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Our Origins

Resilience isn't a mindset.
It's Biololgy.

We built Rise Within to answer a single question:
How can high-performers sustain their drive without sacrificing their physiology?

Axel Schiefer

Axel Schiefer

Founder & Performance Coach

Axel believes that sustainable performance starts with the nervous system. His journey to this realization was not academic, but experiential.

From navigating personal recovery to leading counseling interventions, and later managing digital marketing departments for big brands like Ford, Showmax, and DStv, Axel has studied human potential from every angle.

Despite achieving top-tier performance metrics and "Employee of the Year" accolades, Axel experienced how quickly a dysregulated environment can lead to burnout and team disintegration. He realized that standard wellness programs often fail because they address symptoms, not the root physiological state.

Axel now teaches the specific, science-backed protocols that restored his own resilience, helping leaders move out of "survival mode" and into a state of durable high performance.

Lauren Wilshere

Co-Founder & Nervous System Regulation Specialist

Lauren believes there is a better way to live and work. Her journey into Nervous System Regulation began as a personal necessity while navigating burnout in the corporate marketing and fashion worlds. Refusing to accept exhaustion as the status quo, she dove deep into the science of her 20-year yoga practice to find answers.

She discovered that the calm she cultivated wasn't philosophical, it was biological. Today, Lauren combines her diverse industry experience and extensive practice with deep technical knowledge of the body. She serves as a guide for the modern workforce, teaching professionals how to use their own physiology to navigate stress without losing themselves in the process.

Her approach bridges the gap between high-pressure corporate reality and biological safety, ensuring that regulation isn't just a fleeting state of calm, but an accessible, repeatable tool for sustainable performance.

Lauren

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