Permission to Lead
Give yourself permission to lead a thriving life where success, purpose, and wellbeing co-exist in harmony
4-months 1:1 Coaching Journey
You've worked hard to build a meaningful science career.
And now you feel ready to enter a new stage.
Maybe you feel ready to embrace higher responsibilities.
Maybe you're questioning your current path.
Maybe you’ve been so focused on expectations that you’ve lost touch with what you truly want.
Or perhaps you know there’s something more waiting for you, but uncertainty, self-doubt, or fear are making it difficult to take the next step.
Permission to Lead
is a 4-months 1:1 coaching journey
for the woman in science who wants to reconnect with herself, get clear on her ambitions, and lead her career from a place of self-trust and alignment with her values and wellbeing.
You don't have to sacrifice yourself to succeed.
It's time to reconnect with your inner voice and start creating your next chapter with confidence.
IS THIS YOU?
The overwhelmed high-achiever
You’re used to being capable, responsible, and driven, but lately everything feels heavier than it should.
Your mind is constantly busy with work, responsibilities, and the pressure to keep up. Even when you try to rest, it’s hard to fully switch off.
You may feel emotionally exhausted, disconnected from yourself, or like you’re always tired.
Somewhere along the way, your own needs, desires, and sense of joy became secondary to everything else.
You want to slow down, feel more present and embody the leader you know you can be.
But you don’t know how to stop the cycle without feeling like you’re falling behind. You want to keep pursuing your goals but without sacrificing your wellbeing in the process.
The ambitious woman
who feels stuck
You know something needs to change in your career or life, but you’re not fully clear on what that looks like yet.
Maybe the work that once excited you no longer feels aligned.
Maybe you’re questioning your current path.
Maybe you’re craving more purpose, freedom, creativity, or balance, but struggling to trust yourself enough to move forward.
You’ve spent very long meeting expectations and functioning under pressure that now it feels difficult to hear your own voice clearly.
You still love science but, while others seem certain about their next steps, you find yourself stuck in overthinking, self-doubt, and the fear of making the wrong decision.
Should it be research in industry, research management, communications, consulting, freelancing, perhaps entrepreneurship?
More than anything, you want clarity and a way forward that feels right for you.
The transformation you’ll experience with this coaching journey
Imagine feeling like this within 4 months from now:
You feel clear about what you want and are no longer stuck in the cycle of overthinking every possible option before making a decision.
You trust yourself more and you feel ready and whole as you embrace a new chapter.
You feel more in control of your time, energy, and decisions, instead of constantly reacting to everyone else's priorities.
You feel excited about the future because you trust yourself and feel supported as you're creating a life and career that feel fully aligned with who you are now.
You set boundaries and prioritise your wellbeing, without feeling guilty or like you're letting your boss, colleagues, or family down.
You end your days with enough energy and presence to enjoy the people and activities you love.
You feel free and capable as you pursue your ambitions without losing yourself in the process.
If this is what you look for, then this coaching journey may be exactly the support you need!
The Journey
Three pillars to help you reconnect with yourself, find clarity, and move forward with confidence.
Permission to Lead is a personalised coaching journey for women in science grounded in self-awareness, nervous system regulation, energy management, and a clear vision for your future self.
Together, we'll create the conditions for you to reconnect with yourself, find clarity about what you want, and lead your career from a place of calm, self-trust, and alignment rather than pressure or fear.
The journey is built around three pillars that we will explore according to your unique needs and circumstances.
Pillar 1
Reconnect with yourself
Slow down, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with yourself.
I fully believe in making aligned decisions and creating meaningful change from a place of inner harmony and clarity.
Together, we’ll make space to pause, breathe, and listen to what may have been buried under constant pressure, responsibility or fear of the unknown.
We may explore:
Emotional and nervous system regulation
Reconnecting with your needs and values
Identifying self-pressure and limiting patterns
Cultivating greater self-compassion and inner safety
This is where clarity begins.
When you're no longer running on autopilot, you can hear yourself more clearly, be more present, and reconnect with what truly matters to you.
Pillar 2
Clarify and lead from within
Find clarity about what you want and make decisions that feel aligned with who you are.
As you feel more grounded and connected to yourself, we will explore the questions, decisions, or transitions that are asking for your attention.
These are some questions I typically explore with my clients:
What do I truly want next?
Is this path still aligned with who I am today?
What would success look like on my own terms?
How can I move forward without abandoning myself in the process?
Whether you're navigating a career transition, wanting to redefine success, creating a more sustainable way of working, or learning to trust yourself more deeply to create radical change in your career, I will support you in making decisions that feel aligned with who you are and the life you want to create.
