Menopause at work

Woman's Health Week

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Event

When the truth about menopause is left unspoken, those experiencing it are left unsupported. We encourage everyone to join us for this open discussion bringing together expert advice, shared experiences and practical tips for creating a supportive work environment.

Monday 2 September 2024
Time: 12:00pm – 12:50pm AEST (11:30am SA, 10:00am WA)

Expert Speaker

Thea O’Connor
Director of Menopause at Work Asia Pacific, Workplace wellbeing advisor, TEDx speaker and coach (NSW)

Thea O’Connor is a workplace wellbeing advisor, TEDx speaker and coach. She works with leaders, teams and individuals to help them develop healthy, sustainable and effective work practices.

Thea has a long-standing commitment to women’s health. In her first career as a dietitian, she specialised in disordered eating, body image and weight management. She then went on to be the director of a small public health organisation promoting body satisfaction for women.

Now, As Founder of Menopause at Work® Asia Pacific, Thea encourages a life-stage approach to worker wellbeing so that different stages of the lifecycle, such as menopause, can be accommodated. She has helped many workplaces become menopause-friendly, and helped hundreds of women navigate their careers and this life-stage, with confidence.

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Moderator

Dr Sadhbh Joyce
Senior Psychologist, Co-Founder of Mindarma, Meditation Teacher, External Fellow, Black Dog Institute/UNSW Medicine (NSW)

Sadhbh has over 18 years’ experience in mental health. She has specialist expertise in neuropsychology, mindfulness-based therapies, self-compassion and workplace mental health. She is passionate about translational research that bridges the gap between clinical and real world settings.

Registration

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Assoc. Professor Anya Johnson
Associate Professor, Head of Discipline in Work and Organisational Studies, and co-director of the Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group, University of Sydney Business School

Anya’s research is in the area of Organisational Behaviour. Specifically, Anya investigates how employees regulate their emotions and cognitions in the workplace, and the relationship between the design of jobs and teams and outcomes such as engagement, well-being, mental ill-health and performance.

Anya is the recipient of multiple awards such as the 2021 Ray Ball Prize for Best paper, the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) 2020 Award for Innovation and Excellence in Research and the University of Sydney Business School Engaged Research Award (2017).

Assoc. Professor Helena Nguyen
Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies and co-director of the Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group, University of Sydney Business School

Helena received her PhD and Masters of Organisational Psychology from School of Psychology, University of New South Wales.

Helena’s research interests focus on understanding how emotional and cognitive processes interact to influence employees’ well-being and performance at work. Helena’s research takes a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating research from the fields of psychology, management and organisational behaviour to better understand how individuals and groups think, feel and behave at work. Helena’s research aims to advance knowledge in this area by adopting a multimethod and multilevel approach.

Helena’s research has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal , Journal of Management, British Journal of Management and Journal of Service Research. Helena is also the recipient of multiple Australia Research Council grants.