6-Week Live Group Cohort

You know you're burning out.
Now make a plan to stop.

A structured 6-week program for PMs and senior engineers who are done diagnosing the problem and ready to fix it, without quitting, burning bridges, or pretending things are fine.

Reserve Your Spot ($500)

8-12 people per cohort. Starts when full. No upsells.

Here is what nobody tells you about burnout

The advice you've heard is wrong. Not a little wrong. Structurally wrong. Take more vacations. Set better boundaries. Practice self-care. Work fewer hours.

I tried all of it. I came back from vacation burned out. I said no to more things and found new things filling the space. I did the yoga and the journaling and the morning routine. I still felt like I was running at 60% capacity on a good week, underwater on a bad one.

"At some point I realized I wasn't fixing the problem. I was managing my relationship with the problem. Those are not the same thing."

The fix isn't about managing your response to burnout. It's about identifying and changing the structural conditions that are producing it. That's a different project entirely. And it took me four years longer to figure out than it should have.

This cohort is what I wish had existed when I was in the middle of it.

This is for you if

This is not for you if

What you walk out with

After 6 weeks, you will have:

3

specific structural drivers of your burnout identified, not symptoms

1

conversation you have been avoiding, scripted and actually had

1

written load map showing where your energy is going and what can change

6

weeks of weekly live calls with 8-12 people who understand exactly what you are dealing with

The goal is not a perfect work-life balance. The goal is one week that felt structurally different by the end of week 6. That is the proof of concept. The rest follows.

What we cover (week by week)

Week 1

Diagnosis

Map the actual structural sources of your burnout. Scope creep with no pushback mechanism. Invisible work that does not count in performance reviews. Success metrics that are impossible to meet. We name them precisely.

Week 2

Values

The Schwartz Value Wheel exercise: where is your energy going, where does it actually need to go, what is the gap. You write your one-paragraph decision filter that you use for the next 4 weeks.

Week 3

Boundaries as System Design

Boundaries are not about saying no more often. They are about designing how work reaches you and what you do with it. We build your personal intake system: accept, defer, delegate, or decline, with specific criteria for each.

Week 4

The Conversation You Are Avoiding

Every burnout situation has one conversation behind it that has not happened yet. We identify yours, write the exact script, and role-play it in pairs. Homework: have the actual conversation before week 5.

Week 5

Sustainable Pace

What does a week you can sustain actually look like, in calendar form? Not ideal, sustainable. We build the template week you reference when things start slipping back.

Week 6

The Exit Plan

Where are you in 6 months if things go right? What does "going right" look like specifically? We build your 6-month version of the decision filter and you leave with a concrete plan, not just a feeling.

Pricing and what is included

One-time, per person

$500

8 to 12 people per cohort. Starts when full.

  • 6 weekly live calls via Zoom, 60 minutes each
  • Call recordings within 24 hours
  • Private Slack channel for the cohort (async support Mon-Thu)
  • Structural Burnout Inventory worksheet (downloadable PDF)
  • 6-month decision filter you keep after the cohort ends
  • Access to Adrien directly, not a junior coach
Reserve Your Spot

Questions? Email simpleguide2life@gmail.com

The honest version of a guarantee

If you complete weeks 1-3 and do the homework and feel like this is not what you needed, I will refund your $500 in full. No negotiation, no questions. The only condition is that you actually did the work -- showed up, completed the worksheets, engaged in the calls.

I do not offer this because I expect people to take it. I offer it because I think you should not be taking a financial risk to fix a structural problem you did not create.

About me

I am Adrien Harrison. I spent several years in product roles at tech companies and burned out in the specific way that PMs burn out: doing good work by every external measure and feeling like I was running a fraud the entire time. I eventually figured out that the problem was structural, not personal. I built a framework for addressing it, used it on myself, and now I share it publicly via the Simple Guide To Life newsletter and YouTube channel.

I am not a licensed therapist. I am not selling you peak performance. I am someone who has been where you are and figured out a specific path out. That is the credential that matters here.

Questions

When does the cohort start?

When it fills. I am not running a cohort with 3 people. The minimum is 8. Once 8 spots are reserved, I set a start date and email everyone. The typical lag is 2 to 4 weeks after the cohort fills.

What if I cannot make a live call?

Recordings go out within 24 hours. Missing one call is fine. Missing three makes it hard to get the full value. If your schedule is genuinely unpredictable for 6 weeks, this cohort format is probably not right for you right now.

Is this therapy?

No. I am not a licensed therapist and this is not therapy. If you are dealing with depression, anxiety disorders, or anything that needs clinical support, please see a licensed therapist. This program addresses structural work conditions, not mental health conditions.

Why $500 and not more?

Because this is my first cohort. I have not done this before in this format. You are taking a real risk paying for something without any testimonials from past participants. $500 reflects that. When the first cohort produces results and I have evidence, the price goes up.

What if I work at a big tech company, not a mid-size one?

The structural burnout dynamics at large tech are different but the framework still applies. The ICP I know best is mid-size tech (50-500 employees), so that is who I can help most confidently. If you are at a FAANG and the core problem resonates, reach out before buying and we can assess fit.

Can my company pay for this?

Yes. I can invoice a company directly. Email simpleguide2life@gmail.com with your company name and I will send an invoice.

Ready to build the plan?

8 to 12 people. $500. Starts when full.

Reserve Your Spot

Questions? simpleguide2life@gmail.com