Burnout coaching is one-on-one support that helps you understand why you're exhausted and what to do about it. It's not therapy and it's not a pep talk. It's practical, forward-looking work focused on your nervous system, your thought patterns, and how you respond to stress. You leave with tools you can use on your next shift, not just insight that fades by Monday.

Therapy often looks backward to heal past wounds and treat mental health conditions. Coaching looks forward: where are you now, where do you want to be, and what's in the way. Many of my clients do both, and they complement each other well. If at any point I think you'd be better served by a therapist or physician, I'll tell you. That's part of taking care of you.

Tired gets better with rest. Burnout doesn't. If you've taken a vacation and come back just as depleted, if you've lost the compassion you used to feel for patients or people in general, if you're doubting whether you're any good at a job you used to be great at, that's burnout. It has three signatures: exhaustion, cynicism or detachment, and feeling less effective than you know you are. If you're nodding along, you're in the right place.

Because burnout lives in your body, not just your calendar. Your nervous system decides whether you feel safe or threatened, and chronic stress trains it to stay on high alert. That's why "just rest more" doesn't work. You can't relax your way out of a system that thinks it's protecting you. Using neuroscience and Polyvagal Theory, we retrain that system so calm becomes available again. It's the difference between managing symptoms and changing the pattern.

Your nervous system has three main gears: connected and calm, mobilized (fight or flight), and shut down (freeze). Stress shifts you out of the calm gear, and chronic stress can leave you stuck in the other two. Polyvagal Theory explains how that happens and, more importantly, how to shift back. Once you can recognize which gear you're in, you can do something about it.

Isn't that so cool?.

No. Most of my clients stay in the careers they love. The goal isn't to escape your work, it's to change your relationship with stress so the work stops costing you your health and your family. Some people do decide to make a change, and that's okay too. But it's a choice you make from a regulated place, not a desperate one.

Most people notice a shift in the first few sessions, once they understand what their nervous system is doing. Lasting change, the kind that holds up during a 12-hour shift or a rough week at home, typically takes a few months of consistent work. That's why my core program is several sessions. It's long enough to rewire a pattern, not just learn about it.

We talk. You tell me what's going on and what you've already tried. I ask questions, listen, and share what I'm noticing. If it seems like a fit, I'll walk you through the options. If it doesn't, I'll tell you that too and point you somewhere better. No pressure, no script.

Yes. Sessions are virtual, I have flexible hours, and everything we do is designed to fit into a real life with an unpredictable schedule. I was a nurse. I know what "I'll try to squeeze it in" actually means.

Absolutely. Burnout doesn't check your job title. I work with teachers, therapists, veterinary professionals, leaders, and parents, anyone who's a high achiever in a helping role and running on empty.

Yes. I bring workshops to hospitals, dental practices, veterinary clinics, and other teams. Learn more about team workshops here.