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burnout coach, executive coach, mind medicine

Are You Exhausted by Your Own Mind?

Managing your own mind should not be your hardest job. You are not burnt out because you are weak, disorganised, or incapable. You are exhausted because you are living inside a relentlessly critical self-story that never lets you rest, arrive, or feel “enough.” You are highly capable. You think deeply. You care. But your inner life has become a site of constant monitoring, self-correction, and pressure. I help you change the story that is draining you from within - so your energy can finally move outward again, towards work, creativity, and life.

My coaching programme is for you if you are successful on paper, but rarely feel settled inside yourself. Your inner critic is sophisticated, articulate, relentless, and exhausting. You overthink conversations, decisions, and mistakes long after they are over. Rest never feels fully earned - or fully allowed. You have done the inner work and understand your own psychology, but insight hasn’t translated into transformation. You feel you are functioning below your real potential, not because you lack talent, but because your energy is tied up internally. You are constantly exhausted by your own hostile story-telling mind.

 

You are not broken. You are trapped in a toxic self-story. But the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves can be rewritten.

Ways of Working With Me

 Private 1:1 Story-Solution coaching. Limited places. 

For people who’ve already done the work but still feel stuck, exhausted, or at odds with themselves.

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1:1 Story-Solution

Coaching

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 Learn about how we can work together on a one-to-one basis here.

THE STORY SOLUTION™

How it works

 

Your unhelpful thoughts, negative core beliefs, harsh inner critics, low self-esteem and bad habits are merely symptoms — not the root causes of your challenges. The Story Solution addresses the deeper narratives that generate our symptoms. It is a 5-step process that helps you observe the story you are telling yourself about yourself, understand its origin, edit what’s unfair, interpret the facts of your life with greater wisdom and compassion, and author a narrative that allows you truly to thrive.

 

  • Do you long to feel less self-critical and more self-trusting?

  • Do you want to take decisions without rumination and internal paralysis?

  • Do you dream of inner peace and a mind that supports you rather than undermines you?

Combining powerful tools from narrative psychology, solution-oriented coaching, ACT, CBT, ancient wisdom and clinical hypnotherapy, The Story Solution helps you to:

  • Identify the narrative root-causes of your challenges

  • Understand and change the toxic stories that generate unhelpful core beliefs and negative self-talk

  • Break old behavioural patterns

  • Recover confidence and clarity

  • Build a stronger, kinder, fairer and more empowering narrative about yourself

  • Create a future aligned with your values and purpose

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Self-story work is deep personal development, addressing the narrative root causes of recurring thoughts such as "I'm not good enough", "I'm always behind," "I'm an imposter just waiting to be unmasked," "I'm stupid," "I'm unloveable," "I will never achieve success because I lack x, y and z," "I have to be perfect," and "I am nothing without success."

TESTIMONIALS

"When I first started working with Anna I was in a waking coma - depressed, exhausted, suffering from panic attacks and crippling self-doubts. I had tried lots of different therapies but nothing helped. Anna helped me to reconnect with my inner strength and resources and to trust myself and my body again. I am so grateful she is in my life. Best of all, she has given me the courage to radically change my life and reorientate myself professionally - I am now highly motivated again and have dared to follow my heart and passion.'

CEO

"Working with Anna has been an incredible experience. Anna’s wisdom and guidance have helped me understand the burnout I experienced and how I want to show up in the world, my life, and my career. Anna’s insights and thoughtful questions helped me to make peace with decisions of the past and gain clarity on what I want to feel and experience in the present & beyond. I am grateful for Anna’s support to help me thrive and dance through the chaos."

Project Management and Marketing Consultant

"Anna was of fantastic support during my difficulties with burnout. The transition from professional sport to the corporate world was a huge change for me. When you are going through one of the more challenging periods in your life, I couldn’t think of a better coach to guide you through than Anna. Anna is extremely kind, compassionate, intuitive and knowledgeable. During our time working together, we identified the root causes of my issues with exhaustion and the best ways in which I could begin to recover. Six months on and I am armed with a much greater understanding of self and feelings of revitalisation and enthusiasm, I haven’t had in a number of years. It’s been a pleasure to work together, and I would highly recommend Anna."

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