What happens when the strong one runs empty?

In this deeply personal episode of Between Eggs and Gas, Stacy Burnside talks about the quiet exhaustion of always being the one who holds everything together. The mental weight of financial insecurity. The silence that comes after unanswered applications. The invisible battle between hope and reality that starts before your feet even hit the floor.

“Pulling Water from the Air” is an honest conversation about survival mode, empty cups, and the small ways we keep going when life feels impossibly heavy. It is about learning that rest is not failure, strength is not infinite, and sometimes resilience looks less like conquering and more like simply making it through the day.

If you have ever felt unseen because everyone assumed you were “fine,” this episode is for you.

Good days. Survival days. And everything in between.

Day 470 of unemployment. That is where this episode begins.

In this first full episode of Between Eggs and Gas, Stacy Burnside shares the unpolished truth about what long term unemployment actually looks like from the inside. The gradual realization that something had gone deeply wrong. A hand injury. A $9,000 medical bill caused by someone else's administrative error. A COO opportunity that never called back. A friend who sent $25 for groceries and a CashApp that took it before she could use it.

This is not a story about giving up. It is a story about what it costs to keep going, and what faith looks like when you are furious at God and still showing up anyway.

Good days. Survival days. And everything in between.

Stacy Burnside has helped Fortune 500 companies solve complicated problems, led transformation work, and saved organizations millions of dollars. She has also cried over $5 in a parking lot trying to decide between eggs and gas.
Both things are true. And Between Eggs & Gas exists because she could not be the only one quietly living like this.
This is a podcast about what happens when the strong person starts breaking, when the helper needs help, when the capable person becomes invisible. Layoffs, burnout, faith, modern hiring, nervous system exhaustion, loneliness, shame, hope, and the strange small things that help people survive hard seasons.
Not self-help. Just the truth about survival, told from the inside.