Overachieving Shitshow

EP 10 - Regulating the Overachieving Nervous System

If your version of "chilling out" involves scrubbing the baseboards, organizing the garage, or aggressively planning your next week, this one is for you. This week, Dr. Kate breaks down the clinical truth behind our historical inability to do absolutely nothing. Spoiler alert: It’s not just a quirky personality trait; it’s hypervigilance. Kate shares hilarious and vulnerable stories about trying to learn how to watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the myth of the perfect "craft mom" (shoutout to all the Venmo Moms out there), and a powerful lesson in why we actively resist sitting still.

EP 9 - Large Marge Sent Me

In this episode of the Overachieving Shitshow, Dr. Kate is joined by her "sister-in-arms" and fellow overachieving Latina, Sammie Ramon. Sammie isn’t just a corporate meeting planner for a top engineering firm; she’s the current Chair of Leadership Corpus Christi and a master of navigating spaces where she’s often the only person who looks or sounds like her. Dr. Kate and Sammie dive deep into the reality of being a "professional Latina," the exhaustion of code-switching, and how to stop let your "big butt" (shoutout to Pee-wee Herman) get in the way of your dreams.

EP 8 - Your Brain Has 47 Tabs Open & None of Them Are Loading

Why do we spend 10 hours putting out fires at work just to come home and watch a medical drama like The Pit? Dr. Kate gets into the "guilty as charged" reality of why overachievers crave high-stress entertainment and what it reveals about our own nervous systems. In this episode, we break down the five types of burnout—from the "I Got It" over-functioner to the cynical "Everyone is Annoying" phase. If you feel like your battery is at 5% but you're still performing like a boss, it’s time to learn how to triage your life before your body pulls the emergency brake for you.

EP 7 - The 5% They Want You to Hide

What do you do when your phone charger won't plug in and you're suddenly screaming at the wall? You might be in menopause, and you’re definitely an overachieving shit show. Dr. Kate and guest Heidi Hovda get real about the "psychopath at night" phase of life, the beauty of "rage poems" (5-7-5 or bust!), and why we’re all choosing the bear. Grab a drink and pull up a spot on the floor—this one is for everyone currently white-knuckling life.

EP 6 - Humanizing the "Monster" In Everyone

Don’t be too pretty. Don’t be too angry. Don’t wear hoops." Criminal defense attorney Lisa Greenberg spent years trying to follow the "rules" of being a female lawyer before realizing that her greatest weapon wasn’t her suit—it was her rage and her humanity. In this episode, Dr. Kate and Lisa dive into the grit of the legal system, the dark humor that keeps them sane, and why being a "Venmo Mom" is a perfectly valid survival strategy. From capital murder cases to the "emergency pack" of cigarettes in the console, this is an unfiltered look at what it takes to carry the weight of other people's lives without losing your own.