Somatic Coaching for Executive Burnout in Singapore
For leaders who are still delivering but running on empty: a body-aware way to recover energy, steadiness and perspective, in person in Singapore or online.
The short answer
Somatic coaching for burnout combines executive coaching with body-based practices such as TRE™, breathwork and mindfulness. You work on what is driving the exhaustion, from workload and boundaries to values and leadership habits, while learning to settle your nervous system. Isabelle coaches in person in Singapore and online.
Understanding Burnout
What Is Executive Burnout?
The World Health Organization classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon: a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It has three marks: exhaustion, growing mental distance or cynicism about work, and a drop in professional effectiveness. It is not classed as a medical condition, but it deserves to be taken seriously.
In senior roles, burnout rarely looks like collapse. More often it looks like a capable person who is still delivering, but sleeping badly, short with the people they care about, and needing more effort to achieve less.
Because burnout can overlap with depression, anxiety and physical health problems, see your doctor if you are exhausted most of the time, have slept poorly for weeks or feel hopeless. Coaching works alongside that care, not instead of it.
Stress in the Body
Why Does Burnout Live in the Body?
Burnout builds when the stress response stays switched on for months. The body keeps bracing: shallow breathing, tight shoulders and jaw, disrupted sleep, a nervous system that struggles to rest even on holiday. That is why thinking differently is often not enough. Recovery also means helping the body feel safe again.
Isabelle knows this from the inside. She spent more than 30 years as a senior HR business partner and talent management leader in Fortune 100 companies across 9 countries, and went through her own hardship in toxic work environments. Somatic practices, TRE™ and mindfulness were central to her own way back. In her words, she does not do this work “from a distance”.
Somatic coaching is coaching that includes the body. Alongside the usual conversation about goals, choices and patterns, you learn to notice what happens physically under pressure and practise simple ways to settle. The aim is leadership that comes from a steadier nervous system, not just a new plan you are too depleted to carry out.
Isabelle’s coaching is somatic, trauma-informed and neuroscience-informed. She is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), has been a certified leadership coach since 2012, and is trained in Strozzi Somatic Bodywork and mindfulness. She is also a Global TRE™ Certifying Trainer.
Coaching is not therapy and does not treat mental health conditions. It focuses on the present and the future: how you want to lead, live and recover, and what will help you get there.
Two Levels
How Can Somatic Coaching Help With Burnout?
Somatic coaching works on two levels. In the body, practices such as TRE™, breathwork and mindfulness give your nervous system regular chances to downshift. In your work and life, coaching helps you rethink the patterns that keep you depleted: boundaries, priorities, perfectionism, values and how you lead. Many people find the two reinforce each other.
In practice, a coaching engagement might include:
understanding your own stress signals, so you notice them earlier;
working on the values, beliefs and inner critics that drive overwork;
planning resilience and recovery that fit your real calendar.
Working Together
What Does Coaching With Isabelle Look Like?
It starts with a free discovery call to understand where you are and what you need. Coaching usually runs over 6–12 sessions of 60–75 minutes, in person in Singapore (and Japan) or online via Zoom. The 8-week coaching package includes an initial diagnostic session, eight weekly one-to-one sessions, exercises between sessions and a follow-up at three months.
The 8-week package is S$2,300 and can focus on leadership, career, stress resilience or personal growth. For a deeper process, the Deep Dive package combines TRE™, coaching and bodywork over 12–24 personalised sessions.
For senior leaders, the work can sit within the Holistic Mastermind Ecosystem, which works across four pillars: the Tactical Mind, the Somatic Vessel, the Energetic Matrix and the Expressive Vision. Read Isabelle’s story.
Where
Is Somatic Coaching Available in Singapore and Online?
Yes. Isabelle offers somatic and executive coaching in person in Singapore and online via Zoom for clients anywhere in the world. Coaching works well by video. For TRE™ practice online, you need a camera that can see your whole body, a quiet space and a trusted person nearby.
Isabelle has lived and worked in 9 countries, has collaborated with colleagues from 40+ nationalities and is fluent in English, Spanish and French. If you would rather start in a group, see upcoming workshops and events, including Introduction to TRE™ workshops in Singapore and the TRE™ certification path.
Questions
Coaching FAQ
Is somatic coaching the same as therapy?
No. Coaching focuses on your present and future: how you lead, live and recover. It does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions. Isabelle will be upfront about what she thinks you need, including other support.
How many coaching sessions will I need?
It varies. Coaching typically runs 6–12 sessions. Isabelle will be upfront about what she thinks you need.
Do I need any experience with TRE™ or somatic practices?
None at all. Every practice is designed to meet you where you are, and no prior experience is needed. If you want to know more first, read Is TRE™ safe?
Can my company arrange this for a team?
Yes. Group TRE™ and team resilience programmes are available for corporate teams. See retreats and workshops or book a call to explore options.
This article is general information, not medical advice. TRE™ is a self-help practice and is not a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by a doctor or mental health professional.
Written by Isabelle Claus Teixeira, Global TRE™ Certifying Trainer and ICF PCC executive coach, trained directly under Dr David Berceli. Published 5 November 2026. About Isabelle →
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Start With One Honest Conversation
Book a free discovery call with Isabelle. Talk through what you are carrying, what you want to change and whether somatic coaching is the right next step.
