Catherine Ritchie — senior wellbeing and experience leader at a Magic Circle law firm — on growing up neurodivergent in a house full of music, why dancing is a form of stimming, how she uses long wordless mixes to protect focus at work, and what it looks like when an employer designs intentional sound into the office itself.

In this episode, Rob chats to Catherine about how music sits at the centre of how she navigates work, energy, focus, connection and recovery.

We get into:

• Growing up in a house where putting headphones on and sitting quietly together was a normal evening

• Why dancing is a form of stimming, and the kettle-on / headphones-on micro-ritual she uses to discharge energy

• Using jazz to break out of hyperfocus — and why unpredictability matters

• The red-pen sign on t ...