Hope is Resistance

Cassie Connor & Pascale Goodrich
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What if we could resist the oppressive structures that surround us by refusing to submit to despair and hopelessness and instead, move towards hope? The Hope is Resistance podcast is a conversation between friends sharing poetry and stories to light the path of personal and collective healing. Cassie Connor is a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, artist, and founder of Nest Holistic. Pascale Goodrich is a musician (Vallée des loups), teacher, activist and athlete. In each episode, they plant seeds of hope for a liberated and loving world. They explore a variety of topics, while always returning to one idea: that hope, in its many forms, is an act of resistance. The producer and musician behind our opening music is Max Goodrich. nestholistic.substack.com

  1. 11 MAY

    BELONGING

    In this episode, Cassie and Pascale explore belonging, not as something we must earn, but as a deep recognition of connection. Through honest conversation and grounded reflection, they look at how belonging takes shape in the spaces where we feel seen, accepted, and able to exist fully as ourselves, and how cultivating it asks for vulnerability, trust, and mutual care. What does it mean to truly feel that you belong? How can we create forms of belonging that shape not only the communities around us, but who we are becoming? 🌀Join the PORTAL retreat June 10th-14th in BC, Canada. 🌦️Start here to learn how to heal from burnout and trauma. 🌈Visit the free resource library for information and practices to support your healing, resting, and dreaming. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nestholistic.substack.com

    53 min

  2. 4 MAY

    UNFURLING

    In this episode, Cassie and Pascale explore unfurling, not as a sudden transformation, but as a gradual becoming. Through honest conversation and grounded reflection, they look at how unfurling happens over time, in quiet moments of growth, when parts of ourselves begin to open and take shape, and how allowing this process asks for patience, trust, and a willingness to move at our own pace. What does it mean to let yourself unfold without rushing the process? How can we learn to trust our own timing in a way that shapes not only who we are, but who we are becoming? 🌀Join the PORTAL retreat June 10th-14th in BC, Canada. 🌦️Start here to learn how to heal from burnout and trauma. 🌈Visit the free resource library for information and practices to support your healing, resting, and dreaming. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nestholistic.substack.com

    50 min

  3. 28 APR

    RECEIVING

    In this episode, Cassie and Pascale explore receiving, not as a passive act of taking or a simple exchange of goods, but as a profound way of relating to others and ourselves. Through honest conversation and grounded reflection, they look at how the capacity to receive emerges in our smallest interactions—in the ways we accept help, inhale a compliment, or allow ourselves to be seen—and how mastering it asks for humility, presence, and a softening of the heart. What does it mean to see receiving as a vital practice of connection, rather than a debt to be repaid? How can we learn to open ourselves to the world’s generosity in a way that transforms not only what we hold, but how we belong to one another? 🌀 Join us in BC June 10th-14th for PORTAL, our most magical retreat yet! nestholistic.ca This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nestholistic.substack.com

    54 min

  4. 21 APR

    CREATIVITY

    In this episode, Cassie and Pascale explore creativity, not as something reserved for artists or moments of inspiration, but as a way of engaging with the world. Through honest conversation and grounded reflection, they look at how creativity emerges in everyday choices, in the ways we solve problems, express ourselves, and imagine new possibilities, and how nurturing it asks for curiosity, courage, and openness. What does it mean to see creativity as something we live, rather than something we produce? How can we learn to trust our creative instincts in a way that shapes not only what we make, but who we are becoming? 🌀 Join Cassie & Pascale on the PORTAL Retreat in BC, Canada June 10th-14th, 2026 HERE. 🌀 Access Nest's free resource library for support with your resting, healing and dreaming HERE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nestholistic.substack.com

    57 min

  5. 13 APR

    RESONANCE

    In this episode, Cassie and Pascale explore resonance, not just as an echo, but as a deep alignment between what we feel and what we encounter. Through honest conversation and grounded reflection, they look at how résonance shows up in the moments that stay with us, when something speaks to who we are in ways we can’t always explain, and how listening to it asks for attention and trust. What does it mean to recognize what truly resonates within you? How can we learn to follow that resonance in a way that shapes not only the choices we make, but who we are becoming? 🌀 Join Cassie & Pascale on the PORTAL Retreat in BC, Canada June 10th-14th, 2026 HERE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nestholistic.substack.com

    44 min

  6. 7 APR

    DEVOTION

    In this episode, Cassie and Pascale explore devotion, not as obligation or perfection, but as a steady commitment to what matters most. Through honest conversation and grounded reflection, they look at how devotion takes shape in the choices we return to, again and again, and how living with devotion asks for presence, care, and a quiet kind of discipline. What does it mean to give yourself fully to something without losing yourself in the process? How can devotion become a practice that deepens not only what we love, but who we are becoming? 🌀 Join Cassie for SANCTUARY in Ottawa, Canada April 12th, HERE. 🌀 Join Cassie & Pascale on the PORTAL Retreat in BC, Canada June 10th-14th, 2026 HERE. 🌀 Listen to Pascale & Max's new song, Beauty, HERE. 🌀 Try spring practices in nest's FREE resource library HERE. https://www.nestholistic.ca This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nestholistic.substack.com

    52 min

  7. 30 MAR

    EMERGENCE

    In this episode, Cassie and Pascale explore emergence, not just as a concept, but as a lived unfolding. Through honest conversation and grounded reflection, they consider how emergence reveals itself in subtle shifts—when clarity begins to surface from uncertainty, and something new takes shape without force or urgency. Together, they reflect on how allowing things to unfold in their own time asks for presence, curiosity, and a deep trust in what is not yet fully visible. What does it mean to notice something within you beginning to take form? How can we learn to support the process of becoming in a way that transforms not only our direction, but our understanding of who we are? 🌀 Join Cassie for SANCTUARY in Ottawa, Canada April 12th, HERE. 🌀 Join Cassie & Pascale on the PORTAL Retreat in BC, Canada June 10th-14th, 2026 HERE. 🌀 Listen to Pascale & Max's new song, Beauty, HERE. 🌀 Try spring practices in nest's FREE resource library HERE. https://www.nestholistic.ca This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nestholistic.substack.com

    52 min

  8. 23 MAR

    SPRING

    In this episode, Cassie and Pascale explore spring, not just as a season, but as a threshold for renewal. Through honest conversation and grounded reflection, they look at how spring emerges in moments of quiet change, when what has been dormant begins to stir, and how stepping into this season asks for patience, trust, and a willingness to begin again. What does it mean to recognize that something within you is ready to grow? How can we learn to move with the rhythms of renewal in a way that reshapes not only what we do, but who we are becoming? 🌀 Join Cassie & Pascale on the PORTAL Retreat in BC, Canada June 10th-14th, 2026 HERE. 🌀 Listen to Pascale & Max's new song, Beauty, HERE. 🌀 Try spring practices in nest's FREE resource library HERE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nestholistic.substack.com

    38 min
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What if we could resist the oppressive structures that surround us by refusing to submit to despair and hopelessness and instead, move towards hope? The Hope is Resistance podcast is a conversation between friends sharing poetry and stories to light the path of personal and collective healing. Cassie Connor is a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, artist, and founder of Nest Holistic. Pascale Goodrich is a musician (Vallée des loups), teacher, activist and athlete. In each episode, they plant seeds of hope for a liberated and loving world. They explore a variety of topics, while always returning to one idea: that hope, in its many forms, is an act of resistance. The producer and musician behind our opening music is Max Goodrich. nestholistic.substack.com

Information

  • Creator
    Cassie Connor & Pascale Goodrich
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Cassie Connor
  • Show Website
    Hope is Resistance