Unapologetically You
🎙️Episode 1: The Invisible Burnout: When High Achievement Feels Hollow
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🎙️Episode 1: The Invisible Burnout: When High Achievement Feels Hollow

Jul 08, 2025

🎙️ Episode 1: The Invisible Burnout – When High Achievement Feels Hollow

Welcome to the very first episode of Unapologetically In Power. I’m Jennifer Damaskos—and if you’ve ever felt like you’re holding it all together on the outside while quietly unraveling on the inside, this one’s for you.

In this episode, we explore a form of burnout that doesn’t look like chaos—it looks like calm, control, and capability. But beneath it? Exhaustion. Disconnection. A quiet wondering: “Is this really it?”


💡 What You’ll Hear:

  • Why high-functioning burnout often goes unnoticed—and unhealed

  • How “being the capable one” can make you feel invisible

  • The role perfectionism plays in your exhaustion

  • My personal story of silent burnout—and the moment that woke me up

  • How to start melting the mask and reclaiming your power


✨ Power Prompt:

What is your body telling you that your brain keeps trying to override?
Where are you still functioning instead of flourishing?
Complete this sentence: If I weren’t afraid of being too much, I would…


📊 Did You Know?

  • 43% of women leaders report burnout (McKinsey, 2023)

  • 53% of Gen Z & Millennial women feel burned out (Deloitte, 2023)

  • Women are 28% more likely to experience perfectionism at work (HBR, 2023)


🛠️ Tools Mentioned:

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This is your space to reconnect with the woman beneath the roles.

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