Starts 3rd November 2025

Lead Yourself Through Life

A 6 week experience to learn and embody the foundations of conscious leadership so you can be the person/leader/parent you really want to be.

Are you leading your life or being led?

The video below gives you an introduction to what it means to lead yourself through life, some of the foundational concepts and a glimpse at the way this work could ripple into your family, community and the wider world.

If this speaks to you, you’ll find further details about the course below.

If you have any questions please contact me here.

When you lead yourself through life, everything becomes possible.

There’s part of you that wants to grow and change and go after the things you want.

There’s another part of you (the human bit) that likes predictability and same-ness.

If you are not leading your human, it will lead you.

That’s not necessarily “bad” but it won’t get you the life you really want. It will create a life that is familiar and comfortable but not fulfilling.

I want you to have a fulfilling life - a life that FEELS good on the inside not just one that looks good on the outside.

This course is about giving you the knowledge, awareness and practical tools to support your human self through the process of change and growth so you can go after the things you want.

These are the same tools that will allow you to break any destructive or undesirable patterns in your life too.

Maybe you find yourself quick to anger, maybe you lose it at your kids more often than you’d like, maybe you want to break cycles of overworking or relationship patterns of trying to earn love. This is all part of the same conversation - to break these cycles we need to know why they exist (they’re there for a reason) and integrate the past experiences so we can rewire your system so it allows you to create something new.

This work isn’t about fixing you and it’s not about being “perfect”.

It’s about knowing how to hold yourself through the full range of human emotions and experiences: fear, doubt, overwhelm, anger, grief, joy, desire, disappointment, power etc.

Because when you can hold yourself, you stop abandoning yourself. And when you stop abandoning yourself, you will learn to trust yourself. And when you can trust yourself your life force can finally lead and your human system moves into the back seat. You’re no longer operating from survival or autopilot - you are then in the driver’s seat of yourself and your experience.

The Lead Yourself Through Life Programme

Starts Monday 3rd November | 8 Spaces

A 6-week journey to know, trust and lead yourself through anything.

Lead Yourself Through Life is a live, guided experience designed to help you:

  • Understand the invisible patterns shaping your life.

  • Build self-trust so you can choose differently in real time.

  • Lead yourself with grounded confidence, clarity and compassion.

This isn’t just mindset work. It’s embodied transformation. This is about rewiring your system so you can create a new experience of life for yourself.

I want you to stop living on autopilot so you can create the life you truly want instead of settling for the one your system thinks is safe.

Are you ready?

I'M READY FOR CHANGE
A woman in a flowing dress walks barefoot along a wet beach at sunset, with her hair blowing in the wind and her reflection visible in the shallow water.

The Self-Leadership Framework

  • Know Yourself

    Identify the patterns that have been running you - where they came from, how they show up and what they cost you. 

    Learn to notice in real time when you’ve left your centre and gently bring yourself back.

    Result: You feel more whole - no longer fragmented by unconscious conditioning.

  • Trust Yourself

    Build the emotional and somatic capacity to stay with discomfort instead of reacting to it.

    Develop self-trust so you can move even when you feel uncertain.

    Learn to discern between fear that protects you and fear that limits you.

    Result: You become your own safe person - you trust yourself to stay present through anything.

  • Show Yourself

    Turn your awareness into action.

    Be more of your authentic self, not your conditioned one.

    Lead your life with clarity, integrity and courage - in work, relationships and beyond.

    Result: You stop drifting or waiting and start taking aligned action - one step at a time.

Programme Details

6 weeks of live sessions (90 mins each) Teaching, guided exercises and real-time coaching in an intimate group of 8 people.

Recordings available if you can’t attend live (though live is where the magic happens).

Practical tools and reflection prompts each week to apply between sessions.

Private community space for connection, accountability and integration.

All calls will take place on Zoom. They will be every Monday evening at 7pm UK time.
Dates are as follows:

3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th November
1st and 8th December 2025.

Extra calls may be added - these will be arranged with the group to prioritise maximum attendance.

Programme Fee

£450

SIGN UP

  • "This has shifted my life in so many ways. I am able to speak more openly with my colleagues and to put forward my thoughts and feelings (in the past I couldn't do it because of fear)"

    Jenn

  • "It's just been a few weeks now and I've felt such a difference in the way I experience everything"

    Jane

  • "I'm able to navigate triggering situations with more and more ease"

    Nida

  • "The process helped me to give myself permission to make mistakes, feel my own emotions and ultimately be my own authentic self"

    Peta

  • "I have a renewed belief in myself and a refreshed perspective on life"

    Anne

  • " I have developed a true understanding of who I am, and how to act in line with my values. In turn, I'm a lot happier with myself and the decisions I make, both professionally and socially"

    Danny

  • "The sessions have really helped me take a step back before reacting and to understand why I react in certain ways. I'm enjoying working through issues that arise to reflect and modify my behaviours, enabling me to act in a more conscious way."

