The Good Stuff

Do you feel like you are living a life that is authentically yours? In this solo episode, your host Caitlin gets right to the importance of doing just that – living a life that aligns with your values, for you. This doesn’t eliminate outside influence on your life, quite the contrary. It simply only allows room for people who genuinely want the best for you. This means they expect the best for you...

In this episode of The Good Stuff, Caitlin talks about loyalty. Your host goes through the different parts of our lives and society that are synonymous with this concept. Everything from dogs being “a man’s best friend” to soldiers defending their country and the complexities of loyalty in romantic and personal relationships makes this a universal concept we all can relate to. You’ll hear her pers...

After recently chopping (and donating) 10 inches off her hair, Caitlin realized that she was very attached to her long hair and furthermore, that it was a way she felt beautiful. With that gone, she was faced with the question of “do I still feel beautiful?” Her answer is “yes”, but not for the reason you might think. It made her evaluate her own vanity. She realized that she has tried hard to not...

With Father’s Day just behind us, Caitlin thought this would be a good time to (re)introduce her dad, Jim, to the podcast. If you are an OG listener, you will remember him from “Let’s Talk About … Sacrifice.” Father’s Day can bring up a lot of different emotions for people. Some people no longer have their dads here with them, others have a strained relationship, and the lucky ones (what Caitlin c...

When looking around her recent birthday party, Caitlin saw more than 30 of her friends mingling – some had known each other for years and some were meeting for the first time. But, all are people who she admires and is beyond grateful to have in her life. She was hurrying around, trying to make sure she was spending time with everyone when she realized they were all plenty content with each other....

In this special birthday episode, Caitlin celebrates turning 30 by sharing 30 life lessons she’s learned over the years. From personal growth and self-discovery to friendships, relationships, and career reflections, this episode is packed with honest insights, hard-earned wisdom, and a few lighthearted truths. Caitlin opens up about why heartbreak is necessary, how failure has shaped her, and why...

In honor of Mother’s Day (week), Caitlin has her mom back onthe podcast. They are recording from a trip to their family’s home in Montana. Alison (Caitlin’s mom) has always had a mantra about “showing up for your people.” In many ways, this was inspired and reinforced by the community of people that they have in Montana. So, it felt like the perfect topic to discuss between the two of them. Caitli...

Being back in places where you once lived or spent a lot oftime can do funny things to people. Caitlin lived in Los Angeles for four years and every time she is back in the city, something special happens to her. A longing for memories and could-have-beens flood her brain. In this episode, she talks about the complexities of her relationship with this place. In so many ways, this city shaped her....

Change can make people feel a lot of ways. It can make you feel excited or scared or both. As they say, “change is the only constant.” Which means it is a universal experience for us all. In this episode, Caitlin talks about how change makes her feel. Sometimes, it brings up intense anxiety. Other times, she feels like she has looked back in the hypothetical rearview mirror of her life to see some...

The Good Stuff has a guest this week! One of Caitlin’s bestfriends Lauren joins her to talk about adventure. Lauren has visited 48 countries, resided in three different states, and lived abroad twice. Adventure has played a huge part of her adult life, especially in her relationship. She details meeting her now husband in a whirlwind, romantic way and how their lives stay full of adventure no matt...

We all have different responsibilities in our lives. Whetherwe are talking about our actions, our loved ones, or our pasts and futures, our responsibilities teach us life-long lessons. In this episode, Caitlin unpacks some of the biggest takeaways she has from the responsibilities she has in her life. She talks a lot about what she has learned advocating and caring for her horses, the weight of ru...

Inspired by the results of “The Big Game” and being in herself-proclaimed “horse show bubble” for nearly two weeks, Caitlin dives into the word success. She talks about why it is important to set your definitions and parameters for success. Caitlin discusses the idea of success in your personal life and in a competitive setting. In her eyes, there one (or more) person doesn't have to lose for...

