The Resilient Leader: SHINE

⛔ Reduce Anxiety, Stress, Overthinking And Workload.

✅ Cultivate Calm Confidence, Recover Your Time, And Optimise Performance.

Stop The Imposter Syndrome Domino Effect:

 

✅ Transform how you think, feel and act in as little as 4 weeks. Cultivate calm confidence, recover your time and optimise your performance, so that you SHINE in work and life.

 

⛔ No long, drawn-out coaching programme. Who wants to wait a year to stop feeling anxious, stressed and overwhelmed? Life is too short.

 

 

You’re A High Achiever, But Struggle To Recognise Your Success and Experience Self-Doubt.

You Feel Like A Fraud And Are Waiting To Be Found Out.
This Is Imposter Syndrome.

 

Imposter Syndrome – which 70% of the population experience – drives you to constantly prove you are “good enough”. You have become trapped in a never-ending cycle of proving. But when is good enough actually enough?

 

This leads to a mountain of tasks and long hours, because you are the trusty, reliable one everyone counts on at work – and this likely extends to your personal life, too.

 

Your personal world will certainly be impacted, whether by not being available for others or, worse still, abandoning yourself. Joyful, peaceful moments become rare, and your happiness and wellbeing may have gone AWOL.

 

Always being busy and never quite feeling “enough” (I bet you are amazing, but you just can’t see it… yet) leads to overwhelm, anxiety, stress, or in extreme cases, burnout. Over-working, over-caring, and over-doing have become your “faulty” solutions to feeling not enough.

 

It isn’t intentional. It just creeps up.

 

But these patterns have been there a long time – since you were a small child. Between the ages of 0–7, we receive the programming that makes us who we are today.

 

This programming often stems from “Big T” or “small t” traumas. A “Big T” trauma might be your parents divorcing, which can instil a deep fear of rejection or a sense that you don’t belong.

 

“Small t” traumas are more subtle: perhaps you put your hand up in class and got the answer wrong, making you afraid of failing or making mistakes. Alternatively, you might have been left on the reserves bench during an important match, leaving you feeling “not as good” as your teammates.

 

This programming enables us to operate on autopilot. This is why change is so challenging; at best, we are only 5% conscious choice. The rest of our behaviour is generated by the unconscious mind.

 

No wonder it takes grit, determination, and immense effort to change!

 
 

However, There Is Another Way: Havening

 

Havening is a technique researched and engineered by a Neuroscientist. It enables qualified practitioners like me, to “erase” the programming and related traumas that trigger unwanted thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

 

It is quick, calming, and efficient. I can Haven 50+ childhood events all at once – that’s a lot of deep change, in the time it takes to watch three movies. It’s like getting a software update for your autopilot.

 

Case Study:
🐢Traditional Coaching🐢
Vs
⚡The Havening Transformation: SHINE⚡

 

The Situation: 

During board meetings, you feel you can’t challenge your peers because you “don’t know enough” and you fear conflict. Consequently, you take on additional responsibilities that should be shared.

 
 

🐢Traditional Coaching🐢 

This involves thinking about the unwanted behaviour and then:

 
  1. Identifying how you want to be, researching a conflict model, and rehearsing what to say.

  2. Taking deep breaths during the meeting to calm your nervous system because you are still afraid of conflict and of looking stupid.

  3. Faking “confident” body language while struggling to remember your script.

 

Phew 😥! Then you need to practice for 66 days (which is how long it takes to change a habit), until your autopilot has been updated and the behaviour becomes automatic. 

 

You Don’t Need Another "To-Do" List.

Stop Spending Time And Energy You Don’t Have On Lengthy, Effort-Heavy Programmes That Only Add To Your Overwhelm.

 

 ⚡The Havening Transformation: SHINE⚡

 

You are sat in the board meeting. A conflict arises and you challenge what is being said – without fear or a pre-prepared speech. You speak authentically, from the heart, without anger or anxiety. You prevent another unwanted project from being allocated to you, saving yourself two weeks of work, (and stress and overwhelm).

 

You don’t even give your behaviour a second thought. It’s only when we meet and I ask, “How did you get on this week?” that you realise:

 

“Well, I handled that conflict without batting an eyelid. The other Partners agreed with me and thanked me for addressing the matter. I’ve saved myself two weeks work, went to the gym for the first time in months and had dinner with the family. I feel more like myself – like a weight has been lifted.”

