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Our lives are filled with countless challenges around how we show up and speak up.Â
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NEW VISION, NEW VOICE
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Let's transform the way you approach visibility, voice, and self-expression.
Sometimes, the greatest visibility challenges come from our family environments. When our values differ from those around us, staying true to those values while maintaining familial relationships can become a delicate balancing act.
At other times, our identity is misunderstood or unappreciated by those around us. This affects our experience of belonging and can have us feeling that we can’t fully express who we are without risking judgment or rejection.
Then there are the moments when we encounter people who knew us in our younger years but not as we've aged. Their outdated perceptions can feel out of sync with who we’ve become, making it challenging to break free from their fixed ideas of us.
In the workplace, visibility challenges can take a different form. Many of us are only able - or expected - to share a fraction of our true selves. This constant filtering can leave us feeling inauthentic, undervalued, or like an outsider in the spaces where we spend most of our time.
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For business owners, visibility challenges are relentless. When you’re the face of your organisation, you constantly navigate questions about:
- how much of yourself to share publicly,
- the tone that aligns best with your brand,
- the stories you want to tell,
- how to balance relatability with professionalism
- the platforms where your message will have the most impact, and
- how to engage with criticism or feedback constructively.
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One area I didn’t anticipate early on was the visibility implications of becoming a mother. From the way people treat - and touch - you when you’re pregnant, to advocating for safe, supportive pregnancy and labour care, to how I felt about my body after giving birth, motherhood brought new visibility challenges at every turn.
And the challenges didn’t stop there; advocating for my children within the schooling system and in social spaces added another layer of complexity.
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Each situation asks us to navigate how we show up and speak up, often without a roadmap.
What we need is a way to anchor ourselves—to reflect, gain clarity, and consciously step into the kind of person we want to be. When we do this, we stay anchored in intentionality, minimising unnecessary drama, and stepping forward with confidence.
The starting place is your vision—a vision for how you want to show up and speak up throughout the year.
When we take the time to do this, our approach to visibility changes.
Embodying grace and authenticity, our visibility efforts become more meaningful and impactful.
When you take the time to focus on how you’re going to show up in the world, you save countless hours of second-guessing and indecision.
With clarity guiding you, decisions become easier and more aligned, allowing you to move forward with confidence and purpose.
What people say...
Lisa, UK
I definitely feel like I see myself and understand myself more clearly now. I used to think visibility was just about marketing, now I realise it's about being seen and heard for who I am in all areas of my life.Â
Mary, Ireland
This really made me think about how I hold myself back in my coaching business. I surprised myself this week by posting about my business on my biz and personal page. I'm shocked at myself! I don't feel triggered by this either. I've definitely cleared some visibility blocks.
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Eleni, Greece
I have started to express myself and show myself more in a small online circle of women I trust, and to start stacking positive experiences of showing myself and a sense of empowerment. Also, integrating the visibility practices in my daily life has been huge in managing my intense emotions, energy and triggers, and bringing more ease and wholeness to my heart.
Christey, Japan
I've started taking action in my work to reach new audiences, where I didn't feel it was necessary before. I'm also feeling more confident in asserting my opinions in my personal life, like my voice matters more.
Helena, Australia
After doing your visibility work, I woke up very early this morning with a really clear head and lots of energy - first time in ages! I'm excited about working on my business and being seen. Thank you!
Trudy, Australia
There's a lovely synergy between your voice recordings, your written examples and the use of the workbook and visibility clearing practices. They all combined together to help safely draw attention to my inner knowledge.
You've created a lovely safe space with really positive encouraging feedback. Much gratitude for the experience.
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"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
Without taking the time to reflect on how you want to show up and speak up, it’s easy to remain stuck in indecision and reactive patterns. This can leave you feeling:
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Invisible or unheard in moments when your voice is needed most.Â
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Uncertain about whether you have anything meaningful to contribute.
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Overwhelmed and unprepared when challenges arise, like advocating for your children, asking for a sale, or sharing your ideas publicly.
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Burnt out and exhausted from second-guessing yourself or lacking clear boundaries.Â
Over time, these missed opportunities can accumulate, leaving you feeling less focused, powerful, and aligned with the causes, communities, or roles that matter most to you.
Happily, it doesn’t have to be that way.
By taking intentional time at the beginning of the year to reflect on how you want to show up and speak up, you can move into 2025 with clarity and confidence—ready to step forward boldly, take your place, and make a meaningful impact when it matters most.
Welcome to New Vision, New Voice
When you take the time to think about how you want to show up and speak up, everything shifts.Â
You feel at ease -Â clear in your vision and grounded in your values.
