For anyone who carries responsibility — a company, a team, a clinic, a household
Steady Under
Pressure
The nervous system science of leading well with Peter Smith
Pressure lands in the body before it reaches the boardroom, the inbox or the dinner table. In this live session Peter Smith shows how your nervous system shapes the way you think, decide and relate under strain — and gives you resets that take under two minutes.
WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY
Five things you can use the next morning
- Why stress hijacks good judgement — and how to catch it happening in real time, before you've said the thing you can't unsay.
- Two or three resets that take under two minutes — for the corridor before a hard conversation, or the pause before a big decision.
- How to tell a complicated problem from a complex one — and why treating one like the other keeps you stuck.
- A simple way to hear out the competing voices in your head, so you can actually decide.
- A taste of Inner Leadership, Outer World — the work Peter leads on retreat at Aro Hā.
“I'll show how your nervous system shapes the way you think, decide and relate under strain, and give you simple practices to find your footing when the stakes are high.”
- Peter Smith
THIS IS FOR YOU IF
You lead something — a company, a team, a practice, a family — and the weight of it follows you home.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF
You know the calm version of you makes better calls, and you want a way back to it mid-Tuesday, not just on holiday.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF
“Just breathe” has never been enough. You want the mechanism, then the practice.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF
You have ten minutes a day, not ten free hours.
Your Host
Peter Smith
Master facilitator and executive coach with 25 years of practice across business, government, NGOs and the United Nations — from boardrooms to aid compounds in Eastern Afghanistan.
He works where neuroscience, emotional intelligence and learning design meet, helping leaders turn inner work into behaviour that holds under pressure. His practice draws on somatic methods from Feldenkrais to breathwork, treating the nervous system as leadership's primary instrument.
Peter leads Aro Hā's Inner Leadership, Outer World retreat. He's based in Coogee, Sydney.
Learn more about PeterHOW YOUR SEAT WORKS
Your seat comes with a free month of Circle
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