In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts, Mandy Holt and Mandy Alt dive deep into the hidden cost of corporate life and how constantly “turning it on” reshapes your personality and leaves you questioning who you really are outside of work. From concerts with Red Clay Strays and Pantera to binge-worthy Netflix documentaries like The Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, the conversation starts lighthearted but transitions into a powerful discussion on authenticity, identity, and the corporate chameleon effect.

Together, the Mandys unpack what it means to read the room, adjust your personality to fit every audience, and balance professional adaptability with personal authenticity. They share stories of how corporate life teaches you to lead up, down, and across, but also how that constant shape-shifting can cause burnout, imposter syndrome, and even an identity crisis when you step away from the job.

In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts, Mandy and Mandy dive deep into the hidden costs of corporate life and how misplaced priorities can silently erode your most important relationships. From juggling work trips, school pick-ups, and family obligations to the exhaustion that comes with always being “on call,” they share raw stories about how career pressures once overshadowed their personal lives, and how they’ve learned to flip the script.

In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts, Mandy and Mandy get real about the truth of working from home, the good, the bad, and the burnout. From juggling puppies and parenting to finding balance between discipline and flexibility, they share firsthand stories of what remote work actually looks like when the glamour wears off.

We dive into the surprising statistics about burnout for remote workers vs. in-office and hybrid employees, why boundaries and routines are crucial for avoiding exhaustion, and the hidden challenges no one talks about when it comesto working from home. From accountability calls and time blocking to investing in comfort and protecting your calendar, this conversation is packed with practical strategies to help you stay productive without losing yourself in theprocess.

In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts, Mandy and Mandy get real about work friendships, work besties, and what happens when those relationships collide with real life. We’ve all had that coworker who felt like family. The daily texts, inside jokes, and shared trauma from a toxic boss are all bonding, but what happens when you leave corporate? Do those friendships stick…or do they fade once the office glue is gone?

In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts, Mandy and Mandy dig deep into the difference between being truly productive and just looking busy—a habit so many of us learned in school, perfected in corporate life, and accidentally carried into entrepreneurship and everyday life. From performative busyness to protecting your creative energy, they share real stories from their own careers—like faking a packed Outlook calendar, proving the worth of a new role, and navigating a corporate culture where “busy” was worn like a badge of honor.

If you’ve ever avoided a difficult conversation at work (or in your personal life), this episode of The Corporate Burnouts is for you. This week, Mandy Holt and Mandy Alt dive deep into the must-read book How to Say Anything to Anyone by Shari Harley—a practical guide to giving and receiving feedback that doesn’t end in awkward silence or fiery resentment.

This week on The Corporate Burnouts, we're back with part two of our personality test conversation—and this time, we're going even deeper. We're joined by culture strategist, leadership coach, and DISC-certified practitioner Amy Nunn, who helps leaders decode communication breakdowns and build feedback-driven teams that actually work.

In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts Podcast, Mandy and Mandy dive headfirst into one of their favorite topics: personality tests. From DISC to Myers-Briggs, the Predictive Index, the Four Color Personalities, and even the 5 Love Languages (in the workplace!), they explore how knowing yourself—and your teammates—can drastically improve communication, reduce workplace stress, and help prevent burnout.

s Gen Z redefining the future of work, or just refusing to play by the rules we were taught to follow? In this lively and thought-provoking episode of The Corporate Burnouts, Mandy and Mandy unpack the generational tension brewing in today's workforce. From job hopping to unapologetically setting boundaries, Gen Z might just be onto something, and it’s challenging everything we thought we knew about “professionalism.”

We loved this episode with our awesome guest, Heather Swan, owner of YarnCom. It was so interesting to hear her corporate story and how she lived through and got caught up in a toxic workplace. What we loved most was what she learned from it and how she took those lessons and started her own business with amazing culture.

Once again in this episode, we have another guest talking to us about boundaries. Set your boundaries in the workplace upon starting a job or even after years in the office. Communicate them and stand by them to enjoy your work/life balance so much more.

Heather also gave some great tips to make your current situation work for you. She walked through some steps to work with HR to help rectify your work issues.

Did you know that your social media presence can potentially alienate employers and clients? We have always known this but have learned a lot recently about how deeply people can dig to see all of your activity online.

In this episode, we discussed some surprising ways that potential and current employers can track you online, including being able to see all the comments you make on others' social media posts. This was wild to learn about. They can see it all!

We also shared a story that a listener sent in about how she got in trouble at work because of a day in the life post she made. We learned that what seems harmless can still be frowned upon by your employer or clients.

Last, we discussed positive things you could post on your socials that will actually help you at work. If you can think of any we didn't share, throw them in the comments!

We loved this episode with our guest, Kelli Risse! Kelli is a peak performance executive coach, professional speaker, and author, whose mission is to help overworked, overwhelmed, and overstressed high-achievers shift into peak performers to avoid or recover from burnout. She is so full of knowledge about burnout and we learned so much!

Kelli walked us through the steps to go from being a high achiever to becoming a peak performer. This means that you are the same person but you are balancing everything you have to and want to do better. You still get good results but you won't end up in strain and burnout.