 

Ta-daaa! 🤩 I always tell my clients that the change can be subtle, e.g. I spoke up in a meeting without thinking, but the impact can be huge and permeate your whole life.

 

This isn’t a one-time win; it is the compounding effect of a sustainable behavioural shift that will continue to save you time and energy, week after week. In fact, the shift is often so seamless that my clients frequently forget the original issue ever existed. It simply becomes their new normal.

 
 
 

⭐Coaching Transformations⭐

From Sceptic to Top Performer: A 300% Fee Income Increase

“I was sent for coaching to increase my monthly fee income and was very sceptical about the process. I was conscious that I was achieving two-thirds fewer fees than my peers and would constantly compare myself. When Estelle asked me what was getting in the way of my best performance, I said I didn’t feel good enough. We used Havening and EFT to clear up this limiting belief, and it resulted in me increasing my fees by 300%. I’m better organised, delivering on my objectives and feel confident in my abilities. I also became the top fee-earning performer within my level of PQE.”

 

Commercial Litigator, Legal Industry

Workload Reduced by 80%, No Longer Stressed & Time To Do What I Love:

‘I’ve got rid of 12 cases and I’m back to doing 2, just like my peers. I’m managing 8 partners instead of 22. I’m leaving at 4.15 pm one day a week. I thought I would feel bad, but I don’t. I’ve got time to garden, play golf and be with my wife. I put my out of office on whilst on holiday in France and didn’t look at my emails once. I told my colleagues not to bother me. I recognise that I am needed. I have found that I care less; I still care just not to an extreme. I’ve stopped thinking about work all the time.’ 

 

Equity Partner, Legal Industry.

From Burnout to Breakthrough:

‘I’ve gone from updating my CV and burnout to recognising that I’m a key part of the leadership team. I’m a more productive, organised, energised professional, and a happier person to be around. My work and homelife are streamlined saving me time and energy. I’m communicating with confidence, clarity and fairness and can handle tough conversations without guilt or ruining my weekend! I’m no longer being triggered by my colleagues, so I can get my point across in a factual way. Finally, I’m able to delegate more because I’m not afraid they will get things wrong.’ 

 

Finance Director, Professional Services

From Imposter Syndrome to Recognising My Value:

‘I’ve been able to step out of my comfort zone. I would have been more reserved in the past. I felt lighter, more in control, comfortable and confident in the meeting. I got positive feedback from a colleague afterwards. I can now see where I add value to the business. I feel happier both in my personal and work life’ 

 

Partner, Professional Services Industry.

Greater Confidence And Self-Belief:

‘Instead of thinking nobody will want to speak to me and apologising for my existence [at the networking event], I confidently led my team and thought, I’m HOD for a reason. I feel at peace with myself. I don’t have to be someone else. I don’t need people to like me; they either do or they don’t.’ 

 

Partner, Legal Industry.

Boosted Productivity and No Longer At Flight Risk:

‘I was thinking about leaving because I felt so stressed and was being loaded up with projects. However, I’ve decided to stay because I’ve been able to say no without feeling guilty. This has helped me get more done and given me extra time to focus on what’s important in my role and in life.’ 

 

HOD, Professional Services Industry.

Panic And Stress Triggers Neutralised.

‘Instead of the CEO triggering panic and a negative emotional response in me, I feel strong and excited about future meetings and the relationship going forward.’

 

Financial Director, Export Industry.

Reduced Stress And Improved Wellbeing.

‘In the past I would have had an anxiety attack and have been preoccupied by what people thought of me. I don’t normally sleep the night before a presentation. This time I enjoyed it and a couple of the audience members said I looked more confident.’ 

 

HOD, Non-Profit Sector.

What You Actually Need Is Simple.

To Wake Up Feeling Calm, Confident, And "Time-Rich" - Achieving A Total Shift With As Little Effort As Possible.

⭐Join The Resilient Leader Programme: SHINE⭐

 

✅ I will facilitate your change during six, 1-2-1 sessions, using a neuroscientist-designed technique to bypass your ‘autopilot’ and deliver lasting change. 

 

With 20+ years coaching experience, I’ve spent the last decade perfecting the SHINE process – a method developed to make your transformation more efficient and enduring than traditional coaching.

