Morra Aarons-Mele

Morra Aarons-Mele is a movement builder. She’s an expert in helping people talk about hard things. Aarons-Mele knows that taking your mental health seriously is a leadership strength, and her work won the Media Award from Mental Health America in 2023. She hosts "The Anxious Achiever" podcast for LinkedIn Presents, which won the 2023 Media Award from Mental Health America, was a 2020 Webby Awards Honoree, 2022 Best Commute Podcast Signal Award winner, and is frequently a top 10 management podcast and top 50 business podcast. She's passionate about helping people rethink the relationship between their mental health and their success.

Her book, "The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower," was published by Harvard Business Review Press in April 2023. Aarons-Mele speaks to and consults frequently with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and U.S Government agencies. She is a LinkedIn Top 10 Voice in mental health and is shortlisted for the Thinkers50 2023 Distinguished Achievement in Leadership Award.

Aarons-Mele is an entrepreneur and communications executive. In addition to her work in workplace mental health, Aarons-Mele founded the award-winning social impact agency Women Online and created its database of female influencers, the Mission List, which she sold in 2021. Aarons-Mele was named 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year at the Iris Awards, created to recognize excellence among digital content creators. She has helped three US presidential candidates and a range of global mission-driven organizations create communications, marketing, and fundraising campaigns.

Aarons-Mele is also a prolific writer. Since 2004 she has covered the campaign trail, the White House, the lactation room, and the office cubicle. Her first book, "Hiding in the Bathroom: How To Get Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home)," was published by Dey Street Books in 2017 and was an Amazon bestseller. She has written for the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Slate, InStyle, O, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Guardian.

Aarons-Mele has degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and Brown University. She and Nicco Mele live in Boston with their three children.