FRIED: The Burnout Podcast

FRIED: The Burnout Podcast

By Cait Donovan, Top Burnout Expert for Corporate and Nonprofit Organizations

The place to listen to real, raw stories of burnout and burnout recovery so that you can learn: Burnout is Real. You're not alone. This is doable. There are resources for you. Someone like you has been through this and has answers for you. Interviews go deep and discuss trauma, race, deep depression, thoughts of suicide and of course, the light that enters once the realization happens and the decision to make a change has been made. We're here with you. For all of it.
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11/08/26

Your Team Doesn’t Need Slack at 11PM: The Simple Fix That Gave Everyone Their Evenings Back, a #straightfromcait episode

A whole team kept Slack on their phones 24/7. The real emergencies? Four in three months. A time autonomy mismatch, and the simple fix. How many times did you check Slack last night? During bath time, at dinner, in bed? One event planner at TeamOut… Read more

11/01/26

Nobody Believes You Anymore: Closing the Signal Gap in the Age of Doubt, with Henna Pryor

"Skepticism is now the default posture." Henna Pryor You're communicating more than ever. So why aren't people believing you? Deepfakes, scams, AI-polished everything, and a meeting transcript that gets screenshotted into a Slack thread before you've… Read more

10/25/26

Your Quiet Quitter Isn't Lazy: Three Mismatches Behind the Same Disengagement, a #straightfromcait episode

A perfectly good solution aimed at the wrong problem is still the wrong solution. Picture an employee who has been fantastic for years. Smart, dependable, great work. Lately they are quieter in meetings, they stopped volunteering for projects, and th… Read more

10/18/26

Bankrupt and in the Hall of Fame the Same Year: How Leaders Climb Out of Crisis, with Jess Pettitt

"The same year that I filed bankruptcy, I was inducted into the Hall of Fame." Jess Pettitt On Inauguration Day, my friend Jess Pettitt lost her largest contract. Not because of anything she did. The entire office she worked with was closed 21 minute… Read more

10/11/26

Why Good People Burn Out in Good Organizations: Jess Pettitt Interviews Me About Mismatch

Preorder Mismatch (out October 27, 2026): https://caitdonovan.com/mismatch "I just, for the first time, realized that I'm not actually in a toxic workplace. I'm just in a bad match." From an email a coaching client sent me. For almost three years, … Read more

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