Safe to lead
A 6-Week Live Program for people working towards self-mastery, through safety so they can lead themselves and others with clear judgment, emotional steadiness, and intention – even when things get hard.
REAL LEADERSHIP STARTS WITH BEING ABLE TO LEAD YOURSELF.
Most people think leadership is about what you say or do. How clearly you speak. How well you handle a team. Whether people listen when you talk.
But when things get tense, when a meeting turns confrontational, your child pushes your buttons, or your client stops responding, none of that matters if it triggers you.
If you’re holding your breath, keeping your face neutral while your chest tightens, scanning for signs you’ve upset someone, or rehearsing your next sentence instead of listening, you’re not really leading. You’re managing your own discomfort.
When that happens, you fall into habits that feel safer than telling the truth:
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You stay quiet when something important needs to be said
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You agree too quickly just to move on
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You speak with more force than necessary just to feel in control
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You try to solve things fast so you can stop feeling awkward or exposed
Safe to Lead is a 6-week live program where you’ll discover how to stay calm and controlled in those exact moments so the people around you can trust your leadership and feel safe in your presence.
What We Cover
We use a 4-part structure adapted from our real-world self-defense seminars. It’s designed to help people stay calm under threat so they can make informed, confident decisions that allow them to move safely away from danger, and it works just as well when the threat isn’t physical, but emotional or psychological.
1. Know Yourself
You’ll begin to truly understand yourself. You’ll recognise how stress shows up in your body when you’re under pressure, how it unconsciously drives your decisions and the negative patterns that keep repeating in your life.
2. Know Your Threats
You’ll identify the exact situations and dynamics that threaten your sense of safety. Once you know what triggers your reactions, you can start to change how you respond.
3. Situational Awareness
You’ll become more present, even when your heart’s racing or the room gets quiet. You’ll discover how to notice what’s actually happening around you, you’ll read the emotional landscape of situation, your surroundings and of how you feel in real time.
4. Respond
You’ll get tools to help you speak, act and lead with calm authority instead of reacting with emotion. You’ll lead conversations, decisions, and conflict with clarity
Who This Is For
This is for people who:
- Lead others at work, at home, in their business, or in their community
- Often feel frustrated with how they react when things get tense
- Walk away from situations thinking, “Why didn’t I just say what I meant?”
- Apologise more than they need to, avoid difficult conversations, or come on too strong when they feel unsure
- Want practical tools to help them stay calm and in control real situations, not just more information
What You’ll Walk Away With
By the end of the 6 weeks, you’ll be able to:
- Notice the exact moment your body starts reacting, so you can take control before it spirals
- Stop defaulting to old habits like shutting down, fixing, justifying, or avoiding
- Speak more clearly in situations where you’d usually freeze, apologise unnecessarily, or go off track
- Respond when someone is upset or critical without becoming defensive or feeling the need to justify yourself
- Handle conflict, feedback, and pressure without replaying the conversation in your head for hours afterwards
- Lead conversations that feel uncomfortable with clarity, confidence, and a sense of closure
- If you’re a coach or consultant: your business will become easier as sales conversations flow more naturally, you stop second-guessing your offers, and potential clients trust you more because they can feel you’re calm, controlled and clear in how you communicate
You can’t control what other people say or do, and you can’t predict every situation you’ll face. But you can control how you respond. This program gives you the tools to feel steady and in command, so no matter what happens around you, you know how to handle it decisively and with authority.
What You Get
- 6 live sessions – once a week, practical and focused with each one building upon the previous
- Clear, actionable tools – no theory, just what you’ll use immediately
- A private Facebook group – space for reflection, support, and questions between calls
- Weekly focus on how to apply the work to real-life challenges like client boundaries, parenting, feedback at work, and making decisions you usually avoid
Program Details
- Start date: Monday, 14 July
- Length: 6 weeks
- Live calls: 60 minutes weekly (recorded if you can’t attend)
- Price:
- $97 until 30 June
- $197 from 1 July
This is the beta round, live, hands-on, and priced lower than future versions. You’ll have access to personal guidance and a group working towards the same goals.
Is this really for me?
This is a personal mastery framework for people who want to lead themselves and others with clarity, steadiness, and intention, whether that’s in a business, a team, a family, or their everyday life.
When you’re able to stay composed under pressure, you make better decisions, communicate more clearly, and create space for others to do the same. When the people around you feel psychologically and emotionally safe, they show up more fully – they contribute, take ownership, and work with you instead of against you.
That’s what we’ll practice together.
I look forward to seeing you inside.
– Ann
People don’t trust authority – they trust composure.
When you can stay calm, clear, and present under pressure, others feel safe enough to open up, step up, and follow your lead.