We Don’t Have to Live Like This: Conversations with Sarah Thorpe Scott
A podcast for those who want to work, lead, and live better.
Each episode, I sit down with a global expert in their field, and we do what I love most: we pull things apart, question the default, and look for genuinely better ways forward. From rethinking how we lead, to navigating adult parent-child relationships, to questioning the productivity culture we've all quietly accepted, this is the show I wish had existed when I was figuring a lot of this out.
Episode 1: Why you can’t override your biology, with Matthew cooke
Matthew Cooke is a nervous system expert who coaches senior leaders to find sustainable success by working with their physiology.
In this episode, we explore why so many high-performers live in a state of "Functional Freeze," going through the motions of leadership while totally disconnected from their physical selves, and how the science of the "Window of Tolerance" can bring your nervous system back to a responsive state.
Matthew argues that the future of work depends on "nervous system literacy," teaching us how to balance "directed attention" with necessary states of rest and creativity.