A Safe Space for Leaders to Learn Self-Regulation
Emotional Intelligence Services for Self-Leadership to increase engagement, reduce risk of burnout and churn
Hi, I’m Lauren
I guide Leaders to develop Self-Leadership skills because people do what you do, not what you say! You can learn all the frameworks you want in the world, ultimately how you feel and the way you show up will define how others shows up for you.
After 11 years in international Tech Sales at companies like LinkedIn, Equinix, and Rackspace, I learned the hard way what happens when you ignore your feelings and your body's stress signals. Burnout, divorce, health crisis, and a complete collapse of my life as I knew it. This led me to start a journey of self-discovery to understand how I could recover and prevent this from happening again.
Now, as an ICF Executive Coach (PCC), HeartMath Coach, and corporate Leadership trainer, I bridge emotional intelligence with business acumen. I teach founder and Leaders across Europe the self-regulation skills that prevent burnout, improve engagement and team dynamics to drive sustainable high performance.
I founded The Self-Science Lab because I wish someone had taught me this science before I crashed. Now I teach it to others, so they don't have to learn it the way I did.
In this new economy, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) skills like Self-Awareness, Stress Management, Emotional Resilience and Agility are no longer “nice-to-have”.
The Science of Self-Leadership:
How Self-Regulation Drives Higher Performance
Your Managers make emotional decisions which they then justify rationally.
People do what you do, not what you say. And only 5% of your thoughts, feelings, and actions are conscious. The other 95% run on autopilot, driven by your nervous system's stress responses. For managers, this means their leadership patterns, reactions, and decisions are being shaped by systems they don't even know are running, and this is influencing their team's behaviour.
This keynote reveals the neuroscience behind emotional regulation and unlocks new self-awareness to manage emotions in a way which drives higher engagement and higher performance in Managers and their teams.
What your managers will learn:
The Challenges of Managing Relationships at Work
An introduction to Self-Regulation
How to create psychological safety for meaningful connections
When managers understand themselves better they can:
Return to a balanced inner state easier and faster
Make more conscious decisions in high-pressure moments
Have constructive conversations with their teams about their feelings
Uncover the real issues behind the silences in meetings
Why Self-Leadership Matters:
Most leadership training focuses on what managers do. This keynote reveals how they operate, the 95% running beneath awareness that shapes everyday decisions and actions.
Your managers leave with science-backed self-awareness that immediately changes their perspective on themselves and their relationship with their teams.
The result? One step close to having more empathetic, self-aware leaders who make intentional decisions, build stronger, more loyal teams, and drive better results.
Speaker Credentials:
Lauren Cartigny is a certified HeartMath Coach, ICF Executive Coach (PCC), and trained in Gabor Maté's Compassionate Inquiry®, bringing proven neuroscience to corporate leadership development.
Duration: 30-60 minutes (customisable). Interactive with guided breathing practice
Format Options: Can include breakout sessions for peer reflection and team application
Perfect For: Leadership & Manager training programs, leadership development events, quarterly team offsites
Best in Class Behavioural Science
I work with HeartMath to expain the biology of stress and the science of self-regulation. I also work with EQ-i 2.0 and EQ360 to measure the development of Emotional Intelligence. The Process Communication Model as a personality profiling science which unlocks self-awareness and a deep psychology to inform behavioural change for stress management, adaptive communication and influence building.
HeartMath
HeartMath Coaching and Training to use a Science-based approach focusing on heart-brain coherence, HRV biofeedback, emotional regulation, and building personal resilience through measurable physiological techniques.
The Process Communication Model®
Used by NASA, BMW, Pixar, l’Oréal and 1.4M+ people worldwide. Personality profiling for stress management and adaptive communication.
EQ-i 2.0 & EQ 360
The world's most popular emotional intelligence assessment. Measures and develops 15 EI competencies with 360-degree feedback.
ICF Standards & Ethics
Coaching certified by the International Coaching Federation, ensuring ethical, professional, high-quality coaching. The Gold Standard in the Industry.
HOW I DO IT
I teach Emotional Regulation to support your workforce to find Peace, Power and Purpose at work. Yes I know it is possible!
Peace
Emotional Regulation
I teach you to manage stress, access a state of calm, and process emotions instead of accumulating frustrations which lead to disengagement.
Power
Confidence in Communication
I teach you to practice skills to handle difficult conversations, set boundaries, and coach with compassion.
Purpose
Meaningful Work
I guide you to have reflection on how to show up and present with conviction to create meaningful thought leadership and connection.
My Qualifications
Business Psychology
7 years International Coaching Federation (ICF) PCC Certification 500hrs+
EQ-i 2.0 & EQ360 Trained - Emotional Intelligence Assessments & Training
Process Communication Model Leadership Trainer & Coach - Personality Profiling, Stress & Adaptive Communication
Gestalt Psychology informed - École Parisienne de Gestalt, époké FR , AEoC UK
NLP Practitioner
Stress Management for Health
HeartMath Coach - Heart Coherence Science for Stress Management
200 hrs Yoga Teacher Training – Pranayama & Meditation, Vikasa Thailand
Trauma for Deep Emotion Processing
Trauma informed training from Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry 12 Months Professional Course - A therapeutic approach working with somatic release and applied to a therapeutic coaching posture.
Past Career Experience
11 years Successful International Tech Sales
Ex LinkedIn, Ex Equinix, Ex Rackspace
BSc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Science from Loughborough University
Bi-National and Bi-Lingual in French and English
My life experiences and my own recovery!
My Story
From Tech Sales to Self-Science
For 11 years, I thrived in high-pressure tech sales roles at LinkedIn, Equinix, and Rackspace. I was great at my job. I hit my targets consistently. But underneath the success, my nervous system was screaming and I had no idea.
When burnout finally hit, it didn't look like I expected. It wasn't just exhaustion, it was a complete nervous system shutdown. My body forced me to stop in a way my mind never would have allowed. I developed severe acne and couldn't digest food. I lost 10kg. My entire body ached all the time.
During my recovery, rest wasn't enough. I needed to understand why this happened to prevent it from happening again. More importantly, I wanted to understand it at a scientific level so I could teach others. Why do high-performers burn out? Why does stress impact some people more than others? And most importantly, can we prevent it?
The Science That Changed Everything
On my journey of recovery, self-study and professional training, I understood that my burnout wasn't a failure of willpower or character, it was highly influenced by a nervous system that had been in survival mode for years without me realising it.
From Personal Recovery to Professional Mission
Once I understood the science, I couldn't unsee it. I saw it in every stressed person, every coaching client, every manager, every reactive leader, every high-performer heading toward the same crash I'd experienced.
So I founded The Self-Science Lab to teach others what I wish someone had taught me: the neuroscience of self-leadership, emotional resilience, and sustainable high performance.
Today, I work with managers and leaders across Europe, bringing science-backed methodologies to corporate environments. I'm not here to tell people to "relax more" or "practice self-care." I'm here to teach them how their nervous system actually works and give practical tools to self-regulate under pressure, return to a state of balance, and build higher emotional resilience capacity to model this in your teams.
Because, yes, we can learn to deliver High-Performance from a place of Well-being.
Therapeutic Coaching
I also run a Therapeutic Coaching Practice online for people seeking support in difficult times.
Divorce | Grief | Burnout | Career Changes
“Transformation comes from becoming Comfortable with the Uncomfortable.”
— Lauren Cartigny