Amy Mummery - Health & Wellbeing Coach for EAs & PAs

Amy Mummery - Health & Wellbeing Coach for EAs & PAs Supporting EAs & PAs to reclaim their health, energy, balance and freedom. EA turned VA - lived experience, ex-corporate, evidence-based coach.

Helping you set boundaries, rebuild energy and thrive in the job you love - without losing yourself in it.

Signs you’re an Executive Assistant:You’ve said “leave it with me” about something you had absolutely no idea how to sol...
08/09/2026

Signs you’re an Executive Assistant:

You’ve said “leave it with me” about something you had absolutely no idea how to solve yet.

You can spot a diary clash from across the room before the person booking it has even noticed.

“Quick call” has never once meant quick.

You’ve perfected the reply that sounds warm and helpful, while internally knowing you are absolutely not available.

Someone has asked for an “urgent” meeting. Aren’t they all, hun?

“I’ll just quickly...” has personally ruined more evenings than you’d like to admit.

You’ve cancelled a lunchtime workout because “something came up”.

You’ve eaten lunch at your desk more times this year than you’ve eaten in the kitchen or with a colleague.

You said, “No worries, all fine!” today about something that was, in fact, not fine.

You know the Wi-Fi password, the printer’s quirks, and everyone’s coffee order, but can’t remember what you did at the weekend.

And your out-of-office has never actually meant out of office.

How many of these did you nod along to? Same.

Which is exactly why I created The EA Stress Reset. It’s free, quick, and doesn’t require you to overhaul your entire life to feel the benefit.

Comment “RESET” and I’ll send it over.

What would you add to the list?

I recently heard the term ‘quiet cracking’. It’s not the big, dramatic burnout crash. It’s the slow, unintentional kind,...
06/09/2026

I recently heard the term ‘quiet cracking’. It’s not the big, dramatic burnout crash. It’s the slow, unintentional kind, where you still show up, still do the job, and still remain the person everyone relies on, but quietly, something starts to wear thin.

I think that’s what happened to me.

I had a team to support, executives relying on me, and responsibilities I took seriously. Taking my foot off the pedal didn’t feel like an option. There weren’t necessarily single awful days, but over time, I started having thoughts I knew were worth listening to.

I’m a determined person, but life threw a few curveballs and I had to stop and take notice.

We’ve become so good at pushing through. But perhaps we should only push through when we truly need to, not simply because it’s how we’ve learnt to cope.

When was the last time you had an honest conversation with yourself?

In the wise words of legendary Dolly Parton "You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try."I wouldn't c...
26/08/2026

In the wise words of legendary Dolly Parton

"You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try."

I wouldn't call myself a brave person. If you asked me in the moment, I'd say I just made a decision and did the thing. But looking back, there's actually quite a list.

The time I quit my job to go to America for the summer, on my own. My company got a temp in and kept my job open.

The time I quit another job to go travelling for 5 months. Same thing — temp in, role held.

The time I asked for a sabbatical because I was burnt out and didn't really know how to say that out loud. Approved in 48 hours. Paid.

The time I got a working holiday visa and moved to Australia for a year. Landed an EA role at Ernst & Young, paid off the loan I'd taken out the year before to go travelling, and came home with more money than I left with.

The time I jumped out of a plane in New Zealand — despite being genuinely scared of heights.

The time I went to Peru on my own for a month and came back with a Canadian boyfriend I hadn't planned on meeting.

And the big one — leaving a well paid EA Team Lead role three years ago, retraining as a Health Coach for a year, and building this business from scratch with no idea what I am doing!

None of it felt brave while I was doing it. It felt like panic, or exhaustion, or just needing something to change. It's only looking back that I can see the pattern.

There are probably more moments I've forgotten about too and that feels worth remembering on a day like today.

So however you'd say it in your own words: be more Dolly. Be more you.

If you're new here (or we haven't met properly), let's fix that.I'm Amy — a certified holistic health and wellness coach...
20/08/2026

If you're new here (or we haven't met properly), let's fix that.

I'm Amy — a certified holistic health and wellness coach, working mainly with Executive Assistants and PAs who've built their whole identity around being indispensable (though if that's not your job title and this still sounds like you, you're very much in the right place too).

After 20+ years supporting high-pressure teams as an Executive Assistant and Team Lead, I reached the point where I couldn't keep pouring from an empty cup. Walking away from the corporate world felt terrifying… but staying felt worse.

So I chose freedom over burnout and rebuilt my life around health, adventure and actually living like I mean it.

These days I live by the sea in Essex — avid traveller, adventure seeker, change embracer, dog mum, and a mid-40s woman with a slightly concerning dark chocolate habit. Life feels fuller, calmer and more mine.

Now I help Executive Assistants find their version of that — before burnout makes the decision for them.

Wild Souls is for the ones who look like they're coping but feel exhausted underneath. Always "on," answering emails at 9pm without a second thought, running on empty and calling it normal. I see you, because I was you.

