Mindset Coaching  ·  Foundermental

Your business is doing well.
You're not.

You've built a business that works, but you haven't built the internal stability to sustain and scale it without stress, doubt, and sacrifice. That's why growth feels harder than it should, and why success isn't translating into fulfilment.

I help you transform the patterns driving your results, so you create more income, stronger relationships, and a level of certainty that redefines how you operate.

Close more clients without feeling salesyStop the 3am spiral for goodCharge what you're worth and mean itShow up fully present at home, not just at workMake decisions faster and with convictionFeel proud of what you've builtEnjoy your success without the guiltClose more clients without feeling salesyStop the 3am spiral for goodCharge what you're worth and mean itShow up fully present at home, not just at workMake decisions faster and with convictionFeel proud of what you've builtEnjoy your success without the guilt
25+
Entrepreneurs Coached
10+
Years in Business
35+
Community Members

The business Grew.
You didn't.

Most business owners assume it settles down. Get the right people in place, get through this quarter, get the numbers stable, and then things calm down. They don't. The pressure just changes shape.

Someone quits without warning. A client pushes back. A decision comes back around to bite you. You go home and the people who should get the best of you are getting whatever's left over. You're snapping when you don't mean to. You're present in the room but absent in the conversation.

It's not one big thing. It's a thousand small ones. And no amount of external fixing touches the part of you that's wired to absorb all of it.

Introducing the MENTAL Method

There are three pillars that determine the quality of your life. Identity, State, and Direction. The MENTAL Method works on all three.

Identity

Your self-perception drives every decision you make.

Who you believe you are determines your behaviour before you are even conscious of choosing it. Shift the identity and the behaviour follows automatically because you are operating from a different foundation.

State

Your emotional state is your operating environment.

If you're running on cortisol and adrenaline, every decision, interaction, and conversation reflects that. State management is not just about being calm. It is about choosing how you feel regardless of what is hitting you on a given day.

Direction

You can't hit a target you haven't defined.

Most business owners are too deep in daily fires to know where they are actually trying to get to, or why. Without a clear target, motivation runs out rapidly. Clarity of direction is what keeps you motivated and moving forward day after day. Without it, you're just flailing about in the jungle.

Joel Rickard
“Most people are not struggling because they lack drive. They are struggling because the way they think under pressure is costing them more than any business problem ever could.”

Joel Rickard

Mindset Coach & Creator of Foundermental

Foundermental OS

A 1:1 coaching system for business owners ready to close the gap between how their life looks and how it actually feels. No longer feel like a fraud in your own business. Learn the psychological strategies to adapt quickly, think clearly under pressure, and become someone who leads from a place of security rather than survival.

  • Deep 1:1 coaching sessions tailored specifically to your needs.
  • Neuroscience-backed performance frameworks
  • Inner-child work to heal the past so you can be fully present today
  • Custom Foundermental Blueprint for your life and business
  • Ongoing accountability and between-session support
  • Access to exclusive community resources and tools
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Your OS, Optimised

Think of your mind as a complex operating system. Most business owners run outdated software, old beliefs installed in childhood, unconscious thought patterns that no longer work, pre-installed limitations. This is what it looks like when the internal work finally matches the external ambition.

Clarity
Confidence
Focus
Resilience
Purpose
Performance

Everything that changes when you do

Limiting beliefs, dissolved

The stories running your decisions, about what you deserve, what is possible, what kind of person you are, get examined and replaced with ones that actually serve you.

Sharper decisions under pressure

The reactive patterns that make you second-guess, avoid difficult conversations, or overcorrect under stress get interrupted and replaced with clarity.

Emotional state, on demand

You stop being at the mercy of whatever mood hits you on a given morning. You learn to generate the state you need for the moment in front of you.

An identity that matches your ambition

You stop operating as the person who built what you have. You become the person your business and your life need you to be next.

Communication that actually lands

From how you lead your team to the conversations you have at home. The internal shift changes how you speak and how people respond to you.

Momentum that doesn't rely on willpower

When your direction is clear and your identity is aligned, motivation stops being a discipline problem. You move because you want to, not because you have to.

People Who Came in Skeptical

Every person here was sceptical. Every person here ran their own thing.

One perspective shift has flowed into all the other areas of my life. My relationship is better than ever, work is thriving, and I'm genuinely happy and content.

