May webinar: Managing the Anxiety of an Optionality-Driven Life

Members, please join us on Wednesday May 22 at 12PM PT/3PM ET

It's easy to list the benefits of prioritizing and achieving optionality...you're crafting a life that works for your life. That's about work-life balance sure, but it's also about diversification, future-proofing your income streams, being paid your true value. We can name a lot of benefits because, obviously, here at upper-case 'O' Optionality, we believe in the value of small-case 'o' optionality.

But when you're on the way to building your idea optionality-driven life, there's also a lot of uncertainty. Uncertainty that can trigger fears. And even if you've achieved that optionality-driven life you always wanted, it can trigger you in entirely different ways. Setting boundaries around the different components of your life may feel stressful. You may not know when you're at the "enough" stage. And countless other ways that getting what you wanted doesn't magically make everything easy-breezy and anxiety-free. This webinar will engage with two experts working at the intersection of mental health and work to give you practical advice and useful tactics for managing your anxiety, no matter what stage of the journey you're on.

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SPEAKERS:

• Minaa B is a licensed social worker, mental health educator, and author of Owning Our Struggles. A former psychotherapist specializing in anxiety, depression, and trauma, Minaa has worked in several mental health industries, including early childhood in NYC Early Head Start Programs, private practice, and community mental health. Minaa is also a wellness coach and the founder of Minaa B. Consulting, a mental health consulting practice that helps organizations develop psychological safety.

• Morra Aarons-Mele is an expert in helping people talk about hard things. Morra 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 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 second book, The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower , was published by Harvard Business Review Press in April 2023. Her bestselling first book Hiding in the Bathroom: How to Get Out There When You’d Rather Stay Home was published in 2017 by HarperCollins. She is a LinkedIn "Top 10 Voice" in mental health. Morra has written for the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Slate, InStyle, O, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Guardian. 

• Moderator Elisa Camahort Page is the co-founder of Optionality and a fractional executive and strategic consultant who launches and scales businesses, products, and authentic user communities. Elisa was previously the co-founder and COO of BlogHer, Inc. Elisa is also a frequent public speaker and the co-author of Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All.

What kind of anxieties (expected or unexpected) have accompanied your journey as you build your own optionality-driven life?