Being disciplined about her goals, priorities, personaltime, and many other things has paid Caitlin forward many times in life. A few weeks ago, she received a surprising compliment from a friend. She said she was impressed by her discipline. Reflecting on why that made her feel so good, she felt the best place to go with these feelings was here to the podcast. This episode gives an unexpected sto...

A few hours after recording her episode on “Trust” Caitlin received a call that turned her world upside down. It was about the loss of someone very, very close to her. Although she’s not ready to do an episode on grief or loss just yet, she knew this next episode needed to be related to the current season she is walking through. The only thing showing up as often as her sadness is the overwhelming...

For the first full-length episode of 2025, Caitlin is diving into the word trust. She talks about what she has learned about trust from her rescue dog, relationships, friendships, and other life experiences. With a few recent personal events and wildfires in her home state of southern California, Caitlin was trying to think of one word that encapsulated some of her feelings. That is how she landed...

It’s the first day of 2025! Caitlin put together a collection of all her favorite snippets from The Good Stuff so far. She hopes you take this as motivation to catch up on episodes you may have missed or go back and listen to any you feel like you need to hear again. 2024 will always be the year that The Good Stuff was born, making it special forever. But, there are many years ahead. Here’s to a 2...

Our identity is the most personal thing to us. Which, is why Caitlin spends this episode emphasizing how important it is to protect who has a say in how you see yourself. There are many roles, characteristics, and traits about us that make up our identity. Some of them are surface-level labels, others are sacred. Caitlin explains the difference. She tells a story about when she once hid part of he...

Life has a way of forcing us to confront many different things and conversations. For this episode, Caitlin welcomed back her mom to the podcast. As a birthday gift to her, she let her pick the word they would discuss. In reflecting on her year, she chose the word “confrontation.” The two talk through the complexities of the word and their feelings about it.  They chat about what it means to be “g...

Caitlin gets vulnerable (yet again) in this episode as she talks about the word forgiveness. Although she doesn’t want to air her dirty laundry on the internet, she alludes to the fact that she has been through some really tough situations in life – making her face decisions of if she should forgive someone or not. She gives listeners her own personal rubric for assessing a situation to help decid...

It’s the day after Election Day and while this episode is not about politics, it was heavily influenced by the political landscape in the United States over recent months. Caitlin gets vulnerable about what moment in the campaign that inspired this topic – a time where she did lose respect for people she knows. The overall message of the episode is about why it is important to respect political ca...

Caitlin is currently at her U.S. Nationals competition with her Arabian horses. Knowing this episode would release while she was at this event, she wanted to choose a word that would emulate some of her time here. So, she is discussing the word community. In this episode, she talks about how community comes up in her personal and professional life. She uses national examples to show how communitie...

When one of her best friends told her she was “one of the most confident people she knew,” Caitlin’s wheels got turning. She wondered what about her gave her friend this impression. So, she has brought the topic of confidence to the podcast. This is something she knows people in her life and people around her sometimes struggle with. Caitlin also has had plenty of seasons in her life when she wres...

In episode three Caitlin sits down with her parents, Jim and Alison, to talk about Sacrifice. They have been married for 42 years, so they are no strangers to sacrifice. The three of them discuss what constitutes a sacrifice, a unique thing Jim and Alison did at their wedding, why some people are drawn to doing things for others, and how to determine if a decision is worth your sacrifice or not. B...

Episode Two is all about Timing. Caitlin opens the episode by getting vulnerable about her feelings surrounding posting an episode on the anniversary of September 11th. In this segment, listeners get a small insight into a passion of Caitlin’s in her personal and professional lives. During the main part of the episode, Caitlin opens up about being single at 29, failed relationships, horses who hav...

Episode one of The Good Stuff is here! Host Caitlin Pigott gives her audience a rundown of what to expect from this new, exciting show. She details her goals, fears, and hopes. This is an important episode for listeners to hear as it lays the groundwork for what is to come.