The Anxious Achiever
Host Morra Aarons-Mele is on a mission to reframe how we think about anxiety and mental health in the workplace. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S. We desperately need better models for leadership and a more holistic view of mental health. Our culture tells those of us who suffer from anxiety and depression that we can’t succeed, but we tell a different story — without sugarcoating the tough stuff. We feature stories from people who’ve been there and experts who can...
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Episodes (353)
Mental Health and Media
The Anxious Achiever
Creating Boundaries in Our Everyday Work (with Roxane Gay)
The Anxious Achiever
How Kayak Co-Founder Paul English Manages and Thrives Through His Bipolar Disord...
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Why Therapy Can Make You Better at Your Job
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Social Anxiety and Work
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Back to Work: Post-Covid Social Anxiety
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Shopify President Harley Finkelstein on Anxiety and Entrepreneurship
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The Power and Peril of Working on a Video Screen
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Back to Work: Calm Body, Calm Mind
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Bonus: Finding a New Balance with Esther Perel
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Bonus: How to Stop Remote Work Burnout
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Succeeding with ADHD
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Understanding Envy Part 2: Facing Professional Envy
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Understanding Envy Part 1: How Envy Impacts Anxiety and Leadership
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Lessons in Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Resilience
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Anxiety, Depression, and Working Moms in a Pandemic
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Why Start-Up Culture Still Hides Mental Health Struggles
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Kevin Love on Trying to Achieve His Way Out of Depression
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Stress of Creativity
The Anxious Achiever
Finding the Funny – and Embracing the Pain – of Depression
The Anxious Achiever
Success, Stress, and Money: Lessons from a Financial Therapist
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Why Learning to Label Your Feelings Makes You a Better Leader
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Notes to My Future Manager Self
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Art Critic Jerry Saltz’s Reckoning with Trauma and Anxiety
The Anxious Achiever
How a Rising Political Star’s PTSD Fueled His Addiction to Work
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How the Cult of Sleep-Deprivation Affects Work and Mental Health
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How to Stop the Cycle of Overachieving
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Facing Reality, Modeling Positivity
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Millennials, Gen Z, and Generational Anxiety
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Discomfort, Anxiety, and Grief: Confronting Racism with Colleagues
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When Leaders Model Openness About Their Mental Health
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Managing Mental Health When Working for a Mission
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Substance Abuse, Success, and Self-Realization
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Goop’s Chief Content Officer on Balancing Self-Care at Work
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How Vulnerability Can Be a Leadership Superpower
The Anxious Achiever
Leading Through Grief in Life and Work
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Wading Through the Imperfect Mess of Parenthood
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Freelancing, Self-Employment, and Mental Health
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Gabrielle Union on Toxic Workplaces, PTSD, and Social Anxiety
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Managing the Stress and Uncertainty of Coronavirus
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Strategies for Managing Day-to-Day Anxiety
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Designing the Mentally Healthy Workplace
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Mental Health in the Office: Difficult Conversations
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Building Mental Resilience While Building a Business
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Tackling Leadership Struggles, Burnout, and Performance Anxiety
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What No One Tells You: The Emotional Strain of Startup Life
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Battling Depression from the C-Suite
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Managing Career Transitions Part 2: Taking A Break
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Managing Career Transitions Part 1: Facing Childhood Demons
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How We Cope: Food and Eating Disorders at Work
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