Burnt Out Perfectionist
Burnt Out Perfectionist is a conversation-style podcast about everyday life, burnout, ADHD, mental health, and the pressure to have it all figured out — hosted by two sisters from different generations.Sara (millennial) and Eve (gen z) have a large age gap, very different…
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Summer Is Over and We've Never Been Happier: Our Fall Era Begins (opens the original)
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Summer's finally over and honestly? We've never been happier. This week Eve & Sara talk about why summer burns them out completely — the heat, the smoke, the "summer of doing everything" pressure — and why fall is when they actually come alive. We're getting into seasonal productivity dips (is it S.A.D.D. or just exhaustion?), the online obsession with "hot girl summer" content, back-to-school chaos, hockey romance novel binges, and why the second it rains we're dancing in the yard in a cardigan
De-Influencing Ourselves: Things We Bought to Fix Our Lives (opens the original)
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Because apparently the right planner, productivity app, Kindle, kitchen appliance, subscription, or aesthetically pleasing organizational system was finally going to turn us into people who have their shit together. Spoiler: it did not. This week, we're de-influencing ourselves and talking about all the things we've bought because social media convinced us they would make us more productive, organized, healthier, happier, more well-read, or just generally better at life. From planners we don't u
Millionaire Money, Weird Wishlist: What We'd Actually Buy (opens the original)
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Sara and Eve reveal the weirdly specific things they'd buy as millionaires — laundromat washers, rain walls, a family compound, and more chaos. 00:00 Cold Open 00:23 Survive & Thrive 05:05 This Week's Topic: If We Were Millionaires 07:03 The Ultimate Laundry Room + Mind-Reading Coffee Machine 09:44 Buying a Summer Camp & Building a Family Compound 14:36 Overwhelm the Label Shoutout 15:16 Retro Kitchens, Physical Media & a Pajama Business 18:34 Buying Back Dairy Queen 20:15 Fountain Drinks, Popco
Permission Slip: The Things We Refuse to Feel Guilty About Anymore (opens the original)
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paper plates, jarred garlic, screen time, and skipping the gym to clean the house — we're done apologizing for all of it. this week we go through everything society guilt-trips us for and why none of it deserves the guilt. We're breaking down every "you should feel bad about this" list society hands us — food shortcuts, parenting choices, ADHD workarounds, and the hustle culture lie that rest has to be earned. Spoiler: paper plates aren't ruining your life. 📺 Also on YouTube: https://linktr.ee/b
The Productivity Trap: When Doing More Makes You Feel Worse (opens the original)
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Sara and Eve are talking about the productivity trap — that thing where you plan a chill day, end up reorganizing the entire house, and somehow feel like you did nothing. Laundry that procreates, chia seed explosions, making someone sign a contract before you clean their room, and why doing more is making you feel worse. If you've ever had the most productive day of your life and still gone to bed feeling like you failed — this one's for you. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere y
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