Episode 1: Why I Had to Start This Podcast (and What It Means for You)

Author: Celeste Case-Ruchala
Published: Mon 04 Aug 2025
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Welcome to My Healing Is Your Healing, a podcast for the woman healing out loud and reclaiming her story. I’m your host, Celeste Case-Ruchala, and this first episode is raw, real, and personal. Before we dive into tools, rituals, and stories of transformation, I’m sharing why this podcast had to be born—and what it means for you.

This episode is a conversation about identity, invisibility, and what happens when we abandon ourselves for the sake of being chosen. I open up about the version of me who had all the accomplishments—the doctorate, the job title, the races, the resume—but who felt like a stranger in her own life. The woman who performed her worth until she couldn’t anymore. Maybe you know that woman too.

We talk about the cost of not expressing ourselves—the silent ache of shape-shifting, smiling through the numbness, and building a life that looks good on paper but feels hollow on the inside. I share the night I hit my emotional rock bottom, staring at a tear-streaked reflection in the mirror and asking the question I’d never dared to before: “Do I even love me?”

This episode explores what it means to begin again—not in a dramatic transformation, but in the quiet, tender shifts. The ones that happen when you start asking different questions. The ones that invite you to tell the truth, even when your voice shakes. The ones that lead you back home to yourself.

You’ll hear about my journey through burnout, performance, and perfectionism—and the slow, sacred work of reclaiming my voice. I talk about the healing that happened in women’s circles, on long solo runs, in journal pages and silent car rides. And I invite you to explore what healing could look like in your own life—not as something you do alone, but as something we do together.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

What it costs us to perform instead of express
The silent ache of being invisible in your own life
Why so many high-achieving women feel numb, disconnected, or like something is missing
My personal breaking point—and what I learned from it
The truth about healing (hint: it’s not linear or pretty)
Why this podcast exists and how it’s different
What “My Healing Is Your Healing” truly means

This is more than a podcast—it’s a space for the woman who is tired of shrinking, pretending, or waiting for p

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