Burnout coaching for women at a crossroads

You’re exhausted, and working this hard for a life that doesn’t feel like yours anymore.

Private coaching and hypnotherapy for successful women burned out at work and ready for a life that is sustainable and fulfilling.

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Life has a way of tapping you on the shoulder.

For a lot of us, it’s burnout. You deliver every day, and there’s nothing left in the tank. It gets more and more difficult to refill the tank, and it costs you your weekends, your sleep and your health.

You keep going. You always do. And under all of it, a question keeps getting louder. Is this it?

A woman at her desk with her hands over her face

You are not at the end of the road. You are at a crossroads, and there is so much left on the journey.

It’s not you

Burnout is a mismatch, not a weakness.

When burnout hits, most of us blame ourselves. We think we should be tougher, or better at boundaries. The research says otherwise. Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter found that burnout comes from a mismatch between a person and their work. It’s real, and it’s measurable.

Workload

The job needs 60 hours a week. You want to give 40.

Control

You carry the accountability without the authority.

Reward

What you put in and what comes back don’t match.

Community

No one to lean on. The mask and the armor never come off.

Fairness

Decisions don’t feel consistent or even-handed.

Values

The work asks you to act against what you believe.

What’s yours, and what isn’t.

Part of our work together is sorting it out. Some of what’s in your way is the environment, and that isn’t yours to carry. Some of it is an old limiting belief, and that one we can change.

The beliefs that keep you running.

Some limiting beliefs were installed a long time ago and rewarded for years. I’m only safe if I’m useful. If I slow down, it all falls apart. They keep you over-giving and over-proving, long after the job stops giving back.

You can’t think your way out of them, because they don’t live in your thinking. That’s why the books and the podcasts didn’t hold. Together we find the belief that’s been running the show, and we change it at the root.

Your drive and your care for people are not the problem. They are your superpowers, and they never need to change. They need a life that fits them.

Before the first step

Answering it takes courage.

Turning toward what you have pushed aside for years is terrifying. You may not like everything you find. You may have to let go of things you worked hard for, or of the version of you everyone expects to see.

A woman in a blazer looking out an office window with a coffee mug

You don’t have to be unafraid. You have to be willing.

And you don’t have to blow up your life to change it. You are the expert on your own life. My job is to help you hear your own answers, and trust them enough to act.

Meet your guide

I’ve stood at this crossroads.

I was the overachiever who never let the balls drop, working 60 to 70 hour weeks with nothing left in the tank.

Then a work assignment took me to Sweden. People there ate lunch together, on real plates. My nervous system settled. Out of stress brain, I finally had space to think about what I wanted.

Jamie Leavitt
  • 25 years in Corporate Talent
    • 13 in Strategic HR & Coaching Executives
    • 12 in Recruiting
  • Certified RTT® Hypnotherapist
  • Certified Wayfinder Life Coach, Martha Beck Inc. (ICF Level 2 program)
  • Certified Integrated Attachment Theory Coach, Personal Development School

The six moves

How we walk it together

Whatever brought you here, the work starts in your body and ends with a fulfilling life you chose.

1

Regulate

Get your body out of survival mode so you can think again.

2

Tune In

Hear what you need and want, under all the noise.

3

Envision

Map the life you want, every part of it, in your Ideal Life Blueprint.

4

Problem Solve

Separate the obstacles that are real from the limiting beliefs that only feel real.

5

Rewire

Change the limiting beliefs at the root, and make clear decisions on the practical obstacles.

6

Move

Baby steps toward the life you chose.

From depleted to sustainable and fulfilling

Running on empty, wired and tired

→

Settled in your own body

Circling the same questions

→

Clear on what you want

Old beliefs quietly running the show

→

The beliefs in your way, found and loosened

Stuck in “someday”

→

Real, doable next steps

Second-guessing yourself

→

Trusting your own answers

Performing a life

→

Living one that is authentic and yours

This is for you if

  • Your income holds everything up, so you can’t just quit. And you can’t keep feeling like this either.
  • The promotion came with more work and no more say.
  • You stopped seeing your friends, and you can’t remember the last weekend you didn’t work.
  • You wonder if you chose the right things to focus on, and it feels too late to change course.
  • You once wanted the big career. Now you want to feel calm in your own body and like your life again.
  • You are the one everyone leans on, and you want someone in your corner for once.

