Space to Think

Sarah Philp
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In this podcast I create space to think through conversations with guests exploring their knowledge, insights and stories. Each conversation holds the potential for ideas to grow wild.

  1. 5 MAR

    Wild Fragment #3 — Healing in the warmth

    In this episode, I return a very popular conversation with Cara Redpath about wild, wood-fired saunas in the context of wellbeing and recovery as Cara shares that Sauna has become an essential tool to healing in her toolbox. I reflect on wellbeing and healing as a lived practice - a gathering of small, supportive tools over time. It explores warmth not just as temperature, but as safety, ritual and care, especially in the darker months of the year. A question to consider: What are the tools in your own healing toolbox — and which ones do you need more of in this phase or season of life? Listen to the original episode here.

    4 min

  2. 19 FEB

    Wild Fragment #2 - Enough

    Burnout rarely arrives all at once. This Wild Fragment revisits the conversation with Hazel Anderson-Turner and the reminder that there’s only so long you can keep pushing before your body or your mind says, ‘enough’. This episode reflects on burnout as a slow accumulation rather than a sudden collapse, exploring the word enough not as failure or weakness, but as a boundary and a signal. With reference to Thomas Curran’s work on perfectionism, we also name the wider systemic context, particularly in education, where wellbeing is too often framed as an individual responsibility. A question to consider: What might your “enough” be trying to tell you? Listen to the original episode here.

    5 min

  3. 5 FEB

    Wild Fragment #1 - A problem isn’t something to be solved

    What if the real work doesn’t begin with fixing? In this first Wild Fragment, I return to a conversation with Professor Viviane Robinson and the idea that a problem isn’t something to be solved; it’s something to be understood. This short reflection explores the pressure to act quickly in leadership and education and the quieter, braver work of curiosity before action. This episode invites you to slow the rush to fix and consider what becomes possible when we seek understanding first. A question to consider: Where might you still be trying to fix… instead of understand?

    3 min

  4. 04/12/2025

    E33. Feeling Alive: Values, Courage and a 100-Day Uplevel with Hannah Buchan

    In this episode, I speak with Hannah Buchan, The Live More Coach, who is currently 71 days into a 100-day uplevel of her life and business. We explore: Hannah’s core value of “feeling alive” and how it shapes everything from big decisions to the smallest daily tweaks. What sparked the 100-day challenge during a period of illness, and her realisation she had been playing it very safe. The role of ‘cringe’ and life-giving fear, and why the things that make us shrink back are often the very things that move us forward. The surprising truth that she never feels like taking action, and the tools she uses to move through resistance anyway. A wonderfully eclectic list of her uplevels so far: new photos and videos, updating her website, saying yes to a big speaking engagement, starting ceramics, planting garden beds, adopting kittens, cleaning her car, wearing clothes that make her feel good, networking, and defining her Live More Method. How small, incremental upgrades change the texture of everyday life far more than grand, sweeping overhauls. Why rest, sleep and recovery have become foundational to sustaining the challenge, especially at this stage of life. And the question of Day 101: What happens when the challenge ends? Go dark? Extend to a full year? Something in between? Where to Find Hannah: Instagram: @thelivemorecoach Website: https://www.hannahbuchancoaching.com/ Podcast: The Live More Experiment

    35 min

  5. 20/11/2025

    E32. The Sauna Way: Heat, Healing and Human Connection with Cara Redpath

    In this episode, I’m joined by Cara Redpath, nutritional therapist, women’s health specialist and self-confessed sauna enthusiast. Today we’re stepping into the heat with Cara Redpath, a nutritional therapist whose love of sauna has become both a personal practice and a professional calling. Cara shares the evidence behind sauna’s powerful effects on our nervous system and cardiovascular health, and the quiet revolution of wild, wood-fired saunas popping up across Scotland. What began as curiosity has become essential, a grounding practice that restored her nervous system, reshaped her work and connects her with community and the elements. Together we explore: The difference between gym saunas and wild, wood-fired saunas and why it matters. The science of heat shock proteins and how sauna supports cardiovascular, mental and cellular health. The interplay of heat and cold, and why women’s bodies respond differently. The power of community and conversation inside the sauna — a rare space without phones or roles, where everyone is simply human. How sauna culture across Scotland is offering warmth, rest and connection in the darker months. Cara also shares why she sees sauna as part of a preventative wellbeing toolkit — not a luxury, but a non-negotiable for living well. If you’re curious to explore this growing culture yourself, I’ve linked a few of the Scottish saunas Cara mentions from Wild Bathing in Oban to West Coast Wellness and Wild Ember Bothy at Loch Tay, each a small pocket of warmth in the dark months.

