THE HIGH PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGIST

Dr Perpetua Neo

I help driven, impatient leaders and organisations command their Mental Capital-- so profitability, performance, and productivity compound-- without burnout or longer hours.

Neuroscience × AI × strategic wisdom for fast, lasting upgrades. In a world where disruption is default, AI is rewiring us, and we’re living to 100.

Compound results, not hours. Make excellence inevitable.

  • Cambridge & UCL | Simon & Schuster author
  • Media in 43 languages, since 2016
  • Trusted by Olympians, senior leaders, and military across six continents
  • Because real excellence transcends industry, wherever you lead

Are the cards stacked in your favour

For The Long Game?

I was born with a body and brain rigged against me. What looked like weakness– poor immunity, relentless fatigue, the endless mind-rush of neurodivergence— was mistaken for laziness. I learned to ace every exam, push through every fever, and perform with a palpitating heart.

Some of us are wired for the long game– to rewrite rules, not just survive them. Instead of resigning, I built precision protocols to stack the deck in my favour. I turned limitations into strategic advantage. My body, once a source of shame, became my compass for sustainable high performance.

The real frontier wasn’t only winning, but coming home to a body and mind I can trust. Today, those protocols let me ride further– 1,238.06 km biked in 2024– sleep like a cat, and live La Dolce Vita with more joy, not less.

If you’re the high-functioning one-- helming teams, holding everyone together-- there’s a better, easier way to win.

A way with finesse and freedom, where accomplishment brings pride, not just relief. You don’t have to “slow down” or run away to the seaside; your personal and professional worlds can calibrate like a precision Swiss timepiece, on your terms.

Your drive can fuel delight. Leadership can power legacy. You don’t just play the long game; you become it. If this resonates, the invitation is open.

Let’s architect the rest of your life.

Clinical + Executive + Strategic + Biology

This is a multidisciplinary clinical-and-strategic hybrid. I resolve real drains and install systems that compound-- lean, agile, rooted.

I was forged at the intersection– East meets West, science braids with spirituality, precision with intuition, shadow with integrity. Personal and professional aren’t separate boxes; they’re facets of a single, living architecture.

Where others hoard protocols and tick wellness boxes, I see what’s already within you. I live by Michelangelo’s line: “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” That is my craft– revealing the strategic excellence already in you (or your people), and mutating challenges into assets.

My approach draws on clinical psychology and neuroscience (Cambridge, UCL), time-tested wisdom traditions, and strategy shaped in military and boardrooms. Operating between London and Singapore, across six continents, I translate the invisible codes of high performance across cultures and fields.

This was never the samsara of endless optimisation.

It’s architecting a life where ambition calibrates with rest, leadership with love, brilliance with play. That discernment is the bridge between sustainable high performance and actually living your life– especially if you’re a multiple-hatting leader who refuses to shrink just to survive.

If you move between worlds– cultures, disciplines, generations– this is your native tongue. Paradox becomes your superpower; mastery builds a life you love. And the result is the trio that endures– pride, peace, and purpose.

Of course you’re tired. Of course your teams and organisation are exhausted.

The world has never moved this fast or demanded so much– and our brains have never been this distracted.

You may move companies to IPO, win culture awards, orchestrate global teams, yet still find yourself (and your people) running on empty. More systems, less life. More brilliance, more burnout. You’ve tried the apps, hacks, coaching, wellness, star hires– and the leaks persist. The edge blurs. The spark fades.

It’s not you. It’s not your people.

It’s the operating system, built for yesterday’s problems, not today’s complexity.

What if the answer isn’t more, but deeper precision? Imagine leaders, teams, and organisations where mastery and energy are seamless, not separate.

This is what happens when you upgrade from tick-box hacks to true calibration, across your personal, professional, and organisational OS. Ever day, your habits, systems, and decisions are compounding– for you, or against you.

Tomorrow will demand more. Attention will scatter further.

Will you rise. . or keep chasing your own tail?

The Game Has Changed

Has your OS?

We were sold a lie. That complexity yields to more tools, more hacks, more hours. The real edge is invisible– your mental-energy architecture, the operating system running everything you do.

Command mental energy, win.

When you upgrade your OS– your InnerOS, CareerOS, and OrgOS– every habit, strategy, and relationship calibrates. Mastery feels effortless. Excellence compounds. Culture self-sustains.

You already have the expertise, the drive, the track record. The multipliers are your biology, wiring, and field; they compound gains in your favour. Your habits sculpt your brain– what you repeat, you become. No hack replaces the architecture that actually runs your life and organisation.

With the right system, everything works. Without it, you keep chasing your own tail, pumping energy into more protocols and “best practices,” wondering why nothing sticks.