 

⛔ No hard work pushing through your fears or finding time in your already busy schedule to practice new behaviours for 66 days. 

 

Who has the time and energy – let alone the headspace, to remember to practice? I do the heavy lifting for you during your sessions using Havening.

 

 

Designed Specifically for Leaders Who:

Have too much to do which has led to stress, burnout, anxiety or depression AND instead crave calm confidence, time to do the things they love and to optimise their performance.

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Update your 'autopilot' by Neutralising The triggers causing:

Follow My 5 Step Process, so that you SHINE! This Is Designed To Facilitate:

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5 Simple Steps

Facilitated by your coach. Havening is done for you.

6 Sessions

1-2-1 coaching delivered via Zoom.

 

The SHINE Master-Blueprint

Your personal roadmap and lifelong resource.

 

The 5 Step SHINE Process

Your change blueprint for life which includes the full SHINE process, theory and practices based on 20 years of coaching experience.

S

Self-Assessment

To raise awareness of the limiting beliefs, behaviours, and emotions which are dulling your shine, so that you can establish coaching goals for the programme.

H

Havening

Havening to alter the neural pathways that encode early-life trauma, effectively dismantling the unhelpful beliefs, behaviours, and emotions that cause chronic stress, overwhelm, and imposter syndrome.

I

Inner Captain

To improve the relationship you have with yourself and rationalise negative thoughts, so that you navigate towards enhanced results, happiness, confidence and self-belief.

N

Non-Negotiables

To enable you to get more done in less time and to shift from resentment and over-responsibility towards guilt free, empowered nos. The result: your ‘production line’ being more efficient and effective and not at risk of ‘breakdown’.

E

Enable

Re-energise, re-fuel, re-charge, re-creation so that your body is optimised, and you experience more joy and wellbeing in work-life.

 

⭐What's Included In The Resilient Leader Programme: SHINE⭐

INVESTMENT:

⚡The Rapid Transformation
(Best Value):

£4,500 + VAT 

(Paid in full. Non-Refundable)

  

The most cost-effective path, designed for those who want fast results. It allows you to book your sessions as quickly as our diaries allow, potentially completing your full shift within 4–6 weeks.

 
💳 No immediate payment required. After reserving your place, you’ll receive an invoice to pay via bank transfer or credit card.
 
 

📅 The Standard Paced Option (Spread The Cost):

£5,000 + VAT 

(6 Payments):

 
  • £1,500 + VAT Non-Refundable Deposit

  • £700 + VAT for 5 months 

Sessions are paced one meeting per month, alongside your payments.

 
💳 No immediate payment required. After reserving your place, you’ll receive an invoice to pay via bank transfer or credit card.
 

*12 Seats Available Every 6 Months.

My intake is kept small to ensure every client gets the deep, focused support they deserve. Let’s have an exploratory conversation to see if the SHINE process is the right fit for you.

Alternatively, If You Would Like Me To Run This Coaching Programme In-House For A Colleague, Do Get In Touch:

Coaching testimonials

Hi, I'm Estelle Read

Leadership Coach, Speaker and Bestselling Author

So, what qualifies me to deliver this programme?

 

Well, it takes one to know one. I too suffered from Imposter Syndrome and spent many years of my professional life proving my worth. I knew I was pushing myself, but I thought I could get away with it – until disaster struck and I could no longer climb the stairs.

 

I had been so stressed for so long that I didn’t even realise it, until an unusual set of symptoms led to a diagnosis of ME.

 

The doctor told me there was no cure and handed me a business card for a self-help group. I thought, not a chance! I couldn’t face the reality of what might be: a lifetime in a wheelchair or confined to bed.

 

Instead, I attended a private clinic and learned how to support the recovery of my mind and body. I eventually retrained as a Havening Practitioner because no other technique had fully worked up until that point – and I have a long list of coaching qualifications. Something good came from that challenging situation: SHINE was born.

I made a full recovery, resolved a panic disorder, and cleared three phobias (one involving heights). I’ve gone from being unable to climb the stairs to climbing Wainwrights and skiing for fun – well, most of the time!

 

I’m the Founder of Beee, a qualified Coach, Fellow of the CIPD & have helped over 15,000 people since setting up my business in 2005.

