Episodes

  • How to convince others you’re still relevant — Hint: start with yourself (from Fixable)

    How to convince others you’re still relevant — Hint: start with yourself (from Fixable)
    Jan 10 2025
    Experience is not always seen as an asset in a world that equates innovation and youth – particularly in fast-moving industries like tech and art. How do you convince others that your work still matters…now more than ever? This week, Anne and Frances help digital artist and TED Fellow Julie Freeman break free from her own story about aging and relevance. Together, two of the top leadership coaches in the world, Anne Morriss and Frances Frei, move fast and fix stuff by talking to guest callers about their workplace issues and solving their problems in 30 minutes or less. Both listeners and guests will receive actionable insights to create meaningful change in the workplace — regardless of their position on the company ladder. And they can solve YOUR biggest work problem too! Text or call 234-FIXABLE or email fixable@ted.com to be featured on the show next season.
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    37 mins
  • The Couple Making the Most of ADHD for Their Creative Business

    The Couple Making the Most of ADHD for Their Creative Business
    Jan 8 2025
    When you are neurodivergent, it can feel like you are always behind, don’t fit in, or even worse - wreak havoc on the lives of those who love you. But Penn and Kim Holderness faced ADHD as a couple and a family head on. Through five years of research, they figured out ways to harness Penn’s superpower of ADHD and even built a business around it. The former Amazing Race winners share their perspective and tools on how to have a successful family life -- and business--when your brain works differently. Check out their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@holdernessfamilylaughs Read their book: https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-Awesome-Guide-Mostly-Thriving/dp/1400338611
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    39 mins
  • How to Ride the Wave of Anxiety and Overthinking

    How to Ride the Wave of Anxiety and Overthinking
    Jan 1 2025
    In the high stakes world of technology companies, a lot of lip service is paid to well-being and mental health. But Meredith Arthur has been researching practical ways to manage anxiety and overthinking since before it was cool. In this episode, Morra speaks with the author and Beautiful Voyager creator about everything from polyvagal theory, clinical somatics, self-regulation and internal safety. They share their favorite routines for managing anxiety and stress. Learn more about Meredith here: https://bevoya.com/about Listen to Meredith’s previous Anxious Achiever episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5B88kIsQfcvPRR3Ut8wynX?si=6jCXb7mLRvKZAIbAcYPRKQ
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    39 mins
  • When Your Body Dials 911

    When Your Body Dials 911
    Dec 18 2024
    Ongoing stress can affect not just your emotional and mental health, but also your physical health. The connection between mind and body is often overlooked in the work world, but leadership development expert Jason Miller has spent his career trying to change that. In this episode, host Morra Aarons-Mele hears more about Miller’s experience that landed him in the ER. Plus, Dr. David Barlow, Professor Emeritus at Boston University, shares tips on how to right-size your phobias and better cope.
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    41 mins
  • Resilience Isn’t Enough: We Need To Be Anti-Fragile

    Resilience Isn’t Enough: We Need To Be Anti-Fragile
    Dec 11 2024
    To succeed in sports and in the corporate world, you might need more than just resilience. Enter the concept of anti-fragility, which focuses on the idea that meaningful resistance and meaningful difficult situations can be approached in a way where you actually come out better on the other side. Dr. Nick Holton is a performance coach for professional athletes and Fortune 500 Executives. Adam Wright is the Director of Mental Performance at the Washington Nationals MLB team. Together they founded The Anti Fragile Academy, and they speak with host Morra Aarons-Mele about how they train corporate leaders to withstand pressure, and improve as a result.
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    50 mins
  • What if Impostor Syndrome Isn’t All Bad?

    What if Impostor Syndrome Isn’t All Bad?
    Dec 4 2024
    It turns out, a lot of our beliefs about how we are performing at work - and how we choose to label that performance - can negatively impact our jobs and our mental health. Basima Tewfik is an Assistant Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management, who looks deeply at our social behaviors and psychology at work. And she’s found that labels like anxious, neurotic, and imposter syndrome can actually be really detrimental to our success. Even impostor feelings, in her research, can lead to positive outcomes at work. Tewfik thinks of each like a double edged sword and explains how her research focuses on the positive side of phenomena like these.
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    49 mins
  • Connecting Mind, Body, and Work Performance in a Stressful Season

    Connecting Mind, Body, and Work Performance in a Stressful Season
    Nov 20 2024
    Why do we feel anxious even when threats are only imagined, and why have we evolved to feel anxiety? The connection between mental and physical health is well documented and talked about, but very easy to forget in times of stress. In this episode, we revisit a conversation with Dr. Christine Runyan, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and co-founder of Tend Health about the roots of this complex emotion, and learn self care techniques that actually work, and why. Dr. Christine Runyan on On Being: https://onbeing.org/programs/christine-runyan-on-healing-our-distressed-nervous-systems/ More about Tend Health: https://tend.health/meet-tend/meet-founders/
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    30 mins
  • Say Goodbye to Negative Self-Talk and Hello to Your Superpowers

    Say Goodbye to Negative Self-Talk and Hello to Your Superpowers
    Nov 13 2024
    Sanyin Siang is an advisor, coach, and adjunct professor at Duke University where she leads the Fuqua/Coach K Leadership and Ethics Center or COLE. She’s also someone who believes in being your own best friend, and that starts with the self-talk we have going on in our heads all day long. In this episode, she walks host Morra Aarons-Mele through her superpowers framework, her own quest to find her strengths, and how high-achievers can zero in on our gifts instead of what we need to improve. The Superpowers with Sanyin Substack: https://leadershipplaybook.substack.com/
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    43 mins