High-Functioning Anxiety: Why Being the "Strong One" is Exhausting

Create The Best Me · Mar 5, 2026 · 47m · transcript

Are you applauded for having it all together, but deep down you feel like you’re running on empty? In this episode, I'm joined by award-winning psychotherapist and self-esteem expert Lisa Skeffington to finally put words to the hidden struggle so many ambitious women face: high-functioning anxiety.

We unpack why being the "strong one" isn’t always a compliment – it’s often a heavy, lonely role that leaves you unable to “wobble,” even when you desperately need support. Lisa Skeffington explains how high-functioning anxiety can look like success on the outside but quietly drains you, why…