 

I’m passionate about eradicating the things that stop people from shining in work-life, by optimising performance, productivity, happiness, success, & wellbeing.

 

We all have the potential to be brilliant. Here’s to your shining!

You have questions. We have answers.

Most of my clients come to me having already invested time and money in self-help books, counselling, therapy, or coaching, to no avail. This is because they were working against nurture based neural pathways created in their childhood, which were triggering their stress, anxiety, and imposter syndrome-induced workaholism.

To create a new neural pathway of competence, it takes the average person 66 days to change a habit. Is it any wonder that change then becomes challenging? It certainly requires grit, determination, and consistent effort on your part.

I too invested and trained in many therapeutic disciplines. I was fakin’ it, but not makin’ it, to the extent where I made myself sick and was threatened with a life in bed or a wheelchair. The joy of work-life disappeared, and I felt hopeless. My family life was at risk of being damaged. Nothing seemed to work…that was until I found Havening.

If you can afford the investment of 12 hours of your life and the fee :-), you too could be benefiting from work and life changes which enable you to be the best and happiest version of yourself, without much effort on your part.

A better question would be what would it cost you, in terms of happiness, success, wellbeing and relationships, if you don’t invest now?

Our experience is that most clients do not believe it will work and are astonished when it does.

While the Havening Techniques is a relatively new to the coaching industry, (although I have been using them for over 12 years with my clients), we’ve observed that after successfully applying The Havening Techniques, it appears to be permanent. 

This is because The Havening Techniques are designed to alter the biological structure of the brain. The occasional return of symptoms implies either the traumatic core has not yet been found or the problem has been encoded in a different way, which is why it’s important to work with a qualified Havening Practitioner.

Please note that addictive and obsessive/compulsive behaviours, certain pain syndromes, and fainting issues often need reinforcement or cannot be treated at the present time. No method or therapy works for all problems.

The Havening Technique methods are easy to apply and calming, because you are producing delta brain waves and serotonin. The difficult part, which takes practice and skill, is locating where the core elements of the micro-trauma lie, which your Havening Practitioner / Coach will take care of for you.

Most clients begin noticing subtle but significant automatic changes to their thoughts, feelings and or behaviour following the third session of Havening.

You can choose the method that suits your business or personal accounting the best. I will provide you with an invoice so that you can pay either of the following ways:

  • By Direct Bank Transfer
  • By Credit Card

Please note that all invoices are due immediately upon receipt to confirm your coaching seat.

Yes. To maintain the momentum of your “SHINE” process and ensure the compounding effects take hold, all sessions must be completed within 8 months of your first session.

Due to the significant time commitment I make to each of my 12 clients per intake, and the immediate access you receive to the SHINE materials, all payments are non-refundable.
If you choose a 6-month payment plan, you are legally obligated to complete all remaining payments, even if you decide to cancel or stop attending your coaching sessions.
This policy ensures that we are both fully committed to your transformation from day one.
 

Here’s What You’ll Get:

1. Up to 12 hours 1-2-1 coaching, delivered over 6 sessions with me to:
o Work on your coaching goals for the programme.
o Apply the Havening Technique.
o Share any tools or theory as required.

2. A summary of actions and any theory or tools shared following each session.

3. The SHINE Blueprint: your personal roadmap and lifelong resource. 

4. Reasonable interim email coaching support for the duration of your programme. See FAQ below.

5. Accountability for actions (if you choose to have any) following each session.

6. A digital copy of my best selling book

I will be your personal cheerleader for the duration of your coaching programme, so that you:

1. Don’t get stuck.
2. Maintain your motivation.
3. Receive words of encouragement if you experience bumps in the road.
4. Have a confidante…because it’s lonely at the top.

This service is available for the duration of your coaching programme i.e. up until your final coaching session, during office hours & excludes holidays…because I’m no longer a workaholic 😉

We have found that leaders and executives are most suited to this programme who:

o Prefer a more bespoke approach, so that we focus purely on the issues that matter to you and not a one size fits all.

o Prefer a ‘done for you’ solution, which means that you don’t have to haven outside your coaching sessions, saving you time.

o Want to ensure that the right triggers are removed in relation to their coaching agenda.

o Are private and prefer not to share personal issues within a group.

o Want to pick a time which suits their calendar as opposed to joining a group timetable.

