Meet Morra
Speaker, Workplace Mental Health Consultant, Executive, and Author
Morra Aarons-Mele is an expert in helping people turn hard things into leadership excellence. When leaders, teams, and organizations work with Morra, they find the freedom to lean into their superpowers and get unstuck.
An anxious achiever herself, Morra knows that taking your mental health seriously is a leadership strength. Her ongoing work has been recognized by Mental Health America with their Media Award (2023). Morra is a LinkedIn "Top 10 Voice" in mental health and was shortlisted for the Thinkers50 2023 Distinguished Achievement in Leadership Award.
Morra’s consulting clients include Fortune 500 companies, startups, and U.S government agencies. In her decades-long career as a political, public health, and issue advocacy strategist she has helped the world’s largest organizations change minds and behaviors. Her speaking audiences range from executives to frontline workers, and startups to associations. Learn more about Morra’s keynotes and workshops here. Her media coverage is extensive.
Alongside speaking and consulting, Morra hosts a Top 10 Management podcast, “The Anxious Achiever,” for LinkedIn Presents. Guests range from CEOs to leading psychologists and leadership colleagues. This popular podcast is a Webby Awards Honoree and a “Best Commute” Signal Award winner.
Morra is a prolific writer. Since 2004 she has covered beats as diverse as campaign trails, the White House, the lactation room, and the office cubicle. She has written for The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Slate, InStyle, O, The Wall Street Journal, and the Guardian. Her first book, Hiding in the Bathroom: How to Get Out There When You’d Rather Stay Home, was a bestseller (HarperCollins, 2017). Her second book, The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower, won an Axiom award (Harvard Business Review Press, 2023).
In addition to her work in workplace mental health, Morra is an entrepreneur and communications executive. She founded the award-winning political and issue advocacy consulting firm Women Online, and created its database of female influencers, the Mission List, which she sold in 2021. Morra was named 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year at the Iris Awards, created to recognize excellence among digital content creators. She has worked with three US presidential candidates and a range of global mission-driven organizations to create communications, marketing, and fundraising campaigns.
Morra earned degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and Brown University. She and Nicco Mele live in Boston with their three children and menagerie.
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