#straightfromcait: Burnout Isn’t About Resilience. It’s About Match.

#straightfromcait: Burnout Isn’t About Resilience. It’s About Match.

Published: January 25, 2026

Duration: 5:57

Burnout recovery does not start with fixing yourself. It starts with understanding job fit, burnout at work, and whether there is a true values match between who you are and what your work and life demand.


Cait Donovan returns with a #straightfromcait episode that marks a turning point in how she thinks about burnout and in the writing of her next book. After years of explaining burnout as a complex web shaped by childhood, culture, health, personality, and work, she hits a wall. Information alone does not change behavior. What people need is a...