About Course
You know something has shifted. Not gradually, but in a way that is now impossible to ignore.
The heaviness that has settled into your bones. The feeling of reaching for energy that is no longer there, while everything around you continues to accelerate. The quiet, unsettling thought that perhaps you have lost something essential — your drive, your clarity, your sense of who you are as a leader.
And yet you keep going. Because that is what you do. Because stopping feels even more frightening than continuing.
But what if the exhaustion is not asking you to push through? What if it is asking you to listen?
It is the place where the old way of leading stops working. Where the effort to push through, prove yourself, and keep performing finally meets its limit. And in that meeting, something new becomes possible. Burnout, approached with honesty and curiosity, is the doorway into Awakened Leadership — a way of leading that draws its power from within rather than from force, grounded in presence rather than performance, and rooted in who you truly are.
THE TRUTH YOU MIGHT RECOGNISE
“No matter how much I give, it never feels like enough.”
“I am exhausted at a level that rest alone cannot seem to reach.”
“Somewhere beneath the busyness, I sense there is a different way to lead. I just cannot find it yet.”
What if burnout is not the end of something, but the beginning? What if the exhaustion you are carrying is pointing you toward a way of leading that is far more sustainable, more authentic, and more alive than the one you have been living? This programme exists to help you find out.
WHY I CREATED THIS
I know this territory from the inside. For a long time, I carried the belief that burnout reflected something lacking in me — that more discipline, more structure, or the right approach to managing my time would eventually resolve it. I kept searching for the fix.
What I found instead changed everything. And it became the foundation of everything I now teach.
As an Executive and Awakened Leadership Coach, I have walked alongside leaders, professionals, and entrepreneurs as they moved through burnout and into genuine renewal. Many go on to invest in private retreats and long-term 1-to-1 coaching. This group programme is the essential first step into that same journey, held inside a community of peers who are navigating it alongside you.
HOW THE PROGRAMME WORKS
Over 12 weeks, you will move through a structured journey of inquiry, practice, and integration inside a small, carefully held group of up to 8 participants. The work unfolds in three interwoven layers: video teachings you engage with independently in your own time, reflection practices that deepen the learning between sessions, and monthly live group calls where the experience truly comes alive in community.
At the midpoint of the programme, you receive a private 60-minute coaching session with me. This is a space to bring what has been stirring beneath the surface and to receive individual support tailored entirely to where you are in your journey.
THIS INCLUDES:
- Small cohort
Maximum 8 participants. Enough space to be genuinely known. -
Monthly live calls
Group sessions to integrate the teachings and learn alongside peers - Independent Video Work
Teachings and reflection practices to move through at your own pace - Private 1-to-1 Sessions
A 60-minute coaching session with Carmen at the midpoint of the programme
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Understand burnout as a meaningful signal in the arc of authentic leadership rather than a sign of failure.
- Recognise the energetic patterns and imbalances beneath your exhaustion and find your way back to steadiness.
- Develop practices that restore clarity and aliveness without requiring you to push harder or do more.
- Begin leading from a place of awareness, presence, and genuine inner authority.
Course Content
Week 1
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Week 1 – Burnout as Awakening: A New Paradigm of Leadership
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