Melissa McCurley, who started Bouncing Back Podcast after her own journey navigating autoimmune disease, sits down with Cassie Winter - a productivity and self-care coach for neurodivergent and chronically ill professionals, and founder of Accountability Muse. Cassie shares their resilient path to being diagnosed with autism, POTS, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, including how they built their signature "Mary Poppins Problem" framework after learning to navigate life without the external structure of school or a job.

Together they unpack the burnout cycle so many neurodivergent professionals face, how the Action Navigator program builds personalized accommodations, and why curiosity, even through brain fog, is the foundation of Cassie's coaching approach.

🎧 Hosted by: Melissa McCurley

🎤 Featuring:

Cassie Winter is the founder of Accountability Muse and creator of the Action Navigator program, a productivity and self-care course for neurodivergent and chronically ill professionals. They were diagnosed with POTS in 2015 and live with autism and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), drawing on that experience to build their coaching frameworks.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔️ Why an EDS or POTS diagnosis can take over a decade and what finally helped Cassie get answers

✔️ How the "Mary Poppins Problem" explains why structure quietly disappears after school, a job, or any major life change

✔️ A framework for turning personalized limitations into sustainable, repeatable accommodations

✔️ Breaking the burnout cycle of "doing great, falling apart, and blaming yourself" that so many neurodivergent professionals know well

✔️ Why on-demand, self-paced learning works better than live formats for people managing limited and unpredictable energy

✔️ How staying genuinely curious, even through brain fog became the foundation of Cassie's coaching approach

✔️ A mindset shift for choosing resilience over frustration, borrowed from an unexpected source in Cassie's own life

📇 Connect with Cas Winter

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🔗 LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceowinter/

📱Website: https://www.accountabilitymuse.com/

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