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You are self-aware, you have read the books and you have listened to the podcasts.
You know something needs to shift but nothing actually changes because the answer always seems to be: do more, push harder, optimise better. So you keep going and the pressure keeps building.
You love what you do and you are genuinely grateful for these opportunities but you do not have the energy to give them what they deserve, what you know they deserve.
You are making decisions differently than you used to, second-guessing yourself more. The thing that used to come naturally, your instinct, your edge, feels harder to find.
Nobody around you gets it because from the outside, you look like you are fine.
Imagine This
- ✓Actually enjoying the opportunities in front of you.
- ✓Making decisions confidently again, the overthinking finally stops.
- ✓Being present at home, actually there not physically in the room while mentally still at your desk.
- ✓Leading your team in a way that energises you instead of drains you.
- ✓Having the energy to give what matters your full attention.
- ✓A room full of women who understand exactly what you are managing and you stop feeling alone.
- ✓Your business does not depend on you being in it every minute of every day.
- ✓You start to feel like yourself again!
This is not about doing less. It is about thinking, leading and showing up differently!
But Right Now, You Might Be Noticing...
- 😔You cannot make decisions as quickly as you used to and you second-guess yourself more than ever.
- 😔You feel disconnected from work that used to excite you.
- 😔You never really switch off, there is always something or someone who needs something from you.
- 😔You feel guilty because you cannot give everything a hundred percent.
- 😔You are smashing it but not enjoying it.
- 😔You keep going because stopping feels impossible but you have known for a while that something needs to change.
- 😔You have read all the books, listened to the podcasts, hired the coach. You know. But nothing you have tried has actually shifted it.
You are high functioning, you are a go-getter, you are ambitious but you know there needs to be a different way to do this.
"I went through a period of burnout a year before working with Nicola and honestly I went back to work too quickly.
I felt like I needed to prove myself so got promoted quickly.
I met Nicola when I was starting to feel the exhaustion creeping in and I felt like such a bad mum.
Within weeks of working with Nicola, I restructured my week. I got my time back and I realised I could actually be present at work and at home. Everything changed."
Hi, I'm Nicola.
NCPS Registered Psychotherapist · EMCC Accredited Executive Coach · MSc Psychology · Harvard Leadership Certified
I have spent years working with female founders and senior leaders who are exceptional at what they do and privately running on empty.
I know the psychology.
I know the strategy and I know what it actually costs to manage a big life at a high level because I have been there.
I created Rise because I was tired of watching brilliant women grind themselves down trying to do it all perfectly.
Women who love their work, who are genuinely grateful for their opportunities but who have lost the energy to enjoy any of it.
The problem was never their strategy or their work ethic, it was their mindset and mindset can be rewired.
I go deep. Clinical psychotherapy meets executive strategy.
This changes how you lead, not just what you do.
You think it is a confidence problem, a time problem, a you problem. You know you are more than capable of leading under this pressure.
Here is what is actually happening.
The Real Issue 1
The self-doubt that crept in
The pressure quietly affects confidence, you are second-guessing decisions you used to make without thinking.
Here is the thing, the more successful you become, the louder that voice gets and because you look like you are functioning fine nobody around you even knows.
The Real Issue 2
The mental load that never switches off
That feeling that you are carrying everything: work decisions, family logistics, team dynamics, personal pressure, all of it sitting in your head at the same time.
None of it ever fully switching off.
You are running a big life and there is no space to just think clearly.
The Real Issue 3
The isolation nobody talks about
Nobody around you really understands the pressure you are under.
Your family do not understand so you do not say anything, you do not want to burden them or sound like a broken record so you just keep going.
Your friends do not understand and if we are honest we have probably outgrown them, they can only empathise so much.
And the loneliness of that makes the self-doubt louder and the decisions feel harder.
What you actually need is to address what is actually driving this thinking, not just manage the symptoms of it.
The Programme
Three Shifts. Twelve Weeks.
We start with what is actually happening underneath: the exhaustion, your thinking patterns, the self-doubt, the imposter effect and the beliefs that are running the show.
- The Energy Gap
- The Identity Shift
- The Inner Voice
You are starting to be clearer now so we look at how you are actually leading day to day.
The mental load, the decisions that should not be yours, the team that needs more from you and the version of you that keeps saying yes when you mean no.
We start to change that.
- The Overload
- The Thinker
- The Trust Builder
You have been the one holding everything together for a long time.
Now we look at what it actually looks like when your business and career do not depend entirely on you being in it.
How you stop being the blocker.
How you create something that runs without all of your energy.
How you go from the person doing everything to the person leading everything.
- The Visibility Edge
- The Rise Culture
- The Legacy Leader
"I was very aware that I had high functioning anxiety as I had always felt that only excellence was good enough.
At work I could not delegate because I did not believe I was good enough to be leading so I avoided any conflict and at home I could not make any decisions.
Working with Nicola on believing in myself and where that came from changed everything.
Just a change in my mindset changed my whole team.
The business has gone on to close deals that I could not even dream of being possible but more than that I actually enjoy being the CEO now."
How It Works
What Twelve Weeks Looks Like
"Nobody understood managing a big life. Nicola did. And being in a room with other women managing big lives changed everything. I stopped feeling alone. I started leading differently."
Why Women Supporting Women
There is something different that happens when you are in a room full of women who understand your world.
You are not performing fine.
You are not pretending you have it sorted.
You are real and that realness, combined with the strategic work we are doing, is what actually shifts things.
You get peer support alongside expert guidance.
You get to see yourself reflected back in other women's experiences and you get to build something together, not alone.
That is the power of Rise Club. It is not just what I bring. It is what we create together.
Rise
Group Collective For Female Founders & Senior Leaders
12-week Executive Recovery
£1,497
Get a complimentary 60-minute 1:1 session with Nicola before the programme begins in September.
You will start September already knowing exactly what you are there to work on.
- ✓12 weeks of group support
- ✓Weekly audio drops straight to your mobile
- ✓Fortnightly hot seat coaching sessions
- ✓Access to Rise Club community
- ✓Rise Lounge: all content in one place
- ✓Maximum 15 women per cohort
- ✓Presale bonus: 60-min 1:1 with Nicola
Use your one-time discount code at checkout.
After Rise Join The Rise Alumni Membership
Continue the work after the programme ends.
Ongoing access to Rise Club · Access to all future cohort communities · Monthly masterclass with Nicola · Guest Speakers · Private weekly podcast
Free Masterclass
The Rise Method
3 Shifts Female Founders and Senior Leaders Need to Think, Lead and Show Up Differently
In 20 minutes you will finally understand what is actually driving the exhaustion, the self-doubt and the overthinking.
3 shifts that female founders and senior leaders need to think, lead and show up differently.
You will leave with techniques you can use immediately.
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