Solace
A recovery-led performance system
For high-functioning founders who can't switch off.
Founding cohort opens in ...
The problem
You're not lazy. You're not broken. Your mind just never gets the signal to switch off.
- You shut the computer down at 6. Your head doesn't stop until midnight.
- Sleep gets lighter. Recovery falls behind. Stress hangs around longer than it should.
- One heavy week, a long trip, too much sitting, and something flares up again.
- Everyone tells you something different. Training says one thing, rehab says another, nutrition says a third. So you guess.
That's the real cost. Your body becomes unpredictable. And it taxes everything. Work, training, home.
Strong for Work.
Recovered for Home.
Strong for Work.
Recovered for Home.
The system
Elite athletes have an entire team behind them. You have Solace.
Solace is a recovery-led performance system, delivered in monthly cohorts. We build your off-switch first. Then we line up stress, sleep and recovery into one weekly structure you can actually repeat.
The Solace Performance Protocol
- 01
Calm the System
Teach your mind to switch off, so recovery starts working again.
- 02
Find the true constraint
Work out what's actually driving the stress and the flare-ups.
- 03
Create load capacity
Rebuild your capacity, so work and life stop knocking you back.
- 04
Train with control
Simple rules and habits, so you stop guessing week to week.
- 05
Lock in consistency
A plan that survives busy weeks. Because those are the only weeks you have.
What you get
Everything here has one job. Making you consistent.
Weekly implementation drops
Sleep, stress, recovery and mindset. Video, audio, transcript or diagram. Your choice.
A live end-of-week call
Bring what worked and what didn't. Celebrate the wins. Stay accountable.
A high-standard community
8 to 12 founders per cohort, with high standards and higher goals. Signal over noise.
Templates and decision rules
For travel weeks, flare-ups and heavy periods. You'll always know the next move.
Expected outcomes
Where twelve weeks takes you.
Measured on data, not impressions. Blood work, movement screening and wearables at the start, reviewed quarterly.
- Switch off on command. An evening off-switch that actually ends the day, built from week one.
- Train three to five times per week. Training that survives busy weeks, sized to your calendar.
- A body and mind you trust. Flare-ups get rarer and shorter, and you stop bracing for the next one.
- Recover on schedule. Sleep and recovery running to a plan, not to whatever's left of the day.
- Yourself again. More patience at home, more clarity at work. The version of you that built the thing.
Your body is a business asset.
Treat it like one.
Who it's for
Built for people who will do the work.
Solace is for you if
- You can't switch off. Awake at night, light sleep, always on
- Recovery feels unpredictable, and it's starting to affect work or home
- You hold yourself to a high standard, and you'll put the work in each week
- You want to be around founders who play at the same level
It's not for you if
- You want a quick fix or a one-off plan
- You're after biohacks. Supplements, injections, anything that promises a shortcut. There isn't one
- You need acute medical care, or you can't train at all right now
- You want one-to-one coaching only. Solace runs in small cohorts, and the work stays tailored to you and your data
From the people I coach
"I realised it was actually healthy medicine. It was like vitamins I was taking without even knowing I was taking them, the training."
Mark came in with tendinosis in both Achilles that he had carried for years, a back that had gone in the gym, and twelve months of failed self fixing behind him. Testing found the real cause. Not flexibility, but control and strength. Within the first six-week block the sore first steps every morning were gone, his mobility has significantly improved, without a single stretch.
The bigger change was structural. A big role, a wife and a new baby had squeezed training out, and his mood and energy went with it. Now his sessions are booked like board meetings, non negotiable, and they act as the leveller that holds the rest together.
His words: better mood, higher energy, clearer mind, so a better father and sharper at work. At 40 he sits in a deep squat to play with his daughter on the floor, hops the garden fence, and moves more easily in class than people with twice the training time.
"I realised it was actually healthy medicine. It was like vitamins I was taking without even knowing I was taking them, the training."
Mark came in with tendinosis in both Achilles that he had carried for years, a back that had gone in the gym, and twelve months of failed self fixing behind him. Testing found the real cause. Not flexibility, but control and strength. Within the first six-week block the sore first steps every morning were gone, his mobility has significantly improved, without a single stretch.
Now his sessions are booked like board meetings, non negotiable. His words: better mood, higher energy, clearer mind, so a better father and sharper at work.
"Having someone who can be in your corner, on the days you can't do it for yourself, is the best investment for your wellbeing."
Sian's problem was never an injury. It was overthinking, guilt, and flipping endlessly between goals. Her own words: if I can't take charge of my own wellness, how could I be responsible for decisions that impact others?
What she got was relaxed conversations and more questions than advice. Now she trains because she wants to, adjusts when she needs to, and can rest without feeling like a failure. She calls learning to rest the thing she couldn't do before.
"Don't put up with pain when there could be a fix you haven't tried yet. There really isn't anything to lose."
Months of shoulder pain that woke him through the night, weakness in the arm, and no lasting change from an osteopath, stretches or acupuncture. He was quietly dreading being told he needed surgery. This was the last attempt before that route.
By week three the range was coming back and the pain was fading. Now he sleeps properly, lifts overhead again, and describes it simply: one less thing to worry about.
"Multiple doctors told me there was nothing physically wrong and the best solution was pain medication. Now there's barely any pain anymore."
Years of lower back and sciatic pain after a rugby injury. Physiotherapy, two MRI scans, a chiropractor and pain relief had all been tried. The system had run out of answers.
The root cause turned out to be somewhere nobody had looked, and the fix included details as small as calf raises. Sleep improved completely, and she no longer plans her day around how long she can sit or stand.
The founder
Built by a coach, not a content machine.
I'm Damien Baudhuin. Strength and conditioning coach, MSc in Strength and Conditioning, former national level weightlifter. I've coached everyone from elite athletes to executives, and I kept seeing the same thing. High-functioning founders and entrepreneurs carry athlete levels of pressure, with none of the support.
Athletes get a coach, a physio, a nutritionist and a psychologist, all working to one plan. Founders get fragments. An app here, a physio appointment there. I built Solace to close that gap.
The founding cohort
Applications are reviewed to protect fit and standards.
5 Oct
founding cohort starts.
Then the first Monday
of each month.
8 to 12
members per cohort.
Small by design.
12 weeks
minimum commitment,
then rolling monthly.
Takes about 5 minutes. If the current cohort is full, you'll join the waitlist for the next start date.
Solace is a coaching and education programme, not medical advice. If you have a health condition, speak to a qualified professional first.