You approach opportunities with discernment, knowing when to speak and when silence is a more powerful option.
You know what to say and how to say it in a way that feels authentic and impactful.
Sharing your ideas becomes a source of excitement rather than anxiety.Â
You feel aligned with your purpose, focused on the issues that matter most to you, and confident in your ability to make a meaningful contribution.
This all comes from taking the time to reflect, anchor into your vision, and step forward with intention.Â
New Vision, New Voice gives you the opportunity to do just that.Â
It’s a 14-day journey into clarity, courage, and self-expression, designed to help you rise above the noise and anchor into what’s meaningful for you.
New Vision, New Voice is...
An anchor point
To return to throughout the year (when you feel yourself having a visibility wobble).
An activation space
To clarify your approach to showing up and speaking up.Â
A grounded place
In which to plant the seeds you want to see bloom in 2025.
True visibility isn’t about being everywhere or having opinions on everything. It’s about being aligned, intentional, and authentic.
It’s about using your voice in a way that reflects your values, and focusing your energy on the areas where you can make the greatest impact.
Why New Vision, New Voice?
Because taking the time to reflect on what truly matters to you - your dreams, your values, and the way you want to show up in the world - starts a process where things start falling into place for you. Then, to come into alignment with that vision (and avoid sabotaging it), this course will help you to:Â
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Clarify the relationship between your vision and the role that voice and visibility will play in realising it.
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Identify the visibility challenges that could otherwise hold you back in 2025.
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Understand and apply critical tools and approaches for overcoming those challenges.Â
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Get comfortable with tuning out the influences of others, so you can hear and trust your own voice.
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Explore the stories you want to share and the impact they could have.
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Develop visibility discernment - understanding the influences that help you to your voice and the ones that are not.
You’ll come away not only with a vision for 2025 but with the confidence and tools to embody it.
The impact of clarifying your vision
WITHOUTÂ a clear vision
- Your visibility efforts become scattered and chaotic.
- The lack of strategic direction leads to missed opportunities.
- Uncertainty results in stepping out of alignment, causing cringey regret.
- Your efforts don't build on themselves. Goodbye momentum. :(
WITHÂ a clear vision
- You have a clear sense of where you're headed and the best places to show up and speak up.
- You're more confident and articulate when you speak up because you know your lane and the contribution you're here to make.Â
- You say no to misaligned opportunities, wholeheartedly embracing the right ones.
What to expect from the course...
 Here's how it works
For 14 days, you’ll receive:
- Daily lessons and accompanying guided self-reflection, visualisations and clearings (to release any limitations you uncover that would otherwise stop you from realising your vision).
- Exercises that build clarity and courage, from identifying your visibility blocks to crafting the stories you want to share.
- Actionable challenges that help you move from reflection to meaningful action.
This is a practical, empowering process with the tools you need to uncover your unique vision and voice.
What you’ll walk away with
- A clear vision for how you’ll show up and speak up in 2025.
- Insights into the challenges you’ll face and strategies to overcome them.
- Confidence to trust your voice, ignore outside influences, and use your discernment to make impactful choices.
- A deeper understanding of the stories you wish to share and how to share them with purpose.
By the end of the course, you’ll feel prepared, energised, and excited to step into the year ahead with clarity and conviction, knowing what you need to do to stay on track throughout the year.
Week 1 is all about clarifying your vision and your role in articulating that vision.
Lessons include anchoring into your vision, mapping your visibility goals, defining your lane, and staying aligned to your values.
Week 2 is all about taking that vision and turning it into aligned action.Â
Lessons include creating visibility rituals, visibility activation, experimentation and joy in visibility, and setting your visibility mantra for 2025.Â
Q&A opportunities + you'll work through the materials with a cohort
The materials will be delivered via email and a private podcast feed. Plus there'll be an opportunity to ask questions and have them answered in special Q&A style podcast episodes.Â
About your guide
Hi, I'm Samantha Nolan-Smith. I'm a mum of two, a yogini, introvert, and book and tea lover.Â
I founded the School of Visibility in 2016 after talking a lot about visibility and discovering that sooo many of my students were excited about creating a business but terrified about anyone finding out about it.
I decided to create a space where all who need it can release their fears, build their understanding of how to be effectively visible, learn the tools they need to speak up and promote their work, and become more impactful in the world.Â
I started my professional life as a lawyer and public policy advisor where I specialised in promoting the rights and wellbeing of Aboriginal people. Since starting my business I've been a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards, and interviewed by the ABC, Sky News, The Age, Australian Yoga Journal, and Sunday Life.Â