THE HIGH PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGIST

Dr Perpetua Neo

I precision-tune the mental energy of driven, impatient leaders and organisations-- using neuroscience, AI, and ancient wisdom-- so you command performance, productivity, and profitability, without burning out or working more.
  • 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 as laziness. I learned to ace every exam, push through every fever, and perform even with a painful palpitating heart.

But some of us are born into the long game– wired to rewrite rules, not just survive them.

Instead of resigning, I built precision protocols to stack the deck in my favour. I metamorphosed limitations into strategic advantage. My body, once a source of shame, became my compass for sustainable high performance.

The real frontier wasn’t just about winning, but coming home to a body and mind I can trust.

Today, my protocols let me ride further– 1,238.06km biked in 2024 alone– while living with more joy, not less. I sleep like a cat, living and breathing La Dolce Vita.

If you’re known for being high-functioning-- helming teams, holding everyone together-- but sense there’s a better, easier way to win, you’re right.

A way with finesse and freedom, where you trade the grind for strategic mastery. Where accomplishment brings not just relief, but real pride.

Where you don’t have to “slow down,” abandon your responsibilities, or run away to the seaside– because now, your personal and professional worlds calibrate seamlessly, like a precision Swiss timepiece. With your own markers of accomplishment and fulfilment– purpose, love, curiosity, whatever drives you– on your terms.

Because now, your drive fuels delight. Leadership powers legacy. You don’t just play the long game; you are the long game.

You smile from the sidelines with a quiet, unshakeable knowing.

If this resonates, this is your invitation to rise. Let’s architect the rest of your life together.

The Intersection

There’s a reason true transformation is rare.

I was forged at the intersection– East meets West, science and spirituality braid, precision weaves with intuition, darkness illuminates light. Personal and professional aren’t separate boxes, but facets of a single, living architecture.

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

My approach draws from clinical psychology and neuroscience honed at Cambridge and UCL, ancient wisdom from time-tested traditions, and strategy refined in boardrooms and military strategy rooms. Operating between Singapore and London, across six continents, I translate the invisible codes of high performance– across every culture and field.

But here’s the difference. This was never about the samsara of endless optimisation.

It’s architecting your life– one that calibrates ambition with rest, leadership with love, darkness with integrity, brilliance with play. This discernment is the very bridge between sustainable high performance and actually living your life. Especially if you’re a multiple-hatting senior (or emerging) leader who refuses to shrink your world just to survive.

If you’re a leader who moves between worlds– cultures, disciplines, generations– this is your native tongue. You’re here because you feel the call to step into a realm where paradox is your superpower, mastery builds a life you love, and these give you deep 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. Our brains and energy have never been this distracted and frazzled.

Maybe you move companies to IPO, win awards for culture, orchestrate global teams– yet still find yourself, and your people, running on empty. More systems, less life. More brilliance, more burnout. You’ve tried it all– apps, hacks, performance coaching, wellness initiatives, star hires. Still, the energy leaks, 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 calibration? 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 the OS of your personal, professional, and organisational lives. Every day, your habits, systems, and decisions are compounding– for you, or against you.

In a tomorrow that will only demand more– and where brains and energies become more scattered– will you rise, or will you be left chasing your own tail?

The Game Has Changed

Has your OS?

The world sold you a lie– that complexity could be conquered with more tools, more hacks, more hours. But the real edge is invisible. It’s your mental energy architecture, the operating system running everything you do.

Command mental energy, win.

When you upgrade your operating system– your InnerOS, CareerOS, OrgOS– every habit, strategy, and relationship calibrates itself. Mastery becomes effortless. Excellence compounds, culture self-sustains.

You already have the expertise, the drive, and the track record. But your biology, your wiring, your field– those are the true multipliers that compound gains in your favour. No hack or habit replaces the invisible architecture that actually runs your life and your organisation.

With the right system, everything works. Without it, you keep chasing your own tail– pouring energy into more protocols, more routines, more “best practices,” and 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 energy, compounds every habit, and calibrates your field for the long game.

When you upgrade your operating system, you stop surviving, and 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 you something vital.

In the second, you operate with unblocked precision. Your decisions land with clarity, your work and life flow as seamlessly as 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 to inhabit for the next decade? The grind– or the field of mastery, freedom, and delight?

If you’re ready to architect your next era, the invitation is open.

The Architecture of Mastery

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.
My craft is seeing what others miss: decoding the invisible patterns that quietly drive everything you do, across your mind, body, organisation, culture, DNA, and spirit. Where most see complexity, I see architecture. Where most prescribe, I reveal. I’ve worked with Olympians, military leaders, C-suites, creatives, physicians, researchers, founders, and senior and emerging leaders— navigating the kinds of challenges most avoid.
My approach fuses clinical psychology and neuroscience, first honed at Cambridge and University College London, with deep studies in philosophy and spirituality. It’s grounded in real-world systems drawn from London’s NHS to global boardrooms, military strategy rooms, and high-stakes transition points. My own journey– from near-destruction at the hands of a sophisticated psychopath to strategic mastery– taught me that deep transformation demands both intellectual precision and lived wisdom.
Born in Singapore’s achievement-driven culture, travelling since two, and educated in Britain’s rigorous tradition, 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.
I’m trusted for my ability to hold complexity, decode chaos, and forge clarity where others see only noise, or prescribe from personal experience.
Some principles are universal. But the architecture of mastery is always bespoke— your blueprint, revealed and refined to serve your actual life, ambitions, and legacy. No templates, no generic rules– only your system, precision-tuned.
This is the architecture that underpins everything I deliver– whether I’m recalibrating a founder’s InnerOS, designing legacy-driven CareerOS, or futureproofing an organisation’s OrgOS. Whatever the scale, it’s why leaders, teams, and decision-makers trust me to deliver precision, elevation, and results that compound for years.
Transformation, isn’t about adding more. Like Michelangelo’s sculptures, it’s about uncovering the code inside you, then forging it into mastery– so you thrive on your own terms, in every field you move through.
If you’re ready to move beyond frameworks and prescriptions, and build your unique architecture– for yourself, your leadership, or your organisation — your door is wide open.

