THIS EXPERIENCE IS FOR WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
Leadership is not a job title here.
You don’t need to be an executive. You don’t need to have completed an Ironman.
You don’t even need to be an athlete.
It shows up in how you make choices, move through change, care for what matters, use your voice, honor commitments, and take responsibility for what comes next.
The women in this cohort may be leading teams, families, businesses, communities, transitions—or simply themselves through a new season of life.
You bring your own story, your own starting point, and your own definition of what leadership means in your life.
Where are you in your story?
Maybe you’re stepping into a larger role and wondering whether it is the right one.
Your children need you differently now. Retirement is approaching. The business idea is no longer willing to wait. You are returning to work, changing direction, or rebuilding after a plan changed.
Maybe you have spent years showing up for everyone else and are finally asking what you want to make room for.
Or maybe nothing is wrong at all. Your life is full, meaningful, and good—and you still want an experience that belongs to you.
You can arrive with a clear goal or a question you have not answered yet. Both are valid places to begin.
The Experience
Six months. One meaningful pursuit. A different way to experience leadership development.
The Strong Mind, Muscle, Heart Experience brings transformational leadership coaching and purposeful physical challenge together in a six-month journey. You'll work toward a meaningful vision for your life while preparing for a demanding shared adventure. Along the way, the experiences you have become opportunities to explore how you think, respond, make decisions, and lead. Because the goal isn't simply to accomplish something hard. It's to discover what you can learn about yourself in the pursuit—and how you can use that awareness in the life you're creating.
01 | BEGIN WITH WHAT MATTERS
February 2027
Before we talk about the mountain, we'll talk about you.
What do you want for yourself? What feels possible right now? And what might be possible if you challenged some of the assumptions shaping your choices?
You might arrive with a clear vision or a feeling that there's something more you want to explore. Either is a great place to begin.
Through transformational leadership coaching, we'll explore what matters to you, challenge the thinking that may be limiting your possibilities, and begin making meaningful commitments to the future you want to create.
This becomes the foundation for your experience. Not a goal someone else has chosen for you, but a vision worth pursuing.
02 | PREPARE WITH INTENTION
February – June 2027
The physical challenge gives us something meaningful to work toward. The preparation gives us months of opportunities to learn.
With guidance and resources from our physical training coach, you'll build the readiness needed for the Pikes Peak adventure. You'll also participate in leadership coaching throughout the process.
And this is where things get interesting.
You'll make plans, face competing priorities, see progress, and hit moments when things don't go as expected.
How do you respond when you're frustrated? What happens when you start questioning your ability? Do you ask for help, change your approach, or hold yourself to expectations that no longer serve you?
These are opportunities to notice the habits and beliefs that influence how you show up in other parts of your life.
Through ongoing coaching, we'll explore those experiences as they happen, using what you discover to challenge old assumptions and make more intentional choices.
The preparation isn't separate from the leadership development. It's part of the work.
03 | PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
June 21–24, 2027 | Colorado
After months of preparation, we'll come together in Colorado for our Pikes Peak adventure.
The mountain presents a different kind of challenge. You'll be navigating unfamiliar conditions, physical demands, changing circumstances, and decisions that require you to be fully present.
It's an opportunity to experience some of the very things you've been exploring through coaching.
You may recognize a familiar response to uncertainty. Discover that you're approaching something differently than you would have six months earlier. Or notice how your decisions affect the women sharing the experience with you.
Reaching the summit is an incredible goal, but it's never guaranteed. Preparation, sound judgment, and respect for your own limits matter more than reaching a particular elevation.
The mountain isn't the measure of your growth. What you discover about yourself through the experience is what matters.
04 | CARRY IT FORWARD
July 2027
We don't finish our work when we leave Colorado.
The final month brings our attention back to the vision that started your journey and the life you're continuing to build.
Through coaching and reflection, we'll examine what you've learned about yourself throughout the experience. We'll explore where your thinking has shifted, what you've discovered about your own leadership, and what you want to do differently moving forward.
Maybe that means approaching a difficult conversation with greater confidence. Making a commitment you've been putting off. Or recognizing a pattern that's been influencing decisions at work, at home, or in your relationships.
No one outcome is expected of everyone. The insights are personal, and so are the choices you make about what comes next.
The physical challenge gave you a place to practice. The coaching helped you understand what happened.
Now you get to decide what you carry into the rest of your life. Because Pikes Peak is only one experience.
The pursuit of who you're capable of becoming continues long after you leave the mountain.
The people in your corner
Meet Your Guides
Layne Anonsen
Founder & Leadership Coach
Layne brings a unique combination of business leadership, executive coaching, and athletic experience to Strong Mind Muscle Heart. A Meta Performance™ Certified Coach with Novus Global, former collegiate athlete, three-time Defensive MVP in women's tackle football, and five-time Ironman finisher, she's spent much of her life exploring what happens when we choose to do hard things.
But her passion goes beyond personal achievement. For years, Layne has encouraged others to pursue challenges they weren't sure they could take on, helping them recognize their capabilities and supporting them through the difficult moments along the way.
Throughout the experience, Layne will guide your individual leadership development, helping you explore the thoughts, behaviors, and decisions that emerge through physical challenge. Her approach combines thoughtful questions, honest reflection, and a genuine belief in what people can discover about themselves.
Taylor Botts
Certified Personal Trainer & Strength Coach
Taylor is a certified personal trainer and strength coach who is passionate about helping people build stronger, healthier, more capable bodies. Through her business, TrainwithTayRae, she has worked with clients of all ages, fitness levels, and backgrounds, helping them build strength, improve movement, build confidence, and create sustainable fitness habits.
Her coaching philosophy centers on purposeful strength training, functional movement, and building a foundation that extends well beyond the gym. For Taylor, fitness isn't just about aesthetics or numbers. It's about developing the physical capacity to take on life's challenges, do hard things, and keep showing up for yourself.
With experience in individualized strength programming, conditioning, mobility, and nutrition coaching, Taylor meets people where they are while encouraging them to discover what they're capable of.
Throughout the 2027 Signature Experience, she'll guide your physical preparation, helping you build the strength, endurance, mobility, and confidence to approach the Pikes Peak challenge feeling prepared, capable, and ready to embrace the experience.
Snapshot of the SMMH 2027 Pikes Peak Experience
Duration
Cohort
Leadership Coaching
Physical Training
Training Support
Pikes Peak Experience
Accommodations
Meals
Group Experience
Investment
February–July 2027 (six months)
Maximum of 10 women
12 individual sessions with Layne (two per month)
Six consultations with Taylor Botts (one per month)
Personalized programming through a mobile app, including community challenges and support
June 21–24, 2027
Three-night hotel stay in Manitou Springs, Colorado
Meals included during the Colorado experience
A full day together in Manitou Springs before the hike
$10,000 total, with payment arrangements still being finalized
FUTURE OFFERINGS
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