Burnout Relief Retreat
The teaching, coaching, and community you need to overcome workplace stress during the pandemic & beyond beginning Mar 25th
JOIN NOWThe Burnout Relief Retreat frees you from the cycles of overbearing workplace stress and burnout that many are experiencing in this unusual time. You will learn the tools, develop the plan, and receive the community support you need to make yourself immune to burnout in the future.
Through the Retreat and the ongoing implementation of the tools you learn, you will:
Most efforts to solve burnout focus on giving you some time off or an hourlong training, but the chances that these work for more than a week is next to zero. The World Health Organization describes burnout as “chronic workplace stress.” You can’t solve a chronic problem with a temporary solution.
Overcoming burnout requires applying the new tools and mindsets we give you in a variety of circumstances over time. That is why we’ve designed the Burnout Relief Retreat to provide you with the opportunity to learn, apply, and practice these tools intensely over 3 days and then maintain them over 3 weeks.
Through years of professional coaching, we have found that lasting change happens when the adjustments you make to how you think and act are tested by a variety of circumstances and they prevail. This requires ongoing troubleshooting and adjustments until you get behaviors that can last.
One manager we worked with who was considering quitting because she didn’t believe her job could be done sustainably reported this:
“I am still feeling incredibly grateful for the coaching you provided earlier this year. I’m happy to report that since we started working together ~6 (7?) months ago, that there have only been 2 weeks that I’ve worked over 45 hours and I’ve never worked more than 50 hours. It is feeling awesome. Thank you!!”
Another person we worked with who was burnt out and working 70 hours per week reported:
“I got promoted this week! Life is good. Had a week that felt busy but still not cracking 50 hours a week. I am happy!”
Each component of the program is included to increase the odds that your bout with burnout ends now.
The program will take place on the following dates:
We will work with you to help you define what needs to be true for you to feel that work and life are sustainable in the first session. Then we will give you the tools, support, and accountability you need to turn your definition of sustainability into a reality. The tools we offer you aren’t the well-intentioned, but largely ineffective approaches that you find littered across the internet. Those approaches focus largely on treating your symptoms and helping you cope with the stress rather than addressing the root causes.
We teach science-based, time-tested tools that others have used to get results in days. Literally, the last time we taught these tools to a group, one person said that for them to feel like work was sustainable, they would need to stop work at 4pm on Friday and not work the weekend. The upcoming weekend this became a reality for this person for the first time in a long time.
We have written about these tools in leading business magazines, including Harvard Business Review, Inc, and Thrive Global.
We’ve been running Burnout Relief Retreats for the last few months and seeing tremendous results.
Our net promoter score for the Burnout Relief Retreat is 100%.
Here are some of the things past attendees say:
“If you are struggling to get beyond survival and really thrive at work, then the Burnout Recovery Retreat could be a real help. It is a community-based, collaborative experience that leverages helpful insights, practical tips and real life experience. And the best part is that I could learn on the edges of my work and immediately apply what I was learning. I highly recommend this retreat.”
Director of Product Innovation (International NGO)
“Definitely worth your investment if you are suffering from or are close to burnout. Illuminating insights and practical activities packaged in a time-efficient manner.”
Partner, Head of Innovation & Learning (Consulting Firm)
“As a younger professional trying to balance pursuing interesting stretch projects at work with my core workload, this retreat was incredibly valuable in providing me with concrete strategies to rest and recharge. I’ve been able to use what I learned in this retreat to advocate for myself and communicate my needs to various project teams, which has helped me become even more effective in my work. I highly recommend this retreat, especially for anyone who is trying to figure out how to reach ambitious goals without burning themselves out in the process.”
Associate Advisor (Financial Advising Firm)
“The Burnout Retreat provides many well thought out and helpful tools of how to navigate working during this time of quarantine. The reflection times were valuable as they helped provide a space to create concrete plans to avoid burnout as well as a starting point for future accountability. I highly recommend this retreat for anyone who wants to be a better employee or boss, regardless if you work from home or not. The themes that are discussed are applicable across disciplines.”
Emergency Room Nurse (Hospital)
“The retreat provided real tools and evidence-based explanations for burnout recovery that will improve my performance at work and ability to work with teams more effectively.”
Head of Learning and Development (Insurance Company)
“This was such an important and transformative time commitment. From identifying what burnout looks like to learning concrete steps and tools to change reverse it, it was an exponential return on the investment of time and expense.”
Associate Director of Communications (International NGO)
“I finally have implementable tools to manage my workload and burnout.”
Program Director (Health Care Training Company)
The Burnout Relief Retreat is a 5-week program that starts with a 3-day intensive.
In addition to the 4+ hours of videos and almost 4 hours of live session time, you’ll get access to these additional supports:
While the specific topics covered during the program may evolve somewhat based on what you and other participants discuss during the problem-solving sessions, it will likely include the following topics:
When I started my job as a consultant, I saw many of my peers burn out and leave after 2 years. But I didn’t want to leave. I loved what I did.
I thought to myself: there has to be another way. Well, in a year’s time, I had found another way. I figured out how to work less and uphold boundaries such that I was working under 40 hours/week while the average was 50-55.
– Matt Plummer (Facilitator of the Program & CEO of Zarvana)
JOIN FOR $200We want you to get results. At the end of the day, that’s actually all we care about.
Zarvana’s mission is to help ambitious professionals excel in work and life at the same time. We don’t think people should have to choose between having a high-impact, demanding career and a healthy and fulfilling personal life.
Yet, we know that the challenge of managing work and life priorities is significant and in this unprecedented time, ever-increasing. Even before the pandemic, about one in four people said they felt frequent or constant burnout at work.
What that means is that if you commit to this process and don’t get results, we don’t want you to pay. Specifically, if you’re not happy with your experience at any point before the fourth day of the program, we’ll give you your money back.
When will this happen?
The program will take place on the following dates at the following times:
The 30-minute coaching sessions can be scheduled at any time during the Retreat or in the month following the Retreat.
We will be offering the Retreat again in the future, so if these dates don’t work for you, don’t worry. Join our waiting list and we’ll let you know when we open the Retreat again. If you need more urgent help, send us a note or schedule a 30-min free consultation with Matt and you can explore other options, including 1-on-1 coaching.
Do I need to attend all sessions?
We expect those who sign up to do their best to attend all sessions, watch all the video lessons, and complete all the workbooks. Part of the magic of the Retreat is the interaction attendees have with each other and the accountability provided by consistent connection. If you miss sessions, you diminish the experience for others.
We’re purposefully letting you know the dates several weeks in advance so that you can book and hold the times. If you think you’ll need to miss more than 1-2 sessions, please consider joining the Retreat at a later date (you can sign up for our waiting list here).
Where will sessions be held?
The sessions will be conducted via Zoom video-conferencing technology. The online community will convene in Slack.
Who will be facilitating the Program and doing the coaching sessions?
Zarvana CEO Matt Plummer will be leading the program and meeting with each attendee. Matt founded Zarvana after figuring out how to reduce the hours he was working at a premier strategy and management consulting firm by 15-20% and ultimately, managing 3-4 projects in the time most others managed 2. Matt writes articles on research-based, sustainable ways to boost professionals’ performance on Zarvana, Harvard Business Review, and Inc.
If you have any additional questions, send us a note or schedule a short call.