You don’t need another technique or someone else’s timetable. You need a new paradigm: one that precision-tunes your Mental Capital, compounds every habit, and calibrates your field for the long game.You need a lean, agile, rooted OS across your InnerOS, CareerOS, and OrgOS; not more hacks.

Upgrade your operating system and you stop surviving— you start defining the future.

There are two versions of you.

There are two worlds you can inhabit.

In the first, you win by willpower alone– holding everyone together, running on empty, chasing one external victory after another. Success brings relief, but it never lasts. Your energy leaks, your days blur, and each achievement costs something vital.

In the second, you operate with unblocked precision. Decisions land with clarity. Work and life flow like a Swiss timepiece. Ambition, rest, love, and leadership calibrate on your terms. Every accomplishment brings pride, not just relief. Every habit and relationship compounds in your favour.

The difference isn’t more effort, talent, or discipline. It’s your operating system.

Which world will you choose for the next decade– the grind, or the field of mastery, freedom, and delight?

“Bots draft, leaders decide.”

Ready to stop surviving and start compounding?

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The Architecture of Mastery

Execution that runs on Rituals, Rhythms, Rules & Returns. We turn your edge into a repeatable system.

  • Rituals: Automatic actions at the same cue, so good days become default.
    Open laptop → 90-second scent + breath → Block 1 begins.
  • Rhythms: Cadences that keep you honest and on beat.
    Mon pipeline at 09:30 • Thu decision post-mortem at 15:00 • Month-end reset.
  • Rules: Guardrails that prevent rework and drift.
    Bots draft, humans decide • No-rework rule (owner + approver) • Two meetings max before a decision • 5-minute red-team on >$X risks.
  • Returns: Readouts that prove it’s working.
    Finished deep-work hours • Avoidable mistakes • Rework tickets • Recovery half-life • Handoff stalls.
You won’t find a one-size-fits-all protocol here, or one built on my personal suffering. No need to join The 5AM Club, hit 10,000 steps, or meditate in retreats– unless that’s your thing.
You won’t find a one-size-fits-all protocol here– or one built on my personal suffering. No pressure to join the 5AM Club, hit 10,000 steps, or meditate at retreats– unless that’s your thing. My craft is seeing what others miss: decoding the invisible patterns driving your mind, body, organisation, culture, DNA, and spirit. Where most see complexity, I see architecture. Where most prescribe, I reveal. And build what fits.
My approach fuses clinical psychology and neuroscience (Cambridge, UCL) with real-world systems from London’s NHS to global boardrooms and military strategy rooms, braided with time-tested wisdom traditions. Born in Singapore’s achievement culture, travelling since two, educated in Britain’s rigour, I work London–Singapore across six continents– East and West, science and wisdom, personal and professional, shadow and legacy. My own passage, from surviving a sophisticated psychopath to strategic mastery, taught me that deep transformation demands both intellectual precision and lived wisdom.
I move fluently between worlds, industries, and cultures. East and West, science and wisdom, personal and professional, shadow and legacy; enhanced by some linguistic versatility across seven languages. After a decade in the UK, I now split my time between Singapore and London. I’ve studied under business mentors including Virginia deAssis, Ramit Sethi, Russ Ruffino, and Selena Soo, and I’m kink-knowledgeable, having specialised in Sexual Health/LGBTQ/HIV at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. My multidisciplinary background spans seemingly disparate fields— from cell biology, art history, and military strategy to philosophy and spirituality– allowing me to address excellence from multiple perspectives simultaneously.
Some principles are universal. But the architecture of mastery is always bespoke– your blueprint, revealed and refined to serve your life, ambitions, and legacy. No templates, no generic rules; only your system, precision-tuned. This is why leaders, teams, and decision-makers trust me to recalibrate a founder’s InnerOS, design a legacy-driven CareerOS, or future-proof an organisation’s OrgOS– with results that compound for years.
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” — Michelangelo
Mini metrics we move: Deep-work hours ↑ · Rework ↓ · Recovery time ↓

Human Excellence

In the age of AI

Your brain is your ultimate asset. As automation expands, the advantages that win– pattern recognition, emotional intelligence, strategic intuition– are human and non-replicable. Your habits sculpt your brain; what you repeat, you become.

Most senior leaders run at a fraction of capacity– often <2 hours of true strategic focus in a 12-hour day. That silent drain taxes decision quality, innovation, and foresight.

When optimised, your brain becomes a compounding edge:–

  • Pattern detection: Spot shifts in markets, teams, and threats months before the data.
  • Integrated decision-making: Weave millions of conscious + unconscious signals into clean choices.
  • Agile navigation: Move through uncertainty with precision– creating innovation no algorithm can match.

