For founders, CEOs, and high achievers running on empty
Burnt out and TIRED?
Get your old self back.
Years of nonstop pressure lock your system in "on" — the 3am wake-ups, the short fuse, the wins that feel like nothing. That's hardware, not mindset. And hardware retrains. Start by finding out how bad it actually is.
Takes 3 minutes · 23 questions
Nobody truly understands how awful your body feels. How loud your mind is. How alone that gets.
The advice you've been given is why you're still fried.
The wellness industry said
"Meditate for an hour. Come to a retreat. Manifest calm." Built by people who've never carried what you carry, for people with time you don't have. You tried the apps. They didn't survive your calendar.
Hustle culture said
"Push through. Sleep later. Exhaustion is a badge." So you did — and now your body wakes you at 3am with a pounding heart, and the wins you bled for feel like nothing.
What staying fried actually costs
You're making the biggest calls of your life exhausted. Snapping at the people who love you. Lying awake while your heart won't settle. Everything you've built runs on you — and you are running out.
Here's the turn
You can't think your way out of this. Your nervous system is stuck on — but it CAN be easily retrained.
Years of nonstop pressure lock your nervous system in "on." That's why the books and the mindset work didn't fix it: you can't think your way out of physiology. But you can train it, minutes a day — the same way you've trained everything else. Here's what that gets you:
Sleep through the night again
Protocols that flip the body's built-in brake — so the 3am meeting in your head stops getting scheduled.
Get your health finally back
Your body stops living in fight-or-flight — the tight chest, the short fuse, the constant drain. You get energy that lasts past noon, and a system that can actually recover.
Lead your work without leaking stress
Your team runs on your nervous system — they absorb your state before you say a word. Regulated, you decide clearer, hold pressure better, and stop flooding every meeting with your stress.
Don't take my word for it. Here are some examples.
"Shawn really understands human psychology! He was able to reverse my chronic lifetime fear of failing in 2 weeks!"
"My wife literally pulled me aside and said "who are you and what did you do with my husband" lol. I didn't realize how bad I'd gotten until I started feeling normal again."
"I've done Headspace, Calm, a $2k retreat, all of it. Nothing stuck. Shawn's stuff actually fits into a real workday. I'm sleeping again which I honestly didn't think was going to happen."
"I used to dread investor calls. Like full body dread. After a few weeks working with him I walked into one and... I was just fine? Still weirded out by that."
"I was snapping at my team over nothing. Felt awful about it after every time. This helped more than any leadership coach I've hired. People actually want to be in meetings with me again."
"Sunday scaries were KILLING me. Now I actually look forward to the week?? Wild. Also I have energy past 2pm which is new."
"Thought burnout was just part of being a founder. Shawn kind of ruined that excuse for me. Chest isn't tight all day anymore and I'm making clearer decisions because of it."
"My 8 year old asked if I was "less mad now" and I almost cried. That was the review that mattered. Thank you Shawn."
"I don't have time for woo woo. This isn't that. Takes like 5-10 mins and it actually works. Wish I found it 5 years ago before I fried myself."
From Shawn — founder of Regulated Founders
I'm not a wellness influencer. I built a seven-figure business, sold it — and my body broke under the weight of it.
I've never had a job. I've built companies across software and real estate, grown a platform to seven million users, and sold it. On paper, it worked.
Off paper, I was clenched, short-fused, and always somewhere else. I answered email at 5:41am with a chest that never unclenched, and the people I love got whatever was left over — which some days was nothing. Then came the crash: the hardest twelve months of my life.
I didn't dabble in nervous system regulation. I went all the way in — every protocol, every book, every course, every "just breathe" app that couldn't survive my calendar. I tried everything until I found what actually works for someone who still runs multiple businesses. If it doesn't work between meetings, it doesn't make the cut.
Why listen to me
I didn't study nervous system regulation for fun. I studied it because I had to.
When my body gave out, I went looking for answers. Medical doctors. Functional doctors. Apps. Courses. Books. Retreats. Breathwork. Cold plunges. Whatever the industry was selling that year.
Most of it couldn't survive a real founder's calendar. Some of it helped for a week and then fell apart. I kept going until I found what held — protocols built for someone who still has to run the company tomorrow morning.
That's what I teach. Not theory. Not a certificate on a wall. What I had to learn to function again.
