I'm Mora Aronsmeli, and this is The Anxious Achiever.

Each episode, 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.

I was sitting in a symposium on mental health at work when one of the speakers asked a question that really made me perk up. What does it mean to create a mentally healthy workplace?

Now, I'm generally not a fan of modern workplaces. The open office, the lighting, demand for

face time, and endless collaboration and the way that stress becomes a valuable commodity to trade. It's not good for your emotional

well-being. But the idea that people in big organizations actually wanted to create something

better inspired me. So today on the show, we're going to dive in with two women who are working hard

to create office environments that support mental health in a way that destigmatizes our need for

support and also protects employees' boundaries. It's a complicated equation. There's a practical sort of HR and benefits aspect to mental health at work. What should the company pay for? Does it offer therapy on site? Does it offer an employee assistance program? And what are the ethical or HR even legal implications when an employee is in crisis. But there's also really important social

and cultural aspects to an emotionally healthy workplace. So companies are evolving to support

employees' emotional well-being from offering on-site to therapy, teletherapy, to meditation

and yoga in the break room. But as we'll explore today,

there are so many questions that arise along the way, how to maintain boundaries, is it smart

career advice to take a mental health day? And what are your co-workers supposed to do if you

or a colleague is suffering? Kelly Greenwood is the founder of MindShare Partners.

She's a seasoned San Francisco-based executive with over 15 years of experience

in corporate, non-profit, and foundation roles.

She was a principal on the portfolio team of the Skoll Foundation,

and she did nonprofit and foundation strategy consulting at BridgeSpan Group, which is a spinoff of Bain & Company.

Kelly graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Duke University with a BA in Psychology in Spanish, and she holds an MBA from the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, where she was a

leader of the Social Impact Club.

Well, so tell me, first of all, what is your organization, Mineshare, and why did you start it?

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