Alex Smith

I’m not a business coach.

I’m a growth operator who installs systems into owner-led businesses.

I’ve built, scaled, and exited multiple businesses over 20+ years across eCommerce, SaaS, and digital services. Today, I work with owners doing £500k–£5m who are stuck working 60-hour weeks with revenue that won’t break through the next ceiling.

If that’s you, you don’t have 47 problems.
You have one bottleneck creating 47 symptoms.

Most owners know something’s broken.
They just don’t have the time or headspace to find it — let alone fix it properly.

That’s where I come in.

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THE PROBLEM I SOLVE:

Owner-led businesses hit a plateau.

Revenue stalls.
The owner becomes the bottleneck.
Everything turns reactive.
There’s no system — just firefighting.

You’ve tried:
→ More marketing (noise, no leverage)
→ Hiring people (more cost, more chaos)
→ Working harder (burnout, not growth)

The issue isn’t effort.
It’s the absence of a working system.

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WHAT I DO:

I run a 90-day engagement called The Growth System Install.

This is not coaching.
No generic frameworks. No strategy decks.

I:
→ Identify the single constraint holding growth back
→ Design a custom system to remove it
→ Install it with you — hands-on
→ Transfer ownership so it runs without me

After 90 days, you have:
→ Predictable revenue visibility
→ A system your team can run
→ Control instead of chaos
→ Time back to think strategically

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WHO I WORK WITH:

Owner-led SMEs in Dorset / South West
£500k–£1m turnover
Stuck — not broken

Common bottlenecks:
→ No pipeline visibility
→ Reactive lead generation
→ Inconsistent sales process
→ Chaotic onboarding
→ No referral engine

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OPERATOR CREDENTIALS:

I don’t teach theory. I install what I’ve used.

→ Exited founder
→ Entrepreneurs Circle Certified (2025)
→ Built and scaled:
• Stika.co — £0 to £500k/year (exited 2024)
• Leadeth.io — £7m+ generated for 160+ B2B clients
• Dorweb — Digital agency for 30+ SMEs

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HOW WE START:

Book a 45-minute Growth Clarity Call.

No charge.
No pitch.
Just a focused conversation about what’s actually stuck.

https://dorsetgrowth.com/discovery

If it’s not a fit, I’ll tell you.
If it is, we can start within 7 days.

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One bottleneck. One system. 90 days.
Let’s fix what’s stuck.

Founder

Founded Leadeth with a vision to empower businesses to harness the potential of LinkedIn for lead generation. Developed a unique process that has successfully aided over 90 clients in improving their visibility and consistently generating qualified leads. Offering a flexible subscription model, ensuring businesses of all sizes can benefit without long-term contractual obligations.

Andrea A Smith

Helping Professionals to Effectively Manage Stress & Anxiety, Navigate Challenges, Foster Personal Growth & Well-Being for better Performance | Author 1st Book, Therapist & Coach, Join Free Community: Link -About section

You run a business. Your nervous system runs you.
Stress drives decisions. Calm creates growth.

Most female entrepreneurs feel stuck in overthinking, guilt, and pressure. You carry business, family, money, and everyone else. Your nervous system stays in threat mode, so focus drops, confidence falls, and burnout grows.

I know this from lived experience. After 25 years in high-pressure roles, my own system hit a wall. That shift led me to develop a structured approach to restoring nervous system balance.

I help female entrepreneurs reset stress at the nervous system level using CBT, Clinical Hypnotherapy, and my RESET™ & ACE™methods. I spent 25 years in nursing and psychology and supported over 2,500 women through anxiety, burnout, and fear, so business feels steady again.

This work fits real life. Short tools. Clear steps. No long therapy loops. You get calm, clarity, and control, so growth feels safe.

What you gain working with me: 
👉 Break anxiety loops and emotional overload
👉 Restore calm and confidence using fast nervous system tools
👉 Build steady focus without burning out.

Success feels sustainable when your body feels safe. My clients move from wired and worn out to clear, calm, and focused.

Start with the 
✅  Free Nervous System Reset Kit. 
✅  Then join the Free Reset and Rewire Masterclass. 
✅  Book a free call when ready - andreaasmith.com/book-a-call/

Private RESET Intensive spaces stay limited. Apply while spots stay open.

I’m here to help you RESET your stress response and REWIRE Your Inner CEO.

Systemic Coach, Author And Speaker

Why are capable female entrepreneurs often overlooked when stress and burnout set in? 

Not because they lack insight or motivation, but because capacity declines before performance. 

In this newsletter, I talk about competence, nervous system overload, and the quiet ways burnout hides in plain sight.
#stressmanagement

Empowering female consultants and coaches to feel calm and in control in business without living in fight-or-flight.

She did not come to me saying she was burnt out. She came saying she felt stuck. Martha was a coach. Experienced. Thoughtful. Well-trained. She had wo

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We’ve been taught to interpret low motivation as a problem to fix. A discipline issue. A mindset gap. A failure of willpower.

