In the very first episode of The High-Functioning Disaster, host Sacha Holder pulls back the curtain on what it really means to look “high-functioning” on the outside while juggling chaos on the inside.

On paper, Sacha is a project manager with a wall of certifications, a color-coded calendar, and years of professional success. Off paper, she’s a wife, daughter, caregiver, bariatric patient, and survivor of mental, emotional, and sexual abuse who lives with anxiety, panic attacks, and the never-ending mental load that so many of us carry.

This isn’t a self-help podcast — it’s a self-permission podcast. Permission to be exhausted. Permission to let the to-do list go. Permission to admit you don’t have it all together.

In this short, solo introduction, Sacha shares:

• Who she really is beyond her LinkedIn bio
• Why she started this podcast after losing a job she loved
• How she navigates overwhelm with her “glass, plastic, and rubber balls” framework
• What you can expect from future episodes with guests who bring raw, unfiltered stories about burnout, grief, caretaking, trauma, and resilience