In today’s relentless pace of high-stakes meetings, back-to-back obligations, and the emotional weight of carrying others, whether in boardrooms or in family life, high-functioning women and corporate leaders often find themselves quietly fraying at the edges. 

In today's fast-paced professional world, emotional stress is no longer a private issue confined to the therapist’s office. It has become a strategic workplace concern and an urgent one. The Mental Health Foundation reports that 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point in the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. In a business context, stress is more than just an individual wellbeing issue. It is a performance issue, a communication issue, and a retention issue.

In the quiet spaces between meetings, school runs, inboxes and endless to-do lists, a particular kind of woman is silently struggling. She appears calm, competent, and successful on the outside, perhaps even admired by many. But beneath the polished exterior, she feels increasingly isolated.

The glass ceiling is often described as an invisible barrier preventing women from rising to the top of their professions. But what if, for many successful women, the true barrier is not external but internal? What if the limits they perceive in their careers stem not only from societal structures but also from deep-seated beliefs formed in childhood?

To the world, she is successful, accomplished, and in control. Yet, behind closed doors, she wrestles with a truth she dares not speak. The anxiety, the self-doubt, the relentless pressure to perform, to hold it all together while secretly wondering, "When will I finally feel like I belong?"

Lisa shares her journey of growing up in an abusive household, experiencing trauma at the dinner table, and ultimately transforming her pain into a mission to help others reclaim their confidence, self-identity, and inner peace.

Lisa Skeffington Launches Empowered Momentum Community to Support High-Achieving Women

Read how award-winning psychotherapist, Lisa Skeffington, helps women win their silent battle with anxiety, self-doubt, and the overwhelming pressure to ‘do it all’.

Lisa has dedicated her 27-year career to helping women break free from emotional wounds and the pressures of maintaining a mask of success. Her psychodynamic mentoring approach blends psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and bespoke coaching to help clients rediscover their self-worth.

Featured in Forbes, Psychologies, and Woman & Home, Lisa’s methods have transformed lives through programmes like Remove the Mask – Without Excuse or Apology.

Self-Esteem Expert and Inner Child Whisperer, Lisa Skeffington, MNCP, SQHP, is launching the Empowered Momentum Community to help high-achieving women combat Imposter Syndrome and burnout.

Over 8 million people in the UK may be living with an anxiety disorder, over one in ten of us. Making sense of it all is Lisa Skeffington, consultant psychotherapist, advanced hypnotherapist, anxiety expert, mentor, and author.