Breaking Masks: The Cost of High-Functioning Anxiety

Send us Fan MailDr. Ebony Stone shares her powerful journey from high-functioning anxiety in corporate America to finding freedom through intentional pauses. She reveals how success became a beautifully decorated mask for her internal struggles until her body forced her to stop.• Defining success by external achievements and tying identity to being "the smart girl" • The reality of looking composed on the outside while crumbling on the inside• How high-functioning anxiety often affects high achievers who appear to have it all together• The breaking point that led to Dr. Stone's six-month leave from corporate America• Why "the pause" isn't a vacation but rather hard emotional work and confronting difficult truths• Physical improvements that came from addressing mental health, including better sleep and lower blood pressure• The PAUSE framework for incorporating intentional pauses into daily life• Redefining success on your own terms rather than by worldly standardsFind Dr. Ebony Stone at DrEbonyStone.com and on all social media platforms as @DrEbonyStone. Her book "The Power of the Pause" is available on her website and anywhere books are sold, including as an audiobook narrated by Dr. Stone herself.Get ready to break free from obstacles and live life on your terms! Are you readdy to create and design your best life?If so, click the link here. To make sure you never miss an episode, make sure you subscribe to the podcast and head on over to www.cassandracrawley.com and join our mailing list. Support the show Are you ready to create and design your best life on your terms? If so, click here and schedule a complimentary discovery call with Cassandra. https://www.cassandracrawley.com/discovery-call  If this podcast helped you rethink whether you are living your best life on your terms, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help more women find it. To get a copy of my debut book, "Is Your Way in Your Way", visit https://www.cassandracrawley.com/bookFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/cassandracrawleymayoWebsite:    https://www.cassandracrawley.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassandra_crawleymayo/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandracrawley/YouTube: https://cassandracrawleymayox: https://www.tiktok.com/Podcast: Wickedly Smart WomenStop Shrinking and Rise with Cassandra Crawley Mayo – Ep.391 — Wickedly Smart Women ®: ...