Episodes 21
Avg. Duration 28m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (4)
Since Sep 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
52%
Hosting
feeds.transistor.fm

About This Podcast

Adaptive Humans™ is the podcast for real talk and intentional growth. Hosted by Jami de Lou, each episode blends meaningful stories with practical tools you can use in your next meeting, tough conversation, or high-pressure moment—and just as easily in everyday life. Together, we’ll explore how to work with emotions instead of against them, bridge differences with respect, and steady ourselves when stress runs high. With signature segments like Beyond the Bio, Brave Enough Moment, and Just Be Reset, this podcast invites you to practice adaptability in the moments that matter most.

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S2E8 Your are not behind. You are in it.

May 19, 2026 18m Transcript

You have been telling yourself you are behind. In the Season 2 finale of Adaptive Humans, Jami reflects on what it looks like to live the frameworks you teach — invisible load, capacity gaps,…

S2E7 I Named It Adaptive Humans. Then Life Made Me Prove It.

May 05, 2026 19m Transcript

Most of us are navigating massive life change while holding space for everyone else's. We just don't say it out loud.Jami de Lou names the compounding grief, change fatigue, and invisible load that…

S2E6 When Everything Changes: On Caregiving, Loss, and Finally Coming Home to Yourself

Apr 21, 2026 1h 1m Transcript

You cannot belong to yourself while performing your way through grief. Jami de Lou and Ritu Bhasin go there: caregiving while leading, ambiguous loss, burnout, and what becomes possible when you…

S2E5 Performing Fine Isn’t the Same as Being Fine

Apr 07, 2026 24m Transcript

You've kept it together. Through the reorgs, the shifting team dynamics, the quarters that never let up. Something underneath hasn't matched the surface in a long time. Jami de Lou names it:…

S2E4 When Your Body Interrupts the Plan

Mar 17, 2026 50m Transcript

This episode airs during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. After losing her sister to stage four colorectal cancer at 43, Dacia Heck shares with Jami de Lou how she turned grief into action. Like…

S2E3 Decision Debt: The Cost of What You Haven't Decided Yet

Mar 03, 2026 23m Transcript

When the invisible load gets heavy, decisions don't just slow down, they accumulate. The unmade ones. The reactive ones. The ones everyone thought were already made but weren't, not really.That…

S2E2 It's Not a Talent Gap. It's a Capacity Gap.

Feb 17, 2026 31m Transcript

Most organizations call it a talent problem. It’s not. It’s a capacity problem. In this episode, Jami de Lou explores the invisible load shaping decisions, conflict, and performance at work. Not just…

S2E1 Begin Again

Feb 03, 2026 11m Transcript

Beginning again doesn’t mean starting from zero. It means reentering from a nervous system that’s been adapting for a long time.In the Season Two opener of Adaptive Humans, Jami de Lou explores why…

S1E13 What This Year Asked of Us, and What 2026 Will Really Require

Dec 16, 2025 23m Transcript

A year-end reflection on capacity, courage, and making room for joy.As we close out the year, this episode of Adaptive Humans offers a grounded reflection — not on resolutions, but on what this year…

S1E12 Change Fatigue in Leadership: How to Recognize, Recalibrate, and Reset

Dec 09, 2025 13m Transcript

Change fatigue isn’t a motivation problem, it’s a human one. In this short episode, Jami de Lou offers a real-talk reflection on how leaders and teams can navigate capacity, grief, and growth without…

S1E11 Everyone Deserves an Advocate: Redesigning Birth with Equity, Dignity, and Care with Leah Hairston

Dec 02, 2025 55m Transcript

In this episode of Adaptive Humans, Leah Hairston, founder of Sweet Bee Services, joins Jami de Lou to unpack how trauma-informed doula care shifts birth outcomes — and what leaders can learn from…

S1E10 Navigating the Holidays: When Life Is "Lifing" Hard, and Grief Is a Thief.

Nov 25, 2025 15m Transcript

Holidays aren’t neutral. They hold memories, expectations, cultural rituals, and often the ache of who or what is missing. Jami shares personal stories about grief, disconnection, and the moment she…

S1E9 The Invisible Load of Caregiving (Part I)

Nov 18, 2025 21m Transcript

Caregiving is often a silent role—shaped by culture, emotion, family expectations, and the realities of aging across borders. In this episode, Jami de Lou shares the unseen labor of caregiving…

S1E8 When the Ground Moves: Staying Human in Layoffs & Reorgs

Oct 21, 2025 37m Transcript

When change hits at work—a layoff, reorg, or new leadership—it doesn’t just shake your job. It shakes identity, belonging, and the body’s sense of safety.In this episode of Adaptive Humans™, host…

S1E7 Living Your All: Flexibility as a Culture Shift (with Manar Morales)

Oct 14, 2025 41m Transcript

Flexibility isn’t a perk; it’s a culture shift. In this conversation, Manar Morales, CEO of the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance and author of The Flexibility Paradigm, joins Jami de Lou to…

S1E6 Part II, When Cultures Collide: Growing Your Cultural Intelligence (CQ)

Oct 07, 2025 13m Transcript

In Part II of our cultural collisions series, we go deeper into how to build your Cultural Intelligence (CQ)—the ability to shift perspectives and adapt across differences.You’ll hear:Why hidden…

S1E5 Part I, When Cultures Collide: The Cost of Downplaying Differences

Sep 30, 2025 14m Transcript

When cultures collide at work, it’s not about “difficult people”—it’s about unseen cultural codes. In Part I of this two-part series, Jami de Lou explores how minimization (downplaying differences)…

S1E4 Navigating the Q4 Storm: Finding Steady Ground in Work, Life, and Transition

Sep 23, 2025 20m Transcript

The final months of the year can feel like a storm from navigating deadlines, reviews, holiday stress, and even job loss or career transitions. In this episode, Jami de Lou shares ways to find steady…

S1E3 Grief Part II: Kerri Soukup on Suicide Loss, Creativity, and the Path to Healing

Sep 16, 2025 54m Transcript

In Part II of our grief series, host Jami de Lou sits down with creative leader and Sentiment Project founder Kerri Soukup to explore how art and storytelling can transform how we process…

S1E2 Grief Part I: Navigating Loss Through Purposeful Vulnerability

Sep 10, 2025 25m Transcript

This is Part 1 of a two-part series on grief. In this episode of Adaptive Humans, Jami de Lou reflects on the quiet weight of grief anniversaries, including the collective memory of 9/11. She shares…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Adaptive Humans have?

Adaptive Humans has published 21 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.

Is Adaptive Humans still active?

Adaptive Humans is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 28m.

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