Rise + Release guides executives through deep recovery, restoring clarity, purpose, and sustainable leadership.
The Silent Collapse Behind the Corner Office
It usually starts quietly. Not with a dramatic breakdown, but with a subtle shift. A CEO stops enjoying the work. Meetings feel heavier. Sleep gets harder. Even victories feel numb. No one else notices at first. But the leader does.
One founder described it as “watching the light dim from the inside.” Another called it “leading with an empty tank.”
This is the hidden crisis of executive burnout. And it’s exactly what Dr. Annise Mabry designed the Rise+Release experience, a Restoration Institute Retreat program, to go beyond surface-level wellness with a transformational experience rooted in trauma-informed healing and executive resilience.
Burnout Isn’t a Weakness. It’s a Warning Sign.
The myth of the endlessly driven CEO is outdated. Today’s leaders are expected to make nonstop decisions, navigate uncertainty, inspire teams, and maintain growth. Somewhere along the way, their humanity is left out of the equation.
Burnout is not a failure of leadership. It’s a signal that the current model is unsustainable.
Dr. Mabry, founder of The Dr. Annise Mabry Foundation, saw this firsthand. “Leaders kept showing up with success on paper and suffering in silence,” she says. “There was no place for them to put it down. To heal. To rebuild.”
The traditional answers, weekend retreats, mindfulness apps, vacations, were missing the root of the issue. That’s why she created Rise + Release: a structured, science-backed process that helps leaders reconnect with their purpose and power.
From Community Advocate to Executive Healer
Before becoming a thought leader in executive wellness, Dr. Mabry spent years working with at-risk communities. She developed educational programs that gave youth and families the tools to rise above generational trauma. She understood the emotional toll of leadership. She also understood the path to recovery.
She took everything she learned, about healing, agency, resilience, and built the Restoration Institute as a container for transformation.
Today, it’s one of the few executive programs rooted in trauma-informed methodology, blending leadership coaching with somatic practices like guided breathwork, restorative yoga, and deep reflection.
This isn’t about spa days and slogans. It’s about rebuilding from the inside out.
The Experience: A Complete Reset for the Modern CEO
Rise + Release goes beyond wellness, it’s leadership recovery at the cellular level.
Leaders who enter the program experience a layered process:
- Structured Coaching: Personalized guidance that meets leaders where they are, helping them untangle burnout at its root.
- Somatic Healing: Movement, breath, and body-based practices that unlock stress stored over years.
- Clarity Rebuilding: Tools to redefine values, boundaries, and goals from a place of alignment.
- Strategic Renewal: Systems to support sustainable performance without self-sacrifice.
Dr. Mabry describes it simply: “This is where leaders come to exhale.”
What Happens When You Lead From Wholeness?
The impact of Rise + Release extends far beyond personal relief. Participants emerge with a renewed connection to purpose, stronger leadership instincts, and a grounded confidence that transforms how they show up.
One CEO said, “I went from surviving success to actually feeling fulfilled by it again.” Another reported a full team culture shift after implementing the emotional clarity tools shared in the program.
This isn’t about fixing leaders. It’s about reclaiming them.
The ripple effect is profound:
- Improved decision-making under pressure
- Higher employee engagement
- Better communication and conflict resolution
- Stronger vision alignment
- Less turnover and more strategic clarity
An Award-Winning Approach to CEO Wellness
In 2025, Rise + Release was honored as the Best CEO Burnout Recovery Solution in the United States by BestofBestReview.com, a recognized authority in leadership development and wellness.
The award reflects what clients already know: Dr. Mabry is changing the conversation around burnout. Her work is not just preventative, it’s restorative, giving CEOs the space to rebuild the emotional scaffolding that long-term leadership requires.
Why Organizations Can’t Afford to Ignore CEO Burnout
When a leader burns out, the entire organization feels it. Vision blurs. Culture suffers. Momentum stalls. But when leaders return to the center, the benefits cascade through every department.
Companies with emotionally healthy CEOs see:
- More resilient teams
- Healthier work environments
- Greater innovation under pressure
- Long-term growth with fewer leadership disruptions
Rise + Release helps leaders protect their most valuable asset, their own well-being, so they can show up fully for the mission, the people, and themselves.
A New Chapter Starts With One Decision
If you’re a leader who feels the tension, the fatigue, the creeping fog, you’re not alone. And you don’t have to carry it any further.
Rise + Release offers more than tools. It offers transformation.
This is your invitation to pause, reset, and rise again with purpose.
Explore the program and discover how Dr. Annise Mabry is helping executives lead with clarity, confidence, and sustainable power.
Start your journey at Dr. Annise Mabry’s official site and learn more about Rise + Release.
Stewardship & Partnership
Executive burnout is not only a personal leadership challenge. It is an organizational one.
As the Restoration Institute prepares for the 2026 Rise + Release retreat, we are thoughtfully inviting a small number of values-aligned organizations to serve as partners in this work.
We are currently selecting our 2026 Signature Partner, along with a limited number of supporting partners, who believe in leadership longevity, executive well-being, and the long-term health of organizations.
Partnership inquiries are welcomed by invitation and alignment.
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