Feeling overwhelmed and stuck in your business?
Are you putting in all the effort but not seeing the results you want?
Then the Joyful Founder Programme is for you!
I have designed this programme for autistic, ADHD and AuDHD entrepreneurs (including other neurodivergences) who want to stop working in hard-mode and start build a thriving business that leaves them energised and motivated.
Learn how to align your business with your unique strengths and develop a clear strategy for achieving sustainable success.
Move from burnout to balance and build a business that works for you, giving you more time, clarity, and joy in your life.
If you're an autistic, ADHD or AuDHD founder, entrepreneur or business owner!
I know from personal experience how it feels to run a business and work in' hard-mode'. For many years, navigating periods of being overwhelmed and burned out was my norm.
Not anymore.
Thankfully, there is another way! And I'm going to show you how....
Not more hours. Not more stress. Not more crying into your lukewarm coffee at 2:37pm wondering if HMRC will turn up and arrest you for whatever financial chaos is happening in that spreadsheet you haven’t opened since January.
You were meant for more impact. More joy. More of that feeling where someone says, "OMG, your work changed my life" and you feel like Beyoncé with a whiteboard.
But instead…
😱 Your inbox is a crime scene.
😕 You’ve got 7 half-finished Canva graphics and 19 different "offers" no one’s buying.
🔎 You’re Googling “How to get employed again.”
You are not the problem. You're just running your business someone else's way.
Welcome to The Joyful Founder.
This isn’t another "scale to six figures" course taught by someone who thinks hustle is a personality trait.
This is business design for your unique brain, with all its magic, mess, creativity, and quiet brilliance.
Here's how to decide whether this program is right for you.
You feel overwhelmed and stuck in your business, with no clear plan or direction.
You have no strategy or plan in place.
You’re trying to do everything yourself (or with minimal help) and it’s leaving you burnt out.
You spend all or most of your time working, wishing you had balance and time for other areas of your life.
You feel like your business isn’t seeing the success you hoped for and wish it was easier to manage.
You know something needs to change, and you’re ready to create a business that works with your neurodivergent brain, not against it.
You've been in business for 12 months or more. (Whilst this programme would have many benefits for business start-ups, it does not include the basics of setting up a business from scratch.)
You feel in control of your business, have a clear strategy, and are happy with the way things are.
You experience great balance in your life and don’t deal with burnout or overwhelm.
You already have strong systems and support in place to help you focus on your strengths and overcome challenges.
Your business is thriving, and your next focus is on growth and scaling.
You’re just starting out with no business experience—this program is designed for founders who’ve been in business for over a year and need to realign.
You're not prepared to make any changes or take action. (learning is all well and good, but you need to take action to get results!).
🎯You built your website in 4 hours and it’s kinda incredible (even if the About Page says “coming soon” since last April).
📖 You have notebooks full of world-changing ideas.
💙 You care so much it hurts—about your clients, your impact, and that one person you KNOW you’re meant to help.
You don’t need another blueprint. You need a business that fits YOU.
You need a way to:
✅ Work when your brain’s switched on—not just when the internet says you should.
✅ Build offers that actually feel doable (and don’t require 43 tabs and a panic attack).
✅ Create systems and support that don’t make you want to fake your own disappearance.
Most programmes try to stuff you into a one-size-fits-all model.
This one? Helps you build your own.
✨ We start with YOU: your energy, your brain, your skills, your life.
We celebrate the way your brain works and create a plan around it—not in spite of it.We do the deep work.....
❓ Who are you when you’re not shape-shifting to fit what the business world says you should be?
❓ What do you actually want to build?
❓ What would success look like, if you weren't copying anyone else or doing what you thought you 'should' be doing?
And then we build outwards—with a strategy that feels supportive, not suffocating.
No pressure to be everything.
Just a clear plan for:
✔️ What to keep.
✔️ What to tweak.
✔️ What to ditch.
✔️ And what to finally hand off to someone else (because you're not a robot programmed to do everything - nor should you try to be!)
The Joyful Founder helps you.....
🎯 Clarify your mission, vision, values
🎯 Define your ideal clients and design aligned offers
🎯 Set up systems, support and structures based on your strengths
🎯 Plan marketing, messaging and sustainable sales in your voice
🎯 Build your dream team (even if it starts with one VA)
🎯 Stop doom-scrolling for answers and start confidently making decisions.
You get a Master Checklist to map it all, track your progress, and figure out where to take action, get help, or just say “nah, not my job.”
