Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Anxiety (But Were Afraid to Ask)

We’re doing a lot of talking about mental health these days, but that doesn’t make the issues magically disappear. What a great opportunity, then to be joined by Morra Aarons-Mele, an entrepreneur, host of the podcast “The Anxious Achiever,” and author of the book by the same name. She argues that anxiety, when properly harnessed, can become a superpower. We collaborated on responses to the questions during our chat.

From Hiding in the Bathroom to making Anxiety discussable for high-achieving people

Morra Aarons-Mele’s first book was called Hiding in the Bathroom: How to Get Out There When You’d Rather Stay Home, and addressed the issue of how introverts can engage in networking and (sensible) self-promotion when that isn’t their go-do skill set. She’s now on a mission to get people to understand that anxiety can actually be a superpower if you train yourself to manage it well. More broadly, she’s at the forefront of making mental health issues a discussable phenomenon at work and in your personal life.

What follows are our answers to questions we didn’t get to during our conversation.

Question: What are your experiences about where the fear that many people feel, comes from?