Right There With You

About Right There With You

Right There With You is a podcast for those of us navigating the intersections of work, life, and pressure in real time. Cass Cooper, The Chaos Whisperer™, breaks down what’s actually happening beneath burnout, misalignment, and leadership fatigue. Giving name, language, and permission to move differently. Each episode focuses on real tensions through expert conversations and real-world insight. We don’t just tell stories—we diagnose what’s not working and reframe how to lead through it. Here we know that: Soft skills are not soft. They are infrastructure. Burnout is a design flaw, not a character one. Clarity is how we stop surviving chaos and start leading through it. Join the Community: ✨ Patreon: patreon.com/RightThereWithYou (https://www.patreon.com/righttherewithyou) ✨ And Follow Cass: www.TikTok.com/just_cass2.0 (http://www.TikTok.com/just_cass2.0)

Publisher

Cass Cooper | The Chaos Whisperer

Category

business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Sept 2025

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   You Already Know: Trust Your Intuition & Inner Wisdom

   What if the answer you’ve been searching for is something you already know? We spend so much of our lives looking outside ourselves for answers. We follow the rules, check the boxes, make the choices that look good on paper, and sometimes ignore the quiet voice inside telling us something different. In this episode of Right There With You, Cass Cooper sits down with Lisa Caruso, founder and Chief Joy Officer of Joy Well, to explore the different ways we know what we know, and what happens when we begin to trust ourselves. With more than 25 years of experience in PR, marketing, and brand communications, alongside her work in wellness and intuitive healing arts, Lisa brings a unique perspective to the intersection of intuition, personal evolution, and professional growth. Together, Cass and Lisa unpack what intuition actually means, how it can show up in our lives, and why so many women have been conditioned to second-guess their own judgment. They explore the different intuitive senses, including clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, and claircognizance, and discuss how intuition can be experienced through our bodies, our emotions, and our sense of knowing. But this conversation goes beyond the spiritual. It is about recognizing the difference between intuition and fear, questioning the expectations we have inherited, and learning to make decisions that align with who we are becoming. From career pivots and entrepreneurship to relationships, generational change, and the courage to follow an unconventional path, Lisa shares how trusting her intuition has shaped her life and work. Because trusting yourself isn't about abandoning logic. It's about making room for the wisdom that logic alone may not capture. In This Episode What intuition is and the different ways it can show up. Why women are often conditioned to look outside themselves for answers. The difference between intuition, fear, anxiety, and obligation. How our bodies can communicate information we haven't consciously processed. The eight intuitive senses and how they may show up in everyday life. Why trusting your intuition doesn't mean abandoning logic or planning. How to navigate career pivots and life changes when the path forward isn't clear. What it means to be the pivot point in your family and change generational narratives. How to begin building trust in your own inner wisdom. A Practice to Take With You This week, pay attention to the moments when you already know something but find yourself second-guessing it. Notice what happens in your body. Notice the difference between a quiet sense of knowing and the noise of fear, expectation, or obligation. You don't have to have the entire plan figured out. Sometimes, the work is simply trusting yourself enough to take the next step. Connect With Lisa Caruso Lisa is the founder and Chief Joy Officer of Joy Well. She works with individuals, wellness brands, and organizations at the intersection of well-being, intuitive healing, and personal transformation. Explore Lisa's work at joywell.com (https://joywell.com/). Connect With Cass Cooper Cass Cooper is The Chaos Whisperer™ and founder of Know Better Do Better Consulting. Through coaching and speaking, Cass helps people move from knowledge to action, make sense of the mess, and move forward with clarity. Explore coaching and speaking opportunities at knowbetterdobetter.co (https://knowbetterdobetter.co/). Follow Cass: Instagram & TikTok: @just_cass2.0 LinkedIn: Cass R. Cooper Right There With You Hosted by Cass Cooper, The Chaos Whisperer™ Making Sense of Work, Life, and Pressure in Real Time. Thanks for listening. And remember, I am right there with you.

2. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Stop Bringing Folding Chairs. Build Your Own Table.

