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Learn How To Manage Stress And Prevent Burnout: A Practical Guide

In today’s fast-paced world, stress and burnout have become common challenges that can impact our productivity, health, and well-being. Over these five short lessons I will teach you practical strategies for managing stress and preventing burnout, designed to fit into your busy schedule. As you move through this course you will learn simple yet powerful actionable insights on understanding stress, building resilience, recognising the early signs of burnout, and developing a sustainable stress management plan. Through real-life examples and proven techniques, you’ll learn how to protect your mental and physical health while maintaining peak performance in your personal and professional life. I'm so happy to welcome you here.

Happiness Resilience Stress & Anxiety Secular Mindfulness Mindfulness Meditation Stress Health & Happiness Secular Mindfulness

Meet your Teacher

Dee Hennessy

Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland

A specialist in Corporate Wellness and Mindful Leadership, Dee works globally from Ireland, supporting over busy 21st century humans to deepen their capacity to pause, to rest, and to prevent or recover from burnout, while at the same time developing robust resilience and compassionate leadership skills. For many years Dee has focussed on researching the high human cost of being a leader in both the corporate and professional services workplace. She studied with teachers from Western and Eastern Wisdom traditions, as well as having a full immersion in the neuroscience underpinning current secular mindfulness. A Master Facilitator, Dee trained with The Mindfulness Academy Soltereno in best practice in creating safe online space, for her deep supervision, training and coaching work. Dee has supported hundreds of professionals to date to manage stress and overwhelm for themselves , often as they manage or support others, with evidence based, simple transformative actions from her unique coaching approach.

5 Days

154 students

4.8 stars

13 min / day

Happiness

English

Lesson 1

Understanding What Stress And Burnout Are

In this lesson we explore a foundational understanding of stress and burnout, including their causes, symptoms. We will distinguish between regular or eustress, and the more sever distress or chronic stress and why it is important to manage stress to prevent burnout.

Lesson 2

Three Practical Techniques For Managing Stress

In this lesson I introduce three practical techniques for managing stress namely, Belly Breathing, Mindfulness of Breath, and Time Management. The invitation is to choose even one to bring in to your everyday as a simple, short practice that will change your relationship with stress.

Lesson 3

Understanding What Resilience Is And How To Build This Skill

In this lesson we look at what resilience is and how to build this essential wellbeing skill that allows us to cope with stress more effectively and bounce back from challenges. We look at four ways to build hardcore resilience, namely positive thinking , cognitive reframing, growth mindset and healthy lifestyle choices. You are invited to choose the one that most resonates with you to focus on initially.

Lesson 4

Burnout Prevention - Recognising the early signs

In this lesson we will learn how to how to recognise the early emotional, physical and behavioural signs of burnout, and how to take take proactive steps to prevent it progressing. After identifying where you are on the blossom to burnout score you will be invited to seek support, set boundaries and practise self care or to choose which of these strategies most resonates with you right now.

Lesson 5

Creating A Sustainable Stress Management Plan

The key steps in building a personal and sustainable stress management plan include: Identifying your personal stressors, selecting your preferred stress management techniques, setting realistic goals and bringing flexibility and self compassion into your daily practise. No one size fits all, and nothing set in stone. Rather the fundation for strong wellbeing isa series of small steps taken with oodles of self compassion.

4.8 (14)

Recent Reviews

Debby

January 26, 2026

This course is excellent support for any stage of burnout. Dee give a solid framework of resources for managing stress, building resilience and helping oneself. So grateful for this supportive resource on insight timer💟

Tatyana

November 17, 2025

Amazing course with very effective and helpful techniques to manage stress and prevent the burnout . I highly recommend this course to everyone whose life is challenged with too many demands on their body and nervous system. Much love and gratitude , dear Dee , for sharing your wisdom and professional knowledge with IT community . ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏✨✨✨

Christine

July 24, 2025

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