FRAZZLED

I made a comment to my partner yesterday that I'm actually useless for 6 months of the year. I don't work well in Summer, and I don't work well in Winter. Too much or too little daylight doesn't work for me, clock changes don't work for me, extreme temperatures don't work for me. So we laughed, because if I think about it, I'm only really fully functional during Spring and Autumn, and even then I...

There's a type of coach that's currently making worse, and it's not because they can't coach. In this episode of FRAZZLED I'm talking about coaches who are pricing low, being inauthentic and desperate in their messaging, and coming across as FRAZZLED in everything they do, that even if they attract clients, they can't help clients. Your own state, and your feelings of safety will end up in the coa...

Is the search for purpose, all its cracked up to be, or has Simon Sinek done the dirty on us and completely and utterly duped us?  In this episode of FRAZZLED I talk about the quest for why, the search&nbs...

I believe that coaches can end burnout, but only when they truly know burnout.  And right now, a lot of coaches think they know burnout, but they don't. In this episode of FRAZZLED I'm talking about coaching: Coaches&nbs...

We're all being told the same thing aren't we, stand out, be bold, speak up, be more colourful, show up, build your personal brand. But what if the 'experts' use your 'uniqueness' to build their own brand? And what ...

In this episode of FRAZZLED, I'm talking about why I'm advocating therapy over coaching right now, and why as a coach, that makes me feel uncomfortable. I've worked with coaches in some form for the last 25 years, a...

I am so done with algorithms, and ads, and superficial, attention stealing, hooks, content that adds no value, toxic comments, and anything that adds no value. So over the last couple of weeks I've quit even more stuff,&...

It's been two weeks since I moved into 'the shed' and it's already making a massive difference to my energy, my clarity and my work. I didn't realise how much I was making do and compromising in my workspace in...

Leaving corporate and starting your own business is hard. Add burnout into the mix, and leaving corporate to start a business with your confidence at rock bottom, your decision making abilities having left you, and the fear&n...

OMG - I CANNOT even begin to tell you how excited I am for this episode, although thankfully, I do tell you how excited I am in this episode, or it's pretty pointless!! But, yes, FRAZZLED is back, so let's talk about why. Let's see how many times I can frustrate myself by using the word 'journey', and lets see if this is going to be, once again, a totally unedited, unscripted, and almost possibly,...

You want to coach. Burnout coaching is where you want to be working, but it's exhausting. You're spending time and money on growing your business, but you're not getting the growth, and your feed is full of influencers making a ton of money, and they don't have your knowledge or expertise. So what do you? You create more content, you consume more content, you need to be visible, you need the busin...

When did coaching become less of a practice, and less client focused, and more about five figure months and stuffing everyone into groups? How is the 'business of coaching' adding stress and strain to those who have left corporate to become coaches after burnout? And what needs to change if we want to make coaching, as a profession, client focused again, where it's less about big bucks, and more a...

Wintering has felt so much more needed this year. It's been longer, and darker and in some cases harder. And a result, you and your clients may not feel quite ready for Spring. That new energy, the new ideas, the spring in your step, if burnout is lurking or looming, may be missing. In this week's uncut, edited, unscripted Burnoutology the podcast , I'm talking about wintering, spring, and how to...

Is the way you're working perpetuating the busyness and the surface level change? This is the topic for this weeks Burnoutology the podcast. We're all being told that attention spans are changing, that people can't and won't focus on detail, or commit time long lengths of time to anything anymore - but we know that's rubbish. People want depth, and meaning, and time to focus on the things that mat...

WIll you want this a year from now? Feedback is learning not failure. And knowing you are enough, today, could be the game changer you've been waiting for. This week in Burnoutology the podcast we take a break from the truth, for some ramblings and learnings from the last week - as always, uncut, unedited, unscripted. If perfectionism, people pleasing, and hiding from feedback are part of your DNA...

Hey Burnoutology podsquadders, welcome to another episode of Burnoutology the Podcast , where this week we are talking about 'wellness washed'. If Burnout was always obvious, we wouldn’t be here. But one of the most dangerous forms of Burnout I see doesn’t look chaotic, emotional, or messy at all. It looks calm. It looks regulated. It looks like someone who’s done the breathwork, bought the supple...

Hey hey hey, this week we are back with the 200 Burnout Truths for this week's episode of Burnout, and our truth this week is Burnout Aesthetic. We've seen it, and maybe even lived it, but this one is where Burnout is bubbling behind the surface, leaving you/or your clients silently falling apart behind the scenes, even if you don't know why - but, to the outside world you look polished and perfec...

Helly Burnoutology podsquad! Welcome to 2026, it's great to be back with you again for not just another episode, but a new month, and a new year! I've taken another break from the 200 Truths this week to welcome you to the new year, not with any hints or tips, or hacks or frameworks, but with some reflections and questions to help you tune out the noise that often surrounds a new year, and encoura...

Who you were before Burnout isn't who you are now, and you have no idea who you'll be, and yet, now you get to choose. Pre-Burnout, your identity was all about what you did, who you showed up as behind the mask, but now, it's just you, and you get to decide. Not long after I started my first business, I had a panic attack whilst on my way to deliver a talk. And not because of the talk. But because...

Burnout does this thing to our decision making ability that can cause us to spiral out of control. Each time we learn something new, there's a business opportunity. Read something in a book? New business. You move from idea to idea, because the ideas feel safe, but the work and the action to make them happen? No thank you. Push too hard and you'll end up at Burnout, again. So what's the answer? In...

What's the saying - whether you think you can, or whether you think you can't, you're right!? Don't think you can take time out to take care of you? Don't think what you're doing is working? Don't think that your work adds any value? And of course you might be right, but what if you're wrong? And where's your proof? I had a moment last week, when it all felt like I was a big fat failure, and then...

This week in Burnoutology the Podcast I'm taking a break from the truth (the 200 Burnout Truths) to share some reflections from my six weeks off, recovering from surgery. I wasn't sure where this conversation would go, but relationships and the people that matter most are where I ended up. What's this got to do with Burnout? Take a listen to find out. Know someone who would love this episode? Give...

Welcome back to Burnoutology the podcast my favourite podsquadders - here we are for Burnout Truth number 19, and this episode is about coach-washed Burnout. So what does coach-washed Burnout mean? How do you spot it? Why does it matter? What it really means: When your coach tells you to “choose better thoughts” instead of spotting burnout. How to spot it: High-ticket encouragement. Zero nervous s...

Nervous system chic is what I'm talking about in Burnoutology the podcast this week. This is Burnout Truth #18. And nervous system chic is this... What it really means: Aestheticising healing instead of embodying it. How to spot it: Pale beige branding. Calm captions. Still panicking internally. Why it matters: Healing isn’t aesthetic. It’s messy - and it’s real. No shade on anyone who has calming...

The Empowerment Trap is the Burnout truth for this week in this episode of Burnoutology the Podcast. So let's get straight into this one shall we!?! What it really means: Convincing yourself it’s your job to fix what broke you. How to spot it: “Maybe I manifested this.” “What am I doing wrong?” Why it matters: You’re not broken. But the system is. You've seen this right? Maybe all over your social...