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She Accelerates: Group Mastermind For Female Founders

8 spaces. April 2026. Clinical psychology meets business strategy for female founders scaling without burning out.
Nicola Hladky

For female founders running multi-six to eight-figure businesses who can't switch off, feel like everything lands with them, and know they're becoming the ceiling.

She Accelerates combines clinical psychology with executive coaching, delivered through monthly 1:1 sessions and a mastermind of 7 other female founders at your level.

The business is working. Revenue is up. From the outside, you've made it.

But you're thinking about work at dinner. Checking Slack in bed. Your family keeps asking you to stop working so much but if you stop, everything falls apart.

You have more opportunities than you can take, but turning them down feels ungrateful. You have no one who actually gets it. And you're exhausted.

April 2026 β€’ 8 women only

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Here's What No One Tells You About Scaling to Eight Figures

The skills that got you here don't work at the next level.

Being the smartest person in the room meant doing everything yourself. Solving every problem. Thinking through every decision.

That worked when you were climbing the ladder.

It doesn't work when you ARE the ladder.

Now your team executes tasks brilliantly. But they don't solve problems. They don't think strategically. They wait for you to tell them what to do.

So every decision still lands with you. And the weight of it is crushing.

You're Operating from Patterns That Don't Fit Anymore:

  • "If I don't do it myself, it won't get done right"
  • "Being constantly available is what makes me a good leader"
  • "Asking for help means I'm weak"
  • You have incredible opportunities landing on your desk, but turning them down makes you feel ungrateful
  • If you're not doing it all, juggling everything, are you even doing enough?

You're not failing. You're operating from a leadership model that doesn't work at this level.

And you can't fix it alone. You need women who've been exactly where you are.

Is She Accelerates Right for You?

This Is For You If:

  • βœ“ You're running a multi-six to eight-figure business that looks successful, but internally, you're barely keeping it together
  • βœ“ Your team can execute tasks, but they can't solve problems, so every decision still comes back to you
  • βœ“ You're never truly offline, work follows you everywhere, and you genuinely can't turn it off
  • βœ“ Your family keeps asking you to work less, but they don't understand that if you stop, everything falls apart
  • βœ“ You have no one in your life who actually understands what you're carrying

This Is NOT For You If:

  • βœ— You're looking for quick tactics or a magic productivity hack
  • βœ— You want someone to tell you what to do rather than help you think differently
  • βœ— You're not ready to do deep internal work alongside business strategy
  • βœ— You're below Β£500K revenue (the challenges are different at earlier stages)

What Makes This Different

Not Business Coaching

Business coaches tell you to "just delegate" or "set boundaries." But you can't.

Because the issue isn't what to do: it's the deep-seated patterns running beneath the surface.

Not Therapy

Therapists help you understand why you feel this way. Process your past. Explore your childhood.

But therapy doesn't translate to business. And it doesn't fix the immediate challenge: the decision you're avoiding, the team member you can't delegate to, the boundary you're afraid to set.

Not a Traditional Mastermind

Most masterminds are networking events with accountability buddies.

She Accelerates is strategic problem-solving with women who understand the specific pressure of scaling a business while questioning if you belong in the room.

She Accelerates Combines All Three:

We combine clinical psychology (so the changes stick), business strategy (so your revenue scales), and leadership development (so you become someone new, not just a better version of who you are now).

Applied to your actual business. Your actual challenges. Real-time problem-solving that moves the needle this week.

You know what you "should" do. Delegate. Set boundaries. Build a leadership team.

But when the pressure's on and your team's looking at you for answers and clients are demanding and investors are asking questions, you default back to the same patterns.

That's what we fix. With 7 other female founders at your level, running businesses like yours.

Not networking. Not accountability buddies. Real strategic problem-solving with women who understand the pressure of paying everyone's wages while questioning if you belong in the room.

About Nicola

Nicola Hladky

I'm Nicola Hladky: Executive Mindset & Leadership Coach, Accredited Psychotherapist, and founder of The Elevation Method.

I work with high-performing founders and executives at the multi-six to eight-figure level who look successful on the outside but feel stretched on the inside.

My Background:

  • MSc Psychology
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy
  • EMCC Accredited Executive Coach
  • Harvard Leadership Certification
  • Trained in CBT, NLP, and Clinical Hypnotherapy

Here's what makes my approach different:

Most business coaches don't have clinical psychology training. They can give you strategy, but they can't help you rewire the nervous system patterns that stop you from executing it.

Most therapists don't understand business. They can help you process your past, but they can't apply it to the decision you're avoiding this week.

I bridge that gap.

I combine clinical psychology with business strategy so you get both: the internal rewiring that makes change sustainable AND the external frameworks that make your business scalable.

I've experienced my own journey with burnout while building my business. I use that lived experience to connect with clients facing similar challenges.

She Accelerates is what I wish existed when I was scaling my own business: psychology that actually applies to business, strategy that accounts for human behaviour, and women who finally get it.

What Transformation Looks Like

Summer 2026 (3 months in)

The shifts are starting to happen.