Once again in this episode, we were given the advice that self-care has to be a focus when you are trying to avoid burnout or recover from it. And once again we went to therapy with our guest and had a couple great breakthroughs!

Kelli shared so much great info but she has so much more that we couldn't fit in this episode. If you want to learn more from her, she has a One Day Breakthrough Experience for rapid transformation. She is also a speaker that is perfect for your next event or conference. And of course, you can pick up her book (the 1st one in a 4 book series), Mindset Mastery.

Attention corporate and ex-corporate besties - you need to hear this! Your coporate career wasn't a waste. There are so many skills and processes and experiences that you can take with you into your future endeavors, whether it's starting a business or working for a smaller company. You will definitely have a leg up on the competition.

We loved having Annie Callaway on the podcast this week! Her experience in corporate was very similar to ours and we love her point of view on what you can get from your corporate journey.

She took her corporate experience and used it to become a very successful entrepreneur, especially now, as a Realtor and Real Estate Broker. She shared so much about how a corporate background can help all Realtors but if they don't have that kind of background, no problem - she will help you with that training herself!

Annie and her business partner Chad Elledge are the co-owners of Realty ONE Group Trifecta in O'Fallon, MO and co-hosts of the podcast REal Chat with Annie & Chad. We absolutely love their podcast, where they talk about real shit, loosely related to the real estate industry. Their banter is so fun and their knowledge about real estate is incredible. If you are a Realtor looking to learn more about the industry you're in, these two will not only entertain you but keep the knowledge nuggets coming about the industry.

We needed a light episode for this week and playing "Would You Rather?" was so fun for us! We found out that we have a lot of triggers still from corporate. We also had some great friend conversation and loved it. Come laugh with us!

And for anyone watching who noticed Mandy Alt's jump scare, we don't know what happened either while watching it back. 😂 It's a true mystery.

We would love to hear in the comments how you would have answered some of these. And once again, please share your corporate secrets with us! Use this link to share your secret anonymously - https://www.thecorporateburnouts.com/secrets

We're so excited to introduce our guest for this episode, Miranda Malone, owner of Essential Rejuvination Medical Esthetics and founder of Elley's Hope. Her integrity while in corporate and after she left is inspirational and a huge reason why she is perfect to run a non-profit.

Miranda's corporate story is tough, but she has come out on top and is a successful business owner today! She also runs a newer but also successful non-profit and she spent some time with us explaining the best ways to get your non-profit started.

Looking to start a non-profit? Miranda explained the process of getting the 501c3. It's extensive, difficult and expensive, but she did the work and got hers quickly! She did it all without a lawyer and says if she had it to do again, she would have hired someone to help do this for her after some hiccups in the first year. She also talked us through so much other great advice for getting a non-profit set up. You don't want to miss it.

Miranda also gave advice to anyone who wants to help a non-profit. The easiest way she recommended was to share, comment, and like non-profit posts on social media. She also recommends volunteering and asking your company to sponsor events.

This episode was cathartic for us! We dug all the way into the feelings we had leaving corporate. The identity crisis was wild. Who am I without the job that was such a huge part of my life? The imposter syndrome, the major change in lifestyle/social life and routines, and the chaotic, hot mess of starting something new are so real for a lot of people.

We hope that everyone who may be struggling post-corporate knows that it's hard for everyone. It's not a crisis, it's a process and you're not alone.

Welcome to our 13th episode, with special guest Alana Lerch. We love her story about how and why she left corporate, and what she did next. 

We love this conversation about only doing things you are good at AND that you like to do, so you enjoy work and life. 

Another thing that Alana taught us is the steps to find yourself outside of work and how to strategically find joy. Profound!! We also learned that finding an accountability partner can help you figure this out together. 

 If you would like Alana to be your change bestie, check out her website at changeravenllc.com. She would love to help you!

This week we decided to keep it light and commiserate about some lingo and behavior that is sooooo corporate. From absolutely wild corporate policies to passive agressive emails and triggering corporate buzzwords, this episode is a compilation of corporate cringe that you don't want to miss.

We loved our conversation about crazy team building exercises. Please tell us your favorite or least favorite team building experience from your time in corporate in the comments. We need to hear your stories!

On this week's episode about high performers, The Mandys find out that they are high performers! We found out from a video we found from a creator on TikTok - High Performer Coach. If you don't know if you're a high performer, you will find out after watching this video we played.

We really dig into the pros and cons of being a high performer, signs that being a high performer are leading you to burnout, and how to balance your life and work, even when you feel like the work is never done.

Mandy Alt had a breakthrough during this conversation and figured out that where she has been good at setting boundaries in her personal life, she never did that at work when she was having the same burnout that she gets when her social battery is draining. It seems so easy! It has actually changed something and she has set work boundaries over the last week.

In this episode of The Corporate Burnouts Podcast, we have a special guest, Caleena Karstens. Caleena is a fellow corporate burnout with a backround in hospital administration. It was crazy to hear her stories about 2020 in the hospital setting and her dismissal from a job that was making her sick.

We loved the conversation with Caleena about things you can do to manage your stress while in corporate and rid your body of the trauma you are still holding after leaving.