Confidence scientist · Coach · Speaker
Confidence is a reaction. I catalyse it.
I'm Lucy Antrobus, a chemist turned confidence scientist. I design workshops, offsites and leadership programmes that help teams speak up, lead boldly and perform under pressure, in a radically short amount of time.
Clients, partners & stages
Talent without confidence is potential energy.
Your people already have the skills. What's missing is the activation energy: the self-belief to speak, decide and lead when the stakes are high. That's the reaction I design for.
Confidence Catalysis in practice since
Workshop participants, from refugees to tech CEOs
Nationalities in the room
Not months, to visible shifts in confidence and trust
In the room
The shift happens live
No passive learning. Every session is experiential, so the change happens in real time, in the room.
The reaction
What changes when a team's confidence is catalysed
Before
Capable people, holding back
- Brilliant people who stay quiet in the room
- Leaders who hesitate on high-stakes calls
- Trust worn thin by change and pressure
- Ideas that never get pitched
After
A team that owns the room
- Voices that land with authority
- Faster, bolder decisions
- Trust and belonging rebuilt
- Expression that moves people to act
The method
Confidence Catalysis
Confidence isn't a personality trait. It's a physical manifestation of self-belief, and it can be grown through repetition, like a muscle. My method combines five elements drawn from neuroscience and chemistry.
Evidence-based tools that rewire how the brain responds to pressure.
Positive, high-voltage environments where courage becomes contagious.
Embodied, expressive exercises that make confidence physical.
Short, repeated reps that compress months of growth into days.
Confidence that holds, because it's built on who you really are.
Ways to work together
Designed for teams under pressure
From a single high-energy session to a multi-day transformation, every engagement is tailored to your people, your stakes and your goals.
Signature Flagship
Workshops & Offsites
Immersive, science-backed sessions that build confidence, trust and presence across your team. From one-hour mini sessions and a 3.5-hour flagship workshop to full days and multi-day programmes.
Depth
Leadership programmes
Multi-week journeys that turn confidence into lasting leadership behaviour.
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Keynotes & moderation
Energising talks and sharp panel moderation for conferences and summits.
SpeakingImmersion
Bootcamps & retreats
Multi-day intensives for breakthrough growth, away from the day-to-day.
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Event experience design
Interactive moments that turn audiences into participants.
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Executive coaching
Private, high-trust coaching for leaders stepping into bigger rooms.
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Leaders feel the difference
Lucy unlocks the power of play and creativity in doing high-impact work in the “real” world. Energizing and valuable.
Exceptional session that I would recommend to women… confirming that they deserve to be in the spaces they are.
I left feeling inspired, supported, and ready to take action.
About Lucy
A chemist who studies human transformation
A scientist turned serial entrepreneur, I work with leaders worldwide to catalyse self-belief, enhance impact and amplify legacies, through a methodology rooted in chemistry and neuroscience.
More than 2,500 people of 50+ nationalities have been through my programmes, from boardrooms of multinationals to refugee camps. Alumni include tech CEOs, public figures, government ministers, artists and neurosurgeons.
On stage & in the room
Recent stages
Keynotes, panels and masterclasses on the science of confidence, courage and human potential, from Riyadh to Silicon Valley.
- 2026The Alchemy of Confidence Building, Light Dao salonTalk
- 2025ITU Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-25)2 masterclasses · Riyadh
- 2025ITU Academy: Super Women SeriesInstructor · Online
- 2025Web Summit QatarDigital innovation panel · Doha
- 2025Confidence workshop for Silicon Valley executives coached by Katia VerresenWorkshop
“Electricity in a bottle.”How working with Lucy has been described
Let's work together