Pushing harder was never going to get you to the next level of success. Rewiring what’s underneath will.
High Performance Coaching and Rewiring Hypnotherapy that Gives You the Edge and Doesn’t Break You
Plain and simple. We help high achievers rewire the patterns capping their performance and success, so the next level does not come at the cost of their health, happiness or relationships.
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The short answer
What is high performance coaching, and is high performance sustainable?
High performance coaching helps ambitious founders and executives perform at their peak without breaking down to get there. It trains focus, mindset and nervous-system resilience together, using psychology, NLP coaching and hypnotherapy. Rather than pushing harder, it removes the internal friction, so high output becomes repeatable and sustainable instead of a battle leading to burnout. This enables the next stage of implementing the best strategies for success.
Credentials
Rewire Method™ Executive Performance Coach, Master Hypnotherapist and NLP Coach 1,000+ Clients Transformed
- 1,000+ Clients rewired and transformed since 2011
- Creator of the trademarked Rewire Method™
- 6 Disciplines in one practitioner
- Award winning Leadership Rewiring Specialist & Executive Performance Coach
About this work
High performance coaching with Nicky Anstey is one to one work for business owners, senior leaders and high achievers who already perform and want the inner state to match the outer results. Nicky is a Leadership Rewiring Specialist using Executive Performance Coaching, Executive Psychotherapy and, Master Leadership Hypnotherapist and Master NLP Coach . Her high performance coaching integrates neurological rewiring and NLP with performance coaching and, if helpful, performance nutrition, using the same trademarked Rewire Method™ behind every coaching engagement. The result is performance that holds, not cyclical peaks followed by crashes.
To understand where you may be being held back with your business, career or other areas of life, visit the Diagnosis Room and learn more about what could be hindering your success, happiness, health or relationships.
Understand what’s driving your performance
Here’s the truth of it. Perfectionism, people-pleasing, imposter syndrome and the need to earn your place every day do not run the same way in every high performer. They run through your particular wiring, which is exactly why generic productivity advice keeps missing the mark for you specifically.
Take two minutes to find out which of four leadership and performance styles you operate from, the Driven Operator, the Visionary Driver, the Analytical Strategist, or the Connector. It is a genuine opportunity to see how your personality is actually driving your performance, what pushes you toward the edge, what pulls you back, and where the ceiling you keep hitting is really coming from.
Take the Leadership Style Quiz in the Diagnosis Room
Free. 2 minutes. Straight answers, no filler. See exactly how your personality is shaping the two voices you already know so well.
Let's reach sustainable success
The performance ceiling is not in your strategy for success
You have the skill. You have the track record. You have the ambition. And still, two voices. One says you are leaving performance on the table. The other says if you push any harder, something is going to break.
Both voices are right. Both are signs of the same thing. Unconscious patterns running in the background. Perfectionism. People pleasing. Imposter syndrome. The need to earn your place every single day. No productivity hacks rewire that. No cold plunges rewire that. No constant conscious learning rewires that. Yet this method does!
Why not start the process by visiting the Diagnosis Room and learn more about what could be hindering your success, happiness, health or relationships.
High Performance Coaching and Neurological Rewiring that Holds
NLP and Hypnotherapy is integrated deliberately, not bolted on. Research published by the American Psychological Association has shown hypnosis to be an effective tool for changing unconscious patterns across a wide range of domains. Inside the Rewire Method™, it is used specifically to rewire the beliefs and internal responses limiting high performance.
What clients typically work through:
- Fear of failure showing up as procrastination or overpreparation.
- All or nothing thinking that ends in over commitment then collapse.
- An internal scorecard that never feels met, no matter what you achieve.
- A nervous system that only knows full throttle and crash.
- The quiet belief that rest equals falling behind.
Performance nutrition can be included where biology is part of the picture. Read more about Nicky’s integrated nutrition approach.
See the Rewired Method™
Ways to work together
How You Can Work with Nicky
Nicky works with a small number of clients at any one time. Every engagement is delivered by her directly, with no associates and no handoffs. Most clients begin with a Reset Call and from there choose the right programme together.
Rewire Coaching
The signature one to one programme, built on the trademarked Rewire Method™. Where most clients begin.
Executive Coaching
For founders, directors and senior leaders at the top of their field who refuse to pay for performance with their health.
Leadership Coaching
For leaders who feel the weight of every decision and want to lead from a steadier place.
Burnout Coaching
Strategic business coaching paired with the inner work most coaching cannot reach, to prevent you burning out rather than reaching your full potential.
Succeed Beyond Your Limits
Thirty minutes with Nicky, one to one. No pitch. Honest conversation. If her work is the right fit, she will say. If it is not, she will say that too.
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Why Nicky Anstey?
Why Work With Nicky?
She has lived it. Nicky experienced severe burnout during her own corporate career, then built her businesses through significant personal and health challenges. The story is not background. It is the reason the work goes deeper than most coaching.
