I’ve been a broadcast journalist for over 20 years. I write and speak on the emerging trends that impact our lives in business, the workplace and our careers as we strive to thrive in a changing world.WorkLifeNation.com ~Less Stress, More Success, is the manifestation of my deepest passion: helping business people navigate sensory overload, reduce stress and cultivate resilience in the work-life merge. Why? Because I think we need an infusion-of-the-human in the way we do business in an always-on world.
I cut my journalistic teeth at Marketplace Morning Report, NPR, CNBC Business Radio, World Vision Report, BBC Radio 3 and News 12 Long Island. I’m currently on the air at News 12, and continue to contribute to national radio programs while blogging for TalentCulture.com and Forbes.com. I’m also a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
In contrast, I’ve spent much of my adult life teaching meditation and volunteering in Hospice-related work. Then it happened—9/11. I reported from ground zero for Marketplace Morning Report on NPR by day, and then volunteered with the children of the victims at night to consume the chaos and personal grief of that time.
Stillness is cumulative. It allows us to respond from a place of wisdom instead of reacting from a place of fear.
September 11th ignited my inquiry into how we reduce stress and navigate chaos in the workplace, while being productive. It forced me to find ways to embrace my own “humanness,” especially at work.
I asked myself the hard questions and was blessed with life-changing mentors in Vassar College Theologian and Career Sociologist Rick Jarow PhD., mind/body expert Joan Borysenko PhD, Deepak Chopra MD, social economist John Perkins, work life pioneer Matthew Fox and evolutionary futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard.
Here’s my theory; we’ve become a WorkLife Nation: an evolving culture of awareness that calls on us to live, work and thrive from a deeper sense of alignment, with success, serenity and significance.
To sharpen your competitive edge, harness awareness, cultivate resilience and enhance the power of the breath.
I was in the tent cities reporting after Hurricane Andrew, covered the rescue efforts at the crash site of Avianca Flight 52 in New York, witnessed the post-genocide aftermath of Kosovo and lived and worked through 9/11. Methods to reduce stress and cultivate resilience emerged from the chaos along with my lecture series, Practical Chaos: 4 Gates of Success in Changing Times and my 2006 CD, Practical Chaos: Reflections on Resilience.
My speaking engagements on work-life culture and resilience include: Motorola Corporation, Rockland Light and Utilities, Daniel Gale Real Estate, Right Management Inc., National Association of Mothers’ Centers, NYS Home Healthcare Association, The International Women’s Business Conference, and the American Psychological Association’s Psychologically Healthy Workplace Conference.
To compete in a 24/7 high-tech world, managing your work life merge is key toward stewarding the innovation and creativity that will differentiate you from the rest.
Recognition of my work includes: National Press Foundation Economic Fellowship, New York Emmy, Associated Press Club Award, Numerous NY Press Club Award, National Telly Award, Houston Film Festival Award, Victim’s Information Bureau of Suffolk and the Long Island Coaching Alliance Award.
Along with the news headlines, and my thirst for meditation – I’m interested in anything that will spark heated educated debate on social awareness, consciousness, and the value of human capital in business.
Check out my personal site: JudyMartinSpeaks.com
