FRIED. The Burnout Podcast
A podcast exploring workplace burnout through a systems-based lens, examining where mismatches occur between people and their environments, and covering leadership, culture, retention, and sustainable high performance without blame or band-aid solutions.
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Sep 13, 2026 · 8 minCan You Burn Out in a Good Workplace? a #straightfromcait episodeCait explains why good people burn out inside good organizations, why individual responsibility isn't the same as individual blame, and why the useful question is whetherSep 6, 2026 · 55 minHow a Leader's Ego Can Burn Out Their Team with Ewa BłaszczakLeadership expert Ewa Błaszczak on conscious leadership, how unconscious ego drives leader behavior and team burnout, the drama triangle, and why managing your own ego isAug 30, 2026 · 10 minWhat Employee Engagement Surveys Really Tell You a #straightfromcait episodeCait treats engagement survey data as a diagnostic signal rather than a prescription, and explains why low autonomy scores don't automatically mean people need more indepAug 23, 2026 · 7 minCEO Burnout: Why a Great Leader Was Burning Out in a Healthy Organization, a #straightfromcait episodeA case study of a CEO burning out inside a supportive organization, showing how internal urgency creates a pace mismatch with the team, and previewing Cait's book MismatcAug 16, 2026 · 46 minThe $322 Billion Business Case for Employee Wellbeing, with Bhushan SethiPwC partner Bhushan Sethi on G20 research linking workforce wellbeing to GDP, the cost of burnout, financial stress as an overlooked driver, and the measurable impact of Aug 9, 2026 · 13 minWhat is Emotional Intelligence? a #straightfromcait episodeCait traces emotional intelligence to its 1990 origins and breaks down Daniel Goleman's four domains, with research on how few people actually practice self-awareness.Aug 2, 2026 · 59 minBelief Leadership Starts with Knowing Inner Propaganda with Owen FitzpatrickWhat if the exhausting voice in your head isn't your inner critic but something closer to an inner dictator, running a full scale propaganda campaign to keep you safe insJul 26, 2026 · 51 minRedefining Productivity: Why Rigor Turns Into Burnout, with Dr. Natalie NixonCreativity expert Dr. Natalie Nixon has spent 25 years studying what activities happen right before your best ideas, and they aren't what you think. They include: staringJul 19, 2026 · 22 minThe Brain on Burnout: New Science, A Correction, and Why You're Not as Far Gone as You ThinkCait opens with something rare: a public correction. She has been telling audiences for years that the hippocampus shrinks during burnout. New research says it doesn't. AJul 12, 2026 · 52 minMoral Injury Is Costing You Your Best People - a Harvard Trained Neurologist Explains with Dr. Zarya RubinDr. Zarya Rubin spent twelve years as a neurologist before realizing the career she'd sacrificed everything for no longer matched who she'd become. What she figured out oJun 28, 2026 · 13 minYour Boss's Burnout Is Burning You Out Too.There's a story from the 1840s that is going to make you furious. And then it's going to make you look at burnout solutions very differently. Stress spreads like a nasty Jun 21, 2026 · 53 minYour Workplace Is a Soap Opera. Here's How to Rewrite the Script with Robyn HatcherBurnout does not start with overwork. It starts with miscommunication. Robyn Hatcher, keynote speaker and former soap opera writer for All My Children and One Life to LivJun 14, 2026 · 12 minBurnout Recovery Is Surging: What Leaders Need to Know Right NowBurnout searches just hit 24.8 million per month, and searches for burnout recovery grew 1,000 percent year over year (for those not great at math, that's 10x more searchJun 7, 2026 · 30 min350 Episodes In: The Burnout Story I Haven't Told in a While, a #straightfromcait episodeEPISODE SUMMARY Cait Donovan has spent the last seven years building one of the most rigorous, nuanced frameworks for understanding burnout in the world. In episode 350, May 31, 2026 · 9 minThe 4 Behaviors of A Toxic Workplace a #straightfromcait episodeWatch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/UffD0Ec0SX4 Cait Donovan, host of FRIED. The Burnout Podcast breaks down a 2018 peer-reviewed study on toxic workplaces anMay 24, 2026 · 55 minToxic or Just a Bad Fit? How to Tell the Difference at Work with Leanne Elliott of Truth, Lies, & WorkYour workplace might not be toxic. It might just be missing the biology lesson that explains why everyone keeps behaving badly. Work burnout is rarely one person's failurMay 17, 2026 · 12 minWe’re Expecting the Wrong Things From Leaders And It’s Causing Leadership Burnout: A #straightfromcait episode.If you're a leader who's exhausted, this one's for you. Cait Donovan, host of FRIED: The Burnout Podcast has spent over a decade coaching leaders through burnout — and thMay 10, 2026 · 59 minBurned Out and Managing Multiple Generations? What Leaders Get Wrong About Generational Conflict at Work with Kristin ScrogginWorkplace burnout makes a lot more sense when you stop blaming generations for the survival strategies they were trained to carry. Kristin Scroggin, founder of genWHY ComMay 3, 2026 · 12 minWhy Giving Your Best Employees More Autonomy Sometimes Backfires (And What to Do Instead) A #straightfromcait EpisodeAutonomy can be the silent mismatch that drains a team long before anyone names burnout. Leadership and autonomy are often treated as simple: give people more freedom andApr 26, 2026 · 1h 2mThe Career Structure That's Actually Burnout-Proof (And Why More Execs Are Moving to It) with Ilana GolanPortfolio careers may be one of the smartest paths to financial stability in the future of work. In this episode, Cait Donovan talks with Ilana Golan about why the old caApr 19, 2026 · 20 minThe Leadership Skill Nobody Taught You (That Predicts Everything)Your body has been warning you about burnout, bad hires, and misalignment long before your brain caught up. This episode looks at leadership burnout through the lens of iApr 12, 2026 · 1h 2mPsychological Safety First: The Foundation of Thriving Teams with Aoife O'BrienTalent does not disappear on its own; it erodes when people feel unsafe, unseen and mismatched to the work meant to bring out their best. Aoife O’Brien joins Cait DonovanApr 5, 2026 · 55 minWhy Your Culture Initiatives Keep Failing — And What Actually Works with Chris PinedaWhen leadership turns into a transaction, culture starts to starve. Workplace culture is at the center of this conversation as Cait Donovan sits down with organizational Mar 29, 2026 · 24 minNobody Is Neutral at Work: How Every Behavior Either Builds or Burns Your Culture a #straightfromcait episodeBurnout rarely begins with the job alone because the habits that once kept you safe may be the very ones quietly wearing you down at work. Cait Donovan takes a clear-eyedMar 22, 2026 · 50 minBurnout Doesn't Wait for a Good Time: Building Resilience Into Your Leadership with Dr. Rachel GoldmanBurnout recovery begins with one honest moment of self-awareness and the willingness to make a single small shift that your exhausted brain can actually sustain. Burnout
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