Coaching for First Responders Educators, and Care Workers
Are you an exhausted educator, care worker, or first responder trying to support people while you exist as a burned out human on a burned out planet?
You care deeply about being in service to others. But you might be struggling to balance caring for people you serve and managing to take care of yourself.
You might find yourself feeling physically and emotionally drained at work.
You might be feeling disconnected or struggling to find meaning in your role.
You may be feeling hopeless, cynical, wondering if what you do is even making a difference.
It may be getting harder to show up to work each day, complete your tasks, or to unplug when you’re off the clock.
Your experiences at work may be making it harder for you to go out into the world, do the things you enjoy, and show up for the people you love.
Burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma are all very real elements of being helping roles. But this isn’t the only way. You can do meaningful and revolutionary work in a way that is sustainable for you.
“We tend to the buried parts of human suffering, society, and global consciousness…we witness and metabolize the pain in society, the shadow parts of the collective.”—Jennifer Mullan, Decolonizing Therapy
Hello, I’m Briana!
I’m a mentor, writer, educator, social worker, licensed clinical therapist, and Burnout Coach.
I help global educators, first responders, nurses, students, interns, and care workers overcome burnout, self-doubt, role strain, and identity loss, and navigate political, climate, and cultural stress in helping roles. Experienced in working in hospitals, clinics, outpatient care, residential treatment centers, public and alternative schools, community mental health, crisis centers, and correctional facilities, I am intimately aware of the unique experiences faced by folks who devote their lives to be in service to others.
Through our work together, you will learn how to identify your gifts and regain confidence in your skills, where to focus your efforts, and how you can best make a difference over time without burning yourself out; avoid individualism and isolation by building supportive relationships with colleagues; and recognize and deconstruct the ways martyrdom and self-sacrifice in your relationship to work.
Our coaching sessions will equip you with the tools to recover from burnout and overwhelm, prevent role strain and identity loss, release toxic guilt and shame, learn and unlearn without shame or judgment, and practical self-care strategies to help you care for yourself and build your endurance so you can remain in the revolutionary work you do.
Testimonials
“After years of protesting, community organizing and advocacy work, I started feeling cynical, burned out, and disillusioned. I was struggling to feel seen and heard in the movements, especially as a queer black woman. Working with Briana helped me shift lanes within the activism space and lean into my creativity, learn how to take breaks without feeling guilty, build community, find my voice and regain confidence in myself and my work."
— Alecia
“Prior to working with Briana, I felt frustrated, stuck, disregarded, and like I was struggling to accept some deep wounds and hard truths. Now that I've been working with the intuitive genius that she is (because she truly is!), I'm on a path where I feel whole, grounded, capable, and empowered. This has been such a time of growth and excitement for me, and I credit Briana with helping me get here."
— Emily
“When I came to Briana, I was completely exhausted, hopeless, and experiencing burnout in my job. Briana helped me make significant changes in my life, leaving a job that didn’t align with my values and ideas, untangling beliefs around money, time, and productivity that were keeping me stuck and having the courage to a start new job doing work that was meaningful to me. Working with Briana was so inspiring and truly life changing."