   What if the room you've spent years trying to get into was never the point? The cancellation of the 2026 Grace Hopper Celebration raises bigger questions about access, belonging, and what happens when the institutions we've relied on stop investing in us. But this conversation goes beyond one conference. It's about what happens when we spend so much time proving we belong that we forget to ask whether we actually want to be there. In this episode of Right There With You, Cass Cooper, The Chaos Whisperer, explores the difference between earning a seat at the table and deciding whether that table deserves your energy. Drawing on her own career experiences, Black feminist thought, and insights from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, Cass challenges us to rethink success, examine our obligations, and consider what it means to build our own communities, opportunities, and support systems. Because sometimes the next step isn't bringing another folding chair. It's building a different table. In this episode, we explore: What the cancellation of the Grace Hopper Celebration reveals about the fragility of spaces that depend on institutional funding and support. The difference between being able to survive in a room and actually feeling aligned with what it offers. How intersectionality, Patricia Hill Collins's concept of the outsider-within, and bell hooks's writing on the margins help us understand power, exclusion, and agency. Three resources worth building beyond any single institution: community, diversified opportunities, and a support structure for making decisions. Your reflection for this episode Think about one room you're working hard to enter, remain in, or gain recognition from. It might be your workplace, your industry, a professional community, or an expectation you've carried for years. Ask yourself: What am I hoping this room will give me? Is this room actually capable of giving me what I want? What could I build, pursue, or change if I stopped making this room the center of my plans? You don't have to make a major decision today. Start by getting honest about what you want and what it will take to move toward it. Ready to make your next move? If you're motivated, capable, and ready for something different but aren't sure what comes next, Know Better Do Better is designed to help you move from knowledge to action. Book a fit call to explore private coaching: https://casscooper.as.me/clientfit (https://casscooper.as.me/clientfit) Start with the Chaos Diagnostic: https://chaos.knowbetterdobetter.co (https://chaos.knowbetterdobetter.co/) Learn more: https://imcasscooper.com (https://imcasscooper.com/) Keep the conversation going Follow Cass Cooper on Instagram and TikTok: @just_cass2.0 Connect with Cass on LinkedIn: Cass R. Cooper Subscribe to Right There With You for more conversations about making sense of work, life, and pressure in real time. You belong in the room. You're also allowed to decide you want to build somewhere else. And no matter what you choose, I'll be right there with you.

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   We Don’t Need More Content. We Need More Connection.

   We have never been more connected to our devices, yet so many of us are struggling to feel connected to each other. We scroll, post, comment, network, and build personal brands, all in the name of community. But visibility is not belonging, engagement is not intimacy, and an audience is not the same thing as a community. Community has become another thing to build, brand, measure, and monetize. But genuine community is not a marketing strategy. It is a human practice rooted in care, reciprocity, vulnerability, and the willingness to show up for one another beyond the curated version of our lives. In this episode of Right There With You, I sit down with Mai Nguyen, founder of Held Here, to unpack what we lose when we confuse content with connection. We explore community as both memory and movement, the wisdom of Indigenous community traditions, and the ways online spaces can inspire belonging without replacing the relationships that sustain us in real life. Because the goal isn't to be seen by more people. It's to build spaces where people can be known, understood, and held. In this episode, we explore: Community building beyond content and engagement: Why follower counts, comments, and polished personal brands cannot measure the depth of human connection, and how emotional resonance offers a more meaningful way to understand community. Belonging, vulnerability, and emotional safety: How genuine community grows through curiosity, reciprocity, consistency, and the willingness to show up for people in ordinary moments, not just when it is convenient. Online connection, Indigenous wisdom, and the future of community: What traditional community practices can teach us about belonging, why technology should be a gateway rather than a substitute for human connection, and how to create spaces that put people before performance. Meet Mai Nguyen Mai Nguyen is a community strategist, consultant, experiential designer, and founder of Held Here, a human-centered community strategy consultancy rooted in the belief that community is both memory and movement. Drawing on her background in data analysis, Mai works at the intersection of online and in-person connection, emotional clarity, storytelling, and cultural sensitivity. Her work challenges organizations, founders, and brands to move beyond transactional engagement and create experiences that foster genuine human connection. After nearly a decade in corporate, Mai is building a business grounded in a purpose bigger than any job, role, or title. The takeaway Community is not something we manufacture through content. It is something we practice through care. We need spaces where we can stop performing, share our lived experiences, challenge one another with honesty, and feel less alone in our humanity. Technology can help us find our people, but meaningful connection requires us to do something with that discovery. We don't need more content. We need more connection. Hosted by Cass Cooper, The Chaos Whisperer™ Making Sense of Work, Life, and Pressure in Real Time. Connect with Cass Website: iamcasscooper.com (https://iamcasscooper.com/) Instagram: @just_cass2.0 TikTok: @just_cass2.0 LinkedIn: Cass R. Cooper Work with Cass For leadership strategy, organizational clarity, and consulting support: knowbetterdobetter.co (https://knowbetterdobetter.co/) Right There With You Stop reacting. Start interpreting.

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