TEDx speaker and psychotherapist Dr. Aditi Bhalla launches Drilling Deeper, a podcast on what high achievers don’t show on the surface

Dr. Aditi Bhalla debuts her new show on International Podcast Day, opening with Dr. Linda Greenwall MBE on leading with kindness.

Dr Aditi Bhalla, a mental wellbeing mentor and psychotherapist for high-achieving professionals and entrepreneurs, has launched Drilling Deeper – Conversations Beyond the Surface, a new podcast about the realities behind professional success. The show launched on 30 September to mark International Podcast Day and is available now on Spotify and YouTube.

Each episode sees Dr. Bhalla sit down with a professional or high performer to talk honestly about what it takes to build a thriving life. Beyond titles and achievements, the conversations explore wellbeing, pressure, purpose, and what “thriving” really means when the mask comes off. The format is unscripted and aimed at anyone who wants more than surface-level success.

The podcast draws on Dr. Bhalla’s own path. With a background in dentistry, one of the professions most associated with stress and burnout, she went on to train extensively in mental health, mindfulness, and movement. She now helps professionals prevent burnout through practical, compassionate tools and delivered a recent TEDx talk entitled, What kind of villager am I?, exploring why so many of us are still searching to find our village.

The first episode features D.r Linda Greenwall MBE, a prosthodontist and specialist in restorative dentistry who has run her own London practice for more than 30 years. She founded the Dental Wellness Trust, a charity bringing oral health programmes to disadvantaged communities in the UK and South Africa.

In conversation with Dr Bhalla, she discusses leading with kindness: how compassion shapes the way she runs a practice, builds a team and gives back, and why kindness and high standards can go hand in hand. Future guests include Dr. Catherine Rutland, Fiona Ellwood BEM, Dr. Sarika Shah, Dr. Maggie Andi and more.

“Drilling Deeper is the conversation we rarely get to have, and ones that go beyond the surface with people who have built impressive lives. Not just what someone has achieved, but what it has cost, what has kept them going, and what it takes to stay whole while doing it. I want listeners to come away feeling less alone and with something practical they can use the next morning, ” says host Dr Aditi Bhalla.

Drilling Deeper – Conversations Beyond the Surface is available now on Spotify on youtube.