You know, in the context of trauma, sometimes we're so protected by our amygdala or the fear response.

We don't even know what happened, right?

And so I think you also have to assume that there are a lot of unconscious things that are driving people.

But yeah, I think remembering that they're the inner child of each person and that there's something that's deeply triggering and everyone is really important as you manage.

I'm Maura Erin's Mealy and this this is The Anxious Achiever.

We look at stories from business leaders who've dealt with anxiety, depression, or other mental

health challenges, how they fell down, how they pick themselves back up, and how they hope

workplaces will change in the future.

You can't really go anywhere today without hearing the phrase self-care, and it's easy to make light of the concept.

But when you have mental illness, self-care is key to your functioning. I always like to say self-care is leadership.

As a society, we've come a long way in understanding the value of taking care of yourself

and also in integrating many different methodologies and traditions.

My children meditate every morning in their public school, which is so awesome.

But in many careers, in many workplaces, success and self-care are still at odds. Don't complain,

get the work done, ignore the pain. Taking care of ourselves can be seen as an indulgence at best.

I completely disagree with this, as do almost all medical professionals. Well, extreme self-care,

from the important to the ridiculous, is the point of Goop.

You can't go almost anywhere today without knowing about Goop, the Gwyneth Paltrow founded

modern lifestyle brand that includes a blog, products, even a Netflix show.

And Paltrow herself often puts her foot in it.

She's a privileged, sometimes tone-deaf, easy target in our

polarized and unequal world. There's a candle from the shop at goop.com and it says in big letters

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