Executive burnout rarely looks like a leader falling apart. It looks like a leader who still hits every number while sleep stops working, patience gets shorter, and every decision costs more than it used to. Makayla Maniscalco is a transformational coach in Westminster, Colorado, who works with executives, founders and leaders across Westminster, Denver, Broomfield and Arvada on exactly that pattern.
What does burnout look like in leaders?
The World Health Organization describes burnout as an occupational phenomenon, not a medical condition, with three dimensions: exhaustion, increasing mental distance or cynicism about the job, and reduced professional efficacy (WHO, ICD-11). In leaders it often shows up as:
- Decision fatigue. Choices that used to be quick now feel heavy.
- Two settings. On, or collapsed, with the middle gear missing.
- Distance. Less patience with the team, less connection to why the work mattered.
- Rest that does not land. Time off helps for a few days, then the pattern returns.
If those sound familiar, the earlier signs are covered in Signs of Burnout in High Achieving Women, and What Actually Helps.
Why does strategy alone not fix executive burnout?
Gallup research on employee burnout points to workplace factors such as unmanageable workload, unreasonable time pressure and a lack of support (Gallup). Leaders often control some of those, and still cannot change them, because the drive underneath is not a strategy problem. Beliefs such as “it all depends on me” and a nervous system that never leaves high alert keep the pattern running however good the plan is.
How does Makayla approach executive burnout coaching?
- A free connection call. A short questionnaire, then a focused conversation with no obligation to continue.
- Reaching the driver. Neuro linguistic programming, Mental and Emotional Release and hypnosis are used to reach the belief or stored charge keeping you overextended.
- Working in the body. Breathwork, somatic practice and movement change the state directly. See nervous system regulation coaching.
- Tools you keep. Practices you can use between meetings, without her.
The full approach is on burnout recovery coaching in Westminster and Denver. For teams, Makayla also delivers corporate wellness experiences and speaking for organisations across Colorado and nationwide.
Who is executive burnout coaching for?
- Executives and senior leaders carrying teams
- Founders and entrepreneurs who built something and are now running it on fumes
- High performing women who look fine on paper and know something is off
Not sure whether you need coaching or therapy? Read Transformational Coaching vs Therapy vs Life Coaching.
Frequently asked questions
What is executive burnout coaching?
It is one to one coaching for leaders, executives and founders who are still performing but running on empty. Instead of adding another productivity system, it works on the subconscious patterns and nervous system responses that keep a leader overextended, so that good performance stops depending on constant depletion and rest starts to actually restore you.
How is it different from executive coaching focused on performance?
Performance coaching usually asks how to get more done, faster. Burnout coaching asks a different question: why getting things done costs you so much. It works on the beliefs and stress responses underneath the behaviour, so that the effort required drops and your results no longer depend on running yourself into the ground.
Do you work with leaders in Broomfield and Arvada?
Yes. Makayla is based at 2921 W 120th Ave in Westminster, Colorado, and coaches in person across Westminster, Denver and the Front Range, which includes leaders in Broomfield and Arvada. She also works virtually with clients anywhere in the world, and every engagement starts with a free connection call.
Can burnout coaching be done virtually?
Yes. Most of the people Makayla works with are not local, and the work translates completely over video, including the breathwork and somatic practices. Virtual coaching follows the same structure as in person work, starting with a short questionnaire and a free connection call before anything is committed.
Is burnout coaching therapy?
No. Coaching is not therapy or medical care and does not diagnose or treat any condition. It suits people who are functioning and want the pattern underneath their burnout to change. If you need clinical care, a licensed professional is the right starting point, and coaching can sit alongside that work.
Keep reading
- What Is Somatic Coaching?
- Breathwork for Stress and Burnout
- Is Your Nervous System Stuck in Survival Mode?
- How to Choose a Transformational Coach in Denver
- Transformational coach in Westminster, CO
Makayla Maniscalco is a transformational coach based at 2921 W 120th Ave in Westminster, Colorado. She works one to one in person in Westminster and across Denver and the Front Range, and virtually with clients anywhere in the world. Every engagement starts with a free connection call, a focused, pressure free conversation with no obligation to continue.
Coaching is not therapy or medical care and does not diagnose or treat any condition. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or go to your nearest emergency room.
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