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Work Is Third is a podcast for people who are ready to rethink how we work, lead, and live.Hosted by Dawn Hunter, JD, MPH, CWP — Workplace Culture Strategist and creator of the RESET Method — this show explores burnout prevention, boundaries, organizational wellbeing, and…

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Sep 21, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 21, 2026

    Rebuilt Through Grief | The Five Phases of Empathy With Michael Tennant (opens the original)

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    In this episode of Work Is Third, host Dawn Hunter sits down with Michael Tennant, founder and CEO of Curiosity Lab, creator of Actually Curious, and author of The Power of Empathy, for a conversation about grief, felt values, and what it takes to build empathy as an actual skill. After losing two of his older brothers in 2019, Michael turned his own healing process into a five-phase framework: language of feelings, importance of intention, channeling purpose, from empathy to impact, and living

  2. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    What's Your Superpower, And How Do We Unlock It? | With BJ Talley (opens the original)

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    There are very few workplace problems that bettercommunication can't improve, at least according to today's guest. In this episode of Work Is Third, I sit down with BJ Talley, Founder and President of the strategic communications firm Gladius, to talk about what actually builds trust on a team. BJ shares how his fully remote company opens its books to every employee, why he believes leaders should help people find work elsewhere if it's a better fit for their strengths, and how redefining balanc

  3. Episode · Aug 17, 2026

    Identity Shifts Are Not for the Weak | Reinvention With Emily Adams (opens the original)

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    What if the version of you that got you here isn't the version you need for what's next? Emily Adams left the Amish community at 17 with no roadmap—jumping out of a two-story window in the middle of the night with no plan. She went on to manage production lines for Ford, GM, and BMW, save millions in operational gaps inside a global tech company, bootstrap a tech platform from scratch, and help lead Tampa Bay Tech Week to a profitable 40-event week as COO. Today she's Managing Partner at Gulf Wo

  4. Episode · Aug 3, 2026

    Stop Roleplaying In Your Own Life | Dare To Become With Jonathan Cave (opens the original)

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    What happens when the role you're playing on the outside stops matching who you actually are underneath it? On this episode of Work Is Third, Dawn Hunter talks with Jonathan Cave about daring to become that person instead. Jonathan is the author of The Tree and the Mountain – Dare to Become where he shares his journey to redefine himself. Jonathan was a partner in a prestigious Geneva law firm, outwardly successful yet inwardly drained, restless and unable to enjoy the life he had worked so hard

  5. Episode · Jul 20, 2026

    The Bottleneck Is You | Learning From Human Design With Brooke Dukes (opens the original)

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    What has to happen in your life for you to realize that you need a break – and to take it? Brooke Dukes has built four companies in 24 years, and she's found the same problem inside every one of them: the founder becomes the bottleneck. Brooke Dukes is the founder of Success by Design, a leadership operating system for founders and CEOs of small and mid-sized businesses and the author of Burn On, Not Out . In this episode, Brooke and Dawn get into what that bottleneck really is: control and fear

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