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In-Person Facilitated Space · The Spice Yard, Salt River, Cape Town
S·U·S The Show Up Session

Four hours of facilitated focus when working from home has stalled.

Four hours of
facilitated
focus.

A four-hour facilitated session for freelancers who can’t sustain working from home. Someone in the room notices when you drift, and asks.

Questions before booking opens? Email hello@showup.courses

The room: a bright studio with white brick walls, a polished concrete floor and a long window over stacked shipping containers. Drawn figures in navy, green and orange fill it: two sit at a corner desk, one stands at a high desk, one walks in carrying a laptop.
09:00 to 13:00One morning, start to close. 12 seatsAt most, in one room. R300A day. 10 NovemberThe doors open. Booking is online.
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Three ways working from home stops working

You chose this. You want it. It still doesn’t hold.

Everyone hits a wall

The only question is when.

Can't start, can't stop, wears off: those three are one thing. The office had walls you never noticed: a start time, someone who'd notice if you weren't in, a door that shut at twenty past five. At home you hold them up yourself. That works for a while.

Two people hitting the same wall, seen from aboveSeen from above, like a floor plan. A dashed line on the left is the outline of the office walls that used to hold the day up: they are gone. Two people walk away from it to the right, drawn as arrows. One wall runs across the floor and steps back. The person in the top lane hits it after three weeks. The person in the bottom lane walks three years before hitting the same wall. THE OFFICE WALLS, GONE WEEK THREE YEAR THREE THE WALL. THE SAME ONE FOR BOTH. If it never worked, not even in week one. If it worked at first, then stopped.
Two people hitting the same wall, seen from aboveSeen from above, like a floor plan. A dashed line on the left is the outline of the office walls that used to hold the day up: they are gone. Two people walk away from it to the right, drawn as arrows. One wall runs across the floor and steps back. The person in the top lane hits it after three weeks. The person in the bottom lane walks three years before hitting the same wall. OFFICE WALLS: GONE WEEK THREE YEAR THREE THE SAME WALL

Seen from above. Same start, same wall. How far you get is the only difference.

It never worked

Week 1

Laptop open. Nothing happens.

Week 2

A task system. Used for three days.

Week 3

The coffee shop, the library, the coworking space. None of them right.

Take the job away and the day has nothing to stand on. This is what late-diagnosed ADHD and AuDHD freelancers describe.

It worked, then stopped

Year 1

You loved it. The best decision you'd made.

Year 2

One morning, staring at the laptop, unable to start. You decided the problem was discipline.

Year 3

Now it’s every morning.

The workload is the same as year one. The reserve ran out. Research on the general workforce puts it at six to eighteen months. You lasted longer than most.

The walls were never yours.

It wasn't discipline, and it is not a character flaw. You always needed the walls; a job just supplied them. What ran out was the part of you still holding the office walls up from memory.

We built for the three-week case. It holds for the three-year one too.

The room at twenty past fiveInside a shared workroom at twenty past five, seen from behind, as a wide strip. A long window on the left, the door on the right standing open on the evening light. Four people are going home with their bags; one has a hand raised to say goodnight. The reader, in green, is among them. Everything is solid: it is all there.
The room at twenty past fiveInside a shared workroom at twenty past five, seen from behind. The door stands open on the evening light and people are going home, bags in hand; one has a hand raised to say goodnight. The reader, in green, is among them. Everything is solid: it is all there.
  • A start time
  • Someone who notices
  • A door that shuts at twenty past five

First, a day with a start and an end. The timer, the blocker, the better app: those come after, if you still want them.

A black-and-white courtyard in Salt River with benches and trees. A green sandwich board reads “Session 04, 09:00 to 13:00, 12 seats, Salt River Room” with an arrow, beside three drawn figures in green, orange and striped blue.

Two ways to book

A booking is a seat in the room for one morning, nine to one, twelve people at most. Come once, or block out a fortnight. Either way there is no membership to join, and your first morning is always a single session, whichever way you plan to use the room later. Booking is online and opens with the doors on 10 November. Not sure which? Come once.

Drop in when you’re stuck

Single S·U·S

R300 / 1 morning

One facilitated morning (09:00 to 13:00), start to close. No membership, no commitment.

What is included
  • 4-hour structured focus container (09:00 to 13:00) at The Spice Yard.
  • Dedicated desk, power outlets, fast Wi-Fi, tea and coffee.
  • Active in-room facilitator who notices drift and helps you get unstuck.
Choose this if
  • You want to find out whether a room with someone in it changes anything, before you commit to more.
  • You have one day’s work in front of you and can’t get it started.
  • Cafés, libraries, and coworking all worked for a week and then wore off.
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For the project that’s been half-done for six months

The Fortnight S·U·S

R2 000 / 2-week workcase

Two weeks booked upfront to finish one specific deliverable. A start date, an end date, and a container with edges.

What is included
  • 10 morning sessions over 2 consecutive weeks (Monday–Friday, 09:00–13:00).
  • Dedicated container focused entirely on one defined project or deliverable.
  • Daily facilitator check-in, pacing, and barrier unblocking.
  • A solid external finish date held for you.
Choose this if
  • One project keeps shifting because you set the deadline yourself, and you need an external structure to hold the end date.
  • You know exactly what needs finishing. You can’t hold it in place long enough to finish it.
  • You need someone other than you to hold the end date.
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Booking opens with the doors. Keep me posted

What we can promise is less variance, not a guaranteed result.

Most sessions get you a full workday. On a hard day you still leave with clarity about what’s blocking you, and the day still ends on time. You are allowed to produce nothing or leave early.

Who’s behind it.

Two people. The filled role is the one you meet in the room; the outlined one works behind it.

Bryce Hepburn, Founder and in-room facilitator

Bryce Hepburn

Founder

  • the facilitator in the room

Bryce started The Neurodiverse Agency after years of trying to make a home office work, and running out of ways to trick himself into consistency. He built the space he actually needed, then made it big enough for other people too. He is a working freelancer, autistic and ADHD, who has found and done his own client work on Upwork and other platforms. He has lectured and run schools for years, and holds an MBA, an MSc in Psychology and a BA in Film and Media. Everyone asks about the MBA. Nobody asks about the film degree, and it was by far the most fun of the three.

Andrew Wolhuter, Co-founder

Andrew Wolhuter

Co-founder

Andrew spent twenty years building leadership programmes for hotel and airline groups in the Middle East, then came home to Cape Town. He coaches and speaks on how ADHD and anxiety show up in working people.

Frequently asked questions

You have tried the apps. They worked for two weeks. The room is what the apps cannot be.

Is this an in-person or virtual session?

This is strictly an in-person facilitated session held at our studio in The Spice Yard, Salt River, Cape Town. Not online, not a Zoom call.

What if I can't start or get stuck during the session?

That's exactly why the facilitator is in the room. Someone notices when you drift, gently asks what's blocking you, and helps you reset without judgment.

What is included in the room?

A dedicated desk, stable power and fast Wi-Fi, quiet work atmosphere, coffee/tea, and four hours of structured time boundaries.

How does booking work?

Booking is online and opens with our doors on 10 November. You can book a single morning (R300) or a 2-week workcase (R2,000).