What is The Fear Code™?

A biology-based decision-clarity framework created by Ann Steffen Sommer, PA-C. It teaches you to tell Kind Fear 1, the instant signal that protects you, from Unkind Fear 2, the learned, looping fear that distorts your decisions.

How is this different from leadership coaching?

Coaching hands you a strategy. You were given a strategy for your problem when you needed a diagnosis, a plan, and a cure. Ann finds the pattern, names it, and removes it. Then strategy finally works.

Who is Ann’s work for?

High performers, entertainers, and high-profile decision makers whose choices move money, companies, and families. People who look successful but feel stuck, overthinking, or stalled on a decision they can’t take back. Also couples and business partners.

I’m an advisor. How do I bring Ann in for a client?

Use the application and choose “A client I advise.” With your client’s permission, Ann keeps you in the loop. She works alongside you, never around you.

Do I need to start with private advisory?

No. Start with the book, or take the Fear Signature™ quiz when it launches. Private Advisory is for when the stakes are high and the timing matters.

Your Welcome Book

Welcome In.

You made the decision. Now we begin.

Prepared for your start in The Fear Code™

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A Note From Ann

You Made the Decision.

Read that again. You made a decision. Maybe the kind that’s been sitting on your chest for months.

If you’ve ever second-guessed yourself… replayed the same conversation at 2 a.m.… or asked, “Why do I keep running the same loop?” You are exactly where you need to be.

Here’s what 30 years in surgery and medicine taught me. That loop isn’t a flaw in you. It’s a fear. And there are TWO kinds.

Kind Fear protects you. Unkind Fear prevents you.

We don’t patch this with motivation. We don’t paint over it with strategies that fade by Friday. We find the fear at the root. And we remove it.

When that happens, the inner critic goes quiet. Your decisions feel clean. People say, “I trust that.” That’s not magic. That’s self-trust, restored.

Get ready. Your clarity is about to become impossible to ignore.

Ann Steffen SommerAnn Steffen Sommer, PA-C · Founder, The Fear Code™

Meet Your Guide

Ann Steffen Sommer, PA-C

For nearly 30 years, Ann has worked in surgery and medicine. She still practices as a PA-C. More than 150,000 patients. Thousands of moments where fear walked into the room first.

She saw what the textbooks missed. Fear is not one thing. It’s two. Kind Fear is the body’s honest signal. Unkind Fear is learned. It loops. It hides behind names we’ve been taught to accept: stress, burnout, doubt, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, overthinking, survival mode.

From that discovery she built The Fear Code™ and The Law of Fear²™. The goal is simple: remove the fear at the root, and give you back your speed, your conviction and your self-trust.

“I didn’t read it in a book. I wrote the book.”

30 YearsSurgery & medicine
150,000+Patients cared for
Best-SellingCo-author with Jack Canfield
ABC · NBCCBS · FOX
Who’s WhoMarquis Women of Influence
Global StagesDubai to Las Vegas

Your Path In

Five Steps. Then We Begin.

Take them in order. Each one takes less than five minutes. Step one is already done.

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Step 1 · Complete

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Commitment is the first decision. You already made it.

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Your agreement is your promise to yourself: show up, play full out, do the work. Results follow effort.

Step 2 · Your Client Portal

Sign In to Your Private Portal.

Everything lives here. Your training, your workbook, your community and every replay. One login. Use the email you paid with.

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Look for the email “Your login details.” Or set one now.

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On your phone

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Take your training anywhere. Sign in with the same email.

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Can’t find your login email? Check Spam and Promotions. Still stuck? Email [email protected]

Step 3 · The Online Training Series

Start the Training Series.

These sessions feel like having Ann right beside you. Guiding. Challenging. Igniting clarity with every step. Every page of your workbook comes alive here.

Lesson by lessonShort, clear, built to be done.
At your paceStart now. Pause anytime.
Watch againEvery lesson stays in your portal.

Start Lesson One →

Non-negotiable: these trainings are where the shift begins. Put the first one on your calendar today.

Step 4 · Private Community

Join the Private Community.

A private room for people who play full out. Share wins. Ask questions. Get feedback. Stay current on every update. It’s where accountability meets support.

ConnectWith members on the same path.
ShareInsights, wins and breakthroughs.
Stay currentLive dates and updates first.

Join the Community →

Step 5 · Your Workbook

Print Your Workbook.

Download it, then take it to a print shop like Office Depot or Staples for a clean, spiral-bound copy. It’s worth the trip.

Easier to useFlip through it. Write all over it.
Built to lastOrganized, durable, travel-ready.
Always with youBring it to every session.

Download the Workbook →

Mark it up. Make it yours.

Ann Steffen Sommer, PA-C, in her white coat

Thank You

I Can’t Wait to Work With You.

“Don’t let your five senses’ perception be your deception.”Ann Steffen Sommer

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Questions? Email [email protected]

Ann Steffen Sommer’s coaching, speaking and programs are education for high performers. They are not medical care, therapy or mental-health treatment, and they do not diagnose or treat any condition.