Protocols draw on peer-reviewed research in breath-driven autonomic regulation. Education, not medical advice.
Be honest for a second
Is this actually for you?
This is for you
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You're the one everyone leans on — founder, CEO, owner, top performer — and you're quietly falling apart.
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Exhausted all day. Wired all night. Angry at the wrong people. Done pretending you're fine.
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You'll give this minutes a day, consistently — the same way you built everything else that matters.
This is not for you
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You want crystals, manifesting, or Mercury to blame for why you feel this way.
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You still think the answer is to push harder.
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You want a magic fix — not a skill you'll actually train.
The offer
Here's the deal, plainly.
Sleep through the night. Lead without leaking stress. Feel the wins again. Eight easy modules. Minutes a day. Done on your schedule.
What you get
8 self-paced modules
Short video lessons. Clear path. No fluff, no retreat energy.
Watch on your phone
Between calls. Before bed. Whenever you have a few minutes.
Minutes a day
Protocols that fit a founder's calendar — not an hour-long sit.
Optional 1:1 support
Want direct access? Add 1:1 support anytime.
The shift
Sleep returns
The 3am meeting in your head stops booking itself.
Health comes back
Body out of fight-or-flight. Energy that lasts.
You lead clean
Work without leaking stress into every room.
Next step
See your score first.
Then the course — if it's a fit. Cancel anytime.
Takes 3 minutes · 23 questions
If you've already tried the usual
Why this isn't another app or retreat.
Meditation apps
Built for calm Sundays.
- Die the week you're slammed
- "Clear your mind" — good luck
- Streak guilt, zero progress
Retreats / coaches
Built for people with time.
- Days or weeks away
- Expensive. Doesn't stick at home.
- You're not there when it counts
This course
Built for operators under pressure.
- Minutes between meetings
- Train physiology — not vibes
- Still fits when you're slammed
Before anything else
One exercise does not fit all. We start by understanding you.
Common-sense advice fails high performers for a simple reason: you're not a generic nervous system. What works for someone wired and sleepless is useless for someone numb and flat. What helps in a crunch week isn't what you need when you're already crashed. Different people. Different times. Different levers.
So we don't throw you a tip and hope. We start with an assessment — so you (and we) can see where you're actually stuck before you train anything.
The trap
"Just do this one thing" — same breathwork, same morning routine, same weekend off — handed to everyone. You've tried that. It didn't survive your calendar, or it wasn't the thing your system needed.
What we believe
Personalization isn't a luxury. It's the whole point. Your score shows how hard you're redlining and what kind of "stuck" you're in — so you're not solving the wrong problem with someone else's protocol.
Then the course
The self-paced course gives you the full toolkit. It won't auto-build a custom regimen every week — and we won't pretend it does. What it does is meet you after you know yourself: you train with eyes open, focused on what your assessment actually pointed to.
Takes 3 minutes · 23 questions
Questions high achievers actually ask
Won't calming down dull my edge?+
Backwards. Regulated isn't sedated — it's the ability to choose your gear instead of being stuck in one. The sharpest operators in any room are the calmest ones. Panic isn't an edge; it just feels like one.
I don't have time for one more thing.+
That's the design constraint, not the objection. This is built for minutes between meetings — not hour-long sits, not retreats. The assessment itself takes three minutes. If it needs a quiet room and an empty calendar, I don't teach it.
Why an assessment first? Just tell me what to do.+
Because one exercise does not fit all — and handing you another generic tip is how you stayed fried. Different people need different levers at different times. The assessment shows where you're stuck before you train anything. No random advice on this page on purpose.
Is this woo woo?+
No crystals. No Mercury. No "manifest calm." We start with physiology you can train — the stuff that still works when your calendar is on fire. Deeper work comes later: emotions, ego, the quiet underneath performance. Not costume spirituality. The real kind — after your system can actually hold it.
Are you a doctor?+
No, and I don't pretend to be one on the internet. I'm a founder who broke and rebuilt himself — not a wellness influencer with a certificate. Everything here is education grounded in peer-reviewed research on the autonomic nervous system. Not diagnosis. Not treatment. Not medical advice. If you have a medical condition, see a professional.
Start tonight. Feel better in just a few days.
Twenty-three honest questions. A score out of 100 — and your stage of dysregulation. See where you're stuck, then decide.
Assess Your Nervous System NowTakes 3 minutes · 23 questions