What if the thing you're most embarrassed about actually taught you something important?

Inside this episode, we talk about:
• why insecurity often looks reasonable in the moment
• how control feeds anxiety instead of calming it
• the difference between access and intimacy
• why growth usually comes after repetition, not perfection
• how to recognize when fear is asking for reassurance

If you've ever reread texts for tone, monitored someone's mood, or told yourself "I just need to know more," this episode will feel painfully familiar and deeply relieving.

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Season 2 Finale
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When the air turns crisp and the light disappears before dinner, something shifts. You crave soup, quiet, and candles—but your brain's shouting, "Keep going!" This week, Cassandra unpacks why our bodies ask for hibernation long before our calendars do, and how to rest intentionally instead of crashing into it.

You'll hear how a "grizzly bear season" taught her that rest isn't passive—it's participation.
Because you can't just slap a "restored" tag on your chest and power through the holidays. You have to actually lie down in your own cave.

If you've ever entered January feeling like a raccoon after a rave, this one's for you.

Listen in to learn:

• Why rest won't stick if you don't participate in it
  
  

• How to notice your body's seasonal shifts before burnout does
  
  

• Why "permission to hibernate" might be your most productive move yet
  
  

🖤 Rooting for your rest, your soup and bread, and your quiet season.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Girl You Good? Membership — group coaching + private community for ambitious women who want sustainable growth and grounded connection.
  → cassandrapickett.com/girlyougood

Turning 40 brought a kind of healing I didn't expect. My closest friends threw me a birthday party that felt more like a soul reset than a celebration. In the middle of the laughter, tears, and gifts, I had this vivid moment of feeling little — not small, but safe.

I saw my cousin's teary eyes, tissue paper everywhere, and realized… this is what it feels like to be loved without performance. To be messy and still adored. To receive like a little girl again — openly, fully, and without apology.

In this episode, I'm unpacking how powerful it can be when grown women let themselves receive like little girls — when we stop deflecting love, stop minimizing our needs, and allow ourselves to be cared for.

Because women spend so much of life giving, but real connection starts when we learn to let love in.