This is not for you if

  • You are in crisis or need treatment for depression. Please reach out to a licensed clinician or emergency services.
  • You want someone to choose your road for you. You are the expert on your life. I am your guide.

Ways to work with me

Private, one-on-one.

THE FULL PROGRAM

The Inner Rewrite

12 to 16 weeks, walking all six moves together.

  • 9 private one-hour coaching sessions
  • 3 private RTT® hypnotherapy sessions, each with a personal recording to listen to for 21 days
  • Your Ideal Life Blueprint
  • Coaching by voice or text between sessions
  • Private hot seat calls when you need to talk it through
  • A private video review of your plan
  • Practices to calm your body
  • Finding the needs that matter most to you
  • Rest that refills you, and how to bring play back
  • Back to Sleep, a guided hypnosis to listen to every night
  • Ideas to build your own mornings and evenings
  • Optional journal prompts

COACHING

Coaching on its own

Private coaching to get clear on what you want and take real steps toward it. Individual sessions and packages are available. Book a chemistry call for more information. Learn more about coaching

HYPNOTHERAPY

Hypnotherapy on its own

Private sessions to shift one belief that keeps getting in your way. Individual sessions and packages are available. Book a chemistry call for more information. Learn more about hypnotherapy

The first step is a free 30-minute chemistry call to see if we’re a fit.

Coaching on its own

A thinking partner is not a luxury.

In a randomized study, executives who were coached reported less stress and more resilience, and hit more of their goals.

I spent 25 years inside the corporate talent system, 13 of them coaching leaders from Director through SVP. I know the pressure you’re carrying from the inside.

My coaching starts in the body. It’s rooted in Martha Beck’s Wayfinder method, so you can quiet the noise and hear your own answers. Then I bring everything else I’ve learned coaching and training leaders.

Private 50-minute sessions. One session, or packages of 3, 6, 9 or 12 months.

What women say about working with me

“On paper, I was doing well… I’ve made concrete plans to explore whether the life I’ve built is still the life I want, rather than endlessly thinking about it.”

STEPHANIE E.

“Jamie is great at simplifying things for the overthinker and helps show you a step by step approach to achieving your goals whilst also addressing what might be holding you back. I came away from our conversation with renewed confidence to pursue my dreams.”

PASCALE

“Jamie has a calm, grounded energy that puts you at ease immediately, so you can relax into the work instead of overthinking it. I left feeling lighter and more like myself.”

ASHLEY

Each of these clients received a complimentary session. Her experience is her own and not a guaranteed outcome.

What it costs to wait

Nothing has to break for this to cost you.

You keep going, and the thing in the way stays in the way. You circle the same decision without making it.

Another year passes performing a life instead of living it.

The other side

A boardwalk path toward the sea at dusk

On the other side of the fear is freedom.

You know what you want, and you trust yourself to go after it. You stop performing and start living a life that is sustainable and fulfilling, and finally feels like yours.

The fear is real. So is the freedom.

Questions

Is burnout real, or am I just not coping?

It’s real. Research by Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter shows burnout comes from a mismatch between a person and their work, in areas like workload, control and values. It isn’t a sign you’re weak. It’s a sign something doesn’t fit.

How long does burnout recovery take?

Full recovery from burnout can take up to three years, and no program can promise it. The full program runs 12 to 16 weeks. Together we make your plan and begin the healing, so you can move toward a life that is sustainable and fulfilling.

Is this therapy?

No. This is coaching and hypnotherapy, not therapy or psychotherapy, and it’s not treatment for a mental-health crisis. If that’s what you need, I’ll help you find the right care. This is for the woman who is well and still stuck.

Does hypnotherapy work, or is it hype?

It works because it reaches the level where the pattern lives. In a relaxed, focused state, we get underneath the conscious mind to what’s driving the behavior, and update it. You’re awake and in control the whole time.

I don’t have time for one more thing.

It’s built around your calendar and your life. Private, one-on-one, at a pace that works for you. It replaces the years you’d otherwise spend white-knuckling through.

Are sessions online?

Yes. Every session is on Zoom, so you can join from wherever you are. I’m available Monday through Friday, 9 to 5 Eastern.

Is it confidential?

Completely. It’s one-on-one and fully private. No group, no audience. You can book and pay without it showing up anywhere your network can see.

What does it cost?

We talk about the investment on the call, once we both know it’s a fit. There’s a pay-in-full option and a payment plan.

There is so much left on the journey.