Taking Care of Business AND Your Mental Health

Available with English captions and subtitles in Spanish.

Making it in the business world often comes with more stressors than we can count. While business folks are extremely skilled in many areas, there is one skill that is very important but often overlooked: the ability to manage anxiety and other potential threats to one’s mental well-being. Addressed effectively, these challenges can offer great opportunities, including personal development and growing our ability to be resilient.

So how do entrepreneurs and others working in business learn to navigate the stress and uncertainty inherent in their jobs? What are the mental health consequences of not doing so? And when is it time to seek professional help?

Audience Questions

David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP, explores common business-related mental health challenges, offers strategies for addressing them, and answers questions about learning to thrive with on-the-job anxiety.

  • How did you become an expert in anxiety?
  • What did you learn about anxiety during the COVID pandemic?
  • What was the primary takeaway from your book research?
  • What is the distinction between healthy stress or anxiety and anxiety disorders?
  • Are all forms of anxiety unhealthy?
  • Has society increased the severity and the prevalence of the anxiety epidemic?
  • What is an anxiety spiral?
  • What assessments or tools can be used to determine if anxiety is interfering with someone’s life?
  • What are the distinctions between healthy and unhealthy anxiety in the business world?
  • How can anxiety and stress be useful in business?
  • What are the four ways that anxiety can be helpful?
  • How would you describe the anxiety levels of entrepreneurs and business leaders and their approaches to dealing with anxiety?
  • How can anxiety get the in the way of decision-making?
  • Can you give us a real-world example of business leaders who are addressing their stress and anxiety in a positive way?
  • When do you suggest therapy verses executive coaching?
  • Is the approach for addressing anxiety for company leaders the same approach at the employee level?
  • What is the difference between employees and employers who are learning how to use anxiety to thrive?
  • How does an employer set an anxiety level expectation in the workplace and instill the notion that anxiety is okay?
  • How does addressing anxiety and stress in the workplace help the company’s bottom line and employee productivity?
  • How does the size of a company factor into how managers can address stress and anxiety among their staff?
  • How can entrepreneurs or others who work from home address their mental health?
  • Can business leaders prevent retaliation and discrimination when using these strategies, so that employees trust that engaging with an in-house therapist won’t impact their job security?
  • What can clinicians incorporate into their practice regarding anxiety in the business world?
  • Are clinicians moving away from the notion that they can rid patients of their anxiety, and instead working to help them learn to navigate anxiety?
  • What have you observed across the course of your career in terms of dealing with anxiety in the workplace? What has that evolution looked like over the years?
  • Are there any resources or specific coping skills that leaders can share and promote among their staff?
  • What might be done for somebody who is dealing with an anxiety disorder at a clinical level?
  • Is resiliency a skill you can learn?
  • Do entrepreneurs and business leaders need to be convinced to address anxiety they may be dealing with on the job?
  • Are business schools doing more than they have in the past to promote the notion of dealing with anxiety?
  • Can collaborating with employees in different countries with different cultures complicate how stress and anxiety are addressed in the workplace?
  • What lessons have you learned from the business world that can be applied more generally in terms of dealing with anxiety?

The information discussed is intended to be educational and should not be used as a substitute for guidance provided by your health care provider. Please consult with your treatment team before making any changes to your care plan.

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About Dr. Rosmarin

David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologist and program director at McLean Hospital and an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of “Thriving With Anxiety: 9 Tools To Make Your Anxiety Work for You,” and his work has been featured by numerous media outlets. Dr. Rosmarin is a regular keynote speaker and consultant to businesses on mental health matters.

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