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Case studies

The full arc — not just
the highlight reel.

Every story below includes the season it started in, the work we actually did, and the timeframe it took. Names are shortened and details lightly generalised for privacy.

SurvivingPrivate coaching9 months

From burned out in a job she couldn't leave to a business paying her a monthly wage

Jasmine R. — Founder, Studio Ame

Before

Jasmine had a side business that had been "almost ready" for two years and a full-time role she could not afford to leave.

Her evenings went to whichever fire was loudest. There was no offer, no pricing she believed in, and no runway number she could name out loud.

The work

  1. Restore — steady the week first

    We cut her open commitments in half, set one weekly review, and built a one-page money picture so she knew exactly what leaving would require.

  2. Identify — one offer, one buyer

    Instead of five services, she named the one thing clients already paid her for, and the one type of client she wanted more of.

  3. Strategize — a runway number, not a feeling

    We reverse-engineered the monthly revenue that would replace her salary and broke it into a client count she could count on one hand.

  4. Execute — 12 weeks of visible inputs

    Weekly conversations tracked, weekly review kept, price raised twice. Momentum came from the scoreboard, not motivation.

After

Her first steady revenue month came in month three. By month nine the business paid her a consistent monthly wage and she resigned on her own terms.

The bigger change was structural: she now runs a weekly review she actually keeps, which is what makes the revenue repeatable.

3 mo

To first steady revenue

9 mo

To full transition

2x

Price increases held

“Nadege helped me go from feeling stuck and overwhelmed to building a business I love and a life I'm proud of.”
Jasmine R., Founder, Studio Ame
Explore Private coaching
RebuildingThe RISE Experience™90 days

Passed over twice — then chose a direction with evidence and negotiated the promotion

Monica T. — Director of Operations

Before

Monica had been passed over for a promotion twice and could not tell whether she wanted the next role or a different career entirely.

Every decision was made in her head, at night, with no data — so nothing ever felt safe enough to act on.

The work

  1. Identify — separate the story from the evidence

    We audited the last two years of her work: what she was repeatedly pulled into, what she was praised for, and what quietly drained her.

  2. Strategize — one 90-day case

    She built a written case for the role she wanted, with three outcomes she would own and the metrics attached to each.

  3. Execute — the conversations she'd been avoiding

    Five stakeholder conversations in six weeks, each one rehearsed and debriefed, ending in a formal ask with a number.

After

She secured the promotion and a raise inside 90 days, with a written scope she helped define rather than inherited.

She also has a repeatable method for the next negotiation — the case, the metrics, the conversations, the ask.

90 days

Clarity to signed offer

5

Stakeholder conversations

1 role

Promotion secured

“The RISE Method gave me clarity, structure, and the confidence to finally bet on myself.”
Monica T., Director of Operations
Explore The RISE Experience™
SurvivingFinancial Freedom Blueprint™12 weeks

From paycheck to paycheck to a one-month buffer and a money rhythm she keeps

Renée A. — Registered nurse, single parent

Before

Renée avoided her bank app. Bills were paid, mostly on time, but nothing was planned and there was no cushion for a bad month.

She had tried three budgeting apps and abandoned all of them within a fortnight.

The work

  1. One page, not one app

    Income, fixed bills, debt minimums and a single savings line on one page. Clarity before optimisation.

  2. A 20-minute money date

    One short weekly session at the same time each week — short enough that a hard week did not break the habit.

  3. The smallest first win

    We sequenced the smallest balance first so she felt progress in weeks rather than years.

After

Twelve weeks in she had a one-month emergency buffer and a monthly rhythm she has kept since.

Money stopped being the thing she avoided looking at — which changed how she made every other decision.

1 mo

Emergency buffer built

20 min

Weekly money date

12 wks

Avoidance to plan

“For the first time in years, money stopped being the thing I avoided looking at. I have a plan and I follow it.”
Renée A., Registered nurse, single parent
Explore Financial Freedom Blueprint™
GrowingThe RISE Experience™8 weeks

Leading a team while privately running on empty — and the week she rebuilt in eight

Danielle K. — Nonprofit Executive

Before

Danielle looked successful from the outside and was quietly working every weekend to keep it that way.

She was the bottleneck in two functions she had never intentionally chosen to own.

The work

  1. Restore — protect the recovery, not the calendar

    We named the non-negotiables that had quietly been traded away and put them back first, before any work commitment.

  2. Identify — what's actually yours to carry

    A responsibility audit separated the work only she could do from the work she had absorbed by default.

  3. Execute — two clean handovers

    Two functions delegated with written scope and a check-in cadence, so delegating did not become supervising.

After

Eight weeks later she had a sustainable week and has not worked a weekend since.

Her team gained ownership at the same time she gained her evenings back.

8 wks

To a sustainable week

2

Functions delegated

0

Weekends worked since

“I learned how to stop surviving and start building a life of purpose and impact.”
Danielle K., Nonprofit Executive
Explore The RISE Experience™

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