I used to write a ton of PRDs (Product Briefs) at Meta.
Now, I create the same structured plans for my career, life, and health.
Last week I shared a workshop with the exact framework I used to recover from burnout, depression, anxiety, and the collapse of everything in my life.
If you’re feeling the same, and you’re called to make the change…
I’m here for you!
Watch the Zoom replay above, or through the link below. Message me if you have any questions. :)
Want to join the next one?
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What’s Covered in the Workshop?
The Story
A few years ago, I found myself without a job, without a home or a relationship, alone in the US. This experience triggered so much. I felt ungrounded, fearful, anxious, and deeply sad. My digestive system shut down (nausea, appetite loss, and fatigue). Tons of health issues started showing up.
This story of ups and downs goes a long way back. Growing up as an immigrant, with 7 people living in an apartment to make ends meet, I didn’t learn English until I was 11 and didn’t come to the US until my late 20s.
Raised by my grandparents, I’ve been financially independent since I was 18. Dedication, hard work, and self-sacrifice were the only ways I knew how to work.
Until this approach stopped working for me during COVID, amidst economic ups and downs and layoffs.
I was forced, by life, to look inwards. To ask myself if I was happy or empty. To see where my energy and desire to work came from.
That’s when I realized what my first manager at Meta used to tell me:
It’s now what you do. It’s how you do it.”
I started exploring ways we can all live and work with balance, harmony, and joy. This took me on a very long, winding road of self-discovery and healing.
Today, the way I work and create is COMPLETELY different.
How I treat myself.
How I talk to myself.
My outlook on life.
I became a new person from the inside out. And things started to get easier.
What You’ll Learn
We’ll walk through a full system for healing from burnout and designing what comes after.
(1) Where does burnout come from?
The root patterns: Toxic Productivity and Scarcity Mindset.
The environments that normalize overextension and toxic productivity.
That belief that you have to earn your worth through effort.
The habits we bring with us from childhood.
That inner voice that says, “Keep going. Don’t rest. You’ll fall behind.”
That trauma pattern of working like you’ll be abandoned if you don’t overdeliver.
We’ll ask ourselves:
How is my environment influencing me?
What do I know now that I didn’t five years ago?
Am I building a life that matches the new person I’m becoming?
(2) How does burnout show up at work?
We work in systems that reward overextension and self-neglect—where performance matters more than presence.
Constantly managing others’ energy, emotions, and asks without clear boundaries leads to nervous system erosion, especially if you are on a stressful or toxic team.
Toxic productivity and scarcity mindsets keep us in “burnout state,” even when we’re doing “well.”
We’re praised for being endlessly available and doing more with self-sacrifice.
Feeling productive but never creative. Getting stuck in productivity, so we forget how “flow” feels like.
Next, we’ll look into:
How to tell when you’re in flow versus burnout and toxic productivity.
How to shift into that expanded, creative flow state every day.
What it takes to return to a place where work feels good again.
And how to bring that energy into your calendar, your workspace, and your routines.
We’ll ask ourselves:
When do I feel most magnetic and expanded—without needing to prove anything?
Who do I admire who leads with calm?
(3) How we show up even when burnout matters
It’s not just what you do—it’s how you show up.
Small things—your tone, your posture, if you’re feeling grounded or all over the place, ripple outward.
The soft and balanced power: when you show up radiant and regulated, others feel it.
Once you heal your internal state and take the time you need to make sure your cup is full, you’ll be able to affect the people you work with, live with or lead. This gives you more control than you originally thought on your environment.
Research supports this:
Mirror neurons and emotional contagion shape how people feel in the workplace, cooperate and make decisions. If a leader is calm, grounded, others will mirror that. If someone is anxious or reactive, others will feel that energy. (Barsade, 2002; Rizzolatti & Craighero, 2004)
The HeartMath Institute showed that the human heart emits an electromagnetic field (invisible energy) measurable and felt several feet from the body. When you feel calm, grateful, or peaceful, your heart beats in a smooth, steady rhythm. Other people around you can feel that rhythm too, without even knowing it, and their hearts can match yours. (McCraty et al., 2006, HeartMath)
Amy Cuddy’s research on “power poses” showed that body language influences both how we feel and how others see us. Contracted postures (hunched, closed off) increase cortisol and diminish perceived authority. If you are grieving, burnout and demotivated you are sending this signal to your team. (Cuddy et al., 2012, Harvard Business School)
See you at the next workshop! I’ll go over how to create a healing plan for burnout, the modalities to use and a few frameworks to go by.
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