Work Should Feel Good with Diana Alt
Work Should Feel Good with Diana Alt
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Work Should Feel Good is the no-BS career podcast for people who want more from their work, without selling their soul to get it. Hosted by career strategist and layoff survivor Diana Alt, this show shares real stories, mindset shifts, and practical strategies to help you grow your career on your terms.
You'll hear from recruiters, entrepreneurs, leaders, and everyday professionals in episodes that drop most Wednesdays. Let's make work feel good - together.
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The podcast covers a range of topics focused on career growth, work-life balance, and empowerment, with episodes featuring entrepreneurs and professionals sharing their journeys, like Liz Wilcox discussing unconventional business building and Mark Foster exploring the power of hope in challenging work environments.
Work Should Feel Good is the no-BS career podcast for people who want more from their work, without selling their soul to get it. Hosted by career strategist and layoff survivor Diana Alt, this show shares real stories, mindset shifts, and practical strategies to help you grow your career on your terms.
You’ll hear from recruiters, entrepreneurs, leaders, and everyday professionals in episodes that drop most Wednesdays. Let’s make work feel good – together.
Burnout isn’t a personal failure, it’s a systems problem. In this episode, Diana sits down with Cass Cooper to unpack how high performance often masks exhaustion, why “fixing yourself” won’t solve burnout, and what actually needs to change at work.
Why burnout is a systems issue, not an individual weakness
How high performers unknowingly mask exhaustion
The role of meeting culture and notification overload in burnout
Why “soft skills” are actually critical infrastructure
How to say no without damaging relationships or performance
The connection between personal boundaries and workplace behavior
Practical ways to start recovering from burnout immediately
⏳ Timestamps 02:30 Cass’s burnout story and pandemic wake-up call 06:00 Realizing burnout isn’t just fatigue 09:00 First steps to recovery: saying no and creating boundaries 13:00 Therapy, health, and systemic barriers to recovery 17:00 When burnout becomes a systems problem 21:30 How workplace culture contributes to burnout 26:30 Notifications, distractions, and attention overload 30:00 Why entrepreneurs recreate burnout patterns 33:00 “No one is coming to save you” — personal responsibility vs systems 36:30 High performance masking exhaustion 40:00 What leaders miss about burned-out employees 43:30 A real leadership intervention that worked 47:00 Soft skills as critical infrastructure 50:00 How to say no without saying no 54:00 Small, actionable steps to reduce burnout 57:30 Worst career advice and closing thoughts
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