Ep 126: How To Navigate Toxic Environments At Work

About this episode

This episode discusses how to navigate toxic work environments and their impact on confidence and mental health, featuring insights from Catherine Mattice.

💭 Ever found yourself questioning your worth in a room you once felt confident in? 🔥Then this episode of the TRANSFORM YOUR CONFIDENCE podcast is for you! In this powerful Leadership & Advocacy themed episode entitled—“How To Navigate Toxic Environments At Work”— our founder Raj Girn sits down with Catherine Mattice, founder & CEO of Civility Partners. She is a TEDx speaker, HR thought leader, and author of Navigating a Toxic Workplace for Dummies (her 4th book!). Catherine has spent her career helping organizations confront what many avoid naming outright: TOXIC WORKPLACE CULTURE, and more importantly, how it silently erodes confidence, performance, and mental health. This is the conversation every woman in leadership needs to hear, especially if you’ve ever felt unseen, unheard, overlooked, and/or unsure of yourself and your authority at work. — 💥 In this conversation, they unpack: ✨ What actually defines a toxic workplace (and why it’s often overlooked) ✨ How toxic cultures quietly cause high-performing women to doubt themselves ✨ The difference between a “comfortable” workplace and a respectful one ✨ Why confidence is built through leadership, not just expected from…

People in this episode

Host: Raj Girn

Guest: Catherine Mattice

Topics covered

• toxic workplace culture
• leadership
• confidence
• mental health
• psychological safety
• women in leadership

Keywords

• toxic workplace
• confidence
• leadership
• mental health
• psychological safety
• high-performing women

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Civility Partners

Books & works: Navigating a Toxic Workplace for Dummies