My story
My name is Paulina Równy.
I’m a burnout and career coach, mentor, behavioural change designer, entrepreneur, as well as a highly sensitive person, burnout veteran, sexual assault survivor and the oldest of three sisters.
I’ve spent 17 years navigating various corporate environments and more than a decade working in financial services. I started with a graduate programme at a bank in Poland, after which I moved into consulting. Consulting opened the door for me to the international work and life I’ve always dreamed of. The dream came with a lot of stress and toxic work environment that I initially accepted as ‘the way things were’. I’ve been successful at my job, working predominantly in the area of data and technology transformation in roles ranging from a delivery manager, behavioural change designer to programme manager.
Fast forward to the beginning of 2022, when I hit the wall and experienced a massive burnout. I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety… and I felt completely exhausted.
Did you know that anxiety is simply a felt experience of lack of safety? And depression is a result of oppression, coupled with lack of expression? I know that now, but back then I had no idea what was going on.
I was in therapy, which is the ‘right thing to do’, yet I was falling into the abyss of darkness and void. Life felt hard, too hard… and redundant. Embarking on a healing journey and finding my answers became a matter of all or nothing for me. I was challenged to deeply reassess my life. I was asking questions such as “Who am I?”, “What am I doing?”, “Why am I doing it?”.
I made it my life’s mission to understand what happened in my life that triggered the burnout to be able to find ways to heal. It was hard to find the right resources and make sense of all that led me to the edge of the cliff. This is when I’ve learned about trauma, somatic healing, spiritual practices, Jungian psychology, NLP and other modalities that I use in my work with clients now. They have made all the difference in my life and I would like to share them with you.
The essence of the healing and research work I’ve done over the years.
It’s not personal, it’s systemic.
Having experienced burnout is not a proof that something is wrong with me. It is a natural response to the toxic environment and extractive systems that I’m surrounded by. Burnout is the ultimate boundary my body set to protect and defend me.
Returning home to myself.
Healing began when I returned home, to my body. Body is the portal to my spirit, to my unconscious and subconscious, that rule 95% of my everyday decisions, to my inner knowing and to wisdom. Data can be turned into insight, insight into knowledge, but only embodied knowledge can become wisdom. Without connecting with my body, the doors to wisdom remain closed.
Journey to wholeness.
“Prescriptions assume that something needs to be fixed; transformation brings forth the healing – the coming to integrity, to wholeness – of what is already there.”* Healing is a journey of acceptance and compassion towards parts of myself that got banished, hidden, lost or forgotten, such as my sensitivity, self-trust, sense of worth or ability to build healthy relationships. I reclaim them every single day, step by step. It’s a deep, ever evolving journey of becoming, with no final destination.
*”When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress” by Gabor Maté
Courses, Programmes & Certifications
The Thriving Circle A year-long programme through the 5 stages of The Thriving Method® co-developed by Dr. Valerie Rein and Jeffrey Tambor, including 300 hours of 1-1 sessions, group sessions, business coaching sessions, self-paced learning and practice
The Thriving Solution A 10 weeks long foundations programme, including first 3 stages of The Thriving Method® developed by Dr. Valerie Rein and Jeffrey Tambor, including 10 hours of group sessions and 20 hours of self-paced and practice
The Biology of Trauma 3.0 Summit
Cynefin Basecamp The Cynefin Company on Cynefin® Framework, Complexity Management, Complexity Theory, Knowledge Management and Systems Thinking
Trauma-Informed Coach Certification The Centre for Healing
Tiny Habits Coach Certification Tiny Habits® Academy, including coaching 30+ participants from across the globe (Australia, Europe, Canada, USA, South America) completing the Tiny Habits® Program
Victim-Perpetrator Lab Victim-Perpetrator Dynamics Through the Individual, Generational & Collective Lens Lab with The Pocket Project (Jan 2024-Dec 2024)
Ceremony A year long journey with Indigenous Healer Asha Frost, who offers 13 Full Moon Ceremonies based on her book “The medicine within” (Sep 2023- Aug 2024)
Harvest A 3 month mentorship programme, including 3 1-1 sessions, led by Indigenous Healer Asha Frost on unweaving and unwinding from harmful programming, societal impacts and generational trauma, practicing and learning energetic healing techniques, engaging in ceremony and ritual, rewiring bodily systems to expand the capacity for abundance, reciprocity and wellness
Advanced Cynefin The Cynefin Company and Sense-Making Masterclass on Cynefin® Framework, Complexity Management, Complexity Theory, Knowledge Management and Systems Thinking
Work with me
The first clarity session is free of charge to explore your challenge and ways in which I can support you.
Individual coaching sessions
This is a space for you to explore challenges you’re facing and receive my undivided attention, emotional attunement and tailored support. You can reserve sessions as you go or invest in a package, depending on your needs.
Reclaim Your Energy
3 months programme
Establish strong foundations for reclaiming energy with ongoing access to shared materials. Utilise holistic approaches addressing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual energies for sustainable transformation. Develop a comprehensive understanding of burnout, including its systemic roots and triggers.
Signature workshops
I love designing and facilitating human interactions. I believe learning can and should be fun, engaging and interactive. My experience as behavioural designer and trauma-informed facilitator makes it easy and exciting to invite audiences on that exciting journey.
Individual coaching sessions
Reclaim Your Energy
3 Months Programme
Purpose
Individual Programme £3,000
– Weekly 1-1 session
– Access to Reclaim Your Energy course content – each week new section unfolds
– Somatic practices downloadable for own use
– Monthly community call free pass
Group Programme £1,500
– Monthly 1-1
– Weekly group calls
– Access to Reclaim Your Energy course content – each week new section unfolds
– Somatic practices downloadable for own use
Signature Workshops
– Why “Emotional competence is what we need to develop to protect ourselves from
the hidden stresses that create a risk to health, and it is what we need to regain if we
are to heal. We need to foster emotional competence in our children, as the best
preventative medicine.”
– What “Emotional competence is…
– Capacity to feel my emotions, so that I am aware when I am experiencing stress. Ability to express emotions effectively to assert my needs and to maintain the integrity of my emotional boundaries.
– Ability to distinguish between emotional reactions that are specific to the present situation and those that represent residue from the past.
– The awareness of those genuine needs that do require satisfaction, rather than their repression for the sake of gaining the acceptance or approval of others.”
– How A full day workshop
– Capacity 20 people