The Healthy Designer

Cohort 1: Beta Program

What You’ll Get Inside The Healthy Designer This isn’t just a course, it’s a creative reset. 🥕 Clarity on what you truly wantNot just the job title or the promotion, but the lifestyle, the creative expression, and the values that matter most to you. 🥕 A mindset shift from scarcity to self-trustLearn how to stop outsourcing your worth to your output and start making decisions from a grounded, empowered place. 🥕 Reconnection to your creative identityYou’ll rediscover what lights you up creatively, beyond what clients, employers, or the industry expects. 🥕 Design-led tools for self-coaching &amp; alignmentWe bring design thinking into personal growth, because you’re not just a worker, you’re a whole human. Expect whiteboarding sessions, reflection frameworks, and creative identity templates. 🥕 An actionable, aligned career strategyBy the end, you’ll have a real plan, whether you’re staying in Product Designer, discovering your creative practice outside of work, or building something new. 🥕 Real talk from people who’ve been thereLed by two ex-design leads who’ve navigated burnout, identity loss, and big pivots, and came out the other side with more energy and more freedom.

Shift from high-functioning burnout to true alignment and momentum.

Course syllabus

2-Hour Live Calls with Jacquie and Alex every Saturday Morning EST

Saturdays

We will meet weekly for a 5 week commitment

May 3, 10, 17, 24, + 31

We will cover activities in class, as well as send out templates for further homework. A lot of the work in this program will be about reflection, and building new habits and systems in your life.

Module Activities

Course schedule

You should be thriving, but you feel disconnected. Your creative spark’s gone and design just… isn’t hitting anymore.

You’ve rested, journaled, even meditated, but the burnout creeps back the second you open your laptop.

You want to make a change, but you’re stuck. Quit? Freelance? Rebrand? Nothing feels like a clear yes.

Does this sound familiar?

It's time to take back your Creative Magic 🪄

Get to the why behind your burnout. We unpack the hidden forces, like hustle culture, toxic expectations, and industry systems that drain your energy and disconnect you from your purpose, creativity, and sense of self.

Understand the root causes of creative burnout and how industry structures impact your energy, identity, and motivation.

You are not your job title. In this module, we help you untangle your identity from your output, release the need for constant validation, and build a new relationship with design that’s rooted in joy, not performance.

Rebuild a healthy relationship with design by separating self-worth from job titles and external validation.

Design a workflow that protects your peace. Learn how to set boundaries without guilt, manage your energy with intention, and stay connected to meaningful work - without burning out or abandoning yourself.

Develop sustainable strategies to protect your energy, set boundaries, and stay connected to meaningful work.

Rediscover the version of you who loved creating just because. You’ll define success on your terms and reconnect to design as an expression of your purpose, not just a path to productivity, prestige, or performance.

Reconnect with your creative identity and define success on your own terms, grounded in purpose, not productivity.

Creative recalibration for the emotionally exhausted designer. Come reset your nervous system, your mindset, and reinvigorate your career.

Jacquie Wortley

Alex M. Chong

Drained to Driven: The Mindset Shift Every Designer Needs

Ex-Company-You've-Never-Heard-Of

CEO at ChonglesDongles

Steve

Sr. Carrot Farmer

Release toxic patterns and redefine how work supports your life—not the other way around.

Heal Your Relationship with Work

Return to creating from passion—not pressure, deadlines, or external approval.

Reclaim Your Creative Magic

Understand the real root causes—both internal and external—and how to shift out of survival mode.

Finally Break Free from Burnout Cycles

Take full ownership of your work, your worth, and the direction you want to go in your Profession.

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The Healthy Designer [Beta Launch]

Lightning Lessons

Drained to Driven: The Mindset Shift Every Designer Needs