Burnout, Manifesting & Reinvention w/ Emmy Winner Cassidy Gard

Burnout, manifesting & reinvention — Cassidy Gard shares her raw journey from Good Morning America to author & mother. 🔗 Pre-order Cosmic Goodness (May 12, 2026): https://amzn.to/4sTTAD3 🌐 Cassidy's website: https://www.cosmicgoodness.com 🌿 Work with Leslie: https://www.theloomlife.com | https://www.leslieellenmathews.com What happens when the version of success you worked your whole life for starts to feel like a cage? In this episode, Leslie sits down with Cassidy Gard — three-time Emmy Award–winning television producer, former Good Morning America on-air reporter, and debut author of Cosmic Goodness: Surrendering the Shadows to Live in the Light (Post Hill Press / Simon & Schuster, May 12, 2026). Cassidy's story is one of radical reinvention: moving from New York City to the mountains of Montana during the pandemic, reckoning with burnout and grief, navigating motherhood and postpartum rage, choosing a relationship outside of marriage, and — woven through all of it — trusting the force she calls "cosmic goodness" to guide her forward. This conversation goes deep on healing, identity, the invisible cost of hypervigilance, what it means to break generational cycles, and why authenticity is less about having it figured out and more about telling your truth even when it's uncomfortable. ✨ In This Episode: How Cassidy manifested her way from a small Florida town to the Good Morning America newsroom at 17 What "Saturn Return" burnout actually feels like from the inside — and what broke open first Growing up with an alcoholic parent and the grief of losing someone you were never close to What "cosmic goodness" means and how to recognize it in your own life Honest reflections on postpartum rage, motherhood, and the power dynamic of household labor Why she built her own sanctuary in Montana — and how it changed everything Her take on marriage, identity, and building a committed life on your own terms The non-traditional education path that nobody talks about enough 📚 About Cassidy's Book: Cosmic Goodness: Surrendering the Shadows to Live in the Light — out May 12, 2026 via Post Hill Press / Simon & Schuster. Featuring a foreword by Mariel Hemingway and advance praise from Mel Robbins and Marianne Williamson. Revealed exclusively in PEOPLE Magazine. Available now for pre-order: https://amzn.to/4sTTAD3 🔗 Connect with Cassidy Gard: Website: https://www.cosmicgoodness.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassidygard 🌿 Work with Leslie: The Loom Life: https://www.theloomlife.com Leslie Ellen Mathews: https://www.leslieellenmathews.com Loom Life Therapy: https://www.loomlifetherapy.com Mindful Untangling Community: https://www.theloomlife.com/mindful-untangling THROUGH 8-Week Coaching Program: https://www.theloomlife.com/through Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.loom.life [email protected] ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome & Guest Introduction 02:00 Growing up in Florida, moving to NYC at 17 04:00 Astrology, human design & manifesting signs 07:00 Blake Lively stand-in on the Gossip Girl set 09:00 Building a career: red carpets, press junkets & domino-effect networking 11:00 Saturn Return, burnout & her father's terminal cancer 14:00 Lady Gaga press line & the energy cost of being hypervigilant 17:00 The pandemic reckoning & the decision to leave NYC 22:00 Moving to Montana & building Cosmic Goodness Ranch 28:00 Sobriety, growing up with an alcoholic parent & the patterns we carry 34:00 What manifesting really means + the power of journaling 39:00 Writing the book: seven parts, one honest story 44:00 Hyphenating last names, choosing partnership without marriage 49:00 Her partner's story & how they met 52:00 Montana as a sanctuary — and why every woman needs a world of her own 54:00 What "cosmic goodness" actually means 56:00 Inside the book: prologue, grief, burnout, love & motherhood 01:00:00 Grieving an estranged parent + breaking generational cycles 01:03:00 Pre-order Cosmic Goodness (May 12, 2026) 01:04:00 What authenticity means to Cassidy right now 01:05:00 What she's manifesting next: books 2 and 3 01:07:00 Non-traditional education + building your own path 🔔 Never miss an episode — subscribe and hit the bell! Keywords: burnout recovery for women, manifesting your life, healing from childhood trauma, reinvention after burnout, personal growth podcast, women's empowerment, Cassidy Gard, Cosmic Goodness book, Good Morning America, motherhood and identity #PullingThreadsPodcast #WomensEmpowerment #ManifestingLife #PersonalGrowthPodcast #MentalHealthPodcast