Janice Gilligan White

Janice Gilligan White

The Empowered Employee

After losing a 16 year career in the aviation industry to the horrific effects of workplace abuse, Janice began The Empowered Employee, a blog site for targets of workplace abuse where she shares her insights about workplace abuse to help targets heal. She is committed to spreading awareness, knowledge, and resources available so others may be spared the shock and damage of this growing phenomenon. She holds a BA in psychology and is affiliated with both The Workplace Bullying Institute and EndWorkplaceAbuse.com.

How will you re-define yourself?

Whether you get in touch with your old self or re-discover new parts of yourself, you’ll find yourself forever changed by workplace abuse. Either way, accepting the abuser’s definition of yourself becomes less likely. We’ll share major takeaways from the weekend: from a-ha moments about the abuse to mind shifts for moving forward. How will […]

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Guided walk, resilience circle, and lunch for the body

Quiet your mind in an easy guided walk followed by lunch — that keep you energized for the rest of the day. Then we’ll share a symbol of resilience in a resilience circle around a bonfire (with s’mores — what’s a bonfire without s’mores?). What’s a symbol of resilience in your life that reminds you […]

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Processing the emotions of workplace abuse

Sharing the facts, feelings, losses, and beliefs around our stories in a safe environment where we feel seen and heard is the first step to owning the story and feeling the emotions. But what’s next? We’ll go over what grieving and rumination look like for targets of workplace abuse (and the purpose of rumination). Then […]

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