Event Wellbeing Week | Wednesday 25 June
Let’s cut to it: you can have the best credentials, the biggest client, the slickest spreadsheet… and still feel like you’re not doing enough.
That’s not about capability, that’s about conditioning.
And today, for Day 3 of Event Wellbeing Week, we’re tackling the part of the job that’s rarely discussed…the stuff between your ears.
Because here’s the truth:
The inner work is the real work.
We Talk About Burnout — But What About Self-Doubt?
Event professionals are skilled, strategic, capable, resilient… brilliant!
And yet we:
- Constantly second-guess ourselves
- Downplay our achievements
- Compare ourselves to everyone else in the room
- Apologise for taking up space, especially when we’re neurodivergent, underrepresented, or new to the industry
That’s the voice of the inner critic… and it’s a noisy little gremlin.
Left unchecked, it chips away at our confidence, drains our energy, and drives perfectionism so deep that we forget how to rest, recharge, or even celebrate our wins.
So What Does “Inner Work” Actually Mean?
It means working on the stuff that doesn’t show up in your event brief, but totally shows up in your work.
🧠 How you talk to yourself after a mistake
🧠 How you respond to praise (or deflect it)
🧠 How you handle failure… and success
🧠 Whether you back yourself in the room when no one else is clapping yet
This is emotional fitness, this is mental resilience, this is how we stop burnout before it begins, by changing how we relate to ourselves.
Inner Work Tips for Event Professionals
🔹 Call out the inner critic
When that voice says, “You’re not good enough,” respond with “Thanks for your opinion — now jog on.”
🔹 Create a hype folder
Save kind messages, positive feedback, successful moments. Read them often, and especially on the hard days.
🔹 Use daily mantras
Try: “I am enough. I don’t have to be perfect to be impactful.”
🔹 Ditch comparison culture
Your journey isn’t supposed to look like theirs. Stay in your lane, that’s where YOUR power is.
🔹 Celebrate the small wins
Did you advocate for yourself? Pause for a proper lunch? Deliver a great talk? That counts. It all counts.
For Organisers & Team Leads
If you want to create an environment where people thrive, support their inner wellbeing, not just their job output.
✔ Build reflective debriefs into post-event workflows
✔ Celebrate contributions out loud
✔ Talk about mindset, not just logistics
✔ Offer coaching, peer support or journaling spaces
✔ Watch for signs of perfectionism, not just performance
Event Wellbeing Matters 