Overloaded remote team? Get their focus back in 25 minutes a week.
AI raised the pace. Interruptions raise the load. A constant stream of information pushes the brain past what it can process. Your people keep showing up, but their focus doesn't. Live, guided online sessions restore it, with measured results.
The effect starts in the first session
Improved attention and less mind wandering, already after one session.
(Norris et al., 2018; Mrazek et al., 2012)
Work got faster. The brain didn't.
The human brain can process a limited amount of information at a time. Research on technostress shows how today's digital work pushes past that limit.
Sound familiar?
You can't slow the pace down right now.
Your best people start running on empty.
Offered a wellbeing app? Hardly anyone opened it.
What drives overload
- AI-driven pace
- Too many tools
- Information flood
- Constant interruptions
- Fragmented work
- Pressure to keep up
The expensive part of overload: people who are present, but not able to perform.
Per employee, per year
What chronic work exhaustion costs employers, depending on the role. Almost 90% of it comes from people who are at work but can’t perform.
Turnover
Burned-out employees are 2.6 times as likely to look for a new job, and replacing one can cost one-half to two times their annual salary.
More sick days
That’s how much more often exhausted employees call in sick. And they’re half as likely to talk with their manager about how to reach their goals.
Figures from international workplace studies; sources below.
Overload is not a sustainable performance strategy.
Focus can be reset. Here's how.
A guided, science-based practice that shifts the nervous system out of constant alert mode and into restoration, while staying awake.
25 minutes, live online
One guided session per week. Participants sit back or lie down, close their eyes and follow the guidance.
Builds over four weeks
From body and breath awareness to autogenic training and guided imagery.
Pocket guide & audio
A short guide and audio recordings of each session, for those who want to practice between sessions.
It gives colleagues an opportunity remote work rarely offers: a shared moment as a team.
Showing up is all it takes to return to work sharper and more focused.
The 4-Week Focus Reset Beating Cognitive Overload
After four weeks:
- Clearer heads for the work that matters
- People who recover instead of running on empty
- Relief now, without waiting for the workload to drop
- A practice your team actually shows up for
- Before-and-after numbers for your team
Three steps. Zero organizing.
- Check availability (1-minute form)
- Forward one email with the calendar invite
- Receive your results report after four weeks
The sessions
- 4 live sessions
- 1 live online session per week
- 25 minutes each
- Up to 15 people
The toolkit
- A pocket guide with the techniques used in the sessions
- Recordings of each session, available during the pilot month
The results
See what changed. At the start of the first session and the end of the last, your team fills in a short, anonymous 2-minute check. You receive a clear results report with recommendations for next steps, based on participants who attended all four sessions.
Who is it for?
A good fit if:
- You're responsible for people at a remote-first or hybrid company of 10–200, as a founder, Head of People or team lead
- Your people jump between tasks, tools and messages all day, and deep work suffers
- Good people are running on empty, and you can't afford to lose them
- You've offered wellbeing apps or programs, but hardly anyone uses them
Not the right fit if:
- Someone needs clinical or psychological treatment
- You're looking for a one-off event or motivational talk
- You expect sessions to replace fixing processes
- Your team can't protect 25 minutes a week for it
Leading a team, but not holding the budget? Forward this to your founder or HR in one click.
Ten years of practice. University-level training. A human approach.
Having worked as part of a remote team, I know the challenges it brings: work and home blur, you jump constantly between tools, tasks and messages, the information flood never stops, and cognitive overload builds up.
The tools I've practiced for over 10 years became my counterweight to all of it. With great curiosity, I explored whether that success could be replicated for others. My master's thesis in Organizational Psychology, with 30 remote team members, showed: it can. Results were measured, not assumed.
Today, I facilitate what I practice: helping remote teams stay at their best.
- MBA, Organizational PsychologyUniversity of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Burgenland
- Commercial AcademyVienna Business School
- Certified Mental TrainerUniversity of Vienna
- Meditation FacilitatorInternational Yoga Alliance
- Yoga Teacher CertificationInternational Yoga Alliance
- 10+ years of personal practice
The science behind the method
How the practice works
- 1
Sense
Attention moves away from screens and thoughts to signals inside the body. Neuroscientists call this sensing interoception.
