All the grounding techniques (like meditation & reiki) couldn’t help Saeideh feel herself again, until she began the Burnout Heroes coaching program.

“It was the first time I experienced feeling hopeless after working in architecture for 10 years. I would wake up and imagine needing to go to work but had no ambition to go to work, no interest. I didn’t want to work or proceed with my goals whatsoever.

I was getting depressed. I was pushing myself to feel engaged with the communities and gatherings I normally enjoyed. It was so obvious for people that something serious was happening deep inside me. 

My coach, Alessandro, recognised this too. We met each other almost every day in the co working space we worked. But I didn’t know I was in the burnout process. Later, when I engaged with INNU’s Burnout Heroes program through Alessandro, I realised the different stages of burnout and could identify the stages I experienced, what stage I was in, how to get out of it and what is the downside if I tried to hold push it.

A few factors led me here. I was totally lost in my life, especially in my professional life. I had spirituality classes in my background and I tried reiki sessions, a few meditations before, but I felt like maybe it was the burnout process that didn’t allowed me to call back these processes I knew,

I felt like nothing was working for me to change my mental health situation, my bad light and the dark emotions around me.”

Burnout Heroes' multidisciplinary practice connected Saeideh to herself & a sense of control in life.

“I like how the program combined creative and multidisciplinary practices: the activities and playsheets. It covered many aspects, not just meditation. It was a different approach that just a checklist of things. That’s What I liked most.

As a result, I was able to see the big picture of my life. I am no longer dragging myself down into problems. I used to be frustrated by my problems and situations. Now, they are under my control. I can handle it. I don’t get mad or sad facing them.

I recovered my emotional health. It was like a reset. It was a couple of months that i didn’t feel the true me. I knew lots of things were wrong. I was looking for myself. I wanted to know why I was not happy and enjoying the routines I created before.

I felt lost, and going through all of these sessions helped me recover and connect to the version of myself I felt proud of.”

How a therapeutic practice ignited the happiness that was within all along.

“The wild moment for me was when we did the practice of IFS [Editor’s note: IFS is the therapeutic model Burnout Heroes coaches use to help clients process heavy emotions]. I never tried that, but it was interesting that I really could feel my emotions inside of me as characters. I could have a conversation with the dark emotions and understand what they needed to relax. When I gave them this feeling of safety and comfortability, these emotions left me a gift in my body. One of the characters, when he went, I was feeling warm all over my body. I was so happy after that that I jumped and hugged Alessandro.

After a few sessions, I kept that practice. Even without Alessandro or anyone asking me I could ask myself to observe what is blocking and where it is? What is that character and how can I have that communication? It is really helping me to get rid of that heavy emotion which is calming at the same time."

Creating a plan to create the ideal opportunity.

"The program helped me to recall and design milestones for my goals and my mental health and figure out what really makes me happy. What is that goal that I really need to work on and steps towards.

Now, it’s like I have a daily plan that every day in the morning I know what the small steps are that are crucial to me to reach my goals.

Previously, it was something that would stress me out and now I have a clear picture and plan to handle the work and create the ideal opportunity I was always looking for."

Feeling lost & unmotivated in your career? Want help creating a plan to find happiness?