Your Success Shouldn't Cost You Your Soul.

Your Success Shouldn't Cost You Your Soul.

Podcast · Speaker · Burnout Strategist

Say hi to Dr. Kate Rodriguez. A speaker, podcasdt host, therapist, and advocate on a mission to help high-achievers and helpers stop spiraling and start healing. Because burnout isn’t a badge of honor, and balance doesn’t have to be a myth.

Meet The Overachieving Shitshow aka Dr. Kate

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I’m Dr. Kate Rodriguez, a licensed professional counselor supervisor, forensic evaluator, and Latina business owner with a PhD and fifteen years in the mental health trenches. On paper, I’m the expert you hire to navigate the heavy stuff. In reality, I’m a woman who has balanced the weight of a doctorate, a group practice, grief, and motherhood, only to realize that success often comes with a nervous system stuck in Fight, Flight, or Freeze. I don't just study burnout, I know the view from the bottom of the pit, and I have real life examples of people who have clawed their way out.

I started the Overachieving S#tshow* because I’m tired of seeing brilliant high-achievers pathologize their own exhaustion. We are told to 'self-care' our way out of systemic burnout, and frankly, it’s a s*#tshow. This podcast is the real-talk recovery home for high-achievers who are done with the fluff. We’re cutting through the noise to discuss what is really behind the success stories. We talk about trauma, boundaries, and cultural context with a side of dry humor and authenticity. If you’re ready to learn about real stories from high achievers and mental health professionals, while laughing at the chaos along the way, you’re in the right place.

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signature topics

Each session is available as a keynote, breakout session, interactive workshop, or podcast.

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    Out of the Basement & Into Balance

    For driven women doing it all. Learn how to stop fueling your burnout by chasing perfection, and start living a life fueled by purpose and self-care.

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    Real Steps for Real Recovery

    An evidence-based journey through chronic stress, boundaries, and resilience. Leave with practical tools to build sustainable success.

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    Helper Burnout & Self-Care

    For helping professionals who give too much. Explore compassion fatigue, role strain, and intentional replenishment.

learning outcomes

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    Recognize burnout’s hidden signals before crash but also when it’s already here.

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    Apply a 3‑step strategy (Boundary, Breather, Belief Reset) to daily life.

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    Shift from perfectionism to intentionally living

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    Reconnect with core values to restore energy without guilt or comparison.

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Ideal for

Corporate Leadership Teams

Therapists, Educators, & Healthcare Teams

Women’s Groups, Immersion Retreats

Non-Profit Teams

Overachieving Shitshow

Overachieving Shitshow

  • I don’t glamorize burnout because I lived it and honestly know how bad it can get. 

  • I fuse therapy-based frameworks with the latest burnout research

  • As a counselor, professor, mom, and business owner, I bring real-world insight and a Latinx cultural perspective.

  • My talks aren’t pep rallies; they’re roadmaps—with tools you can fit into your day.

Past partnerships

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  • Seal of the State Bar of Texas featuring a star, laurel branches, and the text 'State Bar of Texas' and 'Created in 1939'.
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