She has the qualifications to go deep. Nicky is a qualified Master NLP Coach, Master Hypnotherapist, Master Life and Business Coach, Executive Psychotherapist, neuroscience and a Registered Nutritionist aligned with medicine. Six disciplines inside one practitioner. Most coaches hold one.
She has the results. Over 1,000 clients have worked with Nicky and gone through the trademarked Rewire Method™. Reduced pressure, clearer thinking, stronger leadership, healthier lives.
She is not a generalist. Nicky works specifically with high-achieving business owners and senior leaders. The people who others assume are fine, because they are still performing. These are the people who push themselves but unable to find the right support out there. This was Nicky’s experience too. Read more about Nicky here.
The evidence – what the research says
Does coaching actually improve performance, or does it only feel useful?
A meta-analysis by Tim Theeboom, Bianca Beersma and Annelies van Vianen at the University of Amsterdam, published in The Journal of Positive Psychology in 2014, pooled the controlled research on coaching inside organisations. It found significant positive effects on all five outcome categories measured, with effect sizes running from g = 0.43 for coping to g = 0.74 for goal-directed self-regulation, the capacity to set a direction and keep steering towards it.
“These findings indicate that coaching is, overall, an effective intervention in organisations.” Theeboom, Beersma and van Vianen, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2014
A second meta-analysis, of 17 workplace coaching studies by Rebecca Jones, Stephen Woods and Yves Guillaume in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 2016, reported an overall effect of δ = 0.36, broken down into skill-based outcomes, δ = 0.28, affective outcomes such as wellbeing and attitude to work, δ = 0.51, and individual-level results, δ = 1.24. Both analyses look at coaching in general, not at any one practitioner’s method.
How much pressure are people at work in the UK actually under?
The Health and Safety Executive’s figures for 2024/25 record 964,000 workers in Great Britain suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, and an estimated 40.1 million working days lost to work-related ill health and workplace injury. Stress, depression and anxiety remain the leading cause of work-related ill health in Great Britain.
Does switching off cost you performance?
The pooled evidence says no. A meta-analysis by Johannes Wendsche and Andrea Lohmann-Haislah, published in Frontiers in Psychology in 2017, drew on 86 publications and 91 independent samples covering 38,124 employees. Psychological detachment, genuinely switching off from work outside working hours, was associated with lower emotional exhaustion, r = -0.36, lower fatigue, r = -0.42, and better sleep, r = 0.30. Its association with task performance was small but positive, r = 0.09, not negative. These are correlations rather than proof of cause, and the authors note that variation between studies was moderate to high. The direction, though, is consistent, recovery is not what is holding performance back.
When is coaching not the right call?
Coaching and hypnotherapy are not medical treatment and are not a substitute for clinical care. If you are dealing with depression, anxiety, self-harm, or you are taking prescribed medication, speak to your GP or a registered clinician first, and do so alongside any coaching work rather than instead of it. In the UK, Samaritans is free on 116 123, at any time of day or night.
Sources
Theeboom, T., Beersma, B. and van Vianen, A. E. M. (2014). Does coaching work? A meta-analysis on the effects of coaching on individual level outcomes in an organizational context. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(1), 1-18.
Jones, R. J., Woods, S. A. and Guillaume, Y. R. F. (2016). The effectiveness of workplace coaching, a meta-analysis of learning and performance outcomes from coaching. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 89(2), 249-277.
Health and Safety Executive. Key figures for Great Britain, 2024 to 2025.
Health and Safety Executive. HSE publishes annual workplace health and safety statistics, 20 November 2025.
Wendsche, J. and Lohmann-Haislah, A. (2017). A meta-analysis on antecedents and outcomes of detachment from work. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:2072.
Samaritans. Free on 116 123, 24 hours a day.
Where Nicky works
Working Across the UK and Internationally
Half of Nicky’s one to one work is delivered online, because she works with business owners and senior leaders across the United Kingdom, Europe and internationally. The other half are In person engagements for those who live near Guildford or want to travel. Nicky offers in person at agreed onsites and events for corporate and SME workshops, coaching, conferences and select programmes.
Transform to Perform Coaching, Elstead, between Farnham, Godalming, Guildford and Haslemere in Surrey, UK
Case Study. Meet Billy
High performer who shifted from peak-and-crash to sustained performance
From Burnout And Anger To Calm, Confident Leadership, Billy’s Story
Role Entrepreneur, multi million pound business owner and founder
Presenting concern Burnout, anger, comfort eating, strained relationships
Where he started
When I first met Billy he was overworked, exhausted and burnt out and ready to sell the business, as he was incredibly stressed and unhappy. Anger and overwhelm had crept into every part of his life, and despite years of visible business success, he felt completely stuck. It was affecting his health, his family, his team and even his clients.
The work
What we did together was rewire his neurological foundations using the REWIRE Method™. That meant releasing deep rooted anger, emotional baggage and limiting beliefs from his past, teaching him advanced communication and emotional awareness, and refocusing his attention on what he actually wanted, rather than everything he was trying to avoid.
