Work With Shien
This is personal.
One person.
One conversation at a time.
This work is not for people in crisis. It is for people who are excellent at their lives and exhausted by them. Lawyers, executives, founders, and educators who are performing at the highest level and quietly burning out behind it. If that is you, this is where you start.
Sessions conducted virtually · Available worldwide · English, French, Hindi, Punjabi & Swedish
Who this is for
You have built something remarkable.
And it is costing you more than anyone knows.
The lawyer or associate
Excellent at what you do. Running on cortisol. You know what needs to change but every time you try, the billing targets, the client demands, and the identity you have built around being the capable one get in the way.
The founder or executive
Navigating a transition — a new role, a pivot, a promotion that should feel exciting and instead feels destabilising. Your identity is tied to your performance and that is starting to cost you in ways that do not show up on any metric.
The high achiever who has tried everything
You have done the productivity systems, the mindset work, the therapy referrals. Nothing has addressed the actual pattern. You are not looking for another generic approach. You want something built for how you actually think and operate.
What actually happens
Not advice.
A map of what is driving the pattern.
Sessions are 50 minutes, one person at a time. Shien draws on her research background — years of interviewing CEOs, founders, and C-suite leaders — and her clinical training in CBT, ACT, and Polyvagal Theory to map exactly where the pressure is leaking and what is maintaining it.
This is not generic wellness coaching. It is a precise, personalised analysis of the specific patterns keeping you stuck — the perfectionism, the overthinking, the anxiety that does not make sense to anyone around you — and a practical path forward built around how you actually operate.
You leave with clarity and a framework you can use immediately. Not a 12-week programme you have to maintain on top of everything else.
What people are saying
Real shifts. Real people.
“I’d been going back and forth on a job change for months. What was different here was that we actually broke down how I make decisions — where I get stuck, why I stall. I made the decision within three weeks. For once, I didn’t second-guess myself into the ground after.”
“I’m someone who avoids certain conversations entirely. I’ve had two recently that I would normally have delayed by weeks. They weren’t perfect. But I had them. That is genuinely new.”
“The book put words to something I’d been carrying for years — that specific combination of ambition and anxiety. Coaching helped me actually do something with it. I recover faster now.”
How we work together
Three ways to begin
Start wherever you are. Every path leads to the same place: a clearer understanding of what is driving the pattern and what to actually do about it.
Discovery Call
Free — 15 minutes
A short conversation to understand where you are, what you are navigating, and whether we are a fit. No pressure. No pitch. Available globally via Calendly.
Coaching Session
50 minutes — by enquiry
A focused 1:1 session drawing on nervous system regulation, emotional intelligence, and Shien’s research background with high performers. We identify the pattern, map what is maintaining it, and build a practical path forward that fits your life.
Psychotherapy
Opening September 2026
Individual psychotherapy grounded in ACT, CBT, and Polyvagal Theory — designed for high-achieving professionals navigating anxiety, burnout, and identity transitions. Shien moves toward Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) status with CRPO in September 2026. Join the waitlist now.
Speaking
Shien speaks on what high performance actually costs — and what restores it.
Researcher. Author. Psychotherapist in training. Clinically grounded, research-backed, and immediately actionable. Available for keynotes, workshops, and fireside conversations.
01
The Nervous System Is Your Most Expensive Business Asset
Shien translates neuroscience into immediate, practical regulation strategies that high-performers can use without slowing down.
02
Anxious and Ambitious: The Hidden Profile of the High Achiever
Based on her book and years of research, Shien maps the psychological architecture that drives high performance — and exactly where it fractures.
03
Identity, Reinvention, and the Leaders Who Rebuild
For professionals navigating transition, disruption, or growth that outpaces their sense of self.
04
Wellbeing Inside the IB System
For IB coordinators, Heads of School, and PD day organisers. Two workshop tracks: educator wellbeing and student-facing interventions.
Keynote
45 – 60 minutes
Narrative-driven address for conferences, retreats, and firm-wide events.
Workshop
Half day – Full day
Immersive and structured for leadership cohorts, PD days, and executive offsites.
Fireside / Panel
30 – 45 minutes
Shien is a trained interviewer with extensive on-camera and stage experience.
Shien speaks selectively. Every engagement is assessed individually.
Working with a team or organisation?
Equilibrium by Design also delivers neurowellness programmes for law firms, corporations, and IB schools. That is a different conversation — and a different page.
Ready to begin?
Every engagement starts with a free 15-minute discovery call.
No pressure. No pitch. Just a conversation.
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