Applied Psychology Advisory for Founders

When the business starts owning you — it’s time to redesign it

Many founders reach a point where the business they built is working — but it owns their time, energy, and attention.

That moment isn’t failure. We get how tough business is. But it is a design signal.

AP Founders exists for founders, business owners, and entrepreneurs who want to redesign or build their business so it:

supports their health
fits their lifestyle
creates long-term value
and gives them back a sense of freedom

All without burning everything down.

It’s built from the intersection of:

Applied psychology
Foundership
Real-world business experience
Rural and regional operating conditions

Most business support focuses on what to do.
AP Founders focuses on how people think, decide, and operate while doing it.

What AP Founders helps you build

AP Founders is a solution-focused system for founders who want to:

work smarter, not harder
protect their energy as a strategic asset
design work that supports life outside the business
build something that matures into an asset, not a burden
create success they can actually live inside

This is not about doing less.
It’s about building better.

Not all founders are building inside hubs, accelerators, or big networks.

We work in this gap. Many founders are building without:

A board or team
A trusted thinking partner
A creative thinking space

Founder success requires teamwork + discipline. Research shows that entrepreneur and founder success is shaped not by isolation and flying solo, but by building up a team or network around you.

AP Founders exists for early to mid-stage founders building business without a built-in ecosystem — those creating from the edges, not the centre but want more flexibility, more living and growth.

What you’re investing in

Within our services at AP Founders, you invest in:

Clearer decision-making

So choices are made from strategy and perspective — not urgency or fatigue.

Sustainable business systems

Designed to function without constant personal sacrifice.

Protected capacity

Because energy, health, nervous system stress and tolerance, plus focus determine how well a business performs long-term.

Lifestyle-aligned design

So your business fits the life you want — instead of competing with it.

Future-oriented thinking

That builds optionality, resilience, and long-term wealth.

These are the foundations of businesses that last.

Who AP Founders is For

AP Founders is for early to mid stage founders or business owners who are:

✅ already running a business or actively building one
✅ capable, thoughtful, and self-directed
✅ want success and a life outside the business
✅ no longer willing to trade health for growth
✅ thinking long-term, not just chasing short-term momentum

You don’t need fixing or motivation. You need a smarter structure.

Often we work with:

Rural, regional, remote clients
Those creating without access to big rooms or built-in networks
Navigating decisions without a sounding board
High-functioning founders running at capacity
Health-aware, neurodivergent, parenting, or caregiving founders

Who this is not for

We want clients to get the most out of their time with us. Therefore, we like to clear about what we do and don't provide. AP Founders is not for people looking for:

🛑 tactics or step-by-step growth advice
🛑 marketing or funnel strategies
🛑 motivation or accountability policing
🛑 therapy or emotional processing
🛑 someone to tell them exactly what to do

This work respects your intelligence and autonomy.

This is also not therapy, clinical work, or coaching. If you are seeking clinical mental health support please reach out to your doctor or a registered mental health professional.

How AP Founders Works

AP Founders is delivered through contained, intentional formats designed to fit real founder lives.

Ways to work with AP Founders:

8-Week Cohort Containers
A structured environment to redesign how your business operates, supports you, and grows.
Collab Tank
A calm, low-noise thinking space to continue building deliberately over time.
Bespoke 1:1 Advisory
Limited, high-level consulting for founders navigating complexity or pivotal decisions.

Each pathway is designed to:

reduce noise
protect your energy
support long-term thinking
build sustainable success

Our Services are designed to promote innovation and sustainable success. Research shows that having a team around you leads to better odds of success. It is not meant to be a solo endeavour.

1:1 Applied Psychology Advisory

This work offers a contained thinking partnership for founders who need space to think clearly while building in real-world conditions.

Inside this work, you gain:

A trusted thinking partner
Someone who can hold complexity without urgency.
Strategic perspective
To step back, see patterns, and make cleaner choices.
Decision support under pressure
So important decisions aren’t made from fatigue or isolation.
Reduced isolation
Particularly valuable for founders building without a built-in network or ecosystem.
Clearer execution
Because clarity upstream simplifies everything downstream.

