The “Losing-My-Sh**” Playlist And Other Tools For High Strivers With Dr. Diana Hill

The Anxious Achiever

Morra Aarons-Mele

Business, Careers, Management, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Feeling overworked, overwhelmed, and still unsatisfied? In this episode, psychologist and author Dr. Diana Hill is back to share how to transform anxious over-effort into meaningful action. Based on her new book Wise Effort, Diana breaks down how to align your drive with your values, use your body as a source of wisdom, and stop wasting energy on fear, guilt, and proving yourself. We talk about why achievement alone won’t fulfill you, ways to work through feedback, burnout, and uncertainty. Tune in to learn how to find your genius energy and show up wisely, especially when life feels like it’s falling apart. Check out our sponsors: Northwest Registered Agent - Protect your privacy, build your brand and get your complete business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes! Visit https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/achieverfree In this Episode, You Will Learn 00:00 Why did you write Wise Effort for high achievers running on empty? 02:00 How to use music as a nervous system regulator and create a “Losing My Sh*t” playlist. 07:45 What Wise Effort really means and how it helps you stop striving on autopilot. 10:15 Why the body holds deeper wisdom than your pros and cons list. 14:15 How to reframe your struggles and build psychological flexibility. 17:30 How to turn your worries into clarity around your values. 24:00 Four questions to challenge unhelpful stories. 33:12 How to prioritize your genius energy and align work with your core values. 41:30 Ways to use feedback as information. 45:45 Tips to cope with layoffs, uncertainty, and fear without toxic positivity. 52:15 Why showing up with dignity creates lasting impact. Resources + Links Grab your copy of Dr. Diana Hill’s book Wise Effort HERE Get a copy of my book - The Anxious Achiever Watch the podcast on YouTube Find more resources on our website morraam.com Follow Follow me: on LinkedIn @morraaronsmele + Instagram @morraam Follow Dr. Diana Hill: on LinkedIn @drdianahill + Instagram @drdianahill

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0:00.0	Are you launching a business? Get more from Northwest Registered Agent. Protect your privacy,
0:08.5	build your brand, and get your complete business identity in 10 clicks and 10 minutes.
0:13.6	Visit Northwest Registeredagent.com slash achiever free.
0:22.3	Do you ever feel like all that striving isn't really getting you where you need to be?
0:27.8	I'm Maura Aaron Smealy, and this is the anxious achiever,
0:31.7	the show that looks at the intersection of mental health and leadership and work and asks,
0:36.5	how can you do it all better?
0:39.1	Today, Dr. Diana Hill joins me again to talk about wise effort.
0:46.5	It's the title of her new book, and it is her life philosophy.
0:51.1	How to put in wise effort, not the most effort, to get where you want to be, to lead with more ease,
1:01.5	and frankly, live a more easeful life. We talk about everything from making your losing it
1:09.0	playlist, seriously, what songs would be on your losing it playlist,
1:13.1	to how to really tap in to your values, your genius, and make the right decisions for where you want to be.
1:24.5	My conversation with Dr. Diana Hill.
1:34.9	Dr. Diana Hill. Dr. Diana Hill, welcome back. Oh, I'm so glad to be back. We were just saying that you're out of your closet. You've got beautiful hydrangees behind
1:38.3	you, and it's so fun to be here in your office. It is, and I love my hydrangees. So that is, I try to, I try to make, you know,
1:47.0	I've talked about this, but I'm very introverted. I don't love doing a video podcast because I love
1:52.2	the intimacy of audio, but I've decided that I'm going to make it pretty. That is how you level up.
1:59.3	If you do the video podcast, it makes you get your hydrangees in your
2:03.1	office fresh flowers you have some flowers clean keep your books organized and you're getting
2:08.8	you know you're looking good which is always nice it makes you feel good so there's there's some
2:13.3	pros to leaning into that introvert self a little bit. They're pushing her a little.
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