STOP.STILL / PERFORMANCE
001 / FOUNDER UNDER PRESSURE LAB
TRAIN YOUR ABILITY
TO PERFORM
UNDER PRESSURE
or feel the consequences of your stress-impaired decisions later.
The Founder Under Pressure Lab is a half-day training designed for leaders who want to make better decisions under stress & operate with clarity and sustained high performance. Built to expand your capacity to pressure, the program combines performance psychology, nervous system regulation, breath training, and flow state research, experienced through practical, high-impact exercises.
Forged from 20+ years in emergency medicine.
IN ONE MORNING YOU WILL GET.
YOUR UNDER PRESSURE MAP
See exactly how pressure is changing your thinking, reactions, and sleep and where that will break if you keep scaling on the same operating system. Learn the operating system that underpins sustainable high performance.
FIELD TESTED STATE CONTROL PROTOCOLS (3 SWITCHES)
Three short trainings you can use before big decisions, heavy weeks, and at night so you stay sharp, reset faster, actually sleep and lead your business keen for uncertainty and challenge.
REPS UNDER REAL PRESSURE
A controlled high-stress drill where you practice staying composed with your heart rate up ā using methods tested in emergency environments, not theory.
30 DAY UNDER PRESSURE PROTCOL
A 5-minute-a-day training schedule so this becomes automatic, not another workshop you forget by Monday.
FOUNDING-COHORT RATE
FIRST & ONLY TIME. 29/5/26
This is the first Founders Under Pressure Lab for business owners and founders.
For this founding cohort you get:
One-time AUD $397 rate (future labs 597+)
Early pilot access to team Peak State Training app
Provide 24/7 state and stress tolerance training to your team. Monitor your team's stress capacity pre-empting and reducing burnout. (Currently under construction)
Get Founder Under Pressure lab free when purchasing Team Under Pressure training.
STILL NOT SURE?
Frequently Asked Questions
Here's what we usually get asked
What is the program?
A half-day intensive in house or offsite workshop that builds your team's capacity to perform under real pressure. Hands-on, practical, and immediately applicable. Every tool your team walks away with is field-tested with 20+ years in Emergency medicine, ready to use the next day.
How is this different from wellness programs?
Wellness programs avoid stress. We build capacity for it. One produces comfort. The other produces performance. If you want your team to perform better under real pressure, this is built for that.
Who is this for?
Leaders and teams already operating at a high level who know there is more in them. Organisations where performance under pressure is inherent within the job. If your team is pushing hard and hitting a ceiling, this is for you. If your team wants to reduce pressure rather than build capacity for it, this is not.
What is expected from us?
This is where most programs fail and we are upfront about it.
The workshop is the starting point. The results only come from what happens after. Your team needs to apply the training consistently, the leader needs to model the behaviour first, and small practices need to be built into how your team operates day to day.
This is not for teams looking for a quick fix. This is for teams who understand that challenge and consistent hard work produce results. If that's not where you are, come back when it is.
What outcome can I expect?
The teams that perform when it counts control their physiology, understand their stress response, and access peak state on demand. From that foundation, better decisions, sharper focus, emotional regulation, faster recovery, improved sleep, present minds, less burnout and stronger retention. Stress capacity is built the same way muscle is. Not in one session. In the reps that follow.
Is this evidence based?
Yes. Evidence-based and field-tested across 20+ years. Neuroscience, performance psychology, and stress inoculation research. Our founder is an active lead researcher at a Brisbane University.
How long is the workshop?
A half day. Structured around your team's size, pressure environment, and specific needs. No two workshops are identical; the format is tailored to where your team is and what they need to build capacity for.
Do you work with our industry?
We work with any industry where performance and pressure is real and the cost of getting it wrong is high. Stress physiology is universal.
FOUNDER & CEO
Alex Pedersen
I love the parallels between business and emergency medicine. The pressure, uncertainty, and everything in between. Experiencing both the positive and negative effects that pressure has on performance has shaped my thinking. Learning that high performers are not just extremely talented individuals, but also have developed the capacity to perform under pressure is something that captivates me. This capacity is trainable, and starts with the breath.
7 years Advanced Care Paramedic
Current Lead Researcher Brisbane University
9 fingers, still fumbles the ball at training.
MEET THE Co-Founder
Emma Roberts
As a co-founder, I combine a career in emergency nursing across international, rural, and tertiary trauma settings with a deep interest in human performance under pressure. Working on the frontline, and as a mother of two young children, I understand the real demands of high-stakes environments and the toll of sustained stress. Drawing on principles from sports psychology, flow state research, and breathwork, Iām passionate about helping high performers better understand their stress response and expand their capacity to perform at their best when it matters most.
Leads Tertiary Trauma Teams
Global Emergency Care experience
Co-Founder Performance Workshops