YOU'RE INVITED TO
Speak Up!
MAY 5-30, LIVE ONLINE
A 4-week live assertiveness group programme for women helping you speak with confidence, set clear boundaries and get the respect your deserve.
This has been the missing link in my music and my life.
These assertiveness skills are the answer to all my misunderstandings and soul aching. A massive thank you for making a programme on this!"
- ELIN
Tired of being "easy to work with" while your needs get ignored?
You’re not imagining it. In studios, rehearsal rooms, green rooms, meetings—women in music are often expected to be accommodating, agreeable, and easy-going.
The result? Underpaid gigs. Creative input dismissed. Burnout. Silence where your power should be.
It’s time to change that.
Speak Up! is a practical, supportive live group programme for women in music who want to:
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Set clear boundaries without guilt
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Communicate confidently in difficult conversations
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Say no without spiralling
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Ask for what they need and actually get it
And the best part? You don’t have to become someone you’re not. You’ll learn how to be assertive in your own voice, with kindness and confidence.
I was feeling so under confident with what I was trying to achieve in my music.
But Isobel's holistic, empowering and nurturing approach is really special and left me feeling energised, confident, capable, and it's completely transformed my view of the coming year.
- Ellie Laycock
What You’ll Learn
Across 4 live workshops, you’ll build the clarity, courage and skills to:
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Spot and stop passive or people-pleasing habits
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Use assertive language that’s both clear and kind
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Hold your ground in professional situations
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Ask for higher fees, better conditions, and creative respect
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Bounce back from hard conversations with calm and confidence
Isobel Anderson
Founder & Director of Girls Twiddling Knobs, Isobel has 5+ years experience coaching women in music.
Denise Devenish
A qualified, experienced counsellor, Denise has a specialist knowledge of working with musicians.
Meet Your Facilitators
Here's how the 4 weeks breaks down
ON ENROLMENT
The Speak Up! Community is OPEN 🎉
Connect with your fellow Speak Up! students inside the closed, pop up Facebook Group and get excited for the 4 weeks ahead. This is where you can share insights as we work through the programme and feel connected to other women who get it.
Login to your Speak Up! Programme Hub
This is where all the workshop replays will be saved for you to access after the programme, as well as your bonus resources too.
WEEK 1
Tuesday, May 6th, 7pm BST
Workshop #1: Assertive Communication
Learn how to set boundaries, communicate unapologetically and collaborate with ease right from the get-go, without being agressive or burning bridges. You'll learn the assertive communication that attracts professional, respectful peers and deflects time-wasters.
WEEK 1 PRACTICAL
Create your assertive communication playbook
WEEK 2
Tuesday, May 13th, 7pm BST
Workshop #2: Assertiveness In Recording Studios and Sound Checks
Some of the most complicated spaces for many women in music is where technology and mysoginy collide. Inside this workshop, you'll apply assertive communication to navigating potential good, bad and neutral situations, so you can get the most out of these spaces.
WEEK 2 PRACTICAL
Practice your recording studio protocol
WEEK 3
Tuesday, May 20th, 7pm BST
Workshop #3: Holding Space For The Emotional Sticky Stuff with Denise Devenish
While this programme doesn't offer any type of group or individual therapy, there will likely be some emotional bits that get stirred up. This session gives you the space to explore this with a professional trained counsellor with a track record working with musicians.
WEEK 3 PRACTICAL
Reflect on the emotions you're feeling around displaying assertiveness
WEEK 4
Tuesday, May 27th, 7pm BST
Workshop #3: Assertive Negotiation For Musical Success
Learn how to ask for higher fees, better working conditions, credit for your contributions and and creative recognition. You'll also learn how to handle hard conversations with calm and confidence, and how to follow up on these both internally and with other people.
Friday, May 30th, 5pm BST
The Speak Up! Community is Archived
You'll still be able to watch the workshop replays inside your Speak Up! course hub.
That means when you join Speak Up! you'll get access to:
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4 x 2-hour live Zoom sessions (Tuesdays, May 6, 13, 20, 27 – 7–9pm BST)
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Replays available via Kajabi if you can’t make it live
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Access to a private Facebook group for community support
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Practical tools and scripts you can use right away
BONUS #2
(£97 Value)
📅 Assertiveness Pocket Mentor
Stay gently on track with one-click calendar reminders, reflection cues, and affirming nudges throughout the course.
BONUS #3
(£97 Value)
💸 The Fee Raiser Formula: Ask for More, Get More
Learn how to negotiate higher fees without apology. Includes ready-to-use email templates and mindset tips to help you ask for what you deserve.
Before, I was surrounded by male musicians who told me what to do. After working with Isobel, I have complete ownership over my music and I feel like the sky's the limit!
- MARIANNE BAL
I’ve lived the silence.
I know what it’s like to shrink in rooms I deserved to fill—to over-explain, undercharge, or stay quiet when something didn’t feel right. In music, we’re often taught that being easy-going is the only way forward.
But I’ve learned that your voice—clear, boundaried, unapologetic—isn’t a problem. It’s a power.
This Live, interactive group programme is here to help you reclaim it. Not by changing who you are, but by coming home to yourself.
You don’t need permission to take up space. You already belong here.
So, are you ready to Speak Up!?
