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An Online Masterclass with Dr Rachel Lee, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Wednesday 3 June  ·  12.30pm – 3pm  ·  Online via Zoom

How to Talk Yourself Into Out of your Dream

For the professional who is tired of holding back from the life they really want

Wednesday 3 June 2025 12.30pm – 3pm Online via Zoom
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You already know what you want. So why aren’t you doing it?

Most ambitious professionals don’t lack ideas, talent, or opportunity. They lack the ability to get out of their own way. They talk themselves out of taking the leap, rationally and convincingly, over and over again, while the dream stays exactly where it is, nagging away, and nothing ever feels quite enough.

This masterclass looks at the psychology of transformational change. Drawing on over 20 years of experience as a clinical psychologist and trauma specialist, Dr Rachel Lee reveals why your nervous system treats ambition and professional challenges like a threat and exactly what to do about it.

What you’ll discover

Not just inspiration. A structural shift.

Eight elements. One complete transformation.

01
The Real Risk in Life
Why the most dangerous thing isn’t failing. It’s waking up in five years exactly where you are now, wondering what could have been.
02
Why Your Brain Is Lying to You (And How to Catch It)
How your mind has learned to protect you by keeping you small.
  • The “safe danger” paradox: why your nervous system treats ambition like a threat
  • How trauma responses masquerade as rational business decisions
  • Why linear change is exhausting and what to do instead
03
The Leap Logic
Why thinking bigger is often easier than playing it safe.
  • How an audacious goal cuts through decision paralysis
  • The psychology of transformational versus transactional change
  • Rewriting the risk calculation your nervous system keeps running
04
Your Overlooked Advantage
What you’re sitting on that you’ve been trained to dismiss.
  • The distinctive edge hiding in your most obvious skills
  • Why your unique experiences are your sharpest weapons
  • What only you can do that no one else can replicate
05
The Audit That Changes Everything Else
What to start, what to stop, and what has been quietly stealing your momentum.
  • Getting surgical about the actions that actually move the needle
  • How to move away from waiting for permission
  • Building a system around your actual dream, not a modified version
06
Dismantling the Architecture of Holding Back
A clinical psychologist goes behind the curtain.
  • Old stories that protected you then and are caging you now
  • The internal conflict burning your energy before you even start
  • Recognising when your body vetoes your ambition before your mind does
07
Becoming the Person Who Stops Waiting for Permission
The identity shift that makes the dream inevitable.
  • Why strategy fails without a self-concept shift first
  • The subtle signals you’re still operating from your old identity
  • What boldness actually feels like from the inside
08
Your Irreversible Commitment
Leaving with a map that fits your terrain.
  • A journey plan rather than a task list
  • The one decision that makes all the other decisions easier
  • How to make this the moment you look back on as your turning point