What we will cover:
1. The Emotional Landscape of Entrepreneurship
Why service-based businesses feel uniquely personal
The invisible emotional labour: empathy, conflict, expectations, performance
Common emotional cycles: comparison, shame spirals, overwhelm, self-doubt
Identifying when you're operating from groundedness vs. survival mode
2. Boundaries in Business
Boundaries as systems, not personality traits
The nervous system behind struggling to say “no”
Common boundary leaks: scope creep, rushed timelines, late payments, 24/7 availability
How to set boundaries that don’t feel harsh (simple, clear scripts)
Designing policies that do the heavy lifting for you
3. People-Pleasing Patterns
Understanding the fawn response and why service providers are prone to it
How over-accommodating leads to resentment and burnout
Signs of people-pleasing in business: overdelivering, undercharging, avoiding conflict
How to shift from “performing” to collaborative partnership with clients
Small, realistic steps to interrupt people-pleasing in real time
4. Charging Your Worth
Why pricing triggers fear, shame, and imposter thoughts
The connection between self-trust and money decisions
How early relational patterns shape your relationship with charging
Raising rates with emotional tolerance—not guilt
Confident, grounded language for talking about pricing
Q&A
Presented by Claire Dennis, Owner of Claire Dennis Counselling, Registered Psychotherapist