I'm Maura Aronsmaley and this is The Anxious Achiever.

We look at stories from business leaders who have dealt with anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenges,

how they fell down, how they pick themselves up and how they hope workplaces can change in the future.

We're between seasons right now, but we wanted to jump into your feed to share an episode of a show we love, LinkedIn's Hello Monday, hosted by Jesse Hemple. Jesse is someone I've admired for a really

long time, and she and I share similar goals around making workplaces happier, healthier,

and more human. Last season, Jesse joined us on The Anxious Achiever, and recently I spoke with her

on her show, Hello Monday, which we'll share with you now.

You'll hear a little of my story and why I think it's so vitally important we talk about

mental health and leadership in an honest and strong way. Look out for season five of the

anxious achiever coming your way in October. But for now,

here's the episode of Hello Monday with me and Jesse. From the news team at LinkedIn,

I'm Jesse Hempel, and this is Hello Monday. It's an anxious time. I feel like I'm working

to keep this panicky, uneasy feeling in check, and it's always in danger of being set off.

Like a headline about the earthquakes devastation in Haiti or a text message from my sister about a COVID exposure, it gets me.

It's enough to distract me to make my heart race.

And yet, we're supposed to carry on, to focus up at work and even to crush it.

I mean, this is hard.

And for me, I'm not even a person who struggles with clinical anxiety.

For many, many people, including a lot of our listeners, anxiety can be downright debilitating.

But as tough as this time is,

one important thing is changed for the better. More and more, our mental health has become

something we can talk about. And the talking, it helps. A big reason it's okay for me to talk

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