  • You've identified the core beliefs keeping you stuck and started rewiring them with CBT and IFS work
  • Your nervous system is more regulated; you're less reactive, more strategic
  • You've started delegating differently because you understand what was blocking you
  • The isolation is over; you have 7 other founders who understand the pressure you're under, and they've become your board of advisors

Autumn 2026 (6 months in)

The internal and external are aligning.

  • You've built decision-making frameworks your team actually uses
  • You're working fewer hours but the business is growing because you're finally working ON it, not IN it
  • You're implementing strategies you learned from other founders in the cohort; their wins become your playbook
  • You've reclaimed 10-20 hours per week by delegating what only you used to do

April 2027 (12 months complete)

You're leading differently. The business reflects it.

  • You've built a leadership team that thinks strategically, not just executes tasks
  • You took an actual holiday without checking Slack 50 times
  • Revenue has grown 30-50% but you're working less, not more
  • The performance paradox is over; your internal state matches your external success
  • You've become the leader your business needs at the next level
  • You have a network of women who understand what you're carrying. They're not just contacts, they're your people

This is what 12 months of deep work creates. Not theory. Transformation.

Why 8 Women, Not Just You and Me

Because the isolation is killing you as much as the workload.

You're the only person in your life who understands what it's like to pay everyone's wages while feeling out of place in your own boardroom. Your partner doesn't get it. Your friends don't get it. Your team definitely doesn't get it.

That isolation makes every decision harder, every doubt louder, every mistake feel like proof you're not cut out for this.

What Changes in a Room With 7 Other Founders:

Someone else just made the mistake you're terrified of making. They'll tell you exactly how they fixed it.

Someone else is three months ahead. They've already built the system you're trying to figure out.

Someone else is facing the same challenge right now. Suddenly you realise you're not failing, you're not alone.

She Accelerates: 8 women. Same revenue range (multi-six to eight-figure). Same challenges. Teams that wait for direction. Operating as the bottleneck. Looking successful on the outside, barely holding it together on the inside.

When you're struggling with a decision, you get real-time input from 7 women who've faced the same choice. The breakthroughs don't come from me. They come from women who've been exactly where you are.

You came for the strategy. You'll stay for the women who finally get it.

What's Been Possible

From clients in Nicola's 1:1 Signature Programme

Nicola Hladky

"I was working 70-hour weeks and still felt behind. My team waited for me to tell them what to do. I couldn't take a day off without everything falling apart. In 6 months, I built a leadership team that actually thinks, delegated entire departments, and took two weeks off. And the business grew while I was gone. I'm not the bottleneck anymore."

β€” Sarah M., Founder, Marketing Agency

"I went from feeling like a fraud in every investor meeting to confidently leading strategic conversations. The shift wasn't learning new tactics. It was rewiring the belief that I had to prove I belonged there. Now I show up differently. And it shows in the results."

β€” Emma T., CEO, Tech Startup

"I reclaimed 15 hours a week by finally delegating what I'd been holding onto for years. Revenue doubled. I'm working less. The guilt I felt about setting boundaries? Gone. This is what sustainable scaling actually looks like."

β€” Kate L., Founder, E-commerce Brand

What We Actually Work On

Three pillars. All applied to your business. Your challenges. This week.

Pillar 1: Psychology

(The Internal Work)

Why you're stuck isn't a strategy problem. It's a nervous system problem.

Most founders operate from patterns formed when they were employees. Being the smartest person in the room meant doing everything yourself. That identity doesn't work when you're the CEO.

What this looks like:

  • Identifying deep-seated beliefs: "If I don't do it, it won't get done right" / "Asking for help means I'm weak"
  • Rewiring nervous system patterns: from survival mode to strategic clarity
  • Building a completely new identity as a visionary CEO, not just a better version of the overwhelmed founder

Pillar 2: Strategy

(The Business Frameworks)

You don't need generic business advice. You need frameworks built for your business at your stage.

What this looks like:

  • Revenue scaling strategy + team structure: where growth comes from, who you need, when you need them
  • Operational systems and financial planning: the processes and frameworks that let the business run when you're not there
  • Market positioning: competitive strategy and how you show up as the category leader

Pillar 3: Leadership

(The CEO Transition)

You can't scale a business you're running like a senior employee.

What this looks like:

  • Transitioning from doer-in-chief to strategic CEO: what to stop doing, what to start doing, how to spend your time
  • Delegation and executive presence: trusting your team to solve problems and showing up with confidence in high-stakes rooms
  • Setting boundaries and building leadership culture: protecting your capacity while developing your team's strategic thinking

This is Mindset, Vision, and Strategy, but not the way other coaches teach it.

We apply clinical psychology to your actual business challenges. Not theory. Your decisions. Your team. Your revenue goals. This week.

What You Get

12 months of clinical psychology, business strategy, and peer transformation

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The Acceleration Intensive

March/April 2026 β€’ Full-day in London or Manchester

Walk in as the bottleneck. Walk out with your 12-month leadership blueprint. You'll map your delegation strategy, identify your leadership gaps, and design the systems that let you step back without everything falling apart.

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24 Bi-Weekly Masterminds

90 minutes, twice monthly with 7 other female founders

Someone just delegated finance without losing control? You get the framework. Someone navigated a difficult team conversation? You learn the approach. Someone's three months ahead? They show you what's coming.

