The Anxious Achiever

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Boston Globe Today

Morra joined host Segun Oduolowu on Boston Globe Today to discuss the Anxious Achiever. Watch here.

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Four Skills More Important Than An MBA

Graduation is a time of joy but also of anxiety. It’s filled with uncertainty and change. Grads need a skill set to manage the inevitable anxiety all this change and uncertainty creates! I’ve decided to offer some skills graduates really need, and that I wish for you if you are graduating.

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On Air with Public Radio Tulsa!

On air with Public Radio Tulsa speaking about my new book The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower.

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If you’re an anxious achiever, view it as a curse and a blessing

Most of us assume that anxiety and strong leadership are incompatible. But entrepreneur and former mental health advisor Morra Aarons-Mele says that’s a misconception. “I am convinced that anxiety is baked into effective leadership,” she writes in The Anxious Achiever. “It doesn’t matter if you have a fancy title and are managing thousands of people or you’re launching a tiny startup on a shoestring – leadership comes with a heightened set of pressures and responsibilities … If you’re invested in the work, you’re going to experience some anxiety.”

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Are You An Anxious Leader?

Pursuing new opportunities can be exciting and daunting, especially in our careers. It’s normal to feel anxious about the unknown and the pressure to succeed but how do we make sure this doesn’t stop us from achieving all that we’ve set out to?

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Where's My Ritalin? What The Stimulant Shortage Tells Us About Mental Health Care

Why is there a shortage of stimulant medication in the U.S, and what does this tell us about our broken mental health care system?

This is a fascinating topic -- and one that has huge implications for people who take medications like Ritalin and Adderall to treat ADHD or other conditions. My guest Lindsay Scola offers her perspective; she needs Adderall to treat narcolepsy, and finding it has been a nightmare.

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Struggling With Your Boss?

Today Chip Conley, entrepreneur and NYT bestselling author, and me offer tips on how to manage a manager who makes you anxious.

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Wall St. Journal: When Bringing Your ‘Whole Self’ to Work Is Too Much.

Morra is featured on The Wall Street Journal! She speaks about how to set boundaries on what you share with your co-workers.

The pandemic made many of us more comfortable talking about our mental health at work, surveys show. Feeling less pressure to act like we’ve got it all together, some people now swap struggles with burnout and impostor syndrome almost as freely as they talk about sore joints after a weekend 5k.

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