Balancing Ambition & Burnout

Overcomfort Podcast with Jenicka Lopez

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

this is for the visionaries, dreamers and people who simple are trying to figure life out. I am someone who is very ambitious and perfectionist, which has led me to burn out and ultimate emotional distress. in this episode i give tips, tricks, and guidance to help manage it all.

Fideo recipe:

any noodle, i prefer the alphabet or shells, toast those up in oil & onion till browned
sauce: 3 tomatoes, garlic cloves, piece of onion, chicken & tomato knorr, one jalapeno
grilled beef franks (optional)

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.5	Welcome back to the Overcomfort Podcast.
0:07.2	I am your host, Jennifer Lopez.
0:09.0	Thank you guys so much for choosing to watch and listen to today's episode.
0:13.2	If you chose to listen to today's episode because of the title, welcome, you're in a safe space.
0:19.1	We're in my kitchen.
0:20.5	Today's episode is going to be about ambition and burnout something i feel like we've all been through that we're going through that we've experienced that we've struggled with and i wanted to give my personal insight experiences that I've been through.
0:42.5	We're going to talk about the signs of ambition, the signs of burnout, how important it is
0:51.4	spiritually, solutions, all that good stuff, okay? But if you guys are actually
0:59.2	watching today, we're going to be making a caldito de fideo. It is one of my quickest, easiest
1:07.4	meals. I'm not even going to lie, but it's one of my favorites. If you guys grew up
1:11.9	having calico de fideo, then you guys know. And then I'm gonna show you guys a little trick,
1:17.4	little hack that I like to do. But, okay, first of all, let me get everything else ready.
1:27.2	And we're just gonna have have a chit chat.
1:29.4	To start off, actually, I know you said I wasn't going to give you guys the recipes, but this is important.
1:34.7	This is important to me.
1:36.6	The filial has to be the alphabet.
1:39.1	I do not care what anybody says.
1:40.7	I like the shells.
1:41.4	The shells are cool, but the alphabet is where it's at.
1:43.9	Why? I don't know. It's just my favorite. Anyways, okay. Why I wanted to get into this topic,
1:51.5	why I feel like it's important to share. If you were in my age group, I am 20, I'm turning 28.
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