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

If you’ve ever smiled through anything while falling apart inside, this space is for you. Because here, life is the disaster, not necessarily you.