Do you ever feel like your anxiety is both driving your success and quietly burning you out? In this episode of the Advanced Women’s Health Podcast, I sit down with therapist Connie Pickett to unpack the often-hidden world of high-performing anxiety. Together, we explore the powerful mind-body connection, why anxiety frequently begins in the body long before it shows up in your thoughts, and how subconscious patterns from childhood can quietly shape the way you push, perform, and cope as an adult.
Connie shares her personal journey of transforming high-performing anxiety into a path of healing and service, and explains why talk therapy—though valuable—often isn’t enough on its own. We dig into body-based strategies, somatic therapies, and mindfulness practices that help you process and release stress stored deep within. Most importantly, we highlight how curiosity and self-compassion can become your greatest tools for breaking free from anxiety loops and reclaiming resilience.
Whether you’re a professional balancing endless deadlines, a mom holding all the pieces together, or simply someone navigating chronic stress, this episode is a reminder: your body holds the answers, and healing starts from within.
Key Takeaways
1. Anxiety often begins in the body—physical symptoms are signals, not weaknesses.
2. High-performing anxiety can fuel achievement, but often ends in burnout or illness.
3. Talk therapy helps—but body-based strategies create deeper, lasting change.
4. Childhood patterns often drive adult anxiety and behaviors unconsciously.
5. Curiosity and self-compassion are essential for shifting negative cycles.
6. Somatic therapies, hypnotherapy, and mindfulness can help release stored stress.
7. You may not change your environment, but you can change your response to it.
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