Unbehaved
Like if your funniest friend, your therapist, and a researcher who's interviewed more than 1,000 leaders about making business better for all walked into a bar…and started a podcast. So many of us have followed the playbook. We've done everything "right." And yet, we're left feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, unseen, and wondering if this is all there is. Sound familiar? Then Unbehaved is for you. Hosted by Meghan French Dunbar, best-selling author of "This Isn't Working" and resident instigator who refuses to let you settle for fine—Unbehaved throws the old playbook out the window and builds a new one. Sometimes that means a conversation with a pioneering leader who refused to follow the status quo. Sometimes it's Meghan going deep on the research, stories, and ideas the old playbook doesn't want you to hear. No matter what, this show will make you feel less alone, think differently about work, and give you the permission slip to stop following rules that were never built for you. Because business-as-usual clearly isn't working and behaving hasn't gotten us anywhere. It's now time to unlearn. Unhustle. Unsettle. Unmold. Uncomply. Unsacrifice. Unoverwhelm. Unexhaust. It's time to Unbehave.
Episodes
We spend more time at work than we do with our families. So why do we tolerate things from our employers — broken trust, withholding information, being told everything's fine when it clearly isn't — that we'd never tolerate from a partner?
In this episode of Unbehaved, Meghan French Dunbar sits down with bestselling author Minda Harts, bestselling author ofTalk to Me Nice and The Memo, to ask why workplace trust is so o...
Lindsay Scola on late diagnoses, medical gaslighting, and never taking "you're fine" for an answer
Have you ever known something was wrong — in your body, your gut, your bones — and had someone else tell you that it's just fine?
Lindsay Scola knew something was...
Deepa Purushothaman spent two decades at Deloitte, made partner in her early 30s, and was — by every external measure — successful. She was also living out of a suitcase three cities a week, constantly pushing herself, and beginning to get sick. It took 14 doctors before one of them finally asked her: "Is your job killing you?"
Stacey Lindsay, author of Being 40, on the Made-up Timelines and Harmful Stories We Carry and How to Finally Let It Rip
Award-winning journalist Stacey Lindsay has spent her career asking the real questions most others shy away from—and in this conversation, she turned that same lens on the judgements about how life is supposed to go based on our age.
We talk about the invisible measuring stick we’re held up again...
You've been told that ambition is the answer—that if you just work harder, push further, and want it badly enough, you'll be happy. You'll be successful. But what if the ambition you've been chasing is actually eroding your quality of life? Making you sick, overly stressed, exhausted, and unhappy.
In the first episode of Unbehaved Season 2, ...
If you’re constantly overextended, guilty when you rest, or exhausted by the pace of life — this is for you.
In this Better Than This (now Unbehaved) Season 1 finale, Meghan French Dunbar reveals The Anti-Overwhelm Playbook: four simple, research-backed practices to help you de-stress, set boundaries, and flourish within imperfect systems.
Drawing on stories from real women and thought leaders, Meghan explores how guilt...
How to tap into your inner wisdom to transform how you lead
Intuition often gets dismissed as “soft” or “woo”—especially for women in business. Yet, it’s one of the skills some of the world’s most successful business leaders lean on most.
In this episode, Meghan reframes intuition as a bona fide leadership super power: a rapid-cognition system that helps you spot risk, improve decisio...
Are women better leaders than men? Many recent studies suggest the answer is yes. But in this episode, Meghan French Dunbar challenges that idea — and explains why exceptional leadership isn’t determined by gender identity.
Meghan digs into the history, the research, and a surprising perspective that explores what really sets the most effective leaders apart. She shares stories of toxic bosses, caring mentors, and deepl...
Are you stuck in a “should” career — one that looks good on paper but leaves you unfulfilled? Or maybe you’ve even settled for work that makes you miserable but feel like it’s too late to change?
In this episode of Better Than This (now Unbehaved), Meghan French Dunbar shares stories and insights on how to build a career you actually love. You’ll hear real-life stories, including how...
Authentic leadership is proven to be better for your relationships, your team, your bottom line, and your well-being. Yet, leading authentically is easier said than done at work—especially for working women and other marginalized leaders who often feel pressure to change themselves to belong in a system built by and for others. So how do you tap into your authentic leadership anyway?
In this episode, we’ll dive de...
Perfectionism often masquerades as ambition, but it's frequently rooted in fear. In this episode of Better Than This (now Unbehaved), host Meghan French Dunbar delves into the journey of overcoming perfectionism and embracing failure. Through a personal story of public failure, research-backed insights, and three practical tools, you'll discover how to:
- Shift your mindset around risk and failure
- Break free from the constraints...
How to Break the Cycle of Guilt and Rediscover What Makes You Come Alive
In this episode of Better Than This (nowUnbehaved), Meghan French Dunbar explores why so many working women have become disconnected from their joy—and why reclaiming it is a beautiful act of resistance that can transform your work and life.
Grounded in research from the Harvard Flourishing Program and positive psychology pioneer Dr. Barbara Fredricks...
Why the traditional playbook for success is broken—and how to rewrite it so you can truly flourish.
Most of us were handed a definition of success—climb higher, achieve more, never stop—without questioning if it actually leads to a good life. In this episode of Better Than This (now Unbehaved), Meghan French Dunbar shares her personal story of achievement addiction, burnout, and rebuilding her life around so...
In this episode, host Meghan French Dunbar breaks down the hidden systemic barriers holding women back at work—from patriarchal norms to toxic leadership ideals. You’ll go behind the curtain of the modern workplace to uncover why stress, burnout, and depression are hitting women harder and begin exploring what we can do to fix it.
It’s time to stop blaming ourselves and start calling out what most people won&rsquo...
Stress. Overwhelm. Burnout. We’re told they’re all personal — a time management issue, a self-care problem, a “just push through” situation. But what if the problem isn’t you? What if it’s the system?
In this kickoff episode of Better Than This (now Unbehaved), author, entrepreneur, and workplace instigator Meghan French Dunbar unpacks why the modern world of work feels so broken and explor...
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