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12 x 90-Minute Private Sessions

Monthly 1:1 coaching with Nicola

This is where we do the deep work: CBT to rewire thought patterns, IFS to work with your internal parts, EFT to release emotional blocks, somatic regulation to calm your nervous system. Applied to what's keeping you stuck right now.

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Daily Telegram Community

Real-time strategic support when critical decisions hit

Your investor wants an answer by EOD. Your team member just resigned. A major opportunity landed with a 48-hour deadline. You get strategic guidance from me AND real-time input from 7 founders who've faced the same decision.

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She Expands: Private Podcast

Leadership frameworks delivered on your time

Founder psychology, strategic decision-making, nervous system regulation, team leadership. Learn on your commute, your run, your time. No additional hours required.

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Summer Strategy Day

Mid-year in-person intensive β€’ Manchester

We recalibrate. What's working? What's not? You reconnect with your cohort, course-correct your strategy, and gain the clarity you need to finish the year strong.

12 months. 8 women. The strategy, psychology, and peer support to scale without losing yourself.

Investment

April 2026 is the founding cohort. First 4 founders: Β£10,000. After that: Β£15,000.

Early Bird
(First 4 Spots Only)

Β£10,000

pay-in-full

or

Payment plan: Β£2,750 deposit + 11 Γ— Β£750

Save Β£5,000 (First 4 founders only)

Available until February 6th or when 4 spots are filled

Standard Investment
(After Early Bird)

Β£15,000

pay-in-full

or

Payment plan: Β£4,125 deposit + 11 Γ— Β£1,125

Final 4 spaces

Available after early bird closes

What Happens on the Expansion Call

1

We Talk About Where You Are

Your business, your challenges, what's working, what's not. The patterns keeping you stuck. The transformation you're actually looking for.

2

We Explore Whether This Fits

She Accelerates isn't for everyone. We'll talk through whether this is right for you, right now. No pressure. Just clarity.

3

You Get Your Expansion Code

Whether you join or not, you'll leave with your personalised Expansion Code: the specific internal pattern to focus on next and the external strategy that fits your business.

45 minutes. No sales pitch. Just a conversation about what's possible.

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FAQs

Who is this for? +
Female founders running multi-six to eight-figure businesses who look successful but are quietly drowning. You're making most decisions because your team doesn't think, you can't take time off without everything falling apart, and your family keeps asking you to work less. For women who know they need to lead differently... not just push harder.
How is this different from 1:1 coaching? +
1:1 gives you private support. She Accelerates adds 7 other women at your stage who've made the mistakes you're about to make. You work with me every month AND you learn from founders who've already navigated the conversation you're dreading, built the system you're trying to figure out, and scaled past the ceiling you're hitting. The breakthroughs come from women who've been exactly where you are.
Time commitment? +
One 90-minute 1:1 per month. Two 90-minute masterminds per month. Monthly podcasts on your time. Daily Telegram (as much or little as you need). Most members find it actually saves time because they gain clarity instead of spinning in overwhelm.
What results can I expect? +
Clients have built leadership teams that actually think, delegated without micromanaging, reclaimed 10-20 hours weekly, grown revenue while working less, and taken actual holidays where they didn't check their phone 50 times. The common thread? They stopped being the bottleneck.
When does it start? +
April 2026 cohort starts with the Acceleration Intensive in March/April. 12 months total, finishing April 2027. Limited to 8 women.
What if I can't make one of the calls? +
All mastermind calls are recorded and available for 48 hours. If you miss your 1:1 session, we'll reschedule. The programme is designed to work around your schedule, not add more pressure.
What happens after the 12 months? +
You'll have completed your transformation from bottleneck to strategic CEO. Many founding cohort members choose to continue in an alumni community or transition to quarterly check-ins, but there's no ongoing commitment required.
I've worked with coaches before. Why would this be different? +
Most coaches give you strategy you already know or therapy that doesn't translate to business. She Accelerates combines clinical psychology, executive strategy, and peer learning from women who've already done what you're trying to do. You're not just learning theory. You're implementing alongside 7 other founders who hold you accountable, share what actually worked in their business last month, and spot the patterns you can't see because they've been exactly where you are.
What's your refund policy? +
After your Expansion Call, you'll receive your personalised Expansion Code. This gives you complete clarity on whether She Accelerates is right for you before you commit. Once you join, if after the first 30 days you don't feel this is transformational, we'll refund your investment in full, no questions asked.
What if I'm not sure this is the right time? +
If you're asking "Is this the right time?" here's the real question: Can you afford another year of being constantly available, increasingly isolated, and feeling like an imposter in your own business? Your business only scales as far as your capacity allows. The longer you wait, the more it costs you.
Nicola Hladky

You've Built a Successful Business. Now Build a Sustainable Life.

Your family keeps asking when you'll be done working. You're losing friends. And you're starting to wonder if this is just what success costs.

It doesn't have to be.

April 2026. 8 women. 12 months.

Clinical psychology + Business strategy + Peer transformation.

First 4 founders save Β£5,000. Early bird closes February 6th.

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