to your inner world.
What if guilt can actually be good for us? This episode explores the important difference between guilt and shame and how each can shape accountability, growth, and our response to mistakes.
Some leaders can leave capable people questioning their own judgment and experience. This episode explores narcissistic leadership patterns and how they can affect trust, psychological safety, relationships, and wellbeing.
Stress is not the enemy. This episode explores what our stress response may be trying to tell us and how greater awareness can help us respond to pressure with more clarity and intention.