Together we’ll create the clarity, confidence, and self-trust you need to move forward and feel more in control of your next chapter.
Pillar 3
Create sustainable change that helps you thrive
Integrate your transformation and create a life that feels more balanced, meaningful and genuinely your own.
As clarity emerges and new possibilities begin to take shape, we focus on implementing and integrating what you've learned into your daily life.
You might know how you want to show up and lead, but you don’t yet feel it or live it consistently. This is where embodiment becomes important: we’ll bring your insights, decisions, and intentions into the way you act, live, work, and relate to yourself. Basically, we bring your plans into reality, with concrete actions, step by step.
We’ll continue strengthening:
Self-trust
Emotional resilience
Connection with your body
Sustainable habits and boundaries
Your ability to take action without abandoning your wellbeing
As we integrate, we’ll reflect on your growth, celebrate your progress, and identify the practices, routines and behaviours that help you sustain the changes you’ve created.
We move at your pace, building a life that feels more balanced and aligned with what you desire.
Kind Words from Participants
MEET YOUR COACH
Hello! I’m Ana. I created this 1:1 coaching journey as my most tailored way of supporting women in science in moments of change, growth, and important life or career decisions.
For much of my life, I was the ambitious woman who wanted to do meaningful research, create impact, and give my best to everything that mattered, including my hobbies and personal relationships. I was never afraid of change but I did feel the pressure growing as new responsibilities came with every new step in my journey.
In my late thirties, I realised I was very exhausted due to this constant pressure to do everything right.
I also needed something different for my career but didn’t know exactly what. Despite the uncertainty, I left a long-term research career to create space to find the answers I needed.
I learned to listen more closely to myself, trust my intuition, and find the support I needed to take bold steps with confidence, despite the unknown.
This 1:1 coaching journey emerges from all my experiences and the tools and practices that have supported me along the way. With it I bring a deep desire to guide other women in science letting go of the barriers that still live inside them, and help them create the impact they desire in harmony with themselves.
This coaching journey is for you if...
You're ready to create space to reflect on what you truly want, even if the answers aren't fully clear yet.
You sense that something needs to change in your life or career and want support navigating that transition with greater confidence and self-trust.
You're willing to explore both practical decisions and the inner patterns that may be keeping you stuck.
You want sustainable change, not just temporary motivation.
You're looking for a supportive partnership that challenges you, encourages you, and helps you reconnect with yourself.
This coaching journey may not be the right fit if…
You’re looking for a quick fix without openness to self-reflection or inner work.
You want someone to give you all the answers instead of supporting you in finding your own.
You’re not willing to slow down enough to listen to what you truly need.
You're not open to questioning old definitions of success.
You’re looking only for productivity or performance strategies without deeper self-awareness and emotional work.
Your 4-month journey includes:
Eight 1:1 online coaching sessions (75 minutes, biweekly) tailored to your individual challenges, goals, and pace.
Regular check-ins via direct messaging for guidance, reflection, and accountability throughout the journey.
Guided reflection and nervous system support resources, including breathing practices, meditations, journaling prompts and tools to help you integrate the work between sessions.
A final session to help you integrate and sustain the changes, habits, and self-leadership practices you’ve developed.
Enrolment and Investment
Summer/Fall 2026
Pay in fulL
€2500 → €2000
(includes €500 launch discount)
3 spots currently available
If you feel this coaching journey may be the kind of support you need right now, please fill out the application form.
Once you fill out the form, I will reach out to invite you for a clarity call with me.
A final note from me to you
I created Permission to Lead because I believe that fully accepting who we are and giving ourselves permission to follow what we want, even if we don’t feel ready, can be very powerful.
As I‘ve been learning to do it myself, I’ve expanded my sense of freedom, ownership, and trust in who I am. It still feels a bit scary sometimes, but, trust me, it also feels great!
I spent a lot of time in my life playing it kind of safe in my career. I knew I was talented enough to create something of my own and take on bigger challenges, but I felt like I needed to learn more, achieve more, and feel more confident before I could to take that step. I kept preparing for a future version of myself who would finally feel ready enough to try something new and create something I could only dream of.
Until I realised those were just stories I told myself and that I would never feel ready just by thinking about it.
I felt ready when I decided to trust myself that I could do it.
Since then, I've learned that confidence grows through action, self-reflection, and a willingness to move forward despite the uncertainty.
With this program, I want to support you in your own journey of daring more. Not to become someone different, but to trust yourself more deeply and create a life and career aligned with what truly matters to you.
I can’t wait to work with you when you’re ready to take your bold step!
Are you ready to give yourself permission?
If this resonates with you, I’d love to learn more about your story and understand if we are a good fit to work together.