Working with me allows you to pause — catch your breath, simplify the noise, and reconnect with what really matters to you. Because health isn't just food or fitness. It's energy. It's boundaries. It's rest. It's how you show up for yourself and the life you actually want to live.

Ready to feel more like yourself again? Book a free, no-pressure PAUSE call — link in bio.

If you doubled one thing and halved another, what would actually change your life?Here's mine.Double: reading fiction, b...
18/08/2026

If you doubled one thing and halved another, what would actually change your life?

Here's mine.

Double: reading fiction, breathwork, time with people I love, actually stopping on walks instead of just powering through them.

Halve: planning everything to death, worrying about stuff that'll probably never happen, sitting down when I've got a standing desk right there doing nothing.

Your turn — what would you double, what would you halve?

Nothing says "you're doing too much" quite like an unplanned trip to the hospital!10 years ago, I was on the train to wo...
13/08/2026

Nothing says "you're doing too much" quite like an unplanned trip to the hospital!

10 years ago, I was on the train to work. Normal day, nothing on my mind. Then my heart started pounding, out of nowhere.

I got off and my usual 10 minute walk to the office took twice as long — I was walking slower, thinking "what is happening."

By the time I got to my desk the tightness in my chest still hadn't gone. I started my day as usual anyway — emails, checking in with the team, dealing with clients. Two hours later, nothing had changed. I was starting to really worry, so I called 111. They sent me to hospital.

Tests all day, home that evening, then follow-ups for nearly a year. ECGs, a heart monitor strapped on for days, treadmill tests wired up to machines. They took it seriously, which I was grateful for. But nothing was ever found. Healthy heart. Highly likely anxiety — a panic attack.

I'd never had one before, so I had no idea what was happening to me.

A few years later, in a different job they came back more often. Every time I was calm. Not stressed, not panicking — just living normal life. Eventually I learned to name it, sit with it, breathe through it and let it pass.

People suggested anxiety meds, but by then I understood exactly what was causing them.

The way I was working — always "on," always reactive, fast-paced days, high stress, the emotional toll of managing a team, carrying everyone else's moods and personalities, running from one thing to the next.

Slow weekends didn't fix it. Holidays didn't fix it. A whole month's sabbatical didn't fix it. Because exhaustion doesn't recover on ordinary rest.

Three years ago, I left. Not because I didn't love the job or the team. But because my health wasn't worth the salary or the responsibility I'd worked so hard to get.

What have I learned since? That I should have set better boundaries for myself. Said no more. Let go of the guilt of putting everyone else before me. Turned my phone notifications off. All things that were completely possible — and wouldn't have stopped me doing my job well.

Why do some things just "come with the job"? When they affect your health - they absolutely shouldn't.

I check in with myself every Friday — what's gone well, where my time and energy actually went. Lately I've been feeling...
24/07/2026

I check in with myself every Friday — what's gone well, where my time and energy actually went. Lately I've been feeling a pull in a new direction, which is exciting, but it also means relooking at a lot of what I've built over the past year.

When I'm overthinking something, I don't procrastinate by doing nothing. I procrastinate by planning. Lists, brain dumps, reorganising. It feels productive. It isn't, really — it's just a tidy way of avoiding the doing.

The coaching side of Wild Souls is still the newest bit of this, and it's the bit I avoid most. Not because I don't care — because it's still finding its shape and that's uncomfortable.

But I don't think you find what sticks by thinking about it harder. You find it by trying things, seeing what lands, and letting the rest go. Taking a risk and having it not quite work isn't failure — it's just information.

What's keeping me going isn't having it all figured out. It's that the drive is still there, even on the overthinking days.

Reading is high on my self-care list, and is one of my favourite habits. It's a bit like getting stuck into a box set or...
21/07/2026

Reading is high on my self-care list, and is one of my favourite habits. It's a bit like getting stuck into a box set or movie - it's escapism and totally engages my brain so I don't start thinking about all the other stuff!

As part of my sleep hygiene, I go to bed 30 minutes earlier so I get proper time to read before lights out - it helps me wind down and I usually fall asleep pretty quickly.

I also love sitting in the garden reading, on the sofa with a cuppa, holiday sunbed reading, or passing time on train journeys rather than sitting on my phone.

Here are my last 4 reads and they were all fantastic!

When The Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén

The Names by Florence Knapp

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

What are you currently reading?

19/07/2026

A Sunday Paddle

Shut down a guilt spiral in a matter of seconds.You've finally given yourself a few precious minutes. And guilt starts u...
17/07/2026

Shut down a guilt spiral in a matter of seconds.

You've finally given yourself a few precious minutes. And guilt starts up - "you should be doing X instead."

Next time, don't argue with it. Just name it and carry on.

Don't give it the time of day. Annoying, judgy, nagging voice.

Try this: "I notice guilt is here. I'm doing it anyway."

That's it. You're not fighting guilt off or proving anything to it - just refusing to let it take over in that moment.

Even say it out loud if you have to. Feels ridiculous the first few times. Works anyway!

Share this with someone who's mid guilt-spiral right now.

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