Come home to yourself.
Coaching for high-achieving women who are ready to stop over-functioning — and build a way of living and leading that doesn’t require them to abandon themselves.
This might be you
You’re successful.
You’re capable.
You’re the one everyone relies on.
But you’re exhausted from carrying everything.
If you read that and something in you exhaled — you’re in the right place.
There is another way to carry your life.
Over-functioning isn’t a personality trait. It’s a pattern — one that has quietly cost you your rest, your presence, and your sense of self. You do not have to become less capable to live a more grounded life. You simply need to stop carrying what was never yours to carry.
You’re not tired. You’re depleted.
Tiredness lifts after a good night’s sleep. Depletion doesn’t. It’s what’s left when you’ve spent years being capable, dependable and strong for everyone else — a quiet emptiness that rest alone can’t reach. Naming it is where recovery begins.
Meet Mary
A coach who understands the weight of leadership.
Mary Njenga is a finance and operations executive turned coach with over 19 years leading organisations across East and Central Africa — including Deloitte and Diageo — up to CFO level. Today she helps high-achieving women step out of chronic over-responsibility and into leadership that is grounded, intentional and sustainable.
Meet your coachThe signature 1:1 programme
The Rooted Reset
A six-week, deeply personal 1:1 journey to stop over-functioning and come home to yourself.
My approach
Practical tools. Honest conversations. Deep reflection.
Grounded in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Coaching and Ubuntu philosophy. This is a space to pause, examine what you’re carrying, and begin to make different choices.
Free guide
The Hidden Cost of Success
Seven patterns that quietly hold high achieving women back — and how to begin loosening their grip.