{"podcast":{"title":"Create Magic At Work®","slug":"create-magic-at-work-4191407","podcast_index_feed_id":4191407,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/create-magic-at-work-r/","website_url":"https://createmagicatwork.net/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b4fa8b70-a0f1-4e7a-bf99-42daf4b9c22f/Create-Magic.jpg","author":"Amy Lynn Durham","episode_count":228,"summary":"Create Magic At Work® is a leadership podcast exploring spiritual intelligence, conscious leadership, and the future of work. Through conversations with visionary leaders, coaches, authors, and entrepreneurs, the show examines how leaders can navigate uncertainty, cultivate self awareness, and create workplaces that are both high performing and deeply human. Many episodes explore themes such as transformational leadership, intuition in decision making, organizational change, and the inner work required to lead well. The show also introduces frameworks rooted in spiritual intelligence, including SQ21, the Archetypes of Change, and the Edgewalker philosophy. These perspectives help listeners understand how people respond to transformation and support leaders in walking the edge into quantum leadership, where business decisions ripple outward for the greater good. Listeners of Create Magic At Work® are leaders who want to edgewalk rather than sleepwalk through their work and life. They want to bring their full selves into the spaces they inhabit, including their spirituality from a faith neutral lens. Many are founders, coaches, and professionals seeking deeper meaning in their work…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T16:22:32.417310+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/create-magic-at-work-4191407"},"episode":{"title":"What to Do When an Employee's Life Falls Apart: A Leader’s Guide | Matthew Efird","slug":"what-to-do-when-an-employee-s-life-falls-apart-a-leader-s-guide-matthew-efird","published_at":"2026-07-07T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/create-magic-at-work-4191407/what-to-do-when-an-employee-s-life-falls-apart-a-leader-s-guide-matthew-efird","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/create-magic-at-work-4191407","url":"https://create-magic-at-work-r.captivate.fm/episode/what-to-do-when-an-employees-life-falls-apart-a-leaders-guide-matthew-efird","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/bd9a3693-b3a1-439a-a0f6-6f0f6d38daf1.mp3","summary":"We like to believe that compassion comes naturally. Yet when someone we work with experiences unimaginable loss, many of us freeze. We worry about saying the wrong thing, crossing a boundary, or making an already painful situation worse. So we say less, do less, and hope time will somehow fill the silence. Amy's conversation with Matthew Efird challenges that instinct with extraordinary honesty. After losing his son, Noah, to a terminal trisomy 13 diagnosis, Matthew discovered that the moments which stayed with him weren't defined by perfect words. They were shaped by people who showed up, quietly lifted burdens he couldn't carry alone, and created space for his family to grieve without asking them to manage everyone else's needs. What emerged from that experience is not just a personal story. It is a practical philosophy for building workplaces where empathy becomes something people experience, not something leaders simply talk about. Rather than treating grief as something that belongs outside the office, this conversation invites us to rethink what leadership looks like when life inevitably interrupts work. It explores how simple acts of generosity can transform culture, why the strongest leaders resist the urge to fix what cannot be fixed, and how organizations earn lasting trust by helping people feel seen when they need it most. Moments That Create Momentum: The Permission Trap: Why asking, \"How can I help?\" often shifts the emotional burden back onto the person who is already carrying more than they can hold. The Empathy Gap: Matthew reveals why leaders don't fail because they don't care. They fail because discomfort convinces them that silence is safer than showing up. The Culture Stress Test: Anyone can talk about values during business as usual. The true cult…","meta_description":"We like to believe that compassion comes naturally. 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