Navigating a Toxic Job Environment: The Art of Creating a Meaningful Impact

Are you working in a toxic job environment? What do you do if your job is making you miserable?

As I shared in my Canaversary post last week, for a long time, I was not happy in the work I was doing. Without naming names, you’d be surprised to find out which companies were the most toxic. I’m a survivor of a toxic workplace where bullying and harassment seemed inherent to the culture.¹ The toll on my mental health and overall well-being was immense, to the point where physical stress-related symptoms started to appear.

I often wondered: How could I muster up the energy and willpower to go running every day, yet seem to have lost my passion for everything else I used to care so much about?

Physical and mental health aren’t separate, and the environment you spend most of your waking hours in has a huge impact on both. You can’t fix a toxic organization from the bottom up. Trust me, I’ve tried. But without top-down support from executives, any project or initiative is ultimately doomed to fail.

Celebrating My 16th Canaversary: A Journey of Change, Creativity, and Reflection

The good news is you can repair the damage, both physical and mental.² But it’s not like yo…