#4 BURNOUT with Clare Downham

A discussion on burnout with Clare Downham and Thomas Leamy.

Guest bio: Clare Downham was a headteacher when in March 2015 she walked out of work and never went back. A year after burning out, she resigned from her 20-year career in education and retrained as a hypnotherapist and more recently as a transformational coach. Until the start of 2020, Clare had immersed herself in self-development, therapy, reading and learning in an attempt to ‘fix’ herself. She never felt like she was quite finished making change after change that was short-lived and she never felt quite good enough. Recently, Clare came upon a completely different way of understanding how human experience is created which has allowed her to finally be okay with who she is and where she is in life. Clare, known as the Queen of Calm - is the only coach to offer the antidote to self-development. She helps stressed out and anxious business owners to stop continually trying to fix themselves so they can connect to innate confidence, and finally fall into a place of self-acceptance.

Links:

• https://claredownham.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/claredownhamqueenofcalm

Host Bio: Thomas Leamy is a global citizen – having worked in or travelled to more than 50 countries. His experience in connecting with diverse groups of people and cultures all over the world, helped him realize just how similar we all are – regardless of nationality, race, culture, wealth or social status. As an Organizational Wellness Consultant & Psychology Coach, Thomas leads High Performance Strategy Europe (HPSE) and helps individuals, teams and SMEs demystify the psychology behind high performance and wellbeing. Parallel to his work with HPSE, Thomas also works as a consultant and is currently the director of a nation branding project focused on the Nordic Region – which he runs from his base in the Azores Islands. He is originally from Tipperary, Ireland and met his lovely wife Stuart while working in Malaysia in 2013. Thomas is currently completing a master’s degree in business & organizational psychology from the University of Wolverhampton.

Links:

• www.hpse.eu www.hpse.eu/stress
• www.hpse.eu/one-word

Podcast original score by Michael Imas.