243. When You’re the Strong One but Secretly Anxious AF

The Anxiety Chicks

Cloud10

Mental Health, Education, Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Anxiety Chicks, Alison and Taylor unpack what it really means to be the “strong one” while secretly struggling with anxiety. They explore how childhood roles, family expectations, and perfectionism contribute to high-functioning anxiety and the emotional toll of constantly keeping it together. The Chicks share honest reflections and practical tools for releasing the pressure to be perfect, regulating emotions, and redefining what true strength looks like. Timestamps 02:08 Understanding the 'Strong One' Phenomenon 04:56 Family Systems and High Functioning Anxiety 14:04 The Connection Between Perfectionism and Anxiety 21:27 The Cost of Keeping It Together 25:43 Healing and Self-Discovery The Single Sisters Circle (40+) A supportive private membership community within The Anxiety Healer’s Hub for single women 40+ who crave authentic connection and conversation through LIVE Chats, Online events, Interactive coaching calls, and Sisterhood support. Inside The Hub, you’ll find emotional support, friendship, and tools for anxiety healing in midlife — all in a safe, stigma-free community. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE Don’t forget to rate and review The Chicks! 🌐 Connect With Us ⁠@theanxietychicks⁠ | ⁠@theanxietyhealer⁠ | ⁠@health_anxiety⁠ ✨ Taylor’s #1 Anxiety Healing Supplement, Free Resources & More: ⁠peakofpanic.com/collections/all⁠ Order The Anxiety Healers Guide Here: https://theanxietyhealer.com/books 🧰 Alison's Free Resources, Coaching & Healing Toolkit: ⁠www.theanxietyhealer.com⁠ 🎥 Watch Full Episodes on YouTube Subscribe for more anxiety healing content, interviews, and behind-the-scenes insight. www.youtube.com/@anxietychicks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Allison.
0:03.0	And I'm Taylor.
0:04.4	And together we're the anxiety checks.
0:07.1	Each week, we will dive deep into a different topic about anxiety and the real life experiences we all go through.
0:12.9	While giving you all the top tools and tips you need for your journey to recovery.
0:17.5	Our degrees may say therapists and dietitian, but together we are just real chicks on our own
0:22.2	healing journeys too.
0:23.8	Join us as we take you from panic to power and reduce the stigma of mental health.
0:28.6	Remember, you're never alone and we're all in this together.
0:35.7	Hi, everyone.
0:37.0	Welcome back to the anxiety chicks podcast. I'm Alison Seponara. And I'm Taylor.
0:42.1	And we're so excited to be back with everyone today. How's it going, Taylor? It's going good. I'm excited for this topic.
0:51.7	Same. Same. I think this is going to be a topic that's going to resonate with a lot of
0:56.1	people because I've, one, gotten some request for something similar. And just I think every
1:03.5	single person that struggles with anxiety has felt this way at some point in their life.
1:07.5	First, I do want to say, thank you everyone who has been subscribing on YouTube. I think we have
1:14.2	about 200 and like 20 people almost subscribe. Sorry, that's exciting. You know, whatever. It keeps growing.
1:23.7	And but we'd love if you could just subscribe if you're watching on YouTube. And if not,
1:26.9	can you go over to YouTube and just subscribe? Even if you don't watch there, we'd love it. But I don't know. I love watching podcasts on YouTube now because I really love seeing the faces and the interviews of people. So I would highly suggest that if you haven't yet. And if not, if you can rate, review and subscribe on Apple or
1:45.9	Spotify and any of wherever you get your podcasts, we're there. The best thing about Spotify that I
1:53.5	recently have just realized is that you can comment on the episodes. So there's a couple
1:58.0	comments now we've been seeing, like some from like months ago that I didn't even realize happened because I just, I mean, believe it or not, I was an Apple person for a long time like Apple podcast. And now I just love Spotify. I'm learning so much more about Spotify and listening to music and podcasts there. So Spotify girl. I remember you were. I know. Whoever I was talking to
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