HEALING 101: High Functioning Anxiety, Perfectionism and People Pleasing with Dr Lalitaa Suglani

In today’s Healing 101, I’m joined by Dr Lalitaa Suglani, author of High Functioning Anxiety, to unpack a term so many of you have messaged me about. We talk about what high functioning anxiety actually is, the “swan” analogy of looking calm on the surface while paddling frantically underneath, and how it can hide behind productivity, perfectionism and people pleasing. Lalitaa explains the difference between high functioning anxiety and high functioning depression, why shame keeps these patterns alive, and how rejection sensitivity can send us spiralling over the smallest things. Find Lalitaa: Website: Instagram: @dr.lalitaa Order Her Book: Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing: Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpod TikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpod LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healing Substack: substack.com/@hurttohealing Website: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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HEALING 101: High Functioning Anxiety, Perfectionism and People Pleasing with Dr Lalitaa Suglani is an episode from Hurt to Healing: Mental Health & Wellbeing by Pandora Morris.

This episode is 18:44 long.

This episode was published on Apr 9, 2026.

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