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Most people don’t miss burnout because they’re in denial.They miss it because it doesn’t arrive with a warning sign.It a...
12/02/2026

Most people don’t miss burnout because they’re in denial.

They miss it because it doesn’t arrive with a warning sign.

It arrives as small changes you can justify.

Tired, but that makes sense because who isn't tired in the prison and probation service?

Snappier than usual, but that's normal when you're working in a high pressure environment.

Always on, because that’s the job. That's what you signed up for after all...

It all looks like coping - from the outside anyway.

But inside? Everything is just taking that little bit more effort than usual.

My burnout quiz is built to help with this stage, where the subtle changes are creeping in but you can't quite put your finger on what it is.

Comment QUIZ below and I'll send you the link.

No labels. No fixing. Just awareness.

12/02/2026

If therapy is making your anxiety worse… good.

Stay with me.

One of the biggest myths is that therapy should make you feel calm straight away.

Sometimes it doesn’t..Sometimes it spikes things first.
And that doesn’t mean it’s failing. It means you’ve stopped avoiding.

Anxiety is habitual.

Your brain has practised certain thoughts and reactions for years. Even the ones that exhaust you. Even the ones keeping you wired and knackered.

Familiar feels safer than different.

So when you start therapy, two things happen. You revisit stuff your nervous system has neatly shoved in a box. And your brain reacts like it’s happening now.

And…
You start talking about change.
New neural pathways.
New responses.
New patterns.
That requires energy.
That requires cortisol.
That requires your system to wake up.
Now here’s the twist.

If you’ve been living in fight-flight-freeze for years, your body misreads even small stress chemicals as danger.
So it goes:“Nope. This feels unsafe. Stop.”

But it’s not dangerous. It’s rewiring. It’s growth without the Instagram filter. You’re not getting worse. You’re becoming aware.

And awareness is uncomfortable before it’s freeing.
If you’re anxious and wondering whether therapy is “working”…

Let’s talk. DM me and we’ll arrange a free telephone consultation.

No pressure. Just clarity.

And if this hit a nerve, share it. Someone else is probably thinking they’re failing therapy tonight.
They’re not.

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I didn’t stay because it was easy.I stayed because the work mattered, the people mattered and because I felt that if I w...
11/02/2026

I didn’t stay because it was easy.

I stayed because the work mattered, the people mattered and because I felt that if I walked away (or even slowed down), I would be letting something important slip.

I didn't think of that as burnout. I thought I was committed. I was the reliable one, someone who could be counted on.

That sense of purpose carried me for years, but it also kept me in survival mode for longer than I realised.

I see the same pattern now in the people I support.

Good people. Capable people.

Staying not because they’re fine, but because the work means something.

I'm starting to share more of my experience working in the 3Ps, what I've learned since and reliable ways to start to make a shift in my newsletter - the MindAbility Method.

The next edition will be hitting inboxes next week. Comment newsletter below and I'll send you the link to sign up.

I was privileged to be invited to the Birmingham and Solihull launch of the 5 year Mental Health plan. So many powerful ...
11/02/2026

I was privileged to be invited to the Birmingham and Solihull launch of the 5 year Mental Health plan.

So many powerful voices and experiences in the room.

I've been following for some time now, I admire their drive to bring the conversation to the community rather than expect the other way around.

It was lovely to have a conversation with and I'm looking forward to conn again soon.

I'm also looking forward to reconnecting with many senior leaders to deliver mental health services in a different way because it's time.








And yes I know my eyes are but I really don't care, my smile says it all.

Burnout is hard to spot when you’re inside it.Partly because you’re busy just getting through the day. Partly because th...
10/02/2026

Burnout is hard to spot when you’re inside it.

Partly because you’re busy just getting through the day. Partly because the picture we’ve been given of burnout doesn’t match real life.

Most people don’t think, “I’m burnt out.”

They think, “I’m just tired" or "it's just a busy patch" or "this is just the job."

In probation and prisons, that makes complete sense.

The pressure is normalised and responsibility is constant. If you manage to keep going, you're quietly rewarded.

Burnout doesn't arrive with a big bang. It slips in disguised as competence and commitment.

I’m sharing this because I see how many people blame themselves for not realising sooner.

But the problem isn’t that people miss burnout. It’s that the myths we've believed for so long give them nothing to recognise.

