Ep 137: Workicide

Code4Couples

We have all worked in a toxic work environment due to the workplace culture, co-workers, supervisors, or the work itself.   

Stephanie Kiesow is a former law enforcement officer, cop kid, and cop’s wife.  She saw how work impacted her parents, their mood, and in turn the family.  She started her career in law enforcement at 18 and in 2011, when her fiancé had a pending IA, lost him to death by suicide.  This kicked off what Stephanie calls her obsessive curiosity about suicide and how the workplace contributes to the permanent decision. 

Stephanie is currently working on her PhD in Organizational psychology.  Through her research and education, she found contributing workplace factors that impact mental health and cause death in a perceptual sense or literal sense and coined the term workicide.   

Stephanie’s goal is to help people mitigate a work-related decline in their mental health and increase their overall well-being so they can enjoy work and love life. She has written the book Workicide to help others do just that.   

This is a deep topic but you will want to hear her research and her solutions for our law enforcement culture.   

LinkedIn: Stephanie K.

Workicide: How to Overcome a Career-Related Decline in Mental Health and Reignite Your Passion for Work and Life.

Burnout — Code4Couples

Beyond the Badge — Code4Couples