The Space to Choose
An 8-week neuroscience-based programme to understand and work with your mind.
Tuesdays 17:30-19:00pm | Starts 12th May | Online
Group size 6-8 | £360
The Space to Choose draws on some of the most well-evidenced approaches in psychological science - mindfulness-based practice, nervous system regulation, and behavioural neuroscience. These approaches have decades of research behind them and a quiet but remarkable track record of changing lives. They are also, for reasons that have everything to do with how they have been packaged and almost nothing to do with what they actually are, largely untapped by the people who need them most. I developed this programme to contribute to the dissemination of this life changing practice and skill.
What is this?
This programme is for people living in the most cognitively and emotionally intense phase of their lives who want to cope better - not by slowing down, but by operating more effectively.
For those who are functioning well on the outside while carrying more than others realise. Who overthink, make decisions clouded by anxiety or self-doubt, feel reactive in ways they're not proud of, and live with a near-constant hum of stress that never quite switches off.
You're not here to escape the intensity of this phase of life, you're here to handle it better.
Who’s it for?
“"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
Viktor Frankl, Psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, author of Man's Search for Meaning.
What each session looks likeFormatEach 90-minute session has three core elements:
Each week introduces a new concept drawn from neuroscience, psychology, behavioural science, and the foundational principles of mindfulness practice, giving you the understanding of why you experience what you experience and what is actually possible to change.
❋ LearningSpace to notice what is landing, what is shifting, and what is becoming clearer. This is always an invitation, never a requirement.
❋ Sharing & reflection
This is where the rewiring happens. Guided meditation practice is the active ingredient - the part that takes understanding out of your head and begins to encode it neuroplastically into how you actually live. You will start with shorter practices and build gradually - by the end of the programme, to around 30 minutes. Every meditation is recorded and sent to you after each session, so your home practice feels continuous rather than improvised.
❋ Meditation Practice The programme runs as a small, closed group of 6-8 people over 8 consecutive weeks.
Research in behaviour change consistently shows that group-based learning improves both commitment and outcomes compared to working alone. The pace and depth of your participation is entirely your own.
Sessions are 90 minutes, held online on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:00pm. This is not a therapy circle or a space where you are expected to share personal details. You are here to learn a set of skills - and the group format is one of the most effective environments in which to do that. What you developUsing the principles of neuroplasticity, each week is designed to strengthen the parts of your brain that give you greater agency over your emotional life. The programme is designed to support you to develop:
The ability to notice what your mind is doing before it takes over
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Recognition of emotional momentum as it builds
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The capacity to interrupt automatic reactions
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The ability to choose your response rather than being driven by impulse
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A fundamentally different relationship with self-talk and self-criticism
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The practical tools to regulate your nervous system in daily life
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Greater confidence, self-worth and freedom to act without fear
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What you leave with The ability to notice what your mind is doing and, from that awareness, to choose how you respond. These skills don't remove difficulty - life is inherently difficult - but they create enough space between you and your experience that you are no longer simply at the mercy of your emotions. You can choose to see differently, think differently, act differently. And with that choice, you have freedom.
Your Instructor
Amy Outterside ❋ Coach · Neuroscience Educator · Mindfulness Teacher
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Amy is a qualified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Psychology Coach and Neuroscience Educator with a Masters in Psychology - her dissertation focused specifically on the neuroscience of meditation and behaviour change, and what it actually takes to build a sustainable practice.
Her understanding of these ancient practices goes beyond the academic. She has sat in retreat at Kopan Monastery in Nepal - a week of meditation, debate and Buddhist teachings with a small group of eight, led by a monk - and completed a silent retreat at the Kailash International Retreat Centre in the Swiss Alps, one of Europe's most respected Buddhist meditation centres. These experiences gave her something no course can teach: a deep, embodied understanding of where these practices come from and what they are really doing.
What she brings back from that foundation is not the religious or spiritual framework, but the salient, timeless teachings that apply to all human minds - delivered through a western, scientifically grounded lens, for people doing life today.
Question? Get in touch
Places are limited to 6-8 people to keep the group small and the work meaningful. If this feels like the right time for you, I'd love to hear from you.
Start date: 12th May 2026
Sessions: 8 × 90 minutes
When: Tuesday 5:30-7:00pm
Format: Online, group of 6-8
Investment: £360 full programme
Included: Recorded meditations