You’re good at your job.
It shouldn’t be consuming your entire life.
I’m Nicole, a Somatic Practitioner and Coach. I help capable, conscientious women recover from burnout and chronic work stress so they can stop carrying their jobs into every evening and weekend and have energy for their lives again.
You close your laptop, but your mind keeps going with replaying emails, second-guessing meetings, checking your inbox “just in case,” and feeling like you need to stay on top of everything or something will slip.
And when someone asks for help, you say yes enthusiastically before you’ve even realized you’re already at capacity. Even when part of you wants to say no, but it comes out as “sure, no problem!”
You’re the person people rely on. The one who gets things done. The one who makes it work.
But by the end of the day, there’s nothing left for you.
No energy for that walk, that book, or that delicious dinner from pinterest you’ve been wanting to try. Spending time with the people you care about but you’re not really there.
Let me help you close that laptop at the end of the day without panic, get you to that evening class you always hope you’ll get to, and take that weekend away without checking your inbox and stop dreaming about enjoying life and get to enjoying it in real life.
Somatic Coaching for FOR WOMEN WHO ARE GOOD AT THEIR JOBS BUT CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT WORK
You’re likely working with
a nervous system
that doesn’t yet feel safe enough to
do something different.
You Might Be:
You reread an ordinary email five times because you are afraid of sounding incompetent or difficult.
You automatically say yes when your boss asks for one more thing, then resent how much is already on your plate.
You replay meetings while making dinner and think of everything you should have said differently.
You check your inbox at night, even when no one has asked you to.
You spend Sunday anticipating Monday instead of enjoying the day in front of you.
You hold it together at work, then have no patience or energy left for the people you love.
You are exhausted, but putting down your work makes you feel guilty or restless.
You may be exceptionally capable at your job. You may also be paying for that capability with every evening and weekend.
Does work follow you home?
Burnout recovery is not only about feeling calmer during a stressful day. It is about getting your life back.
It might look like:
• Closing your laptop at 4:30 without spending the evening feeling guilty.
• Saying, “I don’t have capacity for that today, but I can do it Wednesday.”
• Sending an email after one thoughtful review instead of checking it again and again.
• Speaking in a meeting without rehearsing every possible response first.
• Delegating something without taking it back when another person does it differently.
• Eating incredible pasta with a friend and tasting every bite instead of mentally drafting tomorrow’s email.
• Walking home and noticing the sky instead of your to-do list.
• Taking a weekend away without quietly monitoring your inbox.
• Having patience, interest and playfulness left for your relationships and the rest of your life.
You can care deeply about your work without carrying it everywhere.
COuld you leave work at work?
Somatic work supports you in shifting patterns like:
Burnout and chronic work stress
• Being unable to switch off after work
• Overthinking emails, conversations and decisions
• Perfectionism and fear of making mistakes
• Automatically taking responsibility for everything
• Setting boundaries with your boss, colleagues, or clients
• Guilt and restlessness when you are not being productive
• Difficulty delegating or asking for help
• Fear of disappointing people or being seen as difficult
• Sunday dread and work-related anxiety
• Rebuilding energy, self-trust and a life that is not organized around work
How somatic work Helps
You don’t struggle to set boundaries because you don’t know what to say. You struggle because saying no doesn’t feel safe yet.
When your boss asks you to take on another task, your body anticipates conflict or disappointment, so you say yes and absorb the stress yourself. Even rest can trigger guilt because your nervous system has learned to associate productivity with safety.
Somatic coaching helps you build the internal safety to close your laptop, tolerate someone else’s disappointment and say, “I don’t have time for that today. I can do it Wednesday.”
Trust your work. Protect your energy. Get your life back.
WHY KNOWING ISN’T ALWAYS ENOUGH
What People are Saying:
You can learn to care without carrying it into every dinner, walk, Sunday and conversation.
If you are ready to recover from burnout, set more sustainable boundaries and have energy for your life and work again, I invite you to book a free 20-minute consultation. We can talk about what has been happening and whether working together feels like the right fit.