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Nov 2019
9m 15s

May We Recommend…The Anxious Achiever

Harvard Business Review
About this episode

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., where the culture tells people who suffer from anxiety and depression that they can’t succeed. But Morra Aarons-Mele, host of The Anxious Achiever podcast, is trying to reframe the way people think about and deal with mental health at work. She’s doing that through candid and oftentimes emotional interviews with leaders and experts.

In this preview of an upcoming episode, Morra gets advice from former clinical psychologist Alice Boyes about how to handle unexpected feedback at work.

The Anxious Achiever is part of HBR Presents, a new network of business podcasts curated by HBR editors. Subscribe to this show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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