Burnout isn't a personal failure; it's a systemic problem. It's time to build a new system.
Hi, I’m Alex.
I’m a trauma-informed, somatic practitioner and BACP registered counsellor supporting caregivers and helping professionals to heal burnout at the nervous system level.
This work isn’t about pushing through or becoming “more resilient.”
It’s about slowing down, listening to your body, and rebuilding capacity in ways that are sustainable, relational, and rooted in self-trust.
Clients often report:
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Sleeping more deeply
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Feeling less reactive at work
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Setting boundaries with less guilt
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Experiencing fewer spikes of overwhelm
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Feeling clearer and more steady within weeks
Small shifts in nervous system regulation create meaningful change in daily life.
What If You Could…
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Feel less constantly on edge - and more regulated in your body
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Release the shame of “I should be coping better”
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Build boundaries without abandoning your values
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Stay connected to your care - without sacrificing yourself
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Show up to work without bracing for impact
This is the work.
How We Work Together
1:1 Somatic Support
Personalised online sessions tailored to your nervous system, lived experience, and workplace realities.
We focus on regulation, capacity building, boundary repair, and sustainable rhythms.
Group Cohorts & Immersions
Small, supportive spaces for shared learning, collective regulation, and burnout recovery in community.
Courses & Events
Structured explorations into embodied advocacy, nervous system education, and long-term sustainability.
All sessions are currently offered online.
Is This You?
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You care deeply - but you’re exhausted.
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You feel constantly “on” and struggle to fully rest.
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You swing between over-functioning and shutdown.
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You feel guilty setting limits.
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You’ve tried self-care, but it hasn’t touched the deeper depletion.
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You don’t want to leave your profession - you just can’t keep going like this.
If so, you’re in the right place.
What Makes This Different?
At Embodied Empowerment, we move beyond resilience culture and surface-level self-care.
Together, we:
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Recognise burnout as a natural response to systemic strain - and release shame
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Restore nervous system regulation through embodied, research-informed practice
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Build sustainable boundaries for life and work
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Strengthen your capacity to advocate for your needs inside under-resourced systems
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Reclaim your ability to care - without abandoning yourself
Healing happens in connection. Not in isolation.
Ready to Begin?
You don’t need to prove you’re exhausted enough.
You don’t need to wait until you collapse.
If something in you is tired of carrying this alone, that’s enough.
We’ll explore what’s been happening, what support might look like, and whether working together feels like a good fit.
Welcome to Embodied Empowerment: Trauma-informed somatic support for burned-out caregivers and helping professionals.
Online 1:1 sessions, group programmes and courses to help you recover from chronic stress - without sacrificing your values.
Burnout Isn’t a Personal Failure.
If you work in a caring profession, you’ve likely absorbed the message - explicitly or subtly - that your exhaustion is a resilience issue.
That if you were stronger, more organised, better at self-care, you’d be coping.
But chronic stress in under-resourced systems isn’t a personal weakness.
It’s a predictable nervous system response to impossible demands.
You’re not broken.
Your nervous system is doing exactly what it was designed to do under sustained pressure.
Recovery is possible - and it doesn’t have to happen alone.