Where he is now
The results were immediate and visible. Clients noticed the change in him before he had said a word. The stress had gone. He had lost weight that had built up over years of comfort eating. People kept telling him he looked amazing and asking what on earth had happened.
Today, Billy’s family life is the best it has ever been. He is present, calm and happy. In business he is more focused, more balanced and more successful than ever, and when challenges come, because they still do, he meets them with a steadiness that stress used to make impossible. He works less, delegates more, earns more, plays more golf and feels properly in control, and for the past two years he has been one of the most consistent sources of referrals into my work as his transformation was a visible walking advert.
“Before working with Nicky, I was at my breaking point. I had built a successful business, but it felt like it was running me instead of the other way around. I was constantly exhausted, overwhelmed, and questioning whether I could keep going. I’d tried everything, mentors, productivity hacks, even mindset work, but nothing seemed to stick. It wasn’t just affecting my mental and physical health, it was impacting my relationships and my employees at work. Even when we were out doing lovely things, I just couldn’t enjoy them.
Then I found Nicky. From the very first session, it was clear this wasn’t like anything I’d tried before, it was based on neuroscience and it was solution focused. Nicky helped me uncover the hidden beliefs and patterns that were holding me back, the ones I didn’t even realise were there. It was like a lightbulb moment. Once we rewired those foundations, everything changed.
Within weeks I felt more energised and focused than I had in years. I started making decisions with confidence, working fewer hours and seeing better results. My business grew, but more importantly, I finally felt like I was in control again. I was thriving, not just professionally, but personally too. Life at home is better than ever, and I’m loving everything I do, inside and outside of work. If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed or burnt out, I can’t recommend Nicky enough. This isn’t just coaching. It’s not counselling. It’s a complete transformation. If I can do it, so can you.”
Billy West, Entrepreneur and Multi-Million Pound Business Owner
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What others are saying
These clients were once where you are now: carrying more than they let on, and unsure what actually needed to change.
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“I was in a place where I was confused by all the work that was happening, and that was leading to more of a state of burnout… where I’m at now is having real clarity about my own personal development, my team’s development, my own executive presence.”
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“I feel like Nicky has given me the tools to move forward… and I would thoroughly recommend Nicky to anyone I come across.”
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“Nicky helped me let go of limiting beliefs and lead with confidence – personally and professionally. Truly life-changing.”
About Nicky
Hi, I am Nicky Anstey
Award winning Leadership Rewiring Specialist, Executive Performance Coach, Author and Speaker.
I spent over a decade in the cycle of high-functioning burnout, driven by perfectionism, people-pleasing and imposter syndrome. Now I help successful business owners and senior leaders rewire the patterns that keep them stuck in survival mode. I have lived that cycle myself, and I know success should not cost you your health, happiness or peace.
Thirty minutes, one to one with Nicky
Ready to Book Your Reset Call
Share a little about what is going on. Nicky reads every enquiry personally.
No obligation. Confidential coaching. 30 minute call. Fit check for both of us.
Call us: 07795 467090
Email: nicky@transformtoperformcoaching.com
Working across the UK and internationally. One to one work is delivered online, with in-person offered to those who are close or happy to travel. Nicky is happy to discuss travel for corporate engagements.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is hypnotherapy and how is it used in high performance coaching?
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Is hypnotherapy safe?
Yes. Hypnotherapy is generally considered a safe, non-invasive therapeutic approach when practised by a suitably trained professional. You remain aware and in control throughout the process.
Hypnosis cannot make you do anything against your values or wishes. Rather than being “put under”, you enter a deeply relaxed, focused state where the mind can become more receptive to helpful suggestions and new ways of thinking.
My approach combines hypnotherapy with therapeutic and coaching techniques to help reinforce positive neurological patterns, reduce unhelpful automatic responses and support lasting behavioural and emotional change.
It is used to reinforce all the positive learnings, beliefs and changes we have discovered throughout the process. Therefore you will have an array of different recordings to use at home to enjoy relaxing with a hardwiring the new neurological connections.
Large reviews of hypnosis research have found very few reported adverse effects, with many studies reporting none at all. When adverse effects have been reported, they have generally been uncommon and mostly mild or short-lived, such as one reported panic attack or mild dizziness.
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Do I need to believe in neuroscience and hypnotherapy for it to work?
Many clients don’t believe how this process could work, before we start. But after one experience they can’t explain the positive difference. And then are hooked.
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Is this suitable for athletes or performers outside business?
Absolutely. I have helped high achieving sports people and athletes, ranging from famous Professional Boxers to Professional Footballers, to GB International Shooters to Golfers. When we deal with the root causes and rewire our neurological pathways, it improves every aspect of us, whether it’s leadership, Speaking, sporting abilities, finances or simply confidence.
It all depends on whether you are someone who is committed to improvement and an action taker.