Here's an insight into what we will cover on this eight-week online programme....
Understanding Your Neurodivergent Skills Profile: We start by identifying your specific strengths and how these can be best used in your business. This understanding forms the basis for all strategic development within the program.
Creating a Supportive Work Environment: Discover how to adjust your workspace to suit your needs. This means establishing routines, tools, systems and processes that allow you to work more efficiently and with greater satisfaction.
Business Alignment: Learn to simplify your business strategy so that you have clarity and focus to streamline your efforts. This includes refining your business vision and mission and ensuring that your products and services not only meet market needs but also align to your brand.
Overcoming challenges without the struggle: Learn how to run your business to minimise the areas you find challenging and ensure you create a simple and streamlined way of working that suits you and your business needs.
Building an aligned team: Discover how to build a team and create an inclusive culture, where everyone works towards the same goals and vision for your business. A team which feels inspired, supported, appreciated and motivated to contribute to your success.
Long-Term Success Planning: Future-proof your business with a simplified strategy to avoid unnecessary overwhelm and burnout. When you create a business that is aligned to your strengths, skills, and preferred ways of working, alongside having a crystal clear strategy for your business, you'll ensure that you create balance so that you can enjoy all areas of your life.
This isn’t a list of “included modules” that make your eyes glaze over. This is your yellow brick road—designed for your brain, your brilliance, and your bold vision.
You’ll get:
🎯 The Master Checklist – Think of it as your personal sorting hat. It shows you where you shine, where you need systems, and where you can finally hand stuff off. Because knowing what not to do is just as powerful as knowing what to focus on.
🎥 Bite-sized video lessons – No 90-minute monologues here. Just neurodivergent-friendly lessons that get to the point and help you take real action, even when your attention span is doing its own thing.
📒 Workbooks and prompts – With zero fluff and loads of clarity. These aren’t “busywork PDFs”—they’re designed to help you untangle the mess in your head and turn it into magic on paper.
💬 Optional Clarity Calls with me – Stuck? Spiralling? Brain’s turned to soup? Let’s talk it through. You get personalised support from someone who gets you—and has the strategy to match.
🧠 Energy Audit + Alignment Tools – So you can stop doing the things that drain you and double down on what actually works (and feels good!).
📦 Bonus Resources – Like the Healthy Boundaries Mini-Series, quizzes, digital downloads, and other surprise gems to help you feel more supported, capable and in control.
🧭 Your Strategy. Your Way. – This isn’t about downloading someone else’s business model. It’s about designing a map that fits you—so you always know where you’re going, and how to get there without burning out.
And yes—it’s CPD certified with 30 points, so if your accountant’s asking… you’re totally legit.
This isn’t more noise. It’s your guide back to clarity, confidence and calm. The one that helps you build the business you wanted in the first place,just on your terms.
Now, let's build something that lasts. You don’t have to keep holding it together with vibes, coffee and Google Docs. You don’t have to pretend it’s all fine when inside you’re just hoping no one asks how things are going. You’re allowed to say, “I need help.” That’s not failure. That’s strategy. Join The Joyful Founder now. Your future self (and your nervous system) will thank you.
Hey, I’m Nikki Butler, Founder of The Autistic Joyologist & The Joyful Organisation, certified business strategist, author of Amazon bestseller Permission To Be Different, and gloriously AuDHD.
I didn’t set out to become a business strategist for neurodivergent entrepreneurs. I was just trying to survive my own business without setting it (or myself) on fire.
After 12 years as an entrepreneur, and 10 years+ before that in corporate legal management, I’d racked up the qualifications: Business Law degree, CMI Management Certication, Business NLP Practitioner, certified business strategist (to name a few!). I had all the tools… but none of them were designed for a brain like mine.
I tried the blueprints. The funnels. The 6-step plug-and-play systems. They didn't work.
And like many of us, I ended up burnt out, overwhelmed, and wondering how something I loved had turned into something I dreaded.
I created The Joyful Founder because I know what it feels like to be capable, creative, and full of potential, while secretly drowning in tabs, to-do lists, and decisions you don’t have the executive function to make. I know what it’s like to want to do things differently… but not know where to start.
This isn’t another course. It’s a business realignment for brilliant-but-frazzled founders who are ready to build success in a way that finally feels good.
If you're craving clarity, strategy, and support from someone who sees your genius and your chaos, you're in the right place.
Nikki x