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Business mentoring for women

You were never meant to ask permission for your own life.

For nurses and women in steady jobs ready to turn their skill into a fully booked business.

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Sound familiar?

I didn't just wake up one day and decide to leave my job.

There wasn't one big moment. There were clues, for years. If you're reading this on a break, or on the bus home after a long day, you'll probably recognise some of them.

i.

Permission to pee

  • "Can you swap with me?"
  • "Can you cover this shift?"
  • "Can I take my break?"

No say over your own social life. The Christmas off-duty. Constant negotiation, just to have a life.

ii.

Zero autonomy

At home, my husband had freedom. He could move his time around. Meanwhile I had to ask for a day off for my own birthday. That lit a spark: I wanted independence, and to direct my own life.

iii.

The slow realisation

Gradually, I recognised that someone else dictated my life choices. And there was a ceiling. However hard I worked, the top band only ever paid so much.

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Sara's story

Ten years ago, I was you.

No business background. Nobody around me owned a business. I grew up on "get the stable job and do the right thing". So I did. I got the degree, I worked hard, and I climbed the ladder fast.

The ward

A career with a ceiling

I knew I'd reach the highest band. I also knew that meant only ever earning that amount, and asking permission for every birthday, every summer and every sick day.

Two worlds

A new gym, and nights

The gym was new and every shift took me away from it. When you treat your business like a side hustle, it stays a side hustle until it fades away.

Pregnant

"Will I be here on Christmas morning?"

Expecting my son made it personal. If your child is sick, you can't just stay home. You apply for leave.

The bridge

A bank contract, and my pin kept live

I didn't jump in one go. I moved to bank shifts as a safety net and kept my registration live while I ran an aesthetics clinic.

The day

One day on the ward I'll never forget

I went home that night and knew I wouldn't go back. I was going to live life on my own terms.

Now

From one-to-one, to one-to-many

Aesthetics was one client at a time. The gym served many at once, and it overtook everything else. Today I run Synergy, I do the school run every morning, and I help other women make the same move.

The truth about risk

Leaving is a risk.

The monthly pay cheque, the routine, and an identity you spent years and thousands earning.

Starting is a risk.

No background, nobody around you who's done it, and no idea where to begin.

Staying stuck is a risk too.

Waiting for the perfect time is just waiting. The risk doesn't shrink on its own.

Sara on stage beside her slide: NHS nurse turned entrepreneur
The gap between where you are and where you want to be isn't more knowledge. It's action.
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What's really holding you back

The voices on the ward, and the ones in your head.

Nursing is a vocation. Leaving feels wrong.

You were taught it's a calling. Wanting more isn't a moral failing. Your values come with you into business.

They'll say I'm getting too big for my boots.

Colleagues, friends and other practitioners. You spent a fortune on a skill you love. Stop hiding it.

Ah, but it's risky. You've got your wage.

They mean well, but they're keeping you in a life where someone else sets your hours.

I'm only just qualified. I can't charge that much.

If the best in town charges £200 and you charge £150, people see you as cheap, new and unsure. Charge what it's worth.

I'm too shy to go on camera.

You can't build a personal brand without people seeing the founder. We'll make it feel natural.

I've had four cancellations this week.

Posting that publicly tells people two things: you're still learning to run a business, and you're attracting clients who don't respect your time. Charge a deposit.

I'll just charge my friends less.

Your friends are your first clients, and they'll respect a proper price too. Start as you mean to go on.

The Fully Booked System

From the rota to a diary that's fully booked.

The programme's signature outcome. You'll leave knowing how to fill your diary, and how to keep it full. Deposits taken, reminders sent, next appointments booked before clients leave the chair, and recurring revenue you can plan around.

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Illustrative diary

The client journey

Nurture every client, from first hello to her next booking.

From the first time she sees your content to the friend she brings along next month, every step is a chance to look after her. Get each one right and they work together: happy clients leave reviews, refer their friends, and keep coming back.

    Inside the programme

    Everything I wish someone had taught me.

    Seven areas, in no fixed order. Your discovery session decides where you start. We work on what's holding your business back first.

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    Everything here is also what Sara talks about every week on her socials. Follow along before you join.

    How it works

    Built around shifts, school runs and real life.

    Work through it in your own time. Book focused one-to-ones with Sara when you need them.

    1

    Discovery

    A one-to-one with Sara to look at where you are, what's in the way, and what you want your life to look like.

    2

    Your pathway

    Sara picks the modules you need first, in the order that will move your business fastest.

    3

    Self-study

    Short, practical modules you can work through around your shifts and your family.

    4

    Strategy sessions

    Book one-to-ones with Sara when you need a decision made, a plan checked, or a push.

    5

    Fully booked

    You leave running the Fully Booked System, with a business you can step into full time.

    Sara Harkin facing a full room of women at a business event
    What it's really for

    The life you design.

    Then
    • Working Christmas morning
    • Asking for my birthday off
    • "No" to a weekend away. I'm on nights
    • Two weeks off in summer, if approved
    Now
    • The school run, every single morning
    • Hair done after, some days
    • A coffee on the way home
    • Christmas morning at home, every year

    "I can do that because that's the way I've designed my life." Sara

    What's included

    Everything you need to get fully booked.

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    Discovery session

    A one-to-one with Sara to understand where you are, what's in the way and what you want your life to look like.

    Your personal pathway

    Sara picks the modules you need first, so you work on what's holding your business back most.

    The full module library

    Every self-study module, from pricing and selling to content, retention and systems. Work through it around your shifts.

    One-to-one strategy sessions

    Book time with Sara when you need a decision made, a plan checked or a push forward.

    Direct access to Sara

    Support between sessions from someone who has made exactly the move you're making.

    The Fully Booked System

    The framework that ties it all together, so your diary fills up and stays full.

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    Join the waitlist

    Your skill has been a secret long enough.

    Founding places are limited. Join the waitlist and Sara will be in touch personally before they open to anyone else.