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.

Free resource mentioned: Design Your Life First - learn how to build sustainable success without burnout.

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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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In this bold solo episode, Cassidy declares what many are feeling but few are saying out loud: the traditional 9-to-5 is dead, and it's not because of AI or economic shifts—it's because we finally realized we were never meant to live like this.

Drawing from her decade of building multiple six-figure businesses while managing her own health conditions, she delivers a raw wake-up call for capable, high-performing individuals who've spent years being everyone's rock while forgetting to build their own foundation.

Cassidy unpacks "the curse of the capable"—the paradox where competence becomes a prison, where strength becomes the excuse for everyone to pile more on your plate, and where burnout stays invisible because you perform it so well. She explains why you can't vision your future from survival mode, how your nervous system has been hijacked by false urgency, and the critical difference between being capable and having capacity.

This episode serves as both permission slip and tactical framework for collapsing the timeline between where you are and where you want to be. Cassidy shares her controversial take on why the gap isn't real—it's the story you keep telling yourself—and how to start being the person who has what you want today, not five years from now. She challenges the toxic belief that ease and impact can't coexist, proving through her own journey of working three days a week while building sustainable wealth that genius emerges from overflow, not depletion.

As founder of Nourish Without Numbers, host of The Podcass, and leader of the Sustainable Impact Academy, Cassidy offers a revolutionary approach to the future of work: design your life first, then build a career or business that supports it—not the other way around. She addresses the wellness-as-strategy framework that separates sustainable success from entrepreneurial exhaustion, explaining why mastering your nervous system matters more than your marketing plan.

For visionaries who know they're more talented than half the people making millions online but haven't done anything about it yet, this episode is your sign. Cassidy provides the five-step revolution for extracting your genius into scalable systems, reframes the limiting beliefs keeping you stuck, and prepares you for the opinions that will come when you finally stop playing small. This is the anti-burnout manifesto for capable people ready to stop saving everyone else long enough to build something that actually serves them.

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Why does everyone feel like garbage when their labs are "normal"?

In this eye-opening episode, Cassidy sits down with Shannon Sokolow, functional nutritionist and gut health detective at LA's exclusive Monarch Club, to uncover why so many women are bloated, exhausted, and struggling—despite their doctors saying they're fine.

This episode digs into:

• Why 90% of your serotonin is made in your gut (and how this changes everything about mood & mental health)

• The specific gut tests that reveal what standard labs miss
• Why millennial women all seem to have high cholesterol & what it actually means
• The gluten-free truth: When you actually need it vs. when you don't
• Simple fiber strategies that won't destroy your stomach
• How stress and your phone are wrecking your digestion
• The protein-hair loss connection no one talks about
• Why you can't "eat your way out" of bad bacteria

Shannon breaks down exactly what she looks for in gut testing that doctors miss, shares her sneaky fiber hacks (rice cauliflower in everything!), and explains why your bloating might have nothing to do with what you're eating.

Plus: Cassidy and Shannon dish about the LA farmer's market butter lady, why American gluten hits different, and how your gut health literally determines your capacity for impact—whether that's showing up as a present partner, an engaged parent, or building your business.

Perfect for you if: You're tired of feeling "off" with no answers, curious about functional medicine, or ready to understand what root cause health actually means.

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In this episode of Currently Loving, Cassidy returns to the series to share her latest obsessions across entertainment, food, mindset, and lifestyle. She discusses attending street artist Shepard Fairey's talk on "joy as resistance," her nostalgic return to her favorite medical drama, and her new go-to meal of buffalo tofu crunch bowls using a game-changing shredded tofu technique.

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In this illuminating episode of The Podcass, Cassidy sits down with Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a strategic positioning and communications advisor who served as First Lady Michelle Obama's first Press Secretary.

Katie opens up about her transformative journey from viewing wellness as separate "silos" to embracing what she calls "whole woman readiness." She shares how working on Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" initiative fundamentally shifted her understanding of wellness from just hitting the gym to a comprehensive approach that includes managing burnout, family dynamics, and professional deliverables as one integrated picture.

The conversation brings you behind the scenes of Katie's path to the White House, from watching annotated news with her parents as a child to that pivotal moment meeting Michelle Obama at her Chicago home.

Cassidy and Katie dive deep into the entrepreneurial mindset required for modern career success, discussing why the skills needed to be an entrepreneur are actually essential for everyone navigating today's rapidly changing work landscape.

They explore the concept of "winning the week" instead of trying to win every day, offering a refreshing reframe on productivity and success that prioritizes satisfaction and wellness without sacrificing ambition.

This episode is packed with practical wisdom for women building careers, insights on sustainable wellness practices, and an inspiring look at what's possible when you refuse to leave pieces of yourself behind to excel professionally.

Connect with Katie: Find Meld at meldmore.com and claim your seat

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