In this insightful episode of Fear Less, Zack welcomes Tim Vaughan, the Director of Learning, Leadership, and Employee Programs at Moosilauke Visions. Tim shares his extensive experience in organizational development and leadership training. He highlights the common challenges faced within organizations and the importance of addressing systemic issues within the workplace environment rather than focusing on individual employee problems. He emphasizes how fulfilling three basic human needs—belonging, autonomy, and mastery—can play a huge role in reducing fear and anxiety in the workplace and help foster a healthy environment where both the employees and the organization can thrive.

Throughout the conversation Tim moves beyond discussing the philosophical ideas of good organizational leadership and begins providing practical strategies that can be implemented to improve the workplace. He reviews different ways that organizations that can help fulfill the three core needs and introduces listeners to “A-TIPS”, a feedback model that he created to help employees and leaders effectively communicate feedback so they can build a culture of trust and empowerment. This episode dives deep into the principles of fearless leadership and listeners can expect to learn how to transform their workplace into a hub of productivity and well-being.

Zack’s Hack: In this week’s hack for anxiety Zack talks about how fostering mastery can help address anxiety.

Fear Less is sponsored by Mountain Valley Treatment Center.

In this week’s episode of the Fear Less podcast, Zack converses with Everett Logan, who currently oversees Mountain Valley’s admissions process and has worn multiple different administrative hats throughout his time in the program. Everett dives deep into the emotional and logistical complexities of helping young people and their families commit and admit to mental health treatment. He highlights how anxiety can misguide families during such a crucial time for intervention and the important role he plays in conquering that fear by building relationships, providing education, and fostering a sense of agency.

Everett’s well-rounded experience in the Mountain Valley program has allowed him to gain a wealth of knowledge about the anxiety epidemic and what we can do to help our youth overcome their fears, embrace themselves, and live a meaningful life. Listeners can expect to receive practical wisdom, tangible strategies, and a whole lot of hope for how we can all come together to make fear less in our everyday lives.

Zack’s Hack- In this week’s hack Zack shares how moving and stretching can help ground in the face of fear!

Fear Less is sponsored by Mountain Valley Treatment Center.

In this episode of Fear Less, Zack sits down with Keeleigh Mahler, a licensed clinical social worker who previously worked at Mountain Valley and currently works at the Anxiety Institute in Washington D.C. In this discussion, Keeleigh shares candid reflections from her first few years of practice, highlighting the parallel process and internal anxiety that many new clinicians experience as they learn and grow alongside their clients.

Despite being in the first few years of her career, Keeleigh is incredibly talented, insightful, and wise. In this conversation she highlights the common insecurities that arise for new clinicians, and the transformative power of leaning into discomfort, embracing vulnerability, and fostering authentic connections with the youth she serves. Her story serves as a reminder that fearlessness is not about erasing doubts or insecurities, but rather about acknowledging them, feeling them, and leveraging them as opportunities for growth. Keeleigh embodies what is means to a “fearless” clinician and the insights she shares in this conversation will help inspire a new generation of therapist to embrace the journey of becoming their best selves in service of others.

Zack’s Hack- In this week’s anxiety hack Zack shares how being curious can help you fear less!

Fear Less is sponsored by Mountain Valley Treatment Center.