Deep Thoughts With Michelle Handy

Deep Thoughts with Michelle Handy is where behavioral science, tech, and design converge to inspire personal growth and drive innovation. Join Michelle Handy, Ph.D. and her expert guests as they unpack candid stories, share practical insights, and explore cutting-edge strategies to help you thrive personally and professionally. Perfect for mid-to-senior professionals navigating leadership, creativity, and career transitions.

Deep Thoughts With Michelle Handy is a business podcast hosted by Michelle Handy, with 29 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Michelle Handy hosts Deep Thoughts With Michelle Handy, a business show with 29 episodes published.

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  The Relationship Advantage: How Human Connection Drives Better Business Insights with Rachel Ousley

  Oct 17, 202551 minS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p><b>In this episode</b>, we explore how behavioral science, empathy, and relationship-centered leadership come together to shape modern insights work — with <b>Rachel Ousley</b>, behavioral scientist and B2B Marketing Research Lead at Canva.</p><p>Rachel has worked with brands including Google, Chanel, Vans, and Adidas, and her path from communication strategy to behavioral science has given her a rare blend of academic rigor and practical storytelling skill.</p><p>We talk about how relationships can be a superpower for researchers, how to bridge the gap between stakeholders and data, an...

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  Rinse, Repeat, or Leap? How Dr. Christine May Built a Career Without a Roadmap

  Oct 10, 202550 minS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>In this episode, we explore career transitions, building something from scratch, and embracing ambiguity with <b>Dr. Christine May</b> — founder of <b>Evolve Consulting</b> and former Head of Behavioral Science at <b>Noom</b>. Christine’s story is a blueprint for moving beyond traditional paths — from a nearly tenured academic career to leading behavioral science in tech, and now to running her own consulting business. We unpack how she’s built teams and companies without a roadmap, what she’s learned about navigating uncertainty, and why strong opinions (loosely held) are essential...

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  Pizza, Pivots, and Professional Reinvention: Charting Your Own Path with Dr. Valerie Silfee

  Oct 3, 20251 hourS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>In this episode, we explore career pivots, real-world behavior change, and navigating life’s curveballs with <b>Val Silfee: </b>exercise physiologist, behavioral scientist, and principal consultant helping digital health teams build interventions that actually work. Val shares how a single keynote at SBM cracked open her sense of what was possible beyond academia, the culture shock of moving to industry,  and the six-month ramp it took to feel fluent. We also go deep on resilience: buying a house, getting laid off days later, a toddler ER visit, and a year-long mystery illness, plu...

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  Beyond Band-Aid Solutions: Jasper Buys on Building Sustainable Workplace Wellbeing Programs That Actually Work

  Sep 26, 20251h 6mS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>In this episode, we dig into the gap between intentions and impact in workplace well-being with Jasper Buys, organizational psychologist, workplace well-being leader, and former director at Alberta Innovates. Jasper challenges the quick-fix playbook and makes the case for designing work itself (not just perks) if we want healthier people and more innovative companies.</p><p>We unpack the Oxford research showing little measurable effect from many corporate well-being programs, why leaders still reach for awareness campaigns and richer benefits, and how to build the “missing middle”: day-to-day practices around workload, autonomy, and conn...

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  From Clinical Care to Tech Innovation: Behavioral Science and Compassionate Change with Dr. Allison Grupski

  Sep 19, 202555 minS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>In this episode of Deep Thoughts with Michelle Handy, we sit down with <b>Dr. Allison Grupski</b>, a clinical health psychologist and former VP of Behavioral Science at WeightWatchers, to explore what it really takes to support healthy behavior change at scale.</p><p>Allison shares her journey from providing direct care to over 3,000 clients to leading digital and coach-led interventions that have impacted millions. With deep empathy and scientific precision, she unpacks the messy realities of eating behaviors, weight stigma, and the myth of motivation—and explains why some of the mo...

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