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Dec. 30, 2024

Wearable technology for your Brain with Ariel Garten

This is an encore episode: Throwing back to 2019 when Cass interviewed Ariel Garten, the founder of the Muse Brain Sensing Headband.Meditation is a thousand year old practice but Ariel has found a way to bring that practice ...
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Wearable technology for your Brain with Ariel Garten
Dec. 19, 2024

Wrapping up 2024 + My ADHD Diagnosis

In this final solo episode of 2024, Cass reflects on the importance of recognising personal achievements over the past year, emphasising the need to focus on gains rather than gaps. She shares plans for a new subscriber versi...
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Wrapping up 2024 + My ADHD Diagnosis
Dec. 11, 2024

Healing Trauma using MDMA with Rebecca Huntley

This week, Cass talks with author and social researcher, Rebecca Huntley, who shares her experience of childhood trauma, traditional therapy, and how she ultimately found herself seeking MDMA therapy from an underground heale...
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Healing Trauma using MDMA with Rebecca Huntley
Dec. 5, 2024

How to stop being a people pleaser

In this episode, Cass discusses the challenges of people pleasing, especially during the holiday season. She explores the roots of this behaviour, including childhood experiences, personality traits, and societal expectations...
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How to stop being a people pleaser
Nov. 25, 2024

Surrogacy, Friendship, and the Power of Two with Lisa Messenger & Sarah Megginson

This week, Cass is joined by Lisa Messenger and Sarah Megginson, two colleagues and friends whose lives were changed forever when Sarah offered to be a gestational surrogate for Lisa. In this episode, we discuss Lisa's gruell...
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Surrogacy, Friendship, and the Power of Two with Lisa Messenger & Sarah Megginson
Oct. 30, 2024

Let's Talk about Grief with Imogen Carn

Imogen shares her experience of losing her mum in tragic circumstances, and the profound impact it had on her, and how co-creating the 'Good Mourning' podcast and community with her friend, Sally Douglas quite literally saved...
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Let's Talk about Grief with Imogen Carn
Oct. 24, 2024

How well do you cope with uncertainty?

Cass responds to a listener question about how to live with uncertainty. She discusses the psychological concept of 'Intolerance of Uncertainty', its impact on mental health, particularly anxiety and worry, and explains how w...
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How well do you cope with uncertainty?
Sept. 30, 2024

Your Brain on Dopamine with Dr Anastasia Hronis

This week, Cass and Dr Anastasia Hronis delve into the complexities of dopamine, its role in pleasure and motivation, and how modern conveniences can lead to excessive dopamine activation. Anastasia is the author of 'The Dopa...
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Your Brain on Dopamine with Dr Anastasia Hronis
Sept. 19, 2024

Full commitment but no attachment

Cass explores the concept of being fully committed to goals while remaining unattached to the outcomes. She discusses the balance between giving your all and not letting the results define your self-worth. Through examples an...
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Full commitment but no attachment
Sept. 10, 2024

How to reset your nervous system with Jessica Maguire

Cass talks with Jessica McGuire, a physiotherapist and author of The Nervous System Reset, about the importance of the nervous system in physical and emotional health. Jessica explains the role of the vagus nerve in regulatin...
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How to reset your nervous system with Jessica Maguire
Sept. 2, 2024

Do you have an "Upper Limit Problem"?

In this solo episode, Cass discusses the concept of upper limit problems as described in the book 'The Big Leap' by Gay Hendricks. Upper limit problems refer to self-imposed limitations that prevent individuals from achieving...
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Do you have an "Upper Limit Problem"?