This is a bespoke programme, tailored entirely based on the coaching goals you set. All five steps are covered in your SHINE Blueprint should you want to revisit any of the steps at a later date.

I want to answer a question that I get asked ALL the time…

‘Will it REALLY work for me?’

…AND ‘How do I get support from my business because I feel embarrassed admitting I need help.’

AND ‘Can I really afford the time and investment?’

If you’ve been banging your head against the wall trying to figure out HOW you can feel good enough about yourself, so that you don’t spend a lifetime proving your worth and being stressed…

…you’re not alone. 8/10 adults feel the same way.

My executive client Peter had spent most of his career in your situation, proving his worth by doing too much. He was stressed out, burnt out, anxious and depressed. He was experiencing brain fog, couldn’t sleep and didn’t have the energy to spend time with his family or doing the things he loved.

Not being able to perform at his best, made him worry even more and he thought the solution was to work longer hours. Things reached a tipping point where his worst nightmare became a reality. Overwhelmed by persistent exhaustion, he found himself making a critical mistake.

This led him to taking time off work sick, which only added to his burden. He was very concerned about what his colleagues would think of him. He thought the easiest solution would be to get another job.

Peter came to understand that it was not only courageous but also fairer to both himself and the business to recognise his need for help and seek support. He posed a critical question to himself: What is the worst that could happen? The answer was simple: they refuse.

He wished he’d asked sooner, as here’s what happened AFTER we started working together…

Peter naturally became more efficient, confidently reducing his workload by 85%. He aligned his workload with his peers, bringing it within normal limits, and freed himself from the fear of judgment for not doing enough!

He comfortably left work once a week at 4.30 pm without guilt. He said ‘I’ve put enough hours in over the years’. This meant he could spend time with his wife, play golf with his friends or tend to his beloved garden.

For the first time in his career, he had a holiday without doing any work. He let autoresponder do its job.

He was able to have a conversation with a colleague which he’d put off for 18 months and was costing the business £1 million p.a. No longer afraid of rejection or conflict he simply had the conversation without anxiety or a conscious plan. The words naturally flowed out of his mouth.

In the end he said, ‘I feel comfortable with who I am. I care less. I even like my foibles.’

This was after just four 1-2-1 SHINE coaching sessions.

This step by step program is SO EASY and I do most of the heavy lifting for you during your sessions with me, which is why it’s my premium service.

I appreciate that you may still be on the fence about whether this program will REALLY work for you.

…I want you to meet someone.

Her name is Louise and she was so stressed and burnt out that she was on the brink of resigning. It felt like the only way she could catch her breath. Her relationship at home was in tatters. Her partner was tired of her working all the time, which meant they weren’t together. She would work late every night and so she didn’t disturb him, slept in the spare room. Louise was questioning and doubting everything in relation to her work; she couldn’t see a way out.

Her fellow director was keen for her to get better. He could see what needed to be different. However, Louise felt responsible for everyone and everything both in her work and life. She was spinning many plates, (some of which weren’t even hers) and she feared making a mistake or missing something and then what the consequences would be for the business. This is why she worked as hard as she could.

All her time and energy was going into work. She had no time for herself to go to the gym, socialise with her friends or do the things she loved. She felt unwell and unhappy.

Within 6 weeks after 6 sessions her work was done to craft a happier and healthier relationship with her job, her organisation, her partner and more importantly herself.

She went from feeling like she had to ‘fix’ everything, to being able to recognise that certain tasks just weren’t her responsibility, and in her words, ‘it’s not my manager that’s on that job, so I can keep out of it and it won’t be my fault [if it goes wrong]’. This mindset shifted everything. It meant she had less to do, which meant she could work fewer hours. Which meant she had more time for her healthy habits, social life and her partner.

She sent me a picture of them together on a weekend away. She didn’t touch her laptop once and left her work phone at home.

The deep change work she had done using Havening is hers forever. No further action required. She ALSO has a repeatable process she can follow if bumps in the road occur, relating to different stress triggers.

I only have 12, 1-2-1 SHINE places available every 6 months, so it’s important you decide soon. 

You Can Find Out More About The SHINE Programme in My FREE masterclass:

How To Conquer Imposter Syndrome, Stress & Workaholism, So That You Regain Calm, Confidence & Control

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