I Used to Think Happiness Was for Other People

Author: Celeste Case-Ruchala
Published: Mon 11 Aug 2025
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What if the life you're living isn’t yours—but a performance for everyone else watching?

In this raw, deeply personal episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, I take you behind the highlight reel into the masked years of people-pleasing, performance, and perfectionism—where happiness always felt just out of reach.

I share the story of how I spent decades collecting achievements instead of alignment. How I followed the script of success and still ended up curled in a shower on my wedding night asking, Is this it?
This is the moment I stopped outsourcing joy—and started rebuilding a life that actually felt like mine.

If you’ve ever wondered why happiness feels so far away, if you’ve been chasing something you can’t quite name, or if you’re finally ready to come home to yourself… this episode is your invitation to begin.

Because happiness isn’t for other people.
It’s for you.
You just have to remember.

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