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RECOVERING FROM A TOXIC WORKPLACE

A video series and Companion Guide

If you've walked away from a workplace that broke your spirit - or still showing up every day wondering how much more you can take - this series is for you.  

Across six short videos, I personally guide you through the practical and emotional steps toward recovery:

  • understanding what happened

  • stabilising yourself

  • rebuilding your confidence, and

  • finding your way towards a brighter future.

The video series is accompanied by a Companion Guide – 80+ pages of expert insights, reflection prompts, and links to additional support and resources - to help you move from survival to strength.

It's honest, hopeful and grounded in real-world experience - the type of resource I wish I'd had when I found myself the target of a toxic workplace. 

It incorporates information I’ve gained from research and connections with experts across the globe, to help you identify what is happening to you, why it feels so overwhelming, and how you can begin rebuilding your life.

It's not legal advice or medical advice. Just something to help you feel less alone, more equipped, and to empower you to make better decisions about your next steps from here.

So if you’ve already left a toxic workplace but are still carrying trauma and confusion, or you are searching for strategies to exit or ways to cope, you are not alone.

Wherever you are, I hope you find this helpful.

Purchase here

  • "Highly recommend Jo’s video series and guidebook for anyone navigating bullying, harassment or toxic workplace behaviour. What stands out is that this isn’t just theory or corporate jargon, it comes from lived experience, empathy and a genuine understanding of what people go through in these situations."

    -C.K.

  • “You have taken an extremely difficult experience and turned it into something that can genuinely help other people feel less alone and better able to understand what has happened to them. It is a very generous thing to have done.”

    -P.J

  • "Your videos are wonderful. I've watched them twice already."

    — R.D.

  • "It has been such a traumatic experience filled with emotional scars, but now I'm looking forward to new beginnings."

    — R.R.

  • "It was validating, made me feel less alone, and provided some useful strategies."

    — M.R.

  • "I watched your videos this morning. Such good timing as I am still grieving for what I have been through... Silently suffering for 4 years. It was appalling! Your extra resources were equally helpful."

    - R.R.

  • "Jo really gets it, and that comes through in the way she communicates practical advice, support and validation for people who are often trying to make sense of difficult workplace experiences. Important work and such a valuable resource for so many people."

    -C.K.

  • "You are a true inspiration after everything you have been through. You are like an angel that crossed my path when I most needed it."

    - S.W.

  • "Your advice and support has been so valuable."

    - J.D.

  • “I really valued the balance between validation and practicality. The material acknowledges the very real psychological impact a toxic workplace can have, without taking away the individual’s agency or assuming there is one right route forward. That is so important. People have enough agency taken away when they are bullied so an important step in repair is empowerment.”

    -P.J.

  • "Congratulations on launching this much-needed course. I am so in need of it, it couldn't come at a better time. My workplace is so toxic."

    - R.D.

  • "I feel empowered every time I watch your videos."

    - R.R.

  • "I have genuinely found your course helpful... You have created a wonderful supportive resource."

    - M.R.

  • “This series is thoughtful and compassionate. What I particularly appreciated was that it does not rush people towards action or tell them what they “should” do. It helps make sense of what had happened first, while recognising that someone may need time to stabilise before they can decide what comes next.”

    -P.J

  • "Your videos and guidebook have highlighted a few things for me and I know will empower me on my healing journey."

    - R.P.

  • "I’m finding so much solace in these videos."

    - A.A

Your Questions, Answered

  • This course is for anyone who has experienced a toxic workplace. Whether you're still in that environment or whether you have left but still impacted by what happened to you, this course can help you heal and move forward. 

  • The course is delivered as a series of six short online videos, accompanied by a comprehensive written digital guide. This format allows you to learn at your own pace and refer back to the material as needed. It provides flexibility, confidentiality and privacy and helps you make more informed decisions as you take your next steps forward.

  • The Companion Guide contains more than 80 beautifully-designed pages of insights, gentle encouragement, personal reflections, case examples, and additional resources to help guide you.

    Some of the topics Jo covers includes:

    • Why I made this for you 

    • My Story

    • Global statistics: A quiet epidemic

    • Guides to accompany video episodes 1-5 

    • Recognising a toxic workplace

    • Who gets targeted - and why 

    • A Toxic Workplace Checklist 

    • Terminology

    • Practical Steps

    • Finding Your People

    • Pathways to Support

    • Looking ahead with hope

    • Extra Resources: short videos, podcasts, social media accounts to follow, articles, books, and other helpful sources

    • Staying connected

    Each video is less than 10 minutes long and is personally hosted by Jo.

  • There are 6 short self-guided videos in the series:

    • INTRODUCTION - From Me to You

    • EPISODE 1: What just happened? Understanding the impact of a toxic workplace

    • EPISODE 2: Stabilise before you strategise: The first recovery steps from a toxic workplace

    • EPISODE 3: Rebuilding your confidence: Identity, self-worth, and learning to trust again

    • EPISODE 4: Letting go and moving on: Releasing the weight without excusing the harm

    • EPISODE 5: Your next chapter: Turning recovery into power and purpose

  • No. There is a one-off purchase price which gives you lifetime access to the videos and companion guide. There are no ongoing fees.

  • Jo is open to a one-off individual strategy session of 45 minutes for those who have purchased the “Recovering from a Toxic Workplace” video series and companion guide and want to work through their own individual strategy as to what to do next. This is not ongoing coaching. Just a one-off strategy session to talk it through with someone who understands. This session is by request and at an additional cost. It is delivered virtually. Email Jo at info@jotarnawsky.com to secure an available timeslot.