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Do you ever feel uncomfortable when life is going well? Maybe a bit restless, guilty, or waiting for the other shoe to drop? In this solo episode, psychologist and host Cass Dunn explores the psychology of contentment: why so many of us resist it, or sabotage it the moment it arrives. Cass unpacks the conditioning, early experiences, and nervous system patterns that make peace and 'enoughness' feel unfamiliar and offers a practical pproach to start building your capacity for contentment from the inside out.

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If you've ever wondered whether your sleep tracker is actually accurate, or whether meditation is doing anything measurable in your brain, this episode is for you. Ariel Garten is the co-founder of Muse, the brain-sensing headband, and she's back on the show with a significant update on how the technology has evolved. The Muse Athena contains an entirely new technology called fNIRS that tracks real-time blood flow and oxygen delivery to your prefrontal cortex. We get into why wrist-based device...

Working title was “How to Deal with Arseholes” but I thought Apple might ban me. After being evicted from our rental in the UK, I had to sell our house in Australia from the other side of the world. I did not expect the amount of conflict and tension I would have to manage (uncooperative tenants, RE agents not communicating and a selling agent in London applying pressure to meet an impossible deadline). Let’s just say I was not always my best self. 😐 I reacted emotionally, sent emails I should...

If sex has slowly disappeared from your life - or started to feel like something you dread rather than look forward to - and you're not sure whether to blame your hormones, your relationship, your exhaustion, or just yourself, this episode is going to help. My guest is Dr Maria Sophocles, a board-certified OB/GYN and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner who has spent 30 years working with women on the clinical frontline of this exact problem. She's the author of the brand new book The Bedro...

We got evicted. The subsequent upheaval has revealed a lot to me about how my own nervous system patterns show up, especially when things feel uncertain or out of control. While my situation is personal, this experience is universal so in this ep, I'm sharing why our default stress response is often to push through, people please, overwork, or avoid decisions, even if we destroy ourselves in the process. Many of the behaviours we criticise ourselves for are actually safety strategies that we le...

Tiff Hall has been part of Crappy to Happy since the very beginning, and she's a woman who knows reinvention better than most. She spent a decade building a powerful, values-driven fitness brand, showing up through pregnancies, injuries, illness, body changes and enormous personal pressure. And then she made a decision that surprised many people, selling TXO to 28 by Sam Wood and stepping out of her CEO role. This is an honest conversation about identity, grief, relief, and the courage it takes...

In this solo ep of Crappy to Happy, Cass shares a realistic and compassionate approach to setting goals for 2026. Instead of traditional New Year’s resolutions, we'll explore why doing less, setting a lower bar, and focusing on consistency can improve self trust, confidence, and emotional wellbeing. Drawing on coaching psychology, habit change research, and her lived experience of ADHD, Cass explains how to create meaningful goals, sustainable habits, and a stronger sense of self without burnout or guilt. This episode is ideal for anyone who feels overwhelmed by self improvement culture and wants a calmer, more intentional start to the year.