- 2
Shift
This contact between attention and the body activates the rest-and-recover system, moving the nervous system out of constant alert mode.
- 3
Recover focus
With the stress response calmed, mental resources recover, and attention is available again for focused work.
Tarafdar et al. (2007) · Journal of Management Information Systems
Technostress can cancel out the productivity gains technology is meant to bring.
Sparacio et al. (2024) · Nature Human Behaviour · n = 2,239
Short guided practices reduced stress; the body scan had the strongest effect.
Aikens et al. (2014) · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
An online workplace program reduced stress and improved resilience and engagement.
Norris et al. (2018) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
A single 10-minute guided meditation improved attention in novices, compared with a control group.
Mrazek, Smallwood & Schooler (2012) · Emotion
8 minutes of mindful breathing reduced mind wandering, compared with relaxation or reading.
Jha et al. (2020) · Mindfulness · n = 180
Four weeks of attention training protected focus and working memory during a high-pressure period.
Dyka (2026) · Master's thesis, University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Burgenland · n = 30
Remote team members showed 13% lower stress and 11% higher resilience after four weeks.
Full citations and sources for workplace figures
Studies
- Kumar, P. S. (2024). Technostress: A comprehensive literature review on dimensions, impacts, and management strategies. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 16, 100475. doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100475
- Tarafdar, M., Tu, Q., Ragu-Nathan, B. S., & Ragu-Nathan, T. S. (2007). The impact of technostress on role stress and productivity. Journal of Management Information Systems, 24(1), 301–328.
- Sparacio, A., IJzerman, H., Ropovik, I., et al. (2024). Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(9), 1716–1725. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01907-7
- Aikens, K. A., Astin, J., Pelletier, K. R., et al. (2014). Mindfulness goes to work: Impact of an online workplace intervention. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 56(7), 721–731.
- Krusche, A., Cyhlarova, E., Williams, J. M. G., & Kuyken, W. (2013). Mindfulness online: An evaluation of the feasibility of a web-based mindfulness course for stress, anxiety and depression. BMJ Open, 3(11), e003498.
- Lazzarelli, A., Scafuto, F., Crescentini, C., et al. (2024). Interoceptive ability and emotion regulation in mind–body interventions: An integrative review. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 1107. doi.org/10.3390/bs14111107
- Siebieszuk, A., Płoński, A. F., & Baranowski, M. (2025). Breathwork for chronic stress and mental health: Does choosing a specific technique matter? Medical Sciences, 13(3), 127. doi.org/10.3390/medsci13030127
- Norris, C. J., Creem, D., Hendler, R., & Kober, H. (2018). Brief mindfulness meditation improves attention in novices: Evidence from ERPs and moderation by neuroticism. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, 315. doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00315
- Mrazek, M. D., Smallwood, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2012). Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. Emotion, 12(3), 442–448. doi.org/10.1037/a0026678
- Jha, A. P., Zanesco, A. P., Denkova, E., et al. (2020). Bolstering cognitive resilience via train-the-trainer delivery of mindfulness training in applied high-demand settings. Mindfulness, 11, 683–697. doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01284-7
- Dyka, B. (2026). Master's thesis, MBA Organizational Psychology, University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Burgenland.
Workplace figures
- Burnout costs: Martinez, M. F., et al. (2025). The health and economic burden of employee burnout to U.S. employers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2025.01.011
- Turnover and sick days: Gallup, Employee Burnout, Part 1: The 5 Main Causes (survey of nearly 7,500 full-time employees); Gallup, cost of replacing an employee (one-half to two times annual salary).
Questions
Isn't this one more thing on a full schedule?
What if some people are skeptical?
When will we notice a difference?
Do people have to talk or share?
What if someone misses a session?
What happens with the survey answers?
Can more than 15 people join?
What happens after the pilot?
Which platform do you use?
How does payment work?
Start with one team. See the difference in four weeks.
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