Sheridan Ruth

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.

 

Ready to tune in?

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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

How do you know if you’re burnt out — or if it’s ADHD, sensitivity, or trauma?The signs can overlap. The fixes? Completely different.When you follow advice that wasn’t made for your wiring, it can make burnout worse — not better.After years working with ADHD, HSPs, and women in trauma recovery, I’ve learned there’s a nervous...
For some of us, surface-level strategies land like empty calories. They might be useful in theory, but if they don’t meet the depth of our lived experience, our body knows instantly: “This isn’t it.” That depth isn’t a flaw or a barrier. It’s your natural intelligence. It’s the well you draw from when you’re at...
We’ll unpack: • Why your nervous system might be blocking the clarity you’ve worked so hard for • The deeper question your career fog is really asking — that no mentor or quiz can answer • The beliefs silently keeping you in roles and rhythms that don’t fit (even when you “should” be grateful) You’ll...
What if burnout is more about your Mum & Dad, than your workload or type?  In this episode, we explore: The overlooked link between your early experiences of responsibility and your current work patterns — especially burnout, over-functioning, and decision paralysis. How common parenting styles shape your nervous system’s relationship to responsibility and leadership. Why...
Are you constantly debating whether you’re being lazy—or genuinely need rest? This one question can reveal exactly what your nervous system is telling you. If you’re a high-achieving, emotionally aware professional walking the tightrope between discipline and burnout, this episode offers the nervous system-based clarity you’ve been craving. Sheridan Ruth, somatic therapist and burnout coach,...
The paradox is that present mothers with thriving businesses aren’t posting on social media about it… which makes you doubt if it’s even possible. I’m speaking with Sarah Greener, a business coach and founder of the Moxie Roadmap, about how to structure your life and business in a way that honors your nervous system and...
Worry. Procrastination. Perfectionism. Over-delivering. Signs your nervous system is seeking safety in the familiar: scarcity, hustle, and proving your worth. If you’ve ever felt success trigger self-sabotage or burnout… this episode is for you. Inside, I share the 5 questions (from page 132 of Somatic Intelligence for Success) that will help you expand your capacity...
You’re doing the workouts, tracking the meals, and still wondering—why does this feel so hard? Why does my body resist change, even when I’m doing “everything right”? In this conversation with women’s fitness coach Megan Hardy, we unpack the emotional cost of pushing your body from a place of self-criticism. Whether you’re postpartum, post-burnout, or...
Are you secretly exhausted from doing it all—but still struggle to let go of control? Whether you’re a founder, team lead, or solo operator, delegation can stir up more than just workflow stress. If you’ve experienced betrayal (whether in business, friendship, or childhood) your nervous system may have learned to associate asking for help with...
In 2018, I found myself frozen—standing under a running shower, dreading another day of trying to show up online while feeling completely invisible. I’d just mentally quit my business after another spiral of comparison and self-doubt. Every time I opened a blank Google Doc, my voice disappeared. On sales calls, my chest would tighten, and...