    53 min

  6. 06/11/2025

    E31. Ferocious Warmth: The Dance Between Head and Heart with Tracey Ezard

    In this episode, I revisit a conversation with Tracey Ezard, author of Ferocious Warmth. Tracey describes ferocious warmth as the dance between head and heart - the balance of high expectations and high support, courage and care. We talk about what happens when strengths turn to shadows, why psychological safety is the foundation of real learning and how to build cultures that hold both love and accountability. Along the way, we explore: The daily dance between empathy and challenge Why emotional intelligence is so important  How self-awareness keeps us from slipping into fear or over-involvement The role of trust and vulnerability in creating genuine collaboration Why wellbeing isn’t an add-on, but a leadership behaviour It’s a conversation about doing the human work of leadership, about having the right conversations, not just the easy ones. Mentioned: Ferocious Warmth by Tracey Ezard Timothy Clark’s The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety

    42 min

  7. 16/10/2025

    E30. Seasons, Stories & Sustenance with Clare Coghill from Café Cuil

    In this episode of Space to Think, I speak with Clare Coghill, chef and owner of Café Cuil on the Isle of Skye. Clare shares her journey from growing up in a family-run hotel, to building her own café in East London, to returning home to Skye just as the pandemic reshaped everything. She talks about: How Skye and the seasons shape her menus and her creativity The influence of Gaelic language and culture in her work The realities of hospitality - from resilience to community The process of creating her first cookbook, a collection of five years of seasonal dishes This is a conversation about creativity, community, and the courage to keep going. Clare’s cookbook publishes on 4th November. Pre-order here: Cafe Cuil Cookbook Follow Cafe Cuil on instagram for details on the upcoming book tour!

    37 min

  8. 02/10/2025

    E29. Holding Grief and Growth with Karen Jarvis

    In this gentle yet powerful episode, I speak with Karen Jarvis, a certified coach and grief educator, about the personal and professional journey that led her to found Reset and Rise Coaching. Karen’s story marked by early anticipatory grief, the sudden loss of her husband and her choice to leave headship shines a light on what it means to keep living, even when life changes in ways we never asked for. A content note for listeners:This episode includes open and honest discussion of bereavement, including the death of a partner and parents. If you're grieving or feeling vulnerable, please take care of yourself as you listen, or return to the episode when the time feels right. Together, we explore: How grief is more than death - it's any change we didn’t wantThe myths and misunderstandings that surround griefThe idea of "finding meaning" in life after lossWhat it means to witness someone’s grief rather than fix itHow we can better support others through practical compassionWhy storytelling helps us process griefThe small, steady steps that can help us live alongside grief Karen brings honesty, warmth and wisdom to this often-avoided topic. Whether you’re navigating grief yourself or supporting someone who is, this conversation offers language, space and hope. Glimmers of Hope is Karen’s new 4-week email series created to gently support you in your grief, wherever you find yourself on the journey. Across four weeks, you’ll receive emails that invite you to create space for your grief, give voice to what you’re carrying, find anchors to steady you and begin to step forward with grief alongside you. This short series is designed with care, offering practical tools you can use right away, while also leaving space for them to grow and change with you over time. You can move through at your own pace, with a sense of companionship through Karen’s voice notes, reflections and gentle guidance. Learn more here. Karen shares more in her regular Substack publication, Letters For The Heart or connect with her on instagram.

    42 min
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In this podcast I create space to think through conversations with guests exploring their knowledge, insights and stories. Each conversation holds the potential for ideas to grow wild.

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  • Creator
    Sarah Philp
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    36
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Sarah Philp
  • Show Website
    Space to Think