How to Turn Social Anxiety into Your Greatest Asset, The Benefits of Being an Introvert + Tips for Reducing Burnout & Workplace Anxiety (Interview with Morra Aarons-Mele)

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Show Description: In this podcast (episode #205) and blog, I speak with top podcast host, author and businesswoman Morra Aarons-Mele about how to turn social anxiety into your greatest asset, the many benefits of being an introvert and how to reduce mental stress and anxiety in the workplace.   

For more info on Morra visit: https://www.wearewomenonline.com/ and https://www.womenandwork.org/ 

Listen to her podcast here: https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/09/introducing-the-anxious-achiever  

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-turn-social-anxiety-into-your-greatest-asset-the-benefits-of-being-an-introvert-tips-for-reducing-burnout-workplace-anxiety-interview-with-morra-aarons-mele

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Podcast Highlights

4:20 How to survive working at home during the pandemic

7:35 How to manage your anxiety during COVID

11:24 How helping others helps you

16:44 How to handle anxiety in the workplace

32:16 Women, anxiety and the workplace

39:11 Managing burnout and anxiety as a leader

47:50 How to build a career if you are an anxious introvert

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