The Middle Way Podcast — Ep#2 — Teresa Cassou: Authentic Spirituality

Matthew S. Goodman, Ph.D.
2 min readJul 13, 2021

In this episode I speak with Teresa Cassou. Teresa is a psychotherapist in Mexico and yoga teacher in the U.S. She began working with terminally ill children and prisoners in Mexico, before migrating to the U.S. at 24 years old to rebuild her life after recovering herself from alcohol addiction and divorce. Today she teaches yoga in San Diego and hold psychotherapy groups in Puebla, Mexico City, and Tijuana.

In this episode we discuss Teresa’s own recovery process and journey to teaching, bringing authenticity and humility to spiritual teaching and the healing arts, how to remain grounded in the age of social media and self-promotion, the concept of “already being enough,” brining our soul’s unique gifts into the world, tuning into our gut and heart “brains,” the dark night of the soul, what the world is communicating through covid, the importance of rest and recovery, and much more.

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Matthew S. Goodman, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY32423) and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He is also a writer and filmmaker. His work can be found here: http://matthewgoodmanphd.com

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Matthew S. Goodman, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist. Clinical Assistant Professor @ USC. Founder/CEO of The Middle Way. Writing at the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and society.