The Threshold of Real Change - From Exhausted to Authentic Self-Leadership

The Threshold of Real Change - From Exhausted to Authentic Self-Leadership

A Framework for reducing burnout and gaining greater clarity

Across the legal profession, high-achieving lawyers are reaching a slient tipping point.

On the surface, everything looks successful, strong performance, trusted leadership, consistent client results, but internally, the cost is becoming impossible to ignore.

This session shines a light on the real reasons senior legal professionals experience chronic stress, emotional overload, and burnout, and introduces a clear, practical path toward sustainable, authentic self-leadership.

This is not a wellbeing presentation. It is leadership rooted in psychology, nervous-system science, and lived professional reality.

Speaker Hannah Beko, brings together 20 years experience as a lawyer and 10 years of supporting thousands of legal professionals to lead the lives and careers they want to lead, to share a framework for more sustainable practice in 2026.

In this session, we'll cover:

The Hidden Drivers of Burnout in Law

Why high-achieving lawyers burn out not because of workload, but because of identity patterns, emotional labour, and over-functioning.

The Performance Identity & the Mask of Competence

How “being the strong and capable one” becomes a leadership liability, and how to interrupt this cycle without compromising performance.

The Authentic Recovery Framework (Early Stages)

A practical, evidence-informed approach to restoring clarity and emotional bandwidth:

• Pause (regulate the system)
• See (recognise the pattern)
• Align (reconnect with your internal compass)

This is designed for:

• Partners & senior associates
• In-house counsel
• Legal leaders and team managers
• High-achieving lawyers navigating hidden exhaustion
• Professionals seeking sustainable performance without sacrificing themselves

If you are committed to your work but tired of the internal cost, this will resonate deeply.

You'll leave with:

✨ A clearer understanding of what’s actually driving stress
✨ A reduction in shame around exhaustion
✨ A practical lens for navigating pressure
✨ A renewed sense of clarity and internal direction
✨ Tools for interrupting burnout patterns early
✨ An idea of what aligned leadership feels like for you in 2026

📣 About your Speaker

Hannah Beko specialises in supporting senior legal professionals to transform chronic stress and over-functioning into clarity, grounded confidence, and authentic self-leadership.

Her lived experience, nervous-system-first approach has helped partners, GCs, barristers, and legal leaders reclaim their energy, sharpen their decision-making, and lead without losing themselves.

Join us in Manchester on 9th December 2025, with registration and networking from 08:30am and presentation and Q&A from 09:00am.

Address: 117 Portland St, Manchester, M1 6ED

Ticket includes entry, refreshments and a copy of best seller The Authentic Lawyer.