06/02/2026

Are you getting tired of getting different advice on how to take care of your mental health?

There's a lot of noise out there people professing to be professionals or experts because they experienced something.

That's like saying because I have a mortgage I now give mortgage advice.

Take responsibility for who you are following, what you are consuming in the form of social media.

Are they accredited?
Do they hold qualifications to give recommendations, should they be?

Go to the relevant governing bodies and check if the person you're about to engage should even be able to give you advice.





If resilience training worked, you wouldn’t still feel this tired. Facts.Burnout isn't a personal failing.And it's not b...
05/02/2026

If resilience training worked, you wouldn’t still feel this tired. Facts.

Burnout isn't a personal failing.

And it's not because you didn't "use the tools properly" either.

Long-term stress rewires your nervous system. And you can't mindset your way out of biology!

In probation and prisons, being calm, capable and switched on is expected, no matter what you're holding.

If you've tried doing more and somehow end up with:

less energy
less patience
less of yourself...

Yeah, there's a reason for that.

My burnout check-in can help you understand what your system has been doing to survive. It takes 3 minutes - but it's not a fix. It's a way to identify what's going on under the surface.

Comment quiz below and I'll send you the link.

I read the Mental Health UK Burnout Report and honestly… none of it surprised me.High stress.Low recovery.People going o...
04/02/2026

I read the Mental Health UK Burnout Report and honestly… none of it surprised me.

High stress.
Low recovery.
People going off sick because they’ve been running on fumes for years.

It was all very familiar.

Especially for women in the public sector, who are more likely to keep going quietly and just put the exhaustation down to being "part of the job."

Burnout doesn't happen because you’re not strong enough. It’s because your body has been asked to adapt to too much, for too long.

If you want reflections that actually make sense of this (without platitudes or productivity nonsense), my newsletter is here for that.

No quick fixes, no fluff that leaves you empty.

I know that's not what you need. When you care deeply and knackered because of it, you just want to be seen and heard - that's what I'm here to do.

Comment Newsletter below and I'll send you a link to sign up for the next email.

03/02/2026

Why didn't you see the burnout coming?

Because it didn't start like that.

Because we started with purpose and passion.

Because there was a reward and it initially made us feel good so we started behaving like it all the time.

Eventually it got too much and the reward faded. But the habit stayed.

If you think you've burnt out or are experiencing it now, send me a DM with the word 'quiz' to help understand how you've adapted to stress and the steps you can take to get better.





30/01/2026

Tag someone who always says ‘that’s just how I am.’
Save this if you’re ready to retrain your nervous system, not just read about it.
And DM me if you’re done letting anxiety drive.

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This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about giving you back to yourself.Some of you are so good at coping you don’t realise ...
29/01/2026

This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about giving you back to yourself.

Some of you are so good at coping you don’t realise what it’s cost you.

You still show up. Still do the job. Still hold risk.

And then you get home and there’s nothing left.

It's not failure, just depletion.

Therapy isn’t for people who are “too sensitive”.

It’s for people who’ve had to be solid for too long.

It’s not about sitting in pain forever.

It’s about getting relief, learning tools that work and practising coming down from “on duty”.

You don’t have to hit rock bottom to deserve support.

If you’re ready to stop running on empty, head to the link in my bio.

Burnout hides in competence.In this job, it rarely looks like falling apart at work. It looks like carrying on - simple ...
28/01/2026

Burnout hides in competence.

In this job, it rarely looks like falling apart at work. It looks like carrying on - simple as that.

It looks like being the one who sorts it.

Who stays late without making a fuss.

Who can hold a difficult conversation and then go straight into the next one like nothing happened.

And because you’re good at it, people don’t clock you’re struggling.

You might not even clock it either.

You just tell yourself you’re tired.
It’s been a heavy week.
Everyone’s stressed.
You’ll feel better after a day off.

But if you’re honest, it’s not just tired.

It’s that you’re always “on”, even when you’re home.

You’re more snappy than you mean to be.
You’re scrolling or zoning out because you can’t face another decision.
You’re doing the work, but you’re not really in your life.

And the worst bit is you can still perform.
So nobody panics. Including you.

I’m not saying this to diagnose you.

I’m saying it because competent people get missed. For ages.

My DMs are open if you recognise this and want a place to talk.

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