This work is intentionally limited and bespoke.
It’s designed for founders who want to build well — and live well — at the same time.

I'm Ready to Invest in Life

The Applied Founder

8-week structured advisory container

A contained, applied psychology program for early-to-mid stage founders who want to build momentum in a way that’s sustainable — not exhausting.

This container supports founders to:

Clarify what they’re building toward
So goals are intentional, not reactive.
Create steady, realistic momentum
Without relying on urgency or over-functioning.
Execute consistently
Through clearer decisions and better structure.
Grow without burning themselves out
By designing work that respects capacity.
Work alongside other founders
In a focused, productive environment — not a noisy community.

This is applied, practical work, grounded in how humans actually think, decide, and operate while building a business.

It’s not about pushing harder.
It’s about building in a way that lasts.

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Collab Tank

Collaboration, execution & advisory lab

Collab Tank is a contained working environment for founders who want to keep building deliberately — without doing it alone.

It provides:

Strategic friction
Thoughtful challenge that sharpens decisions and direction.
Shared thinking and collaboration
Working alongside other capable founders in a focused space.
Consistent, sustainable momentum
Progress built through structure, not pressure.
A place to build without isolation
Particularly valuable for founders without a built-in network or ecosystem.

Collab Tank includes regular online group sessions designed to:

Support disciplined execution
Strengthen entrepreneurial judgment
Reinforce the habits that support long-term success

This is not networking.
It’s structured work, steady growth, and disciplined building — done alongside other founders who take the work seriously.

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Why AP Founders is different

Most business support focuses on:

speed
output
short-term wins
pushing harder

AP Founders focuses on:

decision quality
system design
capacity protection
long-term value

Because the way a business is built determines:

how it feels to run
how sustainable it is
whether it supports your life — or consumes it

The philosophy behind the work

AP Founders is built on a simple principle:

A business should fund your life — not replace it.

Success that costs your health, freedom, or future isn’t success worth sustaining.

If you’re deciding whether this is for you

Ask yourself: Is the business I’m building supporting my health, lifestyle, and future — or quietly owning me?

If you’re ready to redesign how you work — without losing what you’ve built — or start building and want AP Founders gives you the structure to do that deliberately.

Meet Nichi Morrin

CEO of AP Founders | Clinical Psychologist | Writer

Hello! I’m Nichi Morrin — a clinical psychologist and applied psychology advisor for founders.

I work with people who are building real businesses in real conditions — often without a built-in ecosystem, boardroom, or safety net — making complex decisions largely on their own, and trying to grow without sacrificing their health, values, or life in the process.

My work sits at the intersection of psychology, foundership, and sustainable business design. I focus on how founders think, decide, behave, and structure their work — and apply that directly to building businesses that support clarity, longevity, and freedom.

I bring this perspective through a combination of:

three psychology degrees
over two decades of experience across business and professional life
lived experience spanning rural and regional business, health, hair and beauty, manufacturing, and service-based industries

This isn’t mindset work layered on top of strategy.

It’s psychology applied to the realities of ownership — helping founders design businesses that function well without requiring self-sacrifice to survive.

Alongside AP Founders, I’m also a writer and the host of the podcast Shine the Spotlight: The Psychology of Health and Business, where I explore how people build, lead, and live well under pressure.

Outside of work, I’m intentional about balance. I spend time with my family and pets, read and write, listen to music, and make space for quiet, restorative walks — because the work I do is grounded in the belief that success should expand your life, not consume it.

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Shine the Spotlight Podcast

Shine the Spotlight is a real, raw, and relatable podcast where psychology meets everyday life. Hosted by clinical psychologist, educator, and coach Nichi Morrin, this show shines a light on the topics that matter such as invisible health, money and finances, and sustainable business. Through powerful stories, practical strategies, and honest conversations, each episode sheds light on the things we don’t always talk about — but should. Whether you’re navigating chronic health, building a business, shifting your money patterns, or simply seeking clarity and connection, this podcast is your space to feel seen, heard, empowered, and learn something new.

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