#68 — Workplace Anxiety: Stop Suppressing It. Start Using It.

What if your anxiety at work isn't a flaw to fix — but information you've learned to ignore? Most introverted professionals have spent years trying to suppress, manage around, or hide their anxiety in professional settings. The result: the energy drain gets worse, not better — because avoiding anxiety costs more than the anxiety itself. Dr. David Rosmarin is a psychologist at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School faculty member, and the author of Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You. His research shows that your relationship with anxiety matters far more than how much of it you feel. And for introverted leaders — who tend to process more deeply and feel more acutely in high-pressure moments — that reframe changes everything. In this episode you'll: Understand why the standard advice to "manage your anxiety" often backfires — and what the research says actually works instead Identify whether your anxiety is signaling something genuinely important or simply a habit loop your nervous system has gotten stuck in Use a practical, evidence-based toolkit to make your anxiety work for you at work — not against you If you've ever walked into a meeting feeling your nervous system spike, or spent the hour before a high-stakes conversation burning energy you didn't have — this episode will change how you see that experience. Hit play and listen now. Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You David's Website McLean Hospital Bio LinkedIn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.