Beating Burnout Course
My Philosophy
About me
I am a qualified mindfulness teacher (Level 4 Diploma, Mindfulness UK) and accredited MBSR teacher with a professional background in primary education and leadership development within the education sector.
My role is supporting individuals to:
- Develop practical wellbeing management skills
- Regulate stress responses in high-pressure environments
- Manage workload more effectively
- Build sustainable personal boundaries
- Reduce burnout risk through structured self-management practices
Approach & Philosophy
My work and approach is educational and skills-based rather than clinical. It focuses on empowering individuals to take responsibility for their own wellbeing and performance within the realities of organisational life.
Having worked within structured, regulated environments, I understand the pressures of accountability, delivery expectations and ongoing change. My approach translates wellbeing science into practical workplace behaviours that strengthen resilience, clarity and sustainable productivity.
Wellbeing in organisations is most sustainable when individuals are equipped to manage their own energy, workload and boundaries — and when managers model and reinforce accountability rather than absorbing responsibility.
The focus is not on work redesign, policy change, or HR negotiation. Instead, it centres on:
- Personal wellbeing management
- Simple, practical workday adjustments
- Clear psychological boundaries
- Emotional regulation skills
- Sustainable intensity rather than burnout
Programme A
Staff Wellbeing & Workday Self-Management
Format
6-week cohort programme
6 x 90-minute sessions
Delivered via Zoom
Maximum 15 participants
Purpose
To equip staff with practical, evidence-informed tools to manage their own wellbeing and workload within existing organisational structures — without requiring HR negotiation or role redesign.
This programme focuses on strengthening personal accountability and sustainable workday behaviours.
Outcomes
Participants will develop:
- Greater awareness of stress physiology and regulation
- Practical techniques to manage cognitive overload
- Clear personal boundaries within the working day
- Structured approaches to prioritisation
- Simple energy management strategies
- Sustainable focus habits
- Reduced emotional reactivity
- Improved self-led workload management
The emphasis throughout is on small, realistic behavioural shifts rather than structural change.
Programme B:
Manager Facilitation – Leading Without Absorbing
Format
Option 1: 1-Day Intensive Workshop - In Person (15 managers)
Option 2: 2 x Half-Day Sessions - In Person (15 managers)
Purpose
To support managers to:
- Manage their own wellbeing during sustained transformation
- Maintain clear professional boundaries
- Avoid emotional absorption and rescue patterns
- Coach staff towards accountability
- Recognise when to redirect to HR or formal support
This programme strengthens leadership maturity and sustainable management practice.
It does not provide clinical, legal or HR advisory training.
Outcomes
Managers will:
- Understand the impact of stress contagion in teams
- Recognise emotional absorption patterns
- Develop boundary-setting language
- Coach staff using accountability-based questioning
- Conduct structured workload conversations
- Confidently distinguish between managerial support and HR territory
- Protect their own capacity during ongoing change
The emphasis is on modelling sustainable practice and strengthening clarity rather than “fixing” team wellbeing issues.
Governance & Scope
Both programmes are educational and capability-based.
They do not constitute:
- Clinical mental health support
- Medical advice
- Legal advice
- HR case management
Managers remain responsible for following internal HR processes and escalation pathways where required.