Navigating Burnout: Reclaiming Energy, Purpose, and Control

Burnout doesn’t usually arrive all at once—it builds quietly. A missed lunch here, a restless night there. A creeping sense of dread before the workweek begins. A growing indifference to things that once brought joy. For many professionals, especially those who care deeply and work hard, burnout can feel like a slow unraveling.

If any of this feels familiar, you're not alone—and you’re not stuck.

The Navigating Burnout series is a five-part virtual journey that helps professionals recognize burnout early, regulate stress, and realign their work and life with energy, purpose, and compassion. Designed with science-backed strategies and real-world application in mind, this program is more than a conversation—it’s a commitment to reclaiming your vitality and direction.

Who Is This Series For?

This program is ideal for professionals who are:

• Feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or physically exhausted

• Experiencing irritability, lack of motivation, or a sense of disconnection

• Longing for more energy, clarity, and meaning in daily life

• Committed to making long-lasting, positive changes in how they work and live

Whether you’re at the early stages of burnout or already navigating its impacts, this course offers tools to not just cope—but to thrive.

A Personalized Blueprint for Recovery

What makes this series powerful is its focus on personalized application. Each session equips you with evidence-based practices that you can adapt to your own values, schedule, and circumstances. You won’t be handed a rigid checklist—you’ll be guided in building a burnout recovery plan that works for you.

This isn’t just about feeling better next week—it’s about setting up a life where burnout is far less likely to take hold again.

What You’ll Learn:

Over the course of five sessions, participants will:

• Recognize burnout’s early warning signs
  Understand how burnout manifests in your body, mind, and behavior—so you can catch it before it takes over.

• Regulate stress using daily tools
  Build your personal stress-regulation toolkit with strategies like mindfulness, movement, and creative expression.

• Reframe your mindset
  Shift from over-functioning and self-criticism to resilience, flexibility, and grounded purpose.

• Restructure time with intention
  Learn to organize your day around meaning—not just urgency—so your energy is directed to what matters most.

• Set clear, compassionate boundaries
  Practice saying no with grace, establishing limits that protect your time and well-being.

• Strengthen your support system
  Learn how to build emotional safety and connection with the people around you.

• Let go of perfectionism
  Trade burnout-inducing standards for self-compassion, courage, and vulnerability.

• Craft your mission-aligned plan
  Align your daily choices with a personal mission statement that reflects your values and priorities.

Why Burnout Deserves Your Attention Now

We often wait until things feel unmanageable to make a change. But the truth is: burnout rarely resolves itself. It requires intention, reflection, and support.

Left unchecked, burnout can impact not just your career, but your relationships, health, and overall sense of self. That’s why early recognition and deliberate intervention are so important.

This series gives you the tools—and the permission—to step off the treadmill of overwork and design a more sustainable, fulfilling way of being.

What Makes This Series Different?

Unlike generic wellness webinars, Navigating Burnout blends psychological insights with practical action. It meets participants where they are and encourages reflection, conversation, and bold experimentation with new habits.

What sets it apart:

• Interactive learning – Not just information, but real-time practice and personal discovery

• Evidence-based strategies – Rooted in research across neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and resilience science

• Community support – A chance to connect with others who understand your experience

• Flexible format – Delivered virtually over five weeks in two-hour sessions to fit your schedule

When and Where

Navigating Burnout: Reclaiming Energy, Purpose and Control
Dates: October 7, 14, 21, 28 & November 4
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Virtual (link provided upon registration)

Marcia and Deb are collaborators on bringing this series to life.

Meet Deb, the main facilitator for the Burnout Series:

Deb Woods, PhD, PMP, is a strategic leader and systems thinker with over 20 years of experience transforming complex organizational challenges into meaningful opportunities for growth. With a background spanning operations, program design, and change management, Deb brings clarity and compassion to the often messy realities of work. Her approach is grounded in the belief that sustainable change happens when people feel seen, supported, and resourced to act.

A Note from the Facilitators: Marcia & Deb

We created this series not just out of professional expertise, but out of personal experience. We know what it’s like to feel like your fire has gone out—and how powerful it can be to find your spark again.

This isn’t about pushing harder or pretending things are fine. It’s about choosing to live with clarity and courage. We believe recovery from burnout is possible—and it starts with small, intentional shifts rooted in your own truth.

Ready to Reclaim Your Energy?

Burnout may be common, but it doesn’t have to be your norm. You deserve a life where energy is renewable, purpose is clear, and work feels sustainable.

Join us for Navigating Burnout and take the first step toward a life that energizes, not depletes you.

You don’t need to do this alone. We’re here to help.