Burnout Prevention Specialist
Located in Gimuy (Cairns) and servicing professionals worldwide
Sophie Anderson is a burnout prevention specialist and the creator of the Anderson Model of Burnout Prevention (AMBP™) - a practical framework that maps how burnout accumulates across three zones: Activation, Over-functioning and Depletion, and identifies the intervention points that stop professionals from crossing the threshold into burnout.
She works with professionals, leaders and organisations across Australia and worldwide through personal coaching, keynotes and workplace wellbeing programs.
How I help
Working with Sophie - the Benefits
Whether you’re an individual or an organisation, my focus is the same: helping people live well and work well.
My focus:
🌿 Create healthier habits and sustainable energy
🌿 Reduce stress and build resilience
🌿 Set and uphold boundaries with confidence
🌿 Align work and life so both feel fulfilling
🌿 Maintain productivity in demanding roles, and avoid burnout!
Clients Experience
Kirsty Nancarrow
Sophie's passion for life and people is infectious. She has a genuine interest in helping people to live their best lives. As a well-being coach, she brings compassion, knowledge and insights from her own journey. Sophie is authentic, personable, and committed to helping individuals and teams reach their personal and professional goals.
Suzanne Rath
Sophie is a truly community and person centred Wellness Coach, with a wealth of resources and knowledge. Her areas of expertise include values determination, overcoming procrastination and assisting organisations to meet their WHS requirements by developing and delivering wellbeing programs.
Keirra Ryan
It’s been a truly wonderful journey of growth and discovery, to which I cannot recommend Sophie highly enough. If you’re looking for a coach who genuinely cares, inspires you to dig deeper and helps you step into your best self, Sophie is the one.
Tracy Gardiner
I cannot recommend Sophie at Cairns Coaching highly enough! From my very first session, Sophie’s warmth, empathy, and genuine passion for wellness coaching shone through. She has an incredible ability to listen deeply and ask the right questions, helping me uncover insights about myself that I never realised before.
Dawn Sampson
I can’t speak highly enough of Sophie. She has been a massive support to me through a very difficult health journey and in helping me discover my true potential within my own coaching practice. Her compassion and ability to listen without judgement or assumption has enabled me to be vulnerable and open about all aspects of my life in a safe space and she has helped me recognise a lot of my limiting beliefs
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Richard Cordukes
I did a coaching session with Sophie on Friday afternoon. I find her professionalism and skills second to none! If you are on the fence considering working with her, jump over, you will not regret it!
Amy Coulson
Having my session with Sophie was amazing. You will first notice with Sophie her warmth and energy as she guides you through the coaching session. She is very present and held me accountable.
Noemi Storme
Sophie is an exceptionally professional coach. I hired her to help me navigate the challenges that come with the beginnings of owning a new business. After just one session I already had a clearer vision of what I needed to focus on.
Podcast Interviews
Burnout to Balance with Wellness Coach Sophie Anderson
Biz Bites for Thought Leaders Podcast
Sophie Anderson: Boost Workplace Wellness with Preventative Programs
Talking with the Experts Podcast
Priorities, Networking and Peace with Sophie Anderson
Business by Referral Podcast
Burnout, Boundaries and Preventing Overwhelm with Sophie Anderson
Coffee, Clients & Naptime Podcast
In the Media
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Media, Clients and Projects
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📍 Cairns, Australia
I respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which I coach, collaborate and grow, the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji and Yirrganydji Peoples. I acknowledge and pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the world’s oldest living culture and embrace their continued connection to land, waters and community. I pay my deepest respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.
I also recognise, value and celebrate diversity and act in the spirit of inclusion.