Inner CEO Lab — A Membership for Female Business Owners
Inner CEO Lab - A Membership for Female Business Owners

You run your own business.
Now it’s time to own it.

Not own as in hustle harder or build a bigger strategy.

Own as in - lead yourself through the internal experience of running this thing.

The doubt. The spiral. The days where you were rocking it at 2pm and a zombie by 7pm. The gap between knowing exactly what to do and being completely unable to make yourself do it.

Most business problems seem like strategy problems. They’re not. They’re what happens when you’re doing the whole thing alone - with an exhausted nervous system.

Inner CEO Lab is built for the woman who’s ready to stop going it alone.

Join the Lab - $17/month

The hardest part of solo-preneurship isn’t the strategy.
It’s the inside of your own head.

7:00 amFlooded with 15 ideas. This is going to be the day.
10:00 amAlready behind. Why can’t I just focus?
2:00 pmFinally in flow. Maybe I’ve got this.
7:00 pmToo fried to talk to anyone.
10:00 pmGoing to sleep not feeling productive enough again.
I wanted to break up with my business almost every day for two years. Not because the work wasn’t right. Because I was stuck inside my self-doubt, making too many decisions from fear.

Too often the outside things get all the attention - the offer, the niche, the strategy. You’re overlooking a major internal component: you - the person running the business.

The infrastructure on the inside is just as important as everything you’re building on the outside.

When you’re overthinking, perfecting, or procrastinating, your nervous system goes right along with you. Nothing productive happens in fight, flight, or freeze.

You need someone to interrupt the spiral. Name what’s actually happening. And remind you who you are and why you wanted to do this in the first place.

That’s what Inner CEO Lab is about.

This is not mindset work.

Mindset work has a ceiling.
It asks your mind to solve the problem it created which throws you into an inner tennis match. Been there. Done that.

The Lab digs deeper.
We work with your thoughts, your body, and your nervous system - rewiring the patterns underneath the spiral, not just reframing them.

This isn’t a course you’re pressured to finish.
It’s foundation building. Small consistent reps that change how you run your business from the inside out.

With so many memberships out there… here’s what actually happens inside this one.

A small group of women who know you and your business, follow your progress, and remember where you were two weeks ago when you were ready to blow the whole thing up.

When you share “I don’t think this is going to work” before a launch, they don’t send fire emojis and hope for the best. They say:

“Two weeks ago, you couldn’t email your list. Today the doors are open. Stop letting your inner critic run the show. Remember what you’ve built.”

It doesn’t matter if you show up in your perfectionism, your procrastination or your paralyzed in fear mode, someone is going to recognize it (because they live it too) and have your back:

“Step away from the laptop. Walk around the block. Come back in 20 minutes. We’ll be here.”

We are better together.

This entrepreneurship gig is a lonely life.
The Lab is not all hype and productivity hacks.
It is an internal reset with external support.

Hey, I’m Vicki.

Licensed therapist and business coach. I’ve spent years helping people understand why they do what they do and how to shift out of what’s no longer working.

I’m also a solopreneur who has lived every version of “I know what to do and I cannot make myself do it.”

I tried the masterminds. The trainings. The accountability partners. Good stuff, but never really hit the core of my issue - what happens inside when I sit down to work in and on my business.

So, I built something myself.

This is the space I always wanted. You’re welcome to come in.

01

WhatsApp Community

A small, private group where you show up as you actually are - stuck, spinning, proud, scared, or all of them at once. A check-in, a question, a win, an SOS, it’s about being honest with each other and receiving support in real time.

02

Monthly Themes

One shared focus each month - Thoughts, Clarity, Capacity, Tiny Actions, Working with Resistance. When your brain is bouncing everywhere, the theme anchors you.

03

Weekly Prompts + Micro-Actions

A short mindfulness practice, a voice-note coaching - keeping the theme alive each week to move you from insight to action. All with the intention to keep you asking: what do I need to take the next realistic step?

Plus

Monthly Live Reset Session (30 min)

Once a month we pause together. Reflect on what the month was, appreciate what you navigated, and recommit to one realistic next step.

You’ll leave knowing exactly where you got lost and what one step gets you back on track. That’s the consistency you’ve been craving.

Pause → Reflect → Recalibrate → Move Forward.

Every session is recorded if you can’t make it live.

Sign me up
$17/month
6-month commitment · $95 paid in full or $17/month
Founding Member Perks - First 10 women only
  • 1:1 Welcome Call with me within your first week
  • 2 Bonus Workshops: Mapping Your Inner Boardroom + Working with Business Saboteurs (April and May)
  • Lock in your $17 rate - forever
Join the Lab
Is this mindset work?
It goes deeper than that. Mindset work reframes. The Lab rewires. Your thoughts, your body, your nervous system, it all works together, so we address each part of you. Thought work alone keeps you scratching the surface. The Lab helps you feel the shift not just understand it.
Do I have to show up every day?
No. But to get the most out of it, you’ll need to participate. Use the themes, respond to prompts, share honestly when you’re stuck. Small, consistent presence is what builds momentum, and even one check-in a week helps.
Why a 6-month commitment?
You’ve probably been pushing and crashing up until now. Creating a new rhythm takes time. Six months gives you enough reps to actually feel the difference and not just mentally understand it. After 6 months, you go month-to-month.
What makes this different from other memberships?
Most memberships are built around content delivery. This one is built around you - the human running the business. You’ll get to know the patterns that keep derailing you but not as something to analyze, but as something to actually change. Inside a group of people who get what it’s like to run a business on your own.
No more solo.

Strategy, offers, funnels, that’s all stuff you are going to do for your business anyway. You already know what it’s like to do it alone.

Why not try doing the work with women who know your name, follow your business, and will show up on a Tuesday when you type “This is never going to work. I’m stopping before it fails.”

Imagine hearing:

“No, you’re not stopping. Look at what you built. Look at where you were 30 days ago. We see you. Now step away from the laptop and come back in 20 minutes.”

How would that kind of support move you forward?

That’s Inner CEO Lab.
$17/month. 6-month commitment. 10 founding spots.

No more solo - Join here
This is NOT
  • A course, a framework, or another program to get through
  • High energy cheerleading
  • Another platform to fall behind on
This IS
  • A bridge from knowing to doing
  • Women who know your name, your business, and your specific brand of self-sabotage
  • The internal infrastructure that makes external action stick
Vicki B. Smith, LPC and Certified Coach  ·  Founder of The Self-Led CEO  ·  © Self-Led CEO. All Rights Reserved.