Cassidy gets candid about how food has become one of the most powerful forces in her life — from cooking for NBA players to sharing lunch with friends, to sending chicken noodle soup care packages on a Friday night. But it wasn't always this way.

She's been the tracker, the skipper, and the "too busy to eat" woman, and she knows what each of those versions cost her.

In this episode, Cassidy breaks down what happens to your body when you skip meals — the cortisol spikes, the nervous system dysregulation, the blood sugar crashes — and why consistent eating is the single most foundational thing you can do for your hormones, your mood, and your energy. If you have PCOS, hormonal imbalances, or you're running on coffee until 2pm, this one's for you.

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Cassidy recorded this solo on the first morning of the Lunar New Year — the Year of the Horse — after a solar eclipse in Aquarius, during what astrologers are calling the biggest week of astrology in decades. And the only thing she keeps coming back to? It's time.

This week's cosmic headlines are massive. A solar eclipse just reset the sky in Aquarius, the sign that governs identity, community, and the future we're building. Saturn (the planet of structure and discipline) just met Neptune (the planet of dreams and vision) at zero degrees Aries — the very first degree of the entire zodiac — for the first time in over 6,000 years. Cassidy breaks down what happened the last few times Saturn and Neptune met: the Berlin Wall fell, the polio vaccine was created, the Russian Revolution began. Every time these two planets align, structures that seemed permanent dissolve and dreams that seemed impossible suddenly have legs.

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Cassidy shares a candid 4-month check-in on her natural health protocol — and the lab results speak for themselves. After saying no to the GLP-1 her endocrinologist pushed, her insulin dropped 30%, her thyroid antibodies went from nearly 20 to under 1, and her progesterone went from basically nonexistent to a healthy level. But when something still wasn't adding up, a GI Map stool test revealed what no doctor had caught in years: infections silently blocking nutrient absorption and triggering the autoimmune response behind it all.

Cassidy breaks down her full supplement protocol, what her labs looked like before and after, and why she believes the gut was the bottleneck underneath everything. If you've ever been told "you're fine" when you knew you weren't, this one's for you.

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You're spending $100/month on a greens powder but you haven't eaten three meals a day in weeks. You've got the meditation app but you haven't sat in silence in years. Sound familiar?

In this episode, Cassidy is flipping the wellness industry on its head. She is breaking down what she would actually focus on if she were starting completely over with her health — with no budget — just 30 days and five foundations that will change the way you feel in your body.

In this episode, we cover:

• A popular supplement brand's clinical trial and what the wellness industry doesn't want you to know
• Why sleep comes before food, movement, and supplements — and how to actually protect it
• Eating consistently as a nervous system regulation strategy
• The difference between stress awareness and "manage your stress"
• Why unstructured space with yourself is foundational to your health
• Rewriting your relationship with movement and letting go of diet culture exercise rules
• Why scheduling joy isn't frivolous — it's one of the most powerful things you can do for your body
• Stabilizing vs. optimizing: why most people are trying to upgrade a foundation that doesn't exist yet

This episode is for you if you're overwhelmed by everything being marketed to you, if you're tired of being told to "manage your stress," or if you just need someone to remind you that the basics — done with care and consistency — are the whole damn thing.

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In this raw and powerful episode, Cassidy shares a deeply personal essay from her journal, exploring the promises made to American girls—and the devastating cost of keeping them.

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What if your work was just a natural byproduct of the life you've already chosen to live? In this episode, Cassidy explores what it really means to want a big life—and the internal work required to actually receive one.

Inspired by a pivotal scene from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, she dives into why so many women struggle to answer the question "what do you actually want?" and shares the five questions she's journaling on right now to design her 2026 with intention. From nervous system regulation to unlearning hustle culture, Cassidy gets honest about the years of inner work it took before she could hold the abundance she was asking for.

If you're tired of setting goals that leave you burned out by February, this episode is your permission slip to slow down, get clear, and design a life that feels as good as it looks.

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In this eye-opening episode, Cassidy challenges everything you thought you knew about ambition and success. Why do high achievers burn out faster than everyone else? And what if working less was actually the most ambitious decision you could make?

Cassidy shares her personal journey from corporate burnout to building a thriving coaching and education business that operates just three days a week. She reveals why leaving your toxic job doesn't automatically equal freedom—and why so many ambitious women find themselves burned out again in their own businesses.

Perfect for:

• High achievers struggling with chronic burnout
• Corporate professionals considering entrepreneurship
• Health coaches, therapists, and consultants trapped in one-on-one delivery
• Women who left their jobs for freedom but feel like they created another prison
• Anyone who believes success requires constant sacrifice

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why ambitious people have a different stress response that leads to faster burnout
• The crucial difference between permission to leave and a plan for what comes next
• How to design your ideal lifestyle FIRST, then build your business around it
• Why rest isn't a reward but strategic infrastructure for sustained success
• How to scale your expertise without trading time for money
• The athlete mentality that successful entrepreneurs use to protect their capacity

Cassidy draws from 10+ years as a learning designer scaling tech startups to show you how to systemize your knowledge, leverage your time, and build a business model that supports both ambition AND ease—because they're not opposites, they're requirements for each other.

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Cassidy sits down with James Beshara, co-founder of Magic Mind, fresh off one of his Philosophy Friday sessions at The Lighthouse. At 26, James was drinking six cups of coffee a day, needing two-hour naps after nine hours of sleep, and ended up in the ER having his heart shocked back into rhythm — and his first thought was getting back to the office. Sound familiar?

This conversation digs into what happens when the hustle that's supposed to get you to the top starts breaking you down instead. James shares how he went from waking up every morning feeling like he was living in a nightmare to building a $50M company while working less, making music, raising three kids on a farm in Malibu, and actually loving his life.

Cassidy and James explore why chasing peace with urgency will never get you there, what it actually takes to find your version of sustainable success, and the difference between rowing harder and learning to use the sail.

If you've ever felt like you're sprinting toward something that keeps slipping further away, this one's for you.

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In this deeply personal year-in-review episode, Cassidy reflects on 2025 month by month—not as a highlight reel, but as a nervous system case study.

From evacuation and lock down during the LA fires in January to landing big contracts by November, she shares what it actually took to expand her capacity during one of the hardest and most abundant years of her life. Cassidy gets honest about navigating a professional identity crisis, watching diet culture return disguised as GLP-1 wellness, managing an autoimmune flare triggered by family trauma, and ultimately rebuilding her business around all of who she is—not just pieces. This episode is for anyone in a season where nothing quite makes sense yet. Clarity comes. Taking care of yourself in the meantime is the work.

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Most people were never taught how to build a life—or a business—with burnout prevention built into it. In this episode, Cassidy shares the complete framework she used to fully heal from burnout, not just manage it.

After years of working 60-hour weeks, crying every day, and eventually quitting her six-figure corporate job with no backup plan, Cassidy developed a 4-shift system that addresses burnout at the root. She breaks down why most burnout advice (set boundaries, take a bath, practice self-care) doesn't work long-term, and what actually does.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The 4 shifts that actually heal burnout
• Why most people skip the first (and why that keeps them stuck in the burnout cycle)
• The difference between emotional habits and actual habits—and how to untangle them
• How to use neuroplasticity to rewire your brain so change doesn't feel hard forever
• The early warning signs of burnout (and how to catch yourself before you're completely depleted)
• How to build a life that doesn't require constant recovery from
• Why the holidays are about to test every single one of these shifts

Whether you're an entrepreneur trapped in the business you built, a creator burning out from trying to be everywhere at once, or a high achiever who thought leaving corporate would solve everything, this episode will show you how to heal burnout for good.

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