Episode 12

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30th Jul 2025

From Burnout to Breakthrough - Letting Go of the Life That Was Killing You with Angela Jamison

Ever hit every milestone and still feel empty?

When Angela Jamison’s father died suddenly, it forced her to confront a painful truth: the success she built as an engineer, C-suite executive, and productivity powerhouse—wasn’t really hers. It was armor. And it was silently crushing her.

In this raw, funny, and radically human conversation, Angela shares how grief unraveled her identity and sparked the deep inner shift she never knew she needed. We talk burnout, the lie of external validation, career pivots, and how the body always knows the truth yes, even through the digestive system metaphors that somehow work.

If you’re stuck in performance mode, questioning your career, or quietly falling apart behind your LinkedIn smile, this episode is your permission slip to pause, feel, and find your actual self.


In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

  • How to recognize high-achiever burnout before it takes you ou
  • Why redefining success starts with unlearning performance
  • The real difference between appreciation and gratitude
  • How to create emotional “anchor points” to stop spiraling
  • Why you’re already meditating (you just haven’t noticed)
  • How to pivot your career without losing your soul

About Angela:

Angela Jamieson is a former C-suite exec turned inner work guide. Her "Inner Engineering" approach bridges performance, purpose, and embodiment—no fluff, no fakery.

Her book, Using Number Two to Get to Number One, proves that personal development doesn’t have to be precious. Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs live in the mess.


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Hot Mess Magic
Raw, honest conversations for anyone done pretending. Drop the facade. Own your mess. Discover the magic in being human.
Hot Mess Magic is the podcast for anyone ready to stop pretending they have it all together.

Because here's the truth nobody's saying: We're all a mess. Every single one of us. The difference is most people are hiding it, performing it away, spiritually bypassing it, or pretending their way through life.

Hosted by bestselling author and keynote speaker Michelle Burke, this show gives you permission to drop the facade. To own where you actually are instead of where you think you "should" be. To stop hiding your humanity and start discovering the magic that's been there all along in the mess.

You'll hear raw, unfiltered conversations with people who've stopped performing: the business owner who walked away from success that looked perfect but felt hollow. The woman who finally admitted her marriage was over. The high achiever who burned out trying to prove their worth. The person who looked "fine" on the outside while falling apart on the inside.

This isn't therapy. It's not coaching. It's truth.

Truth about what it actually takes to transform. Truth about how exhausting the performance is. Truth about the fact that you're not broken, you're just finally ready to stop pretending.

The mess isn't something to fix. It's where you learn, grow, and expand.
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Spiritual bypassing and toxic positivity
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Waiting for permission to be human

If you've ever felt like you're the only one struggling while everyone else has it together, this show will remind you: We're all falling apart. We're all figuring it out. The only difference is who's willing to get real about it.

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