Success Story

Sarah Chen

Former Management Consultant

Back home for dinner every night — and present for it

Business side: Replaced consulting income in a 25-hour work week

12-year management consultant, Fortune 500 transformation projects, calendar booked 18 months out, no-show parent for most of her daughter’s first 4 years.

Consulting Singapore Burnout & Identity Crisis 6-month Reset Program (completed 2024)

Exceptional result Verified

"I went from crying in airport bathrooms between flights to running my business from anywhere — including my daughter's school events."

Life Recovered

Life First. Numbers Second.

These are the outcomes the Reset Program is built to deliver for every committed client.

Sleep recovered

First full night in 4 years

From waking at 3am every night to sleeping through

Family presence

School pickup every Wednesday

From 2–3 hours/week with her daughter to daily quality time

Stress reduction

9/10 → 3/10

Self-reported stress dropped from chronic to manageable

Boundary scripts used

Weekly

Uses the R.E.S.E.T. boundary scripts to protect evenings & weekends

The Transformation

From surviving to thriving—in numbers

Before

Work Hours70+ hours/week

Income Model$280k/year (tied to billable hours)

Family Time2–3 hours/week

Stress Level9/10 chronic

After

Work Hours25–30 hours/week

Income ModelReplaced consulting income within 6 months

Family TimeDaily quality time, school pickups

Stress Level3/10 manageable

The Full Story

The Backstory

For 12 years, I was the go-to consultant for Fortune 500 transformation projects. My calendar was booked 18 months out. Clients loved me. My bank account was full. But every Sunday night, I'd feel this crushing dread. I'd missed my daughter's first steps because I was in a strategy session. Missed her first word because I was on a client call. The breaking point came when she stopped asking if I'd be home for dinner.

The Breaking Point

I was in the bathroom at Changi Airport, having just landed from Tokyo, about to fly to London. My daughter had her first piano recital that evening. I looked in the mirror and didn't recognize myself. Hollow eyes. Grey skin. This successful person everyone admired was actually dying inside. I called James from that bathroom.

The Transformation

The Freedom Reset didn't just give me better time management — it completely rewired how I created value. James helped me see that my real expertise wasn't deliverables, it was transformation. We packaged my methodology into a high-ticket coaching program. Within 6 months, I had replaced my consulting income working 25 hours a week.

Life Now

Yesterday, I picked my daughter up from school. We got ice cream and talked about her day. Such a simple thing, but it still makes me cry when I think about it. That's what freedom looks like to me.

The Journey

Month by month transformation

Month 1 (Jan 2024)

The Decision

Started Freedom Reset program, began identity work

Month 2

Nervous-System Reset

Stopped waking at 3am; slept through the night for the first time in 4 years

Month 3

Framework Development

Packaged 12 years of expertise into a signature methodology

Month 4

First High-Ticket Client

Landed first coaching package

Month 6 (Jun 2024)

Consulting Exit

Closed out final consulting engagements, transitioned fully to coaching

Month 9

Integration

Stable 25–30 hour weeks, daughter picked up from school every Wednesday

Month 12

Present Parent

Missed zero school events in a quarter for the first time in 5 years

The Business Side

Commercial outcomes — secondary to the life recovery above

Why this is flagged exceptional: Sarah already had a packaged methodology and strong brand recognition before she joined — that made the commercial rebuild faster than typical. The burnout-recovery outcomes (family presence, sleep, stress) are representative of what most clients experience. Learn what these flags mean.

−64%

Hours reduced

From 70+ to 25–30 hours/week

Replaced

Income continuity

Consulting income replaced within 6 months

Gone

Sunday dread

Self-reported: no longer wakes up dreading Monday

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The R.E.S.E.T. Guarantee

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