The Spiral
Identity Coaching for High-Achieving Women in Burnout and Self-Abandonment Patterns
You became the one everyone relies on. Somewhere along the way, you stopped including yourself in the equation
Private 1:1 coaching to shift the patterns behind burnout, over-responsibility, and self-abandonment — so you stop holding everything together for everyone else, and stop abandoning yourself in the process.
20+ years experience | 700+ clients supported
Women’s Identity Coach | ICF
Senem Palaz x
Currently accepting a small number of private clients.
A private 30-minute call to explore what is happening and whether this work is the right fit.
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Burnout is the symptom. Self-abandonment is the pattern.
This is where both change.
Inside the Spiral
Most women arrive describing burnout. What we find underneath is a pattern of self-abandonment that has been quietly running their lives for years.
This is not the same as working too hard. This is about what happens when you have been the strong one for so long that you disappeared from your own life without realising.
In our work together we focus on:
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The moment you became the strong one — and what that cost you
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The emotional exhaustion of carrying responsibility that was never entirely yours
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The patterns keeping you stuck in overgiving, people-pleasing and self-neglect
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Rebuilding self-trust so your decisions come from your own voice
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Creating a life where you are no longer the last person on your own list
A private 30-minute call to explore what is happening and whether this work is the right fit.
The Return
A structured 1:1 coaching programme for changing the patterns behind burnout and self-abandonment.
Private 1:1 burnout and self-abandonment coaching for the woman who is ready to stop abandoning herself and build a life that includes her.
We go to the root. We change the patterns. The shift lasts.
Choose your coaching programme:
4 Week Coaching Programme — £360
8 Week Coaching Programme — £640
12 Week Coaching Programme — £900
Payment plans available. Limited number of private clients at any one time.
Want to experience the work first?
The Clarity Session — £95
A focused 60-minute private coaching session to understand what is really going on beneath the surface and what needs to change.
If you choose to continue into a coaching programme, £95 is deducted from your investment.
Through five carefully held phases —
The Noticing, The Uncovering, The Acceptance, The Unfolding and The Arrival.
I walk beside you as you move from burnout and self-abandonment to self-trust.
From holding everything together to being fully present in your own life.
The Results
These are not mindset shifts. These are structural changes in how you relate to yourself, others, and your life.
These are the most common shifts clients experience over time:
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Emotional exhaustion that lifts — without forcing it
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Boundaries that hold without guilt or over-explanation
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People-pleasing patterns that lose their grip naturally
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Decisions made from your own voice — not obligation or fear
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Less resentment and more genuine balance in relationships
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Greater ease with self-worth — in career, money and relationships
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Confidence that does not depend on what you produce or who you please
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Success that no longer costs you yourself
This is an investment in deep internal restructuring—so your growth, relationships, and success are no longer built on self-abandonment.
If you are ready to understand what is driving your burnout and change it at the root, the next step is a private conversation.
Frequently asked questions
A 30-minute conversation to explore what’s happening and whether this work is the right fit.
About Me
Welcome. I’m Senem.
My work focuses on burnout, self-abandonment, and the identity patterns that sit underneath both.
I am ICF, NLP, and counselling skills trained.
What really matters is why I do this work.
When I was sixteen, my mother left, and I became the one holding everything together. I learned very early that my value came from being useful, reliable, and strong for everyone else.
I built a life where I was needed by many people, but I was not in my own life.
I know this pattern because I lived it and I changed it.
Years later, as the wife of a professional football coach, I built a life of balance, presence, and connection while navigating relocations, high-pressure environments, and raising a child across countries. The patterns I created in the past did not repeat—and this experience became the foundation for The Spiral Coaching.
Today, I work with women who recognise themselves in this story.
Women who are capable, responsible, and relied upon—but emotionally exhausted and disconnected from themselves.
This work is deep, structured, and personal.
The women who work with me are not looking for surface level change. They are ready to change the pattern at the root.
“I don’t know when it happened… but somewhere along the way, I moved away from myself.”
“For the first time in years I felt like I was living my own life rather than managing everyone else’s.”
“I came in thinking I needed more confidence. I left understanding that was never the real question.”
A free private 30-minute conversation to explore what’s happening and whether this work is the right fit.
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