Burnout Coach
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20+ Years · 10,000+ Client Hours · MSc Applied Psychology
For leaders who have been running on empty for so long it feels normal.
The way back to your own baseline.
What a Burnout Coach Does
A burnout coach helps you understand how you got here and find a sustainable way back, without pretending that the pressures in your life will simply disappear. I am Shorouk Al Abdallah, and for more than twenty years I have worked with people who were successful on the outside and exhausted underneath.
I think about burnout through a simple image. Thirty-seven degrees is the body's set point. Run hot at thirty-nine for long enough, braced and pushing, and it starts to feel like who you are. Drop to thirty-three, flat and switched off, and that can feel normal too. Many leaders have lived at 39 or 33 for years.
"Burnout is not a lack of strength.
It is strength used too long without rest."
Burnout can affect your health. Coaching is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment, so if you are struggling physically or feel unsafe, please see a doctor as well. Coaching can sit alongside that care.
Running on Reserves
- You are still performing, but it takes everything you have.
- Rest doesn't restore you any more, and holidays only postpone the tiredness.
- You feel detached from work you used to care about.
- You are short with the people you love most, and then guilty about it.
- You keep promising yourself it will ease after the next deadline.
If you recognise yourself here, you are not failing. You have been adapting, for a long time, to more than anyone should carry alone. And what was learned can be unlearned.
Why Leaders Burn Out
Workload matters, but it is rarely the whole story. Many leaders burn out not because they work hard, but because they have tied their worth to their output, have no one to hand the weight to, and have been praised for years for pushing through.
That is why a holiday rarely fixes it. You come back rested and walk straight into the same beliefs, the same role and the same way of carrying it. Lasting burnout recovery changes the carrying, not only the load.
So the work is less about doing less for a few weeks, and more about a different relationship with pressure: noticing it sooner, carrying it differently, and letting some of it go.
Burnout Recovery Coaching, Two Ways
Both begin with a free first call, and both happen online. If you are looking for an executive burnout coach, the one-to-one route is usually the better fit.
Return to 37
In company, over three months.
A live cohort: a short video each week and a ninety-minute live circle, to return to your emotional baseline after years in fight or freeze. A small number of places, by invitation request.
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One to One
In private, at your own depth.
Private coaching for a minimum of three months, or twelve sessions. For leaders whose role makes a group setting difficult.
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What the Work Looks Like
Knowing where you are. Learning to notice, in real time, when you are running hot or going cold, before it costs you the day.
Understanding why. Burnout is rarely only about workload. It is often about what you believe you must be, and what you have never allowed yourself to stop doing.
Building a way of working that lasts. Boundaries, rhythms and decisions that protect your energy, so that recovery is not undone by the next busy season.
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Questions About Burnout Coaching
What does a burnout coach do?
A burnout coach helps you understand the patterns that led to burnout and build a sustainable way of working and living, so that recovery lasts. With me, that means noticing where you run hot or cold, and returning, step by step, to your own baseline.
Is burnout coaching a substitute for medical care?
No. Coaching is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment. If burnout is affecting your health, please see a doctor as well. Coaching can sit alongside that care.
How does Return to 37 work?
It is a three-month live cohort. Each week there is a short video to watch at your own pace and a ninety-minute live circle with the group. Places are limited, and you begin by requesting an invitation.
Can I work with you one to one instead?
Yes. One-to-one coaching runs for a minimum of three months, or twelve sessions, and suits leaders who need a private, confidential space.
Can I join from anywhere?
Yes. The work happens online, so you can join from anywhere in the world.
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