Cassey Maynard

Cassey Maynard

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Cacao Ceremonialist • DJ • Energy Alchemist
I create powerful spaces where music & ceremony help women reconnect to their magic 🪄

05/06/2026

‘I’m a breastfeeding Mum in an ozempic world.’

Saw this on a reel recently and it resonated so deeply.

I’ve been moving through some massive body image stuff this postpartum. Five months since I birthed my second boy, and I’m still holding onto a lot more weight than I’m used to. Uncomfortable. Not quite myself. And carrying a whole lot of anger at the bounce back narrative, or maybe that’s just the pressure in my own head.

I have to remind myself: my body has grown and birthed two healthy boys in my late thirties and early forties. It is actually phenomenal.

I think back to my Bondi days..tiny, tanned, fit, fake bo***es, telling mums how to move their bodies. Not sure if that was offensive or inspiring. 😂 But honestly? I was so disconnected from myself. Always chasing smaller, tighter, better. Wild to see it clearly now.

And here I am. A completely different body. So much softer and slower. Clothes that don’t quite fit yet but holding so much more depth, wisdom and life.

Maybe my body was never meant to be hard and sculpted the way I was taught?

Maybe it was always just meant to be a home for my boys?

I wrote this love note to myself after Asher was born:

‘What do I want my boys to remember? My presence, my energy, my love? Or how quickly I fit back into my old jeans?’

Wise words, Cass. 😂 Thank you for the reminder.

This lifetime is clearly one where I’m here to truly nail self-love. All parts of me. Through all phases and cycles. Not easy but obviously I’m here for the challenge.

I’ve taken some time off this platform lately and f@&k, it’s felt good. The head noise it creates isn’t healthy, so I’m working out how to have a better relationship with it. Right now I’m conserving my energy for me, my family, my close friends and my retreat guests. I’ll only show up here when I have a genuine overflow to give. 🤍

25/04/2026

4:30am wake up
baby on my chest

nothing to wear as I am still landing in my new body
Jordan’s clothes it is

Dawn service
rain pouring, no umbrella — s**t!

tears into my morning cacao
hearing my mum’s last words echo through me
I’m so proud of you 🥹
the words she continues to share

crying boys right before a call
with my energy medicine teacher
held, seen, acknowledged
(and then… boys crash the session)

tired eyes
another cacao?
yes, another cacao

projectile vomit onto my new t-shirt… I’ve got this.

ok… definitely another cacao

music on, carrier on, baby strapped on for nap number 3

4-year-old fury
because baby B gets a sacred smoke clearing first

messy house
bed still unmade

friends on their way
somehow pulling it together… slowly

sip
breathe
remember the game I signed up for

back to settling baby
again

life is life-ing ✨

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