The Balanced Badass Podcast®

The Balanced Badass Podcast® is for high-achieving professionals who are burned out, checked out, and tired of pretending the job is fine.

Hosted by burnout and career strategist Tara Kermiet, this show helps you make sense of what's happening when the job you worked so hard for starts costing too much.

Around here, burnout isn't treated like a self-care problem. It's career data. Every episode helps you diagnose what's driving your burnout and decide what to do next. Some weeks, that means learning how to make your current job fit better. Some weeks, it means admitting the thing you've been avoiding: you may need an actual exit plan.

If you're tired of vague advice, wellness fluff, and being told to just care less, you're in the right place.

Because survival mode was never supposed to be the plan.

Disclaimer: My content is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice. For serious concerns, please consult a qualified provider.

Podcasting since 2024 • 62 episodes

The Balanced Badass Podcast®

Latest Episodes

Starting Over without Starting from Scratch with Kelly Wuest

What happens when the career you thought you wanted starts costing too much of yourself?In this episode, I’m joined by Kelly Wuest, founder of Kelly Wuest Consulting and one of my closest grad school friends, for a conversation about bu...

August 13, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 60 • 51:36

The Fuel Problem Behind Career Paralysis

You sit down to figure out your next move and nothing comes. Your brain is doing exactly what years of chronic stress trained it to do: protect today at the expense of tomorrow. In this episode, I break down the real neuroscience be...

July 30, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 59 • 13:14

The Thing You Want Is Behind What You Resist with LauraAura

Feeling stuck in a job that’s draining you but too scared to make a change that looks crazy on paper? This one’s for you. I sat down with LauraAura, keynote speaker, coach, and host of The Gutsy Podcast, to talk about what it actual...

July 16, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 58 • 38:41

The 5 Burnout Patterns I Hear Most as a Coach

Six months into the season, I stopped to count what I was actually hearing. Across dozens of 1:1s, different jobs, different cities, different titles, the same five patterns kept walking in the door. So this is the episode where I name them, in...

July 02, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 57 • 16:07

How Misaligned Habits Affect Your Wellness with Courtney Townley

This week I'm joined by Courtney Townley, a health and self-leadership coach and author of The Consistency Code. We get into integrity pain, that nagging discomfort when your daily choices don't match what you actually want for your life, why w...

June 18, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 56 • 45:49