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Tanya Master
Psychosomatic Coach for Burnout, Boundaries & Leadership

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The Fawn Response in Leadership: Why You're Burning Out (Even Though You're "Good at Your Job")
The fawn response is a lesser-known trauma pattern that quietly drives burnout in high-functioning professionals. Here's how it shows up in leadership roles.
2 days ago4 min read


Boundary Confusion in Client Work: When Empathy Becomes Rescue
You’ve probably felt it: that moment when a client expresses pain or longing, and some part of you rushes in to fix, to soften, to save. It might seem like compassion; but often, it’s not. What’s actually happening is a subtle form of boundary confusion in client work: a shift from empathy into rescue that reshapes your entire container. In this article, we'll explore how it happens, what it costs, and how to build safer, more sustainable trauma-informed spaces — without col
Oct 234 min read


Beyond Talk Therapy: The Power of Psychosomatic Coaching
What if your chronic symptoms aren’t random, but meaningful? In this article, I unpack what psychosomatic coaching really means, how trauma lives in the body, and why sensitive, high-functioning individuals often carry invisible burdens that don’t show up on scans. This trauma-informed, body-based approach invites you to understand symptoms as signals and to begin a new relationship with your body, rooted in listening rather than override.
Oct 143 min read


Why So Many Therapists and Coaches Burn Out and What It Really Takes to Build a Sustainable Practice
Many coaches enter the field with deep care — but without the structure, training, or support to sustain it. This article explores seven patterns that lead to burnout, and what a sustainable, trauma-informed practice can look like instead.
Oct 136 min read


Burnout or Structural Dissociation? A Trauma-Informed Look at High-Functioning Clients
Burnout isn’t always loud. For many high-functioning clients, it arrives quietly: after months or years of overriding the body’s cues. What looks like resilience on the outside can often be structural dissociation on the inside. In this piece, we explore how psychosomatic coaching and parts work help practitioners recognise dissociation not just in collapse, but in over-adaptation, over-giving, and the relentless drive to keep going.
Sep 163 min read


Why Structure Is Healing in Trauma-Informed Coaching
Many coaching spaces promise transformation—but without structure, they often reproduce chaos. This article explores why trauma-informed coaching needs strong containers to support nervous system regulation, realignment, and depth.
Sep 153 min read
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