The Corporate Burnouts Podcast

The Hidden Financial Cost of Burnout

Burnout isn't just coming for your health. It's coming for your bank account. In Episode 81, Mandy Alt and Mandy Holt get honest about what burnout really cost them: lat

Playing Small Is Costing You More Than You Think

One 30-minute conversation blew up an entire business plan this week — and it started with a ChatGPT prompt at 11 p.m. Mandy and Mandy talk honestly about playing small:

How To Stop Running Your Business Like A Side Hustle (Featuring Bre K)

Bre K is back, the "Vanilla Ice of business" returns to talk systems, scaling, and why most side hustles don't make it past year five. We dig into what actually causes bu

Side Hustle to Full-Time: How to Know When to Quit

Mandy Alt is racing toward a November 30th launch for her passion-project app — and it's the perfect excuse to talk about turning a side hustle into a full-time business.

When Work Gets the Best of You—and Your Family Gets What’s Left

You clock out. You leave the office. You shut the laptop. But did you actually leave work behind? In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts, Mandy Holt and Mandy Alt ta

Stop Calling It Job Hopping: It's Career Growth - Featuring Shannon Shores

Shannon Shores, social worker turned entrepreneur, business owner, and consultant, joins us to torch the myth that career success has to look like one straight line up a

The Art of Being Off: Why Are We So Bad at It?

In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts, Mandy Holt and Mandy Alt unpack something they both realized about themselves: they're really bad at being "off." What starts a

Finding Clarity at Work with Lynnae Brown

Most people who are miserable at work aren't overworked, they're just confused. No clear expectations. No idea what "doing a good job" even looks like. Sound familiar? T

Gen Z Vs The Workplace: Who Really Needs To Change?

The Great Gen Z Soft Skills Debate: Who's Really to Blame? Mandy Holt and Mandy Alt are back with a conversation that got a little too real. It starts with a story about

Embarrassing Work Stories: Cheating Scandals, Bathroom Disasters & Bad Hair Days

Two Mandys, Two Shit-Your-Pants Stories, and the Brain Chemistry of Being Mortified This week the Mandys are diving into the most embarrassing, cringe-inducing moments o

How To Stay Relevant In An AI World

If you ignore AI for the next two years, what happens to your career? Organizational psychologist Dr. Kelly Monahan says you'll be left behind, not by AI itself, but by t

What Corporate America Actually Taught Us

Corporate taught us more than we realized and not all of it was bad. This week Mandy and Mandy break down the skills they took from corporate America that actually made t

If You Had to Start Over Tomorrow, Would You?

What would you actually do if you woke up tomorrow with all your skills, experience, and wisdom, but zero network, zero reputation, and zero job or clients? That's the qu

Leadership Coaching Secrets Every Woman Should Know

Why High-Achieving Women Get Stuck — and How to Break Free | Ep. 68 with Ali Carson If you've ever felt stuck in your career, burned out from chasing the wrong version o

Imposter Syndrome Is Lying To You

Ever felt like you've "tricked" everyone into thinking you belong? Yeah, us too. In Episode 67, both Mandys get real about imposter syndrome: what it actually feels like

You Are Not A Victim Of Corporate Life

You are not a victim of your corporate life and this episode is your wake-up call. In Episode 66, both Mandys get real about one of the most uncomfortable truths in burn

Quitting Corporate? Let's Talk About Health Insurance!

Confused about health insurance after leaving corporate? You're not alone. In this episode, we sit down with Rachel Zimmerman, an independent employee benefits broker wi

Why You Can't Stop Procrastinating (And What to Actually Do About It)

We'll be honest, one of us procrastinated on her own podcast class about podcasting. And that's exactly how this episode happened. This week, the Mandys get real about p

From Criticism to Growth: Rethinking Feedback

Whether you're the boss or the employee, giving and receiving feedback is one of the hardest parts of any workplace, and nobody teaches you how to do it. This week, the

Burnout Explained: Brain, Body, and Stress Response (Featuring Jessica Maguire)

We've talked about burnout a lot. But this week, we brought in someone who can explain why it's happening in your body — at a biological level. International bestselling