More recently, neuroscience has offered a kinder explanation: your nervous system is overloaded, your brain is protecting you, and motivation drops as a result.

That insight matters. But it’s incomplete.
Not every dip in motivation is due to stress or safety.

Sometimes, it’s your system responding to a truth you haven’t fully acknowledged yet. This newsletter explores the neuroscience behind motivation and the quieter signals hiding beneath it.
#stressmanagemeent

Not all low motivation is your nervous system's way of asking for safety. Sometimes it’s asking for the truth. Some days, action feels effortless. You

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Why do so many ambitious women feel like they’re quietly falling apart while running businesses they love?

That question sparked my newest newsletter.
If you’ve ever:
👉  Crashed after a launch you were proud of
👉  Felt guilty for wanting rest
👉  Wondered why anxiety still creeps in even when things are going “well”…

This is for you. Here I will break down:
The nervous system reality behind female founder burnout
Why traditional productivity hacks don’t work for our bodies
5 real, practical shifts to reclaim your energy (without adding more to your plate)

This isn’t another mindset pep talk. It’s grounded, clinical, and designed for women who are done pretending they’re fine.

#stressmanagement #stressrelief #mentalhealthawareness

The deeper nervous system reason behind the burnout, anxiety, and constant overthinking and how to finally shift it. You adore your business. You chos

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Why So Many Female Entrepreneurs Feel Overwhelmed (Even When They Love Their Business)

The planner. The vision board.
But if your nervous system still thinks you’re under attack, your business will feel like a battlefield, you fear failure more than anything.

Here’s the part most people miss: Dysregulation doesn’t just create burnout. It creates bad leadership.

Most female entrepreneurs don’t fail because of their mindset. They stall because their body never feels safe enough to lead.

When your nervous system is stuck in survival, your brain loses access to clarity.
👉 You overthink.
👉 You second-guess.
👉 You say “yes” when you meant “hell no.”

And here’s the uncomfortable truth: A dysregulated nervous system doesn’t just hurt you. It leaks into your clients, your team, and your revenue.

That’s why:
 • Boundaries collapse
 • Decisions feel urgent instead of strategic
 • Money comes in waves instead of stability

I’ve worked with over 2,500 women. Everyone of them thought they had a productivity problem.

They didn’t.
They had a safety problem.
Their bodies were wired for survival, so their businesses were built on urgency, not vision.

What they needed wasn’t another planner. It was a Regulated Nervous System.
That’s why I created the Free Reset Toolkit, to help you shift out of survival mode and into grounded leadership.

Because once the body feels safe:
 → Decisions get clean
 → Boundaries hold
 → Clients respond
 → Money stabilises
 → Business stops feeling like a threat

So here’s the real question 👇

What does survival mode look like for you right now?
• Overthinking
• Procrastination
• Burnout

(or all three?)

#stressmanagement

Why do so many female entrepreneurs feel overwhelmed even when things are going well? I hear this question weekly. Sometimes daily. The business is stable.  Clients are paying. Everything is going well...

You are doing what you set out to do. Yet your body feels tense. Your mind keeps scanning. Rest feels uncomfortable. Decisions feel heavier than they should.

This is not a mindset problem. This is not a confidence gap. This is not because you are doing business “wrong”.

What is happening is this.....When you spend long periods carrying responsibility, uncertainty, financial pressure, and emotional labour, your nervous system adapts. It learns that staying alert keeps you safe. Over time, that alert state becomes the baseline.

So even when external pressure eases, your internal system still doesn't get the memo. Your body sometimes does not respond to success. It responds to perceived threat, unpredictability, and load.

In 2026, you are not stressed because you are failing. You are stressed because you have been holding too much for too long without enough regulation.

That shows up as:
👉 Overthinking decisions you used to make easily.
👉 Feeling a sense of urgency without a clear reason.
👉 Difficulty switching off, even when you want to.
👉 Guilt when resting.

 A sense that something is wrong, even when nothing obviously is. This creates a confusing experience. You start questioning yourself....
 “Why can’t I handle this?”
 “Other people seem fine.”
 “I should be grateful.”

What happens when you, as a high-functioning person, stay in survival mode while appearing successful on the outside? The system is tired, not broken. Protective, not weak. Pushing harder does not resolve this state. More strategies, funnels and processes do not resolve it.

Sometimes, positive thinking doesn't resolve it either. The nervous system needs evidence of safety, not pressure to perform. If you recognise yourself here, you are not behind.
 
You are not failing. You are responding exactly as a human nervous system does under sustained demand.

And once you understand that, the path forward becomes much clearer and far more compassionate.

If this resonates, you are not alone. And no, this is not something you have to “push through”.

Why not chat with me...  if you have any questions... 
#stressmanagement

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