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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 be... Read more

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Finding the Funny – and Embracing the Pain – of Depression

Finding the Funny – and Embracing the Pain – of Depression

John Moe took a bold step when he decided to start a podcast featuring frank, but funny, conversations about depression.... Read more

2 Nov 2020

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Ranked #2

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Tackling Leadership Struggles, Burnout, and Performance Anxiety

Tackling Leadership Struggles, Burnout, and Performance Anxiety

Leading a group of people can produce chronic anxiety, but many leaders who suffer from anxiety don’t even realize it. I... Read more

2 Dec 2019

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Managing Career Transitions Part 2: Taking A Break

Managing Career Transitions Part 2: Taking A Break

Many people in the business world find their success by always being “on.” They wake up at 4 a.m., answer emails 24 hour... Read more

11 Nov 2019

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Wading Through the Imperfect Mess of Parenthood

Wading Through the Imperfect Mess of Parenthood

In this episode, host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with organizational psychologist Stew Friedman and tech entrepreneur Sehr... Read more

20 Apr 2020

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Battling Depression from the C-Suite

Battling Depression from the C-Suite

For most of his life, Paul Greenberg suffered from severe depression -- depression so bad that he had near constant thou... Read more

18 Nov 2019

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Managing Mental Health When Working for a Mission

Managing Mental Health When Working for a Mission

Poppy Jaman OBE struggled with postpartum depression after the births of her children. Now she’s on a mission to promote... Read more

25 May 2020

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Mental Health in the Office: Difficult Conversations

Mental Health in the Office: Difficult Conversations

How should you approach difficult conversations about mental health with your colleagues and boss? In this episode, host... Read more

16 Dec 2019

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Building Mental Resilience While Building a Business

Building Mental Resilience While Building a Business

Anxiety shows up in all kinds of business situations — especially when you’re starting your own company. In this episode... Read more

9 Dec 2019

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What No One Tells You: The Emotional Strain of Startup Life

What No One Tells You: The Emotional Strain of Startup Life

We hear the stories of successful Silicon Valley startups all the time. But entrepreneurship can also have a dark side, ... Read more

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Gabrielle Union on Toxic Workplaces, PTSD, and Social Anxiety

Gabrielle Union on Toxic Workplaces, PTSD, and Social Anxiety

With great success can come even greater stress and anxiety. But Gabrielle Union is using her success to stand up for he... Read more

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Substance Abuse, Success, and Self-Realization

Substance Abuse, Success, and Self-Realization

We speak with MIT’s Seth Mnookin, a writer and ex-addict who has been clean for 20 years, about the connection between s... Read more

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Managing Career Transitions Part 1: Facing Childhood Demons

Managing Career Transitions Part 1: Facing Childhood Demons

Whether you’re getting fired, taking a promotion, or leaving a job you love, career transitions are a time of anxiety. I... Read more

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How Vulnerability Can Be a Leadership Superpower

How Vulnerability Can Be a Leadership Superpower

Jason Rosario discusses his own journey with depression and anxiety, and the lessons he’s learned about vulnerability, m... Read more

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Managing the Stress and Uncertainty of Coronavirus

Managing the Stress and Uncertainty of Coronavirus

The rapid onset of the coronavirus is changing our work – and our lives. For those who own businesses or work in the gig... Read more

16 Mar 2020

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Goop’s Chief Content Officer on Balancing Self-Care at Work

Goop’s Chief Content Officer on Balancing Self-Care at Work

What’s it like to lead a team when optimizing self-care and emotional wellness is the point of their work? Goop, a compa... Read more

11 May 2020

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Freelancing, Self-Employment, and Mental Health

Freelancing, Self-Employment, and Mental Health

Working for yourself – and working outside an office – can have a lot of benefits for people struggling with mental heal... Read more

13 Apr 2020

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The Anxiety of Being the “Only”

The Anxiety of Being the “Only”

Being the "only" in the workplace -- the only woman, the only person of color, the only one openly suffering from a ment... Read more

14 Oct 2019

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Leading Through Grief in Life and Work

Leading Through Grief in Life and Work

Throughout our lives, we will all experience grief in one form or another. It can also translate into depression, anxiet... Read more

27 Apr 2020

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Strategies for Managing Day-to-Day Anxiety

Strategies for Managing Day-to-Day Anxiety

Anxiety can affect so many aspects of our work – from how we make decisions to how we receive feedback and behave in mee... Read more

30 Dec 2019

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Why Start-Up Culture Still Hides Mental Health Struggles

Why Start-Up Culture Still Hides Mental Health Struggles

Host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with veteran tech journalist Catherine Shu, of TechCrunch, about improving mental health c... Read more

23 Nov 2020

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