I address both the individual and the system– strengthen one, the other improves. Mental energy drives strategic decisions; leadership presence shapes culture; recovery patterns fuel capacity to innovate. Excellence lives at that intersection– where personal mastery meets organisational evolution. In the AI era, that’s not just an advantage. It’s survival.

Trusted by Leaders Who Define the Standard

Since 2011, I’ve partnered with Olympians, military leaders, global CEOs, physicians, researchers, founders, and senior & emerging leaders across six continents– delivering measurable shifts in clarity, performance, and strategic foresight.

Outcome snapshots:

  • Meetings −60% while scaling operations
  • Double focused capacity, same hours
  • Panic → global leadership travel in 8 weeks
“Gifted. A remarkable teacher.” Common-sense clarity backed by serious credentials– and she walks her talk. For high achievers ready to uplevel, I recommend working with her.”
Peter Shmock, 2× Olympian & Author
“11/10.” DrP’s brilliance in helping the layman understand neurodiversity—it should be mandatory.
— Andrew Barnard, Chair, UK Treaty for Global Re Specialty, AON
“Life-altering. I came in masking anxiety until a paralysing attack. DrP’s human, non-textbook approach helped me see anxiety as information, not weakness– and it eased. I’d definitely recommend her.”
— Brad Casselman, Head of E-Commerce, Adidas (Germany)

Results (At-A-Glance)

  • Doubled finished deep work. Same (or fewer) hours.
  • Mistakes drop. Consistency rises. Repairs speed up.
  • Recovery accelerates. Calm on command.

Invisible Leaks → Dividends

Turn quiet drains into equity, cleanly. Including exiting complicated relationships with narcissists and psychopaths cleanly and discreetly; weaponising perfectionism and overthinking into strategic advantage; rewiring panic into calm, clear freedom; operating by the OS of your biological sex and neural wiring; and architecting post-crisis life– across your InnerOS, CareerOS, and OrgOS.

Your Choice

Leadership in 2025 isn’t leadership in 2005. Keep the old OS and manage decline; or upgrade and compound excellence.

Compound results, not hours. Make excellence inevitable.

For serious, accountable individuals

Ready To Architect Strategic Excellence.

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"The biggest pain is over."

"The biggest pain is over."

Dr BT. Double Board Certified Physician (USA).
I had to escape an abusive relationship and was feeling so conflicted. Something magical happened in our first session, and that inspired me to so much more. In 7 weeks, I worked on my divorce, built up my social life, spoke at conferences, and started to enjoy work again. Thank you DrP!
"Life-changing."

"Life-changing."

Dr ID. Physician (Canada).
Toxic work dynamics were consuming me, making me not want to go to work. I forgot why I got into medicine in the first place.  Our work helped me reconnect with myself and what’s important. I saw dynamics clearly, and learnt how to navigate them skilfully. I am certain of myself without second-guessing. Work is so much more fulfilling, efficient and productive. I grew in ways I didn’t know were possible, getting to this amazing place.
"DrP is the best to work with!"

"DrP is the best to work with!"

Amrapali Gan. Former CEO, Only Fans (London).
As a business leader, she has helped provide insights into the balancing and priorities from both professional and personal lenses. She has a dedicated work style to her clients and supporting in their personal growth and endeavours.
"Just brilliant."

"Just brilliant."

James Davis. APAC Advisor, GMLX (Singapore).
Loved working with Dr. P and would highly recommend her. Her deep empathy and understanding of high performers helped me recalibrate for the next phase of my life, understand more about my strengths and weaknesses and put in place tools to maximise focus on future goals.
"Compelling."

"Compelling."

Terri Cole. Author, Master Coach & Psychotherapist.
Perpetua and I work with very similar demographics of high functioning women on prioritising self-care. She is an expert on narcissism. I find Dr. Neo’s work compelling.
"11/10."

"11/10."

Andrew Barnard. Chair UK Treaty For Global Re Specialty, Aon (London).
The utter brilliance and delivery of DrP in helping the layman understand the issues— it should be mandatory that we all attend a presentation on neurodiversity and learn how do we accept and embrace the big questions.
"The Go-To Person."

"The Go-To Person."

Tara Maguire. Olympian, Pro-Athlete & Artist.
Sport is all about the mental game. I have been to many therapists, and things can get redundant. With you, I have grown to having steadfast confidence. My resilience went from 0 to 100. You give me room to grow, never judge me, and get the negative thoughts out of my head. And after I grow, you help me grow more, tailoring it all to grow with me. That Growth Mindset is ahead of time.
"Outstanding."

"Outstanding."

Dr Charles Hindler. Consultant Psychiatrist (London).
Patient outcomes have been excellent. Dr Neo is clearly an outstanding psychologist.