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I'm Maura Arons-Mili, and 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 up, and how they hope work will change in the future.

U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, has never shied away from talking about emotions and how they affect our health.

And our mental health underpins much of his work, because mental health determines so much.

I've always respected Dr. Murthy for this. And now, as mental health and surging rates of mental illness come into the foreground,

regulators and health leaders are also thinking about best practices to recommend.

According to Mindshare Partners, a nonprofit that helps organizations become more mentally healthy,

76% of U.S. workers reported at least one symptom of a mental health condition like anxiety

or depression. And here's the thing. Our workplaces can contribute to poor mental health,

from toxic bosses to no separation between work and home, to having to work straight through

while you're sick. In fact, 84% of respondents in the Mindshare survey reported at least one workplace factor

that had a negative impact on their mental health.

Dr. Murthy in his office know just how intertwined work and mental health are.

That's why today they're releasing a new framework around mental health and work

to help leaders and workplaces become healthier.

The framework includes what they see as five essential building blocks, social connection,

meaning at work, opportunity for growth, work-life integration, and protection from harm.

Here to talk about why now is the moment for such a framework is Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

Music moment for such a framework is Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

I was really excited when I heard you were announcing this framework. I see it as a really big step for the government to be saying, this matters and we do bring our mental health and mental ill

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