About FemExec Wellness

About FemExec Wellness

A different approach to burnout recovery, workforce health and sustainable performance.

FemExec Wellness helps organisations protect workforce health and supports high-performing women to restore the health, energy and capacity required for sustainable performance.

Our work is grounded in The Heal Well Method, a clinically informed, rehabilitation-informed approach that looks beyond coping strategies alone and considers what prolonged stress, illness and depletion have changed in the whole person.

We work at both organisational and individual level because burnout prevention and recovery require more than awareness. They require the right support at the right depth.

Why we exist

Why FemExec Wellness Exists

Many organisations are investing in workplace wellbeing, employee support and resilience.

Those initiatives can be valuable, but there can still be a gap between helping someone cope and helping them genuinely recover.

Shena repeatedly saw people return to work appearing well while still struggling with exhaustion, disrupted sleep, reduced concentration and diminished capacity.

Going back to work is not the same as being recovered.

FemExec Wellness was created to address that gap.

We bring rehabilitation-informed thinking into burnout recovery and workforce health, looking not simply at whether someone can keep functioning, but whether they have enough health and capacity to function sustainably.

Our methodology

The Heal Well Method

The Heal Well Method is the methodology behind all FemExec Wellness work.

It starts by assessing what has been depleted, supports regulation and restoration, then progressively rebuilds the capacity required for real working and personal life.

It draws on Shena's background in rehabilitation, health and wellbeing coaching and her lived experience of severe burnout.

The Heal Well Method grew from Shena's rehabilitation work through sister brand Whole Life Rehab, where recovery is approached through health, function and the whole person. FemExec Wellness applies those principles specifically to burnout, workforce capacity and sustainable performance.

The method is guided by five principles:

1Recovery Before Resilience
2The Whole Person Recovers Together
3The Nervous System Is the Gate
4Function in Real Life Is the Measure
5Health Is What Makes Performance Possible

Meet the founder

Meet Shena Lee-Anthony

Chartered Rehabilitation Physiotherapist · Health & Wellbeing Coach · UKIHCA Full Member · The Heal Well Method

Full Member of the UK & International Health Coaching Association.

Shena Lee-Anthony, founder of FemExec Wellness

For many years, my professional world was rehabilitation.

I worked with people whose health and function had been disrupted by illness, injury and major life events, helping them rebuild strength, confidence and the capacity to return to real life.

Then I experienced severe burnout myself.

Despite being resilient, optimistic and deeply committed to my work, I reached a point where my own health and capacity were profoundly affected. I was later diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

That experience changed the way I understood recovery.

I knew professionally that being able to perform a task did not necessarily mean someone had fully recovered. Experiencing that personally made the distinction impossible to ignore.

You can be back at work.

You can look capable.

You can continue meeting expectations.

And still be far from well.

That insight became central to the work I do today.

FemExec Wellness brings together my rehabilitation background, health and wellbeing coaching and lived understanding of burnout to help organisations protect workforce capacity and help women rebuild health in a way that can survive real life and real work.

Outside work, I value the parts of life that remind me there is more to being well than being productive. You will often find me travelling off the beaten track, riding my motorcycle or singing jazz.

For me, recovery is ultimately about having enough health and capacity not only to work, but to live.

Expertise and Professional Background

Shena's expertise spans rehabilitation, health coaching and speaking, each discipline informing the FemExec Wellness approach to burnout recovery and workforce health.

Chartered Rehabilitation Physiotherapist

Extensive clinical rehabilitation experience helping people restore function, strength, independence and confidence following illness and injury.

Health and Wellbeing Coach

Health and wellbeing coaching expertise applied to burnout recovery, sustainable behaviour change, health restoration and capacity building.

Speaker

Talks, workshops and facilitated conversations on burnout prevention, recovery, workforce health, sustainable performance and the experiences of high-performing women.

Workforce Health and Burnout Recovery Specialist

Bringing rehabilitation-informed recovery principles into organisational wellbeing, burnout prevention, return-to-work support and sustainable workforce performance.

What guides our work

What Guides Our Work

Our philosophy sits within The Heal Well Method. It shapes how we think about prevention, recovery and sustainable performance at both organisational and individual level.

Recovery Before More Demand

We do not begin by asking depleted people to tolerate more. Recovery and capacity come first.

The Whole Person Matters

Sleep, energy, physical health, cognitive load, emotional wellbeing, confidence, habits, working patterns and life demands interact.

Health Enables Sustainable Performance

Performance that continually depends on overriding health and recovery is not sustainable.

We don't simply ask: How can you cope better?

We also ask: What needs to change so recovery and sustainable capacity become possible?

Who We Support

For Organisations

For Organisations

FemExec Wellness works with HR, People, Wellbeing and Occupational Health teams, business leaders and organisations that want to address burnout risk, strengthen recovery support and protect workforce capacity.

Support includes:

  • The Capacity Core Workshop
  • Workforce Wellbeing Clinic Days
  • Workplace programmes
  • Burnout and return-to-work support
  • Leadership education and speaking
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For High-Performing Women

For High-Performing Women

FemExec Wellness also works directly with female leaders, founders and high-performing women who are exhausted, depleted, recovering from burnout or illness, or continuing to perform without feeling fully recovered.

Personalised support applies The Heal Well Method at greater individual depth.

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"With Shena's support, I finally feel like myself again, more energetic, positive and confident."

H. Bowle

C-Suite Executive Assistant

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