    Abi

Your Guide

I teach self-leadership because I know what it takes to create lasting change and this is the foundation.

For six years, I worked as an Army Officer and innovation lead. I challenged systems, asked hard questions, worked with change-makers across industries. I was bold. I made a difference.

But I also learned something crucial: courage without self-trust is unsustainable.

You can be brave for a while. But if your internal foundations are built on self-criticism, low self-worth and a need to prove yourself, you will eventually crumble or pull back.

Self-leadership is what makes change sustainable. It's what allows you to keep showing up. To trust yourself through the hard parts. To create what you want without sacrificing yourself in the process.

I burned out because my foundations weren’t stable. I rebuilt myself from the ground up on solid ground. I want to share everything I’ve learned with you so you don’t have to get to the point I did.

I have a degree in Psychology, a Masters in Educational Practice and Innovation and I'm a Certified Maturation Coach. I've been doing transformational coaching work for the last five years and informally before that.

I know how people learn, develop and create lasting change. Self-leadership is the foundation that makes everything else possible.

I want you to know, deep in your bones, that you've got your own back.

Because when you do, everything changes.

You stop playing small. You stop waiting. You stop abandoning yourself.

You become self-determined. Author of your own life. Led by your wise self, not your autopilot patterns.

That's what's possible. And I'm here to help you get there.

A woman with glasses and long blonde hair smiling and holding a black microphone, wearing a blue sleeveless top, standing against a plain background.

Kirsty Skinner

 FAQs

  • This might be the thing that helps all the other stuff land so you finally actually change your daily experience of life.

    Most personal development focuses on external strategies (productivity, goal-setting) or mindset shifts (positive thinking, manifestation). Very few programs teach the foundational skill of self-leadership and how to actually hold yourself through uncomfortable emotions and trust yourself to navigate life.

    This work is foundational in a way that supports all other growth.

  • You'll have lifetime access to recordings, so you won't miss the teaching. However, the live coaching is where the magic happens - you get personalised guidance on your specific patterns and situations.

    I recommend being able to attend at least 4 of the 6 calls. If you know you'll miss more than that, this might not be the right time for you. If you’d like to talk it through more send me an email (kirsty@kirstyskinner.com).

  • Not at all! This is leadership in the truest sense - leading yourself first. Whether you’re a parent, creative, professional or student (over the age of 21 years) this work meets you wherever you are. It’s all about you with you.

  • You're not learning complex theory that you need to remember, you're building a foundational skill through practice. Six weeks is enough time to:

    • Establish the awareness (Know Yourself)

    • Build the capacity (Trust Yourself)

    • Start embodying the practice (Lead Yourself)

    The transformation doesn't end after 6 weeks - it continues as you practice the skills in your life. But 6 weeks gives you the foundation and momentum to keep going.

  • No - this is not therapy or trauma processing. It’s practical, integrative self-leadership: building the awareness and capacity to steer your own life with presence and choice.

    However, part of the process will include looking back at your past, your childhood experiences and reflecting on your upbringing. If that may bring up events that you are not prepared to re-visit, this course may not be suitable for you right now. If you’d like to talk to me about this, please contact me using the button below.

  • This work requires your participation - it's not passive.

    If you show up, practice the skills, bring your real situations to be coached on and engage with the process, you will see changes (we don’t yet know what those will be for you personally).

    I can't do the work for you, but I can guide you through it with expertise, compassion and support.

    The people who get the most from this program are those who are willing to be honest with themselves and practice the skills consistently in their daily life.

  • This work requires intimacy and safety.

    I want to know your specific patterns, coach you through your real situations, and give you personalised attention. I want you to feel held by the group and seen by me.

    8 is the sweet spot where I can offer deep, individualised support without losing the power of group learning and connection.

  • DM me on Instagram (@kirsty.skinner) or email me (kirsty@kirstyskinner.com).

    I'm happy to answer any questions you have before enrolling.

You’re Ready

You're here because you're ready to be in charge of your life.

You're done being led by autopilot. You're done abandoning yourself. You're done playing small.

You're ready to trust yourself. To lead yourself. To create change.

I'm here to show you how.

GET STARTED