I'd like to admit that before I had the chance to work with Joel, I was very skeptical about any type of life coaching and its impact on me. A month ago, I was dealing with a relationship challenge that looked to be a 'make or break' type of situation. I was really struggling, so I shared a little with my community. Joel reached out, and I took him up on his offer to talk things through.

Within that 90 minute Zoom call, Joel listened, challenged my beliefs, and offered constructive advice; not only drawing from his own experience, but also on best practices across multiple disciplines. He made me feel seen and understood on a deeper level. He spoke to my 'inner child', which sounds weird, but I actually broke down and cried during the session. Something I've never done before.

I experienced a real perspective shift during that call. It's been about a month since the call, and my relationship is better than ever, work is thriving, and I'm genuinely happy and content. One perspective shift has flowed into all the other areas of my life. It wasn't that Joel gave me all the tools I needed to succeed. He simply identified the constraint, which allowed me to get things under control. It's quite magical.

If things are feeling a little 'too hard', it's worth having a chat with Joel. A crazy amount of upside potential for just simply showing up to a call.

Ben Sherry
Ben Sherry
Public Speaking Coach for Professionals
Joel Rickard

I have felt the way
you feel right now.

I know what it's like to work 80-hour weeks and never feel like you're doing enough. I know what it's like to push yourself to the limit, to punish yourself in the pursuit of more, but no matter how much you do or achieve, you never feel truly deserving of the success and joy you hope those achievements will bring.

I've been where you are, working hard, putting in the reps, and yet still feeling hollow. Like the version of yourself who finally has it together is always one more achievement away.

After years of pushing, ignoring how I felt inside, and my life falling apart as a result, collapsed relationships, the loss of 95% of my net worth, and reaching a point where I was suicidal, I realised that the solution wasn't to be found outside of myself. I couldn't keep running, because no matter where I went, I brought myself along for the ride.

In order to feel different and achieve a life I actually wanted to stick around for, I had to do things differently. That's when I fell in love with the human mind. Psychology, neuroscience, and neurolinguistic programming all gave me a new insight into why we as humans do the things we do, and how we can change the foundations that make up who we are.

Through my own experience, and the study of these unique disciplines, I was able to dramatically change how I think, feel, and behave. It's this fundamental shift I now want to help you make as well.

Your business doesn't have to only be about pain. Your personal life doesn't have to suffer under the weight of your own internal conflict.

What if you could have the successful business, the relationships that make life feel worth living, and feel fully accepting and deserving of all of it at the same time? You could finally experience not only financial success, but relationship success, as well as the spiritual freedom and joy to match the external metrics you've already mastered.

That's what I can help you achieve.

Methodology informed by

NeuroscienceCognitive Behavioural TherapyNLPInterpersonal NeurobiologyDevelopmental Psychopathology

Will This Work for Me?

The questions most people are thinking but don't always ask.

Because what got you here won't get you there. The identity patterns and coping mechanisms that helped you build the business are often the exact same ones preventing you from actually enjoying it; or taking it to the next level without burning everything else down in the process.

With respect, you don't have time not to. What's the quality of your life really worth? What if 1-2 hours a week could give you the feelings you've been chasing your whole life?

Most coaching addresses the surface, the goals, the habits, the strategy. This work goes to the root: the beliefs, the identity, the nervous system patterns that are running the show underneath. It's a genuinely different conversation. That said, I'd rather you judge it for yourself. Book a call and experience it firsthand.

Maybe. But if you're honest with yourself, why do you tolerate that situation? Why do you avoid having the conversations? Why does success still feel hollow? External problems are often a reflection of an internal issue. When you change the internal, the external often resolves itself.

Self-awareness has a ceiling when you're the one doing the examining. You can't see your own blind spots, that's literally what makes them blind spots. A coach doesn't tell you what to think. They show you what you can't see from inside your own experience. That's the part that makes the difference.

Honestly? The ROI shows up in every decision you make more clearly, every opportunity imposter syndrome no longer talks you out of, every relationship that improves because you're operating from a place of security rather than survival. But I'd rather you form your own opinion. Book a free 30-minute call. No pitch. No pressure. Just an honest conversation, and you can decide from there.

Thirty minutes. That's all it takes to know
if this is for you.

Book a free call and let's get honest about what's actually going on and whether this is the right fit.

Book Your Free Strategy Call

Free 30-minute call. No pitch. You decide after.