Working For Progress
Working for Progress is a podcast about work, wellbeing, and what it means to live a meaningful life.
Hosted by social entrepreneur Dani Trudeau and rooted in the community of Tribe Porty in Edinburgh, each season explores a theme, The Body, through honest, unhurried conversations with people who are shaping their working lives with intention. These aren't interviews about career advice or productivity hacks. They're deeper conversations about values, identity, creativity, burnout, purpose, and the quiet grit behind the work people do.
If you love podcasts like On Being or The Pause, and you're asking bigger questions about how you want to work and live, this is for you.
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Working For Progress
Matilda Mayne on Stress, Resilience, and Why Rawdogging Might Be Good for You
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In this episode, Dani speaks with Matilda Mayne , mental skills coach and performance psychology consultant based in Edinburgh, working with athletes, businesses, and academic institutions on resilience and coping with pressure.
Matilda's life's work is understanding stress, not as something to eliminate, but as something to develop a better relationship with. And she doesn't just study it. She's lived it: through triathlons, competitions, and yes, MMA fighting.
They talk about what happens when we push ourselves to our limits, why we're drawn to extremes, and the surprising case for rawdogging, enduring difficulty without distraction, as a path to genuine mental strength.
A funny, fascinating, and genuinely energising conversation about stress, sport, and what we're all capable of.
Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.
Dani Trudeau, founder of Tribe Porty, a community coworking space in Edinburgh built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and care are good for people, business, and the world.
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