Featured Articles

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Featured Podcasts

  • Working It — Managing introverts: quiet voices in a loud world. Full Podcast

  • Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel — Talking about anxiety. Full Podcast

  • HBR IdeaCast Managing Your Anxiety Can Make You a Better Leader. Full Podcast

LinkedIn Newsletter

  • How to Heal After a Layoff — Read More

  • Why does her name in my email inbox make me feel nauseous? Read More

  • Sometimes I hate social media — Read More

Featured Harvard Business Review

Additional Media Coverage

  • CNBC — Mental health author shares her 3 best ways to turn anxiety into career success: ‘I had to learn to work differently’. Read More

  • HBR— What To Do When Anxiety Strikes. Read More.

  • Forbes  — How Courageous Employees And Leaders Can Put Anxiety To Good Use. Read More

  • Forbes — Turning Anxiety Into Your Leadership Superpower. Read More

  • SHRM All Things Work newsletter — “How Does Work Change Mental Health?” Read More

  • CNBC — Perfectionism can be your biggest enemy—but it's simple to fix, says mental health author. Read More

  • Financial Times — What to Read this Month; link Read More

  • Fast Company — How to partner with your anxiety, rather than letting it make you miserable; link Read More

  • Fortune – “Well” bylined feature ‘It doesn’t have to be this hard.’ Diane Patrick talks about her struggle with anxiety. Read More

  • INC.COM — Team Building Books That Will Help Your Leadership Be More Resilient (John Hall). Read More

  • Harvard Business Review — How High Achievers Overcome Their Anxiety. Read More 

  • SALON.com — Working hard, but never enough: How to tell if you're an "anxious achiever" (arranged intv w/MaryElizabeth Williams). Read More 

  • Well+Good — 5 Common Thought Traps That Keep You Stuck in Anxiety—And How to Escape Each One. Read More

  • Boston Globe — Are you an anxious achiever? A new book gives voice to this inner turmoil ... and tells us how to abandon it. Read More 

  • Investor’s Business Daily — How To Keep Your Confidence Up When The Stakes Are High. Read More

  • Quartz — Your anxiety brings 4 distinct superpowers. Read More

  • Quartz — Anxiety has increased since 2022: How to make friends with it. Read More

  • HR Magazine (UK) – May issue roundup “Best of HR Books”. Read More

  • LinkedIn News UK —  Book of the week: The Anxious Achiever by Morra Aarons-Mele – Laurie Ruettimann. Read More

  • VeryWell Health — What’s The Difference Between Good Stress and Bad Stress? Read More

  • TED Ideas — Perfectionism holding you back? 3 ways to shift the habit. Read More

  • CHIEF ‘Chief in Brief’ — “It's Not a Crutch. How to Transform Your Anxiety Into a Leadership Superpower” Read More 

  • Next Big Idea Club — The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower. Read More

  • The HBR Big Idea — Leading Through Anxiety. Read More

  • TED Business — 6 Tips to Help You Manage Your Anxiety When Working From Home. Read More

  • Knowledge@Wharton — Tackling Entrepreneurship Myths. Read More

  • The New York Times — An Introvert’s Guide to Surviving on the Job. Read More

  • Entrepreneur — The Hermit Entrepreneur’s Toolkit. Read More

  • Thrive Global — My Life as an Unhappy Overachiever book excerpt. Read More

  • The New York Times — How to Be Better at Parties. Read More

  • Wall St. Journal — Why We Need to Tell Different Stories About Entrepreneurs essay. Read More

  • The New York Times’ Workologist — ""How Many Work Friends Do You Really Need?” Read More

  • Harvard Business Review — The Dangerous Rise of Entrepreneurship Porn. Read More

  • InStyle — On Beauty, Work, and Botox. Read More

  • WSJ Moneyish — Why It’s Ok to Feel Unworthy On Graduation Day. Read More

  • Wall St Journal — Read about Morra's unique approach to her business. Read More

  • Wall St Journal — See Morra's take on being a working mom and entrepreneur. Read More

  • KTLA — Watch me on KTLA discussing anxiety at work.

  • Oprah.com — Read how Morra keeps anxiety at bay. Read More

  • Fast Company — Read an excerpt from Hiding in the Bathroom. Read More.

  • Quartz — Why Open Plan Offices Don’t Work. Read More

  • Health Magazine — 9 Tips for Managing Your Anxiety at Work. Read More

  • Harvard — “Bloggers: Citizen Journalists or Entrepreneurs?" by Howard Gardner and Project Zero. Read More

Videos

NPR

Thriving as an introverted entrepreneur Watch Video

TED Talk

Avoid Remote Work Burnout Watch Video

IMD Business School

Reframing the Role of Anxiety in Leadership Watch Video

Talks at Google

The Anxious Achiever Book Watch Video

NPR

How I Built This With Guy Raz Watch Video

Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General

Interview on loneliness in America Watch Video