13: Burnout Expert: How to Stop Overworking Without Giving Up Success | Tamu Thomas

Matt and Corisande sit down with social worker turned somatic coach Tamu Thomas, who nearly collapsed on her way to work before everything changed.  From the panic attacks she didn't even recognise as panic attacks, to the moment she stood in a slave dungeon in Ghana and felt her ancestors tell her to get up, they unpack how Tamu rebuilt her entire life around flourishing instead of grinding.  This is her honest account of burnout, ancestral healing and a six-figure book deal she never saw coming, and the simple practice that's replaced work-life balance for good. Matt & Corisande, with Tamu Thomas, discuss:  The early warning signs of burnout Tamu ignored for years, from a three-month headache to losing her sense of joy, until her body finally shut her down Why she believes "achieving is healing", and how taking the action your patterns say you can't teaches your nervous system you're safe The visceral experience she had in a slave dungeon in Ghana, and the message from her ancestors that changed the course of her life Her "ancestral board meeting": calling in her grandparents, Grace Jones and Beyoncé for guidance whenever she's struggling Why there's no such thing as work-life balance, only harmony, and the simple script she uses to communicate that with her daughter and her team The six-figure Hay House book deal for Women Who Work Too Much, and the "impossible" offer that landed days after her trip to Ghana Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:23 Welcome to Tamu Thomas 00:00:48 What Human Flourishing Means 00:01:52 Purpose, Mum Guilt And Achievement Culture 00:06:45 Tamu’s Burnout Story 00:09:33 Growing Up In A Sierra Leonean Household 00:10:02 The Early Warning Signs She Ignored 00:14:07 Why She Stayed 16 Years Before Leaving 00:15:17 Her Daughter And Breaking The Legacy Of Depletion 00:16:50 Role Models: Her Mum And Auntie Aminata 00:19:01 Mum Guilt And The Comparison Trap 00:21:31 What Children Actually Need From Us 00:25:01 Tamu’s Trip To Ghana And Cape Coast Castle 00:29:25 From Trauma To Post-Traumatic Growth 00:32:02 Subconscious Survival Patterns, Even At Seven Figures 00:36:56 Join the Beyond Community 00:37:58 Epigenetics Explained Simply 00:40:27 The Cherry Drops Story: A Lesson In Kindness 00:41:47 Leaving Social Work To Build Her Own Business 00:47:01 Discovering Somatic Coaching And Toxic Productivity 00:49:09 The Ancestral Board Meeting 00:54:55 Harmony Over Balance 01:03:51 The Suez Canal Analogy For Changing Course 01:06:08 Her Book Deal And The Ghana Connection 01:10:31 Where To Find Tamu 01:11:24 What Does ‘Beyond’ Mean To Tamu? About Tamu Thomas Tamu Thomas is a former social worker and family court advisor turned somatic coach, speaker and author. After burning out so severely she thought she was dying on her way to work, she retrained in positive psychology and somatic coaching and built Live Three Sixty, helping individuals and corporate teams build their lives and careers around flourishing rather than grinding. Her first book, Women Who Work Too Much: Break Free from Toxic Productivity and Find Your Joy, is published by Hay House.  Visit Live Three Sixty: https://www.livethreesixty.com/ Follow Tamu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamu.thomas/ Buy Women Who Work Too Much: https://shop.hayhouse.com/products/women-who-work-too-much About Matt & Corisande Cooke Matt is a manifestation coach, researcher, speaker and the author of Beyond Wanting: The Art of True Manifestation. For years, he has explored the intersection of manifestation, consciousness and the quantum world, helping people understand how to work with their thoughts, emotions and intentions to create their future. Corisande is a creative director with a deeply intuitive approach to life and business. Through meditation, she often experiences remarkably vivid glimpses of what’s ahead, seeing ideas, spaces and possibilities in extraordinary detail, sometimes long before they become reality. Together, they bring two different perspectives to Beyond: Matt’s endless curiosity for understanding how the unseen might work, and Corisande’s instinctive ability to feel and see it before it arrives. Sign up to Matt’s Saturday Manifestation Newsletter: https://www.mattcooke.me/newsletters Buy the book Beyond Wanting: The Art of True Manifestation here: https://bio.to/beyondwanting Join the Beyond Community: https://the-beyond.mn.co/landing/ Follow Matt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcookecoach/ Follow Corisande on Instagram: ...