Exposing Workplace Bullying

Strategizing When the System is Failing You

When HR shrugs, leadership looks away, and colleagues stay silent, it can feel like the whole system is stacked against you. So what can you do?
In this episode of Exposing Workplace Bullying, Dr. Jan Kircher shares practical ways to protect yourself when no one else will — from using micro-scripts and assertive questions to spotting patterns that help you respond instead of react. You’ll also hear Shirley’s story of how small shifts in her responses made her less vulnerable and gave her power back.
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⚠️ Trigger Warning: Includes discussion of verbal abuse, escalation, and workplace intimidation.

Bonus Episode: Should I Stay or Go?

Deciding whether to stay or leave a bullying workplace is one of the hardest choices you’ll face. In this bonus episode, Dr. Jan Kircher explores the risks on both sides and why the decision is so personal — tied to your health, career, and future.
To go with this episode, I’ve created a companion resource: Should I Stay or Go? Weighing Your Options in a Bullying Workplace. It’s a tool to help you reflect on your own situation, and you can download it through the link below.
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⚠️ Trigger Warning: Includes discussion of emotional abuse, institutional betrayal, and grief.

Is This Really Bullying?

In this episode of Exposing Workplace Bullying, Dr. Jan Kircher explores what bullying really looks like at work — and how it’s often far more subtle, calculated, and damaging than people realize. She shares the criteria she’s developed to help you recognize it, along with her own personal experiences of navigating an abusive workplace. If you’ve ever wondered, “Is this just a bad job, or is it bullying?” — this episode will help you see the difference.
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⚠️ Trigger Warning: Includes discussion of emotional abuse, institutional betrayal, and grief.
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Documentation is Not a Dirty Word

When you’re told to “document it,” while you’re being bullied at work, it can feel like just another burden — one more exhausting task piled onto an already painful experience. But documentation isn’t busywork. It’s your silent witness, your record of truth, and one of the strongest tools you have against workplace bullying.
In this episode, Dr. Jan Kircher breaks down why documentation matters, what kinds of details to capture, and why even small moments are worth noting. With real examples, she shows how consistent documentation helps reveal patterns, protect your credibility, and bring clarity when bullying feels overwhelming.
If you’ve ever felt like documenting is pointless, this episode will show you why it’s worth the effort — and how it can become part of your strategy to face workplace bullying.
Resources:• StopBullyCulture.com for tools and support• Follow Dr. Jan Kircher for updates and stories
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Includes discussion of emotional abuse, institutional betrayal, and grief.

The Bully's Playbook

Bullies don’t follow a single script — they use whatever works to gain control and cause harm. In this episode, I break down the major tactics bullies use at work: verbal, nonverbal, cyber, physical, emotional, and even pulling other people into their behavior. From gaslighting to intimidation, you’ll see how these tactics are designed to discredit you, isolate you, and push you out. Recognizing their playbook is the first step in protecting yourself and taking back your power.
Resources:• StopBullyCulture.com for tools and support• Follow Dr. Jan Kircher for updates and stories
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Includes discussion of emotional abuse, institutional betrayal, and grief.

Lessening the Toll of Workplace Bullying

Workplace bullying isn’t just “stress at work.” It’s trauma that seeps into every part of your life — your health, your confidence, and your sense of self. In this episode, Dr. Jan Kircher unpacks the three layers of trauma that make bullying so devastating: the direct abuse, the silence of bystanders, and the betrayal of broken systems.
You’ll also learn practical ways to protect yourself in the middle of it — from mindset shifts to everyday self-care rituals that help you reclaim dignity and peace. Because you are not powerless. You never were. You are powerful.
Resources:• StopBullyCulture.com for tools and support• Follow Dr. Jan Kircher for updates and stories
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Includes discussion of emotional abuse, institutional betrayal, and grief.

Bonus Episode: I Believe You

What happens when you finally speak up about workplace bullying—and no one believes you?
In this bonus episode, Dr. Jan shares her personal story of being dismissed, questioned, and ignored by those closest to her. She also reflects on how vital it is to have even one person who sees the truth and stands with you.
If you’ve ever felt unseen or blamed for what you’ve experienced, this episode is for you.
Because you deserve to be believed.
Resources:• StopBullyCulture.com for tools and support• Follow Dr. Jan Kircher for updates and stories
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Includes discussion of emotional abuse, institutional betrayal, and grief.

What Did I Just Walk Into?

In this powerful first episode of Exposing Workplace Bullying, host Dr. Jan Kircher—founder of Stop Bully Culture—pulls back the curtain on the harsh realities of workplace abuse. Drawing from her own experience as a social work professor and single mother, Jan reveals how conventional advice like “report the bully” or “trust the process” often backfires, leaving people unprotected and alone.
With staggering stats—30% of U.S. workers report being bullied, 61% of bullies are bosses, and 45% of victims suffer mental health impacts—she exposes how bullying is often legal, ignored, or even rewarded in U.S. workplaces.
Jan shares the painful truth about institutional betrayal, the toll of long-term abuse, and the one moment when things finally began to shift. This episode is for anyone wondering, “Is this really happening?” or trying to survive a toxic work culture that won’t change.
🎧 Listen for real talk, raw stories, and strategies that don’t gaslight you.
Resources:• StopBullyCulture.com for tools and support• Follow Dr. Jan Kircher for updates and stories
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Includes discussion of emotional abuse, institutional betrayal, and grief.