Welcome to episode 230 of Live Happy Now.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, thanking you for joining us.

Bullying has become such an issue in today's world that October has even been named National Bullying Prevention Month.

And while we normally associate bullying with school children, the fact is that many adults are being bullied

at work every day. Today's guest, Dr. Britt Andriata, is an internationally recognized thought

leader who creates brain science-based solutions for today's challenges. As author of the book

Wired to Connect, which is about the brain science of teams, collaboration, and inclusion,

she has developed

workplace safety tips to make sure all employees are working together to eliminate bullying

in the workplace.

Let's hear what she has to say about it.

Britt, thank you so much for joining us on the show this week.

This is such an interesting topic, and it's an unusual path for us to take.

Well, I'm so happy to be joining

you this morning, Paula, and reaching out to your followers and listeners. And, you know, we're

all so impacted by stuff at work. I think it's really important to talk about these things because

it can support our happiness. Yeah. And workplace bullying, you know, this is National

Bullying Prevention Month.

And normally when we think about bullying, we think about kids, we think about school.

But workplace bullying, you're saying, is really a problem.

And can you address, first of all, how common is it?

Well, some research by Dr. Judy Blando says that 75% of workers have been affected by workplace bullying.

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