Human Excellence

In the age of AI

Your brain is your ultimate asset. From now on, those who master their biological operating system win. As automation expands, uniquely human capabilities– pattern recognition, emotional intelligence, and strategic intuition– become non-replicable advantages no algorithm can duplicate.

Yet most senior leaders operate at a fraction of their neurological capacity, often less than two hours of true strategic focus in a 12-hour day. That silent drain costs decision quality, innovation, and foresight.

When optimised, your brain becomes a competitive edge that compounds:–

  • Pattern detection: Spotting shifts in markets, team dynamics, and competitive threats months before the data catches up.
  • Integrated decision-making: Weaving millions of conscious and unconscious data points into confident, high-quality choices.
  • Agile navigation: Moving through uncertainty with precision, creating innovation no algorithm can match.

I address both the individual and the system, because when you strengthen one, you strengthen the other.

Your mental energy drives your strategic decisions. Your leadership presence shapes your culture. Your recovery patterns fuel your capacity to innovate.

True excellence emerges in the intersection, where personal mastery meets organisational evolution. In the AI era, this is not just an advantage. It’s survival.

Since 2011, I’ve worked with Olympians, military leaders, global CEOs, physicians, researchers, founders, and senior and emerging leaders across six continents; delivering measurable shifts in performance, clarity, and strategic foresight. My clients don’t just work smarter– they work truer to their own wiring, in ways that last.

“I’ve always been very stressed out in the past, done some coaching, felt much better, and then returned to the baseline. This time, I have set up systems to run on their own and my teams have stepped up, despite the gaps and chaos left by COVID, The Great Resignation and global recession. I work across different timezones easily, get along with a boss in a different continent I had communication difficulties with, and lead better. I have a set time for work, am finally glad to outsource, have cut meetings by more than 60%, and regained time by building templates. More importantly, I learnt how I have always cleaned up messes that aren’t mine, and got past the traumas of an old job where I was put into an impossible situation. My brain is clear, and I go home energised. I am evolving as a person past the limits of my ADHD brain to thrive in chaos and stability. I have time, structure and I eat better now. Thank you.”
– Mr RR, Director, Education. London.
“As both an executive coach and trained therapist, I have sought the help of various professionals over the years to continue on my own path of personal development and growth. Too often, I had found that after a few sessions, I was leading the therapist on my journey, rather the therapist guiding me. It’s difficult for high performing trained professionals like me to find a psychologist and coach that can liberate us and truly be led versus lead. DrP’s ability to set a fast pace to help me both personally and professionally understand myself, uncover insights, resolve trauma, and shift stuck patterns, was incredible. I got more benefits in 8 meetings than I had spending a couple of years with other psychologists.”
– Christine Miles, CEO, Founder & Author. EQuipt, USA.

Every hour of compromised mental energy compounds invisibly. When leaders operate below capacity, present performance and future potential suffer. This affects not just quarterly results, stress levels and personal effectiveness. You compromise strategic positioning, cognitive longevity and team culture.

The decision you make isn’t if you can afford optimisation, but if you can sustain the compounding costs of suboptimal performance.

SOME CLIENT TRANSFORMATION STORIES:

  • “From avoiding travel due to panic attacks, to leading global teams”
  • “Reclaimed 2+ hours of focused work daily while scaling operations.”
  • “From rookie burnt-out entrepreneur to running six fitness studios”.
  • “From confused to a successful swift divorce from a narcissist, with custody of my kids and protected multimillion dollars of assets across multiple jurisdictions”.
  • “From disinterested in my business, to winning multiple awards.”
  • “From being trapped in a toxic relationship, to doubling my salary and loving my work again.”
  • “From overfunctioning and anxious about difficult characters to easily leading teams across time zones.”
  • “Reclaimed my will to live in a toxic marriage, and re-entered the job market at senior level after many years.”

Your Choice.

Leadership in 2025 demands a fundamentally different approach from 2015 or 2005. Collecting protocols, managing time, and separating performance from wellbeing costs you diminishing returns, energy leaks, and growing complexity.

Or you can transform mental energy into your strategic advantage – doubling focused work capacity, enhancing decision quality, and creating sustainable excellence that grows with you.

Every hour spent with compromised mental energy compounds into long-term consequences for your cognitive longevity.

Six months from continuing as you are:

Increasing decision fatigue affecting critical strategic choices. Growing energy leaks draining capacity for excellence. Widening gap between external success and internal fulfillment.

Six months from transformation:

Double your focused work capacity without working more hours. Make high-stakes decisions with natural confidence and precision. Navigate complexity with strategic clarity that creates competitive advantage. Sleep like a cat, knowing your mental energy is your greatest asset.

For serious, accountable individuals

Ready To Architect Strategic Excellence.

If that’s you, I invite you to take the next step.

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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.
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"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.