Dr. Tess Morris-Paterson | What Elite Athletes & Astronauts Know About High Performance

What do elite athletes, astronauts and high-performing leaders have in common?

In this episode of The ALWELLCO Podcast, Andy and Lauren sit down with Dr. Tess Morris-Paterson, whose extraordinary career has taken her from elite and professional sport to human spaceflight, NASA, the British Army and entrepreneurship.

Tess shares what she has learned about performing under pressure, recovering from failure and building genuinely high-performing teams. She explores why emotional intelligence can matter more than knowledge, why ego can be a major red flag, and what astronaut selection can teach us about leadership and hiring.

The conversation also challenges some of today's biggest wellness trends — from our obsession with data and wearables to misleading supplement claims — and asks whether we're making health and performance more complicated than they need to be.

From working with world-class athletes to pursuing astronaut selection herself, Tess offers a fascinating perspective on resilience, ambition, recovery, failure and what a successful life really looks like.