{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Spicy Brain","title":"Cassia Tierney Clarke: AUTISTIC BURNOUT & REBUILDING YOUR LIFE | Late Diagnosis, CPTSD & Unmasking","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4800,"description":"In this episode of Spicy Brain, host Lara Sullivan is joined by Cassia Tierney Clarke, host of the 9 lives podcast, for a raw and honest conversation about autistic burnout, late diagnosis and rebuilding your life from the ground up.\nFrom the outside, Cassia had it all. A viral weight loss and sobriety journey, millions of views, a running career, brand deals, a business and a podcast. Behind the scenes, she was falling apart. After stepping away from public life for a year, Cassia opens up about the breakdown that forced everything to stop, being diagnosed with CPTSD, and finally finding out she is autistic and ADHD after 31 years of masking.\nThe episode explores:\n🌶️ Going viral overnight and building a life she never felt built for\n🌶️ How undiagnosed autism can leave women vulnerable in relationships\n🌶️ Burnout, collapse and stepping away from public life\n🌶️ Trauma in the body, shutdowns and going nonverbal\n🌶️ Getting diagnosed autistic and ADHD after a CPTSD diagnosis\n🌶️ The all-or-nothing brain, from alcohol to running to work\n🌶️ Why she stopped running, and what movement looks like now\n🌶️ “Stop calling yourself lazy when you’re exhausted”\n🌶️ Rebuilding, reclaiming autistic joy and becoming herself again\nWhether you’re in burnout right now, reinterpreting your whole life after a diagnosis, or wondering who you are once the old version of you no longer fits, this conversation is a reminder that rebuilding is possible.\nTune in for an honest chat about burnout, identity and finding your way back to yourself.\nTimestamps\n00:00:00 Introducing Cassia Tierney\n00:03:00 Going Viral: Weight Loss, Sobriety and Running\n00:07:59 Running, Nature and Reconnecting with Your Inner Child\n00:11:02 Why Race Day Is So Hard for Autistic Runners\n00:12:35 Building a Business on Social Media\n00:15:36 How Nine Lives Began\n00:16:50 The Breakdown Behind the Success\n00:20:35 Saying Yes to Everything and Stepping Away\n00:23:11 Moving Home and Physically Collapsing\n00:24:32 A CPTSD...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FqVo1ZyaIJlqKnwK3ztPTNicKUAgNLZ8P3d-lph6Td8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMWMz/OGVkZTMyNjRiYWFm/ZjhmNTAzYjg0MDdj/MzM5Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}