Stress
Chronic Work Stress in Senior Leaders
We rewire the patterns that decide how much pressure you can carry before it becomes stress, so the same week stops costing you the same amount.
- Executive Psychotherapist
- Master Hypnotherapist and NLP Coach
- 1,000+ Clients Transformed
About this work
What the work on chronic stress with Nicky Anstey actually involves
This page is for senior leaders, business owners and high functioning professionals living with chronic work-related stress that has stopped feeling temporary. Nicky Anstey works with the patterns generating the stress, not just the management of it, using the trademarked Rewire Method. The result is a different relationship with the same workload.
For the named service-level page, see stress coaching. This page sits in the wider mental optimisation cluster.
When stress has stopped feeling temporary
When this week, this month, this quarter all feel like the last one
You can name the deadlines, the emails, the people who do not pick up their share. But the stress is not really about any specific item on that list. It is about the relationship you have with the list itself.
Some days you can carry it. Some days the same volume crushes you. Underneath both is a pattern that decides how much room you have for pressure before it becomes stress, usually some mix of perfectionism, people pleasing and a nervous system that has not had real recovery for a long time.
How the work moves
Chronic Work Stress in Senior Leaders
Inside the Rewire Method, chronic stress is addressed on three levels at once.
- The unconscious pattern. Often perfectionism or people pleasing pretending to be conscientiousness. Worked at the root.
- The nervous system. Which can only carry so much for so long without recovery.
- The day to day life. The actual workload, calendar and decisions you have control over.
What this work tends to shift:
- The mental tape that keeps running after work ends.
- Sleep that broke months ago and has not come back.
- Tight chest, shallow breathing, locked shoulders.
- Inability to rest or enjoy time off.
- Pricing fear, saying yes too easily, working into the evening.
- Decisions delayed because there is no capacity left for them.
Clients whose week stopped costing them
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“I just wanted to say how transformational my sessions have been with Nicky and I would wholeheartedly recommend her.”
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“The most powerful timeline work I’ve ever done – gentle, insightful, and deeply effective. Nicky is truly the best.”
How You Can Work with Nicky
Nicky works with a small number of clients at any one time. Every engagement is delivered by her directly, with no associates and no handoffs. Most clients begin with a Reset Call and from there choose the right programme together.
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See Rewire Coaching
Rewire Coaching
The signature one to one programme, built on the trademarked Rewire Method. Where most clients begin.
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See Executive Coaching
Executive Coaching
For founders, directors and senior leaders at the top of their field who refuse to pay for performance with their health.
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See High Performance Coaching
High Performance Coaching
For high achievers who already perform and want the inner state to match the outer results.
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See Leadership Coaching
Leadership Coaching
For leaders who feel the weight of every decision and want to lead from a steadier place.
Succeed Beyond Your Limits
Twenty minutes with Nicky, one to one. No pitch. Honest conversation. If her work is the right fit, she will say. If it is not, she will say that too.
Why Nicky
Why Work With Nicky Anstey
She has lived it. Nicky experienced severe burnout during her own corporate career, then built her businesses through significant personal and health challenges. The story is not background. It is the reason the work goes deeper than most coaching.
She has the qualifications to go deep. Nicky is a qualified Executive Psychotherapist, Master NLP Coach, Master Hypnotherapist, Master Life and Business Coach, and a Registered Nutritionist aligned with medicine. Five disciplines inside one practitioner. Most coaches hold one.
She has the results. Over 1,000 clients have worked with Nicky and gone through the trademarked Rewire Method. Reduced pressure, clearer thinking, stronger leadership, healthier lives.
She is not a generalist. Nicky works specifically with high-achieving business owners and senior leaders. The people who others assume are fine, because they are still performing. Read more about Nicky here.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is chronic stress versus acute stress
Acute stress is short-term and tied to a specific event. Chronic stress is the ongoing version that has become a pattern. Acute stress usually resolves itself. Chronic stress usually does not without intervention.
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Is this the same as stress coaching
This page describes the condition. Stress coaching is the named service page for the same work.
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Do I need a diagnosis
No.
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How quickly will I feel better
Most clients describe a shift within the first few sessions. Deeper rewiring takes longer.
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Will I need to come off my medication
No.
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Online or in person
Both.
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Can my company sponsor this
Yes.
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Is this the same as Rewire Coaching
It uses the Rewire Method, with chronic work stress as the focus.
Working Across the UK and Internationally
Most one to one work is delivered online, which means Nicky works with business owners and senior leaders across the United Kingdom, Europe and internationally. In person engagements are arranged by appointment for corporate workshops and select programmes.
Transform to Perform Coaching
Godalming, Surrey, UK
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No obligation. Confidential. 20 minute call. Fit check for both of us.
Case Study
[PLACEHOLDER. Professional whose chronic stress reset over a defined period]
[PLACEHOLDER. Short story in Nicky’s voice.]