The structure is broken. You're the one holding it together.

You're translating executive strategy into team execution. Navigating politics you didn't create. Making decisions without the authority to back them.

The data is clear:

• Over half of managers receive no training before their first leadership role

• 56% of managers juggle multiple competing priorities

• 41% say their job description doesn't match their actual work

• Managers report 27% more stress than their teams

This isn’t about working harder. It’s about structural dysfunction landing on your shoulders.

A circuit breaker for impossible moments.

Meltdown Cards are designed for the moments when expectations stay high but the system doesn’t give.

When you're:

• Paralyzed by competing mandates

• Translating again between what leadership wants and what's possible

• Wondering whose priorities actually matter

Pull a card. Read the prompt. Breathe.

No journaling homework. No corporate wellness theater. Just validation when you need it most.

Example Cards:

• Front: “I got looped in after a meeting I was never invited to” Back: It’s always a good time when you’re asked for your “thoughts” after everything’s already been decided. Consider it corporate theater. Tickets not required. If you have the will: Find a way to connect with one person who was actually in the meeting. The real story is always off the record.
  

• Front: “If all else fails, I can always become a goat farmer” Back: The gap between what you’re responsible for and what you control is real. You’re not imagining it. If you have the will: Watch a goat video. It’s science. Instant mood boost.