May 28 - June 30 6:30 PM EST

This cohort is currently offered at a founding participant rate. Future cohorts will be priced at $1,500 as additional resources and practitioner support are added.

This Program Helps You

Through guided lessons and practical exercises, BurnUP helps you:

• understand the difference between stress, overwhelm, and burnout
• recognize how stress shows up in your mind, body, and behavior
• identify patterns that influence your reactions
• experiment with small adjustments that support your energy and wellbeing
• develop a repeatable framework you can use whenever life changes

This is not about fixing yourself.

It is about turning the light up enough to see clearly so you can choose more intentionally.


What Makes BurnUP Different

Many programs focus on productivity or mindset alone.

BurnUP approaches stress from multiple angles by integrating:

  • Behavioral psychology
  • Nervous system awareness
  • Behavioral patterns and decision making
  • Reflective practices drawn from both eastern and western traditions


The goal is not to prescribe a single solution.

The goal is to help you develop a repeatable framework you can return to whenever life changes.

How the BurnUP Program Works

BurnUP is structured as a guided journey that combines short lessons, reflection exercises, and practical experimentation.

How the program works
 You will learn:
  • Participate in weekly cohort discussions
  • Watch short video lessons introducing each stage of the framework
  • Complete guided reflection exercises
  • Map your personal stress and engagement patterns
  • Design small experiments to test new responses in real situations

• How to recognize stress signals earlier

• The difference between stress, overwhelm, and burnout

• How reaction patterns form

• How to design small experiments that shift your responses

• How to build a repeatable framework for navigating stress and energy


The goal is not to overhaul your life overnight.

The goal is to learn how to notice patterns and experiment with small shifts that create meaningful change over time.

    1. Welcome to BurnUP

    2. Syllabus

    3. Introductions!

    4. Tools for the BurnUP Program

    1. Welcome to Week 1

    2. Envision Your Ideal Day

    3. Understanding Stress: Mind, Body, and Spirit

    4. Exercise: Body Scan Exercise

    5. Week 1: Discussion Guide

    6. Self-Assessment: Your Stress Landscape

    7. Interpreting Your Responses

    8. Download: Self-Assessment: Your Stress Landscape

    9. Community Topic – Week 1: Stress Language

    1. Welcome to Week 2

    2. Signals and Reaction Loops

    3. Expanding Signals

    4. Agency: Influence vs Impact

    5. Signals & Agency Discussion Guide

    6. Community Topic – Week 2: Choosing Engagement

    1. Welcome to Week 3

    2. Understanding Engagement Patterns

    3. Engagement Axis

    4. Processing Lenses: Analytical & Embodied

    5. Create Your Engagement Fingerprint

    6. Choice Mapping Discussion Guide

    7. Community Topic – Week 3: Your Engagement Pattern

    1. Welcome to Week 4

    2. Soothing vs Numbing

    3. Micro Experiments

    4. Designing Experiments with SMART Thinking

    5. Micro Experiments Discussion Guide

    6. Community Topic - Week 4: My Micro-Experiment

    1. Welcome to Week 5

    2. Experiment Reflection

    3. Redefining Thriving

    4. More Of / Less Of Exercise (vid + worksheet)

    5. Designing New Experiments

    6. Direction and Thriving Discussion Guide

    7. Community Topic – Week 5: My Direction

About this course

  • $888.00
  • 46 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

  • What You’ll Gain

    Many programs focus on productivity or mindset alone. The goal is to help you develop a repeatable framework you can return to whenever life changes.

  • Beyond the Program:

    Participants will have the opportunity to stay connected to a community of wellness practitioners who represent a range of approaches from clinical and research-based methods to more embodied and holistic practices.

  • BurnUP is for people who:

    BurnUP is designed for people who feel like they are holding a lot and want a more sustainable way to navigate life.

Begin Exploring the BurnUP Framework

BurnUP is designed to help you develop a more sustainable relationship with stress and energy so you can respond with greater clarity and intention.

If you’re ready to better understand the patterns shaping your daily experience, you can begin exploring the BurnUP framework today.

Founding Cohort Price

This cohort is currently offered at a founding participant rate. Future cohorts will be priced at $1,500 as additional resources and practitioner support are added.

Meet Dr. Heather Kidwell

I believe change happens when people feel safe, supported, and understood. My role is to help you explore what is happening beneath the surface, name what you are feeling, and guide you toward decisions that are aligned with who you are becoming.

What to expect when you work with me: 

  • Psychology and identity exploration
  • Burnout research and lived experience
  • Nervous system awareness and emotional steadiness
  • Purpose centered conversation
  • Practical tools for clarity and grounded action
  • A supportive space where you can reconnect with yourself


This work is part reflective, part strategic, and part deeply human.

Read more about me.