Train your nervous system.
Pressure can keep you in fight or flight, making clear thinking harder. Guided breathing helps you regulate stress and release tension, giving you space to recover your focus and respond with more clarity and control.
FOR THE
unfetteredexploration ofhumanpotential
We help ambitious leaders regulate their nervous system, focus their thoughts and take action on what matters most.
FOR FOUNDERS · LEADERS · TEAMS · PEOPLE UNDER PRESSURE
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I feel like a new human!Google DeepMind
2,000+people helped to win & liveAs shared on Catherine’s LinkedIn ↗
Bring 2nd Intelligence to your people ↗CONFERENCES ✦ WORKSHOPS ✦ RETREATS ✦ FESTIVALS ✦ LEADERSHIP TEAMS
WORK WITH ME
Train with
2nd Intelligence.
One methodology. Different ways to experience it. For you, your team, or a room full of possibility.
01 / INDIVIDUALS
One-to-one
Personal sessions for founders and leaders who want space to regulate, think clearly and move forward.
Explore individual work ↗02 / ORGANISATIONSTeams & leadership
Practical breathwork and mental fitness workshops for the people making decisions, building businesses and leading others.
Bring this to your team ↗03 / SHARED EXPERIENCESStages & spaces
Conferences, festivals, retreats and podcasts. Human conversations and experiences that make room for a different way to perform.
Explore experiences ↗MEET CATHERINE McCARTHY
CATHERINE / FOUNDER & FACILITATORFounder of 2nd Intelligence
Breathwork facilitator
Leadership & mental fitness
I am here to help you
win AND live.
For eight years, I worked with C-suite and senior leaders in high-pressure industries, running a multimillion-dollar B2B training portfolio. I saw the responsibility, the pace and the thoughts that follow you home.
My own experience of panic attacks led me to explore the relationship between the body, the mind and how we perform. I went on to train as a Certified Breathwork and Trauma-Informed Facilitator and bring these practices into my work with CEOs and founders of six- to nine-figure businesses.
That is the thinking behind 2nd Intelligence: making space for both your ambition and your experience of being alive. I help people win and live.
More of my story ↗6–9 figure businessesI’ve worked with founders and CEOs across industries and continents.
8 yearsWorking with senior & C-suite leaders
CertifiedBreathwork & Trauma-Informed Facilitator
Silicon Valley
Accelerator GraduateFounder Institute · 2026
Accelerator GraduateFounder Institute · 2026
THE 2ND INTELLIGENCE METHOD
Train your body.
Train your mind.
Put it into action.
Train your brain.
Notice unhelpful thought patterns and practice reframing them. Use techniques of elite athletes, such as mental priming and mental rehearsal, to prime your brain to win.
Turn training into action.
You can train your body and mind, but if you don’t take action, nothing changes. Make the next step easy and repeat it daily. Our starting point: 10 minutes of practice, followed by action on what matters.
