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NEUROSCIENCE AND ACT INFORMED COACHING FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT

If you are feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or struggling to find balance, you may find stress management coaching helpful. My personalised approach, grounded in neuroscience and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), will help you to understand, and more effectively manage, your experience of stress. Using targeted strategies and practical tools, I can help you regain balance, enhance wellbeing, and face life’s demands with renewed energy and confidence.

What is stress?

The pandemic pushed many of us beyond our ability to cope, higlighting how our hurried and busy lifestyles, constant information overload and increasingly blurred boundaries between living to work over working to live may not be doing us any good! In February 2024, 91% of UK adults reported high or extreme levels of pressure or stress in the past year, leading to 1in 5 workers (20%) in the UK taking time off work in that period.

As a coach I view stress as a natural motivator that helps to motivate, fuels performance and make effective decisions; AND the worry and mental tension that is associated with challenging situations that if improperly managed, can have a devastating psychological and physiological effect. Studies show how you view stress – a natural resource to be managed as opposed to threat to be avoided – can significantly change your experience of stress and your outcomes.

I don’t agree that we are chronically stressed, in fact, we are chronically under-educated on how to manage our experience of stress. By blending behavioural coaching, neuroscience, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) I can equip you with actionable, easy to implement strategies to better manage stress and enhance your wellbeing.

What is burnout?

We often think of burnout as a modern problem, but the term was actually coined by psychologist Herbert Freudenberger in the 1970s. He defined burnout as “a state of exhaustion, fatigue, and frustration due to a professional activity that fails to meet expectations.” Similarly, we don’t have a universally accepted definition of burnout, however, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), developed in 1981 and considered the “gold standard” for measuring burnout, assesses the experience on three dimensions:

Emotional Exhaustion: Feeling drained and depleted of emotional and physical energy, enthusiasm and motivation.
Depersonalisation (Cynicism): Developing a cynical attitude towards previously fulfilling activities like work and family, leading to isolation, detachment and general negativity.
Reduced Personal Accomplishment (Professional Efficacy): Experiencing a decline in feelings of competence and successful achievement in one’s work – nothing feels good enough.

Your experience of burnout is unique, and there are no quick fixes or one-size-fits-all solutions. However, there are practical steps you can take to prevent and manage burnout.

Coaching addresses the root causes of burnout, which often stem from unrealistic expectations and improperly managed stress. Through personalised 1:1 coaching sessions and workshops, I can help you develop effective coping strategies, set realistic goals, and create a balanced approach to your professional and personal life. Blending behavioral coaching, neuroscience, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), I provide actionable, easy-to-implement strategies to help you manage stress and prevent burnout, enhancing your overall wellbeing.

Burnout Recovery

It is crucial to recognise that rest and time off may not be enough and you may not “bounce back” from burnout.

It is more likely you will have to build an entirely new “normal” for yourself. That may mean relearning what makes you feel good and how to take care of yourself psychologically and physiologically. It will involve intentionally and uncomfortably seeking out social connection and belonging. You may need to grieve, forgive yourself and let go the person, professional and even career you thought you were.

My blend of behavioural change coaching, neuroscience and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is very well suited to supporting you through your recovery. Burnout recovery is a gradual process and my personalised 1:1 services will help you to reframe your experiences, recalibrate to your new “normal,” develop healthy coping mechanisms and strategies that will ultimately support you to create a healthier, more balanced lifestyle.

1:1 coaching

Do you find stress difficult to manage, do you find yourself teetering on the edge or burnout or are you struggling to recover from burnout? My coaching services offer personalised, compassionate support designed to help you regain control of your life. Utilising techniques and strategies centered around nervous system safe signaling, robust self-care strategies, self-advocacy and healthy boundaries, my comprehensive approach will return your sense of control and fulfillment, renew your energy and emotional stability, and restore your meaningful social connections.

Return Control: Burnout can strip you of your sense of choice and control, leaving you feeling powerless. I can help you get back in charge of your life, make decisions with confidence and self-assurance.
Renew Energy: Constant exhaustion can make every day feel impossible. Together we will use robust self-care practices to rejuvenate your energy.

Restore Peace: Overwhelming stress can cloud your mind and emotions. My coaching will help you come back to a more balanced state giving you acalm, clear peace.
Rediscover Meaning: Your joy and satisfaction may have felt out of reach for some time. I’ll help you rediscover or learn what a sense of purpose and fulfilment.

Rebuild Relationships: If you have isolated yourself to better manage your experiences of stress, we will work on intentionally rebuilding your social connections and returning your sense of belonging.
Resilience: If you have experienced burnout, you are predisposed to experiencing it again. Developing strategies that enhance resilience will help you respond to change and challenges in the future.

workshops

I design and deliver interactive stress management and burnout prevention workshops for organisations to support their staff. Tailored to the unique needs of your leaders, teams and organisation, these workshops provide practical tools and strategies to enhance wellbeing, productivity and overall job satisfaction.

Practical Tools: Equip your staff with effective strategies to manage stress in the workplace.
Improved Productivity: Improve focus and efficiency through better stress management.

Employee Wellbeing: Foster a healthier work environment with reduced stress levels.
Enhance Communication: Strengthen team communication and collaboration under pressure.

Resilience Building: Develop the capacity to respond well in times of challenge and change.
Increased Job Satisfaction: Promote a positive and supportive culture to improve productivity and motivation.

I burnt out. Although , at the time, I didn’t have the words to articulate my experience. I didn’t understand what was happening to me. What I did know was that nothing had become more important to me than work, and nothing made me feel better than achieving at work.

ASHLEIGH HAYDEN | CEO & COACH

faqs

My taster session includes a 60 minute coaching call, an insightful self-coaching exercise to complete in advance and a reflective exercise to implement actionable insight. It is built to help you reclaim balance and decide if coaching is right for you.

Coaching calls are hosted on Zoom and available in blocks of 6 or 12 calls, spaced at 2 week intervals to ensure you have consistent support and make meaningful progress.

Coaching is a thought-partnership and your results depend on your ability to be open and the action you choose to take.

You can choose to pay in full by bank transfer or split your payment into 3 instalments. The 6 session package is £1,797 set over 12 weeks (3 months) and the 12 session package is £3,597 set over 24 weeks (6 months).

My workshops are built based on your unique needs. Depending on your budget and requirements they could range from a simple online talk (starting at £375), an in-house workshop or an offsite day. Each workshop is devloped using my metholodgy.

Schedule a free taster call to find out if I am the right fit for you. I’d love to answer any and all of your questions, give you clarity on the scope of our partnership and how my support will work for you. It’s crucial you are absolutely sure I am the right fit for you because I do not offer refunds.

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Apply for a Discovery Call

Whether you were promoted because you’re brave and brilliant or the people you lead are evidence of the booming business you built, my Discovery Calls are designed to give you clarity, actionable insight and a clear focus to help you move forward with confidence and ease.

You’ll start with a self-assessment exercise to explore your obstacles and opportunities.
This exercise will be followed up by an exclusive 1:1 60-minute coaching call to explore your unique situation, uncovering your blind spots and and set you up for immediate, tangible results.
After our call, you’ll receive a reflective exercise to help integrate and implement your learning.

Apply for a discovery call Here

Due to the highly personalised nature of these calls, only a limited number of applicants will be selected to guarantee we are the right fit for each other. Apply today, and if successful, you’ll be one step closer to mastering your role as a leader.