Sheridan Ruth

Sheridan Ruth
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Sustainable Success Podcast

The podcast for sensitive, high-capacity women who want work, energy, and nervous system to finally be on the same team.


Each episode weaves together neuroscience, somatic psychology, and real-life work stories to help you find clarity, capacity, and relief in your career or business without overriding your body.

Whether you’re in quiet burnout in a “good” job, recovering from a toxic workplace, navigating ADHD or cPTSD while making big decisions about what’s next, or reshaping a business so it no longer runs on adrenaline, this podcast offers grounded insight, nervous-system-informed tools, and honest conversations to help you move in a way your body can actually sustain.

What to Expect

You’ll find a mix of solo episodes (think nervous system notes meets work and life mentorship) and conversations with heart-led leaders, clinicians, and creatives who are rebuilding their work in more humane, sustainable ways.

We cover topics like:

  • How trauma and chronic stress shape your capacity to work, decide, and lead

  • Burnout, ADHD, and why traditional productivity advice often makes things worse

  • Creating nervous-system safety before you quit, pivot, or take on more

  • Redesigning your role, schedule, and boundaries to honour your cycles, needs, and capacity

  • Money, visibility, and receiving when you’re used to over-functioning

  • Feminine leadership, sensitivity, and emotional resilience at work

 

Start Listening Now

Not sure where to begin?

Try one of these listener favorites:

  1. 187: How I Healed Burnout, cPTSD, Built a Thriving Business & Wrote My Book

  2. 194: How My Clients Overcome Uncertain Income Without Burnout Using Nervous System Alignment

  3. 195: Burnout & ADHD: Traditional Advice Fails You & Nervous System Alignment Helps

  4. 200: You Don’t Think You Have Imposter Syndrome.. But Your Burnout and Nervous System Say Otherwise

 

Wherever you are on your journey, you’re not behind. You’re becoming.

 

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Meet Sheridan

I’m Sheridan, a somatic coach, integrative trauma therapist, and nervous system educator. I work with sensitive, often neurodivergent women who are navigating burnout, complex trauma, and big decisions about work, business, and life.

 

My clients are high-capacity humans who’ve hit a wall. They’ve done the mindset work. They’ve read the books. They’ve hired the business coach or changed jobs. But they still feel stuck, tired, or like their body can’t keep up with the life they’re trying to build.

 

My work goes deeper—into the body, the patterns, and the protective parts that learned to keep you safe by overworking, staying small, or staying unseen.

 

This podcast is where I share the tools, stories, and science that support real, sustainable change—because nervous system work isn’t a trend. It’s the foundation for work and a life that no longer costs all your energy.

Episodes

246: Boredom makes me cry, and I choose it anyway (ADHD, Nervous System, Burnout)

We cover: 1. Stability is built in the repetitive middle, and that middle can feel like pain.2. A nervous-system approach to sameness, transitions, and the urge to burn it down.3. How to titrate boredom so your life gets steadier without your body feeling trapped.02:13 Crying on the Road Trip03:18 When Life Feels Repeated04:21 Why Boredom...
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246: Why do I freeze at simple tasks? (functional freeze nervous system, burnout)

If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a simple task and wondering why your body won’t move even though your mind understands exactly what needs to be done, this is for you, because that moment is rarely about motivation and much more often about a nervous system that has quietly reached capacity. This episode explores...
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245: 8 domains of nervous system capacity: how much can your body actually hold?

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, exhausted, or unable to manage tasks that you think you should handle by now, this is for you. This episode delves into nervous system capacity—how much your system can handle before it leads to anxiety or burnout. Sheridan, a somatic trauma therapist and yoga therapist, explains the concept through practical...
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244: Work drains me more than it should — is it my nervous system?

In this episode, we explore why work can feel disproportionately exhausting — even when you enjoy it and are “doing everything right.” You’ll hear about: Why end-of-day exhaustion isn’t always a motivation or discipline problem How constant adaptation to mismatched environments quietly drains nervous system capacity The difference between healthy effort and chronic over-exertion A...
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243: Working WITH hyperfocus: adhd transitions without willpower (burnout & your nervous system)

This is for people who: can focus deeply… sometimes too deeply struggle to stop once they’re “in it” feel physical resistance or distress when switching tasks suspect adhd, autism, or nervous system sensitivity are tired of productivity advice that ignores physiology This episode is an excerpt from a recent teaching session many of my clients...
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242: Interrupted, dismissed, not appreciated: burnout & your nervous system

“I step up for everyone, but the second I need support, it’s ‘Well, that’s not my problem.’ It makes me feel like my effort doesn’t matter.” This episode goes into the burnout dynamics behind this quote. What if you’re not the problem? Full report. Access the full report here: https://sheridanruth.com/what-if-youre-not-the-problem/ Energy Management Pilot This 5-week...
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241: I was overfunctioning in every role: a somatic trauma therapist on burnout & your nervous system

For years I believed burnout meant I was doing something wrong — not resilient enough, not organised enough, not disciplined enough. By 2018 I’d already survived a violent relationship, the suicide of an ex-partner, losing my hair to an autoimmune condition, a cPTSD diagnosis, and working myself into the ground running a nonprofit in Colombia....
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240: “I slept but woke tired”: allostatic load, burnout & your nervous system

Why a good night’s sleep or a holiday may not always reset you properly, introducing the concept of allostatic load—the invisible wear and tear from chronic stress. We explain the body’s traffic light system with green, yellow, red, and blue states to illustrate different levels of nervous system activation and how they affect your ability...
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239: Reclaiming discipline after cPTSD, ADHD (nervous system trauma healing for work)

With late-diagnosed adhd (and a lot of history with structure, authority, and power) my relationship with discipline has completely changed. Instead of forcing myself into strict routines, I’ve been practicing discipline as devotion and rhythm. When you trace the word back, discipline shares roots with disciple—to be devoted. In this podcast episode I’m inviting you...
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238: New “urgent” every day: burnout & your nervous system

Do any of these feel familiar? your calendar keeps changing—no rhythm to your days. the plan changes every week. you’re asked to deliver without a clear definition of success. your income swings from month to month. the algorithms keep changing and your strategy feels outdated by morning. you’re stuck on the content hamster wheel—publishing but...
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