Identity Month | The Year of Becoming What if the discomfort you feel right now isn’t failure… but growth? In this opening episode of The Year of Becoming, we explore what happens when an identity you’ve lived inside for years quietly stops fitting—and the woman you’re becoming hasn’t fully arrived yet. This episode is not about resolutions, glow-ups, or “New Year, New You” energy. It’s about identity death, grief, and the sacred in-between space that precedes real transformation....

If you’ve ever said “dating sucks” while doom-scrolling through the apps… this episode is your intervention. In this conversation, I’m joined by feminine dating coach and archetype queen Lilli Bewley — creator of the Feminine Dating Archetype Quiz and host of the Love with Lilli podcast. Lilli doesn’t teach scripts and tricks. She helps women heal the parts of them that keep choosing the same emotionally unavailable, breadcrumbing, half-in partners on repeat. We talk about how your dating pat...

This is the episode your future self has been waiting for. Today we’re talking about the truth most women feel but rarely name: You can’t carry everything you survived this year into the next one. Some identities, patterns, relationships, expectations, and old storylines simply can’t come with you — not because you’re cold or heartless, but because they’re too heavy for the woman you’re becoming. In this episode, we move through a powerful year-end ritual to help you release what no longer fi...

In this episode, I sit down with former English teacher turned powerlifter, coach, and author Natasha “Tasha” Kostalas to talk about what really happens behind the stage-lean photos and polished fitness bios. Tasha spent 10 years in the classroom, climbing the ladder, overworking herself into panic attacks, sleep paralysis, and binge eating. The turning point? Her brother sitting on the edge of her bed and telling her she couldn’t keep living like this. From that moment to her very first terr...

No More Good Girl: The Year I Stopped Abandoning MyselfThis episode is a reclamation. Today I’m telling the truth about the year I finally retired the “good girl” and stopped abandoning myself. Not because I magically became unbothered, invincible, or spiritually bulletproof… but because every part of my life that wasn’t aligned became too heavy to keep carrying — and I had to put it down. This episode unpacks the patterns I had to release, the identity rupture that shook me awake, and the mo...

Today’s episode is one of the most powerful conversations I’ve had on this show — because it’s not just about survival. It’s about rebirth. My guest, Angie, has lived through things most people never talk about out loud: growing up unseen, perfectionism as protection, moving across the country for a fresh start, a condo flood, loneliness, grief, depression, and the moment that became her rock bottom — an intentional overdose during the pandemic. But the most surprising part? Her scarie...

Today we’re talking about a season that most of us live through over and over again… but rarely understand: The quiet season. The in-between. The void. The slow chapter you keep trying to skip. It’s the stretch of life where: – The people you thought would always be there… suddenly aren’t. – The plans you were excited about… fall apart. – Your energy tanks, your body says no more, and the universe basically sits you down and says: “Baby, you’re not ready yet. Sit.” It feels...

What if the life that looks perfect on paper feels wrong in your body? This week on My Healing Is Your Healing, I sit down with Nina, an emotional safety coach for high-achieving women who feel stuck in lives they’ve outgrown but are afraid to change. We talk about the quiet rock-bottoms no one posts about, why familiar pain can feel safer than unknown freedom, and how to rebuild self-trust one tiny promise at a time. In this episode you’ll hear: How “I’m fine” becomes a mask—and how to take ...

There’s a version of you who isn’t performing, perfecting, or hustling to be chosen. She’s steady. Clear. At home in her own skin. In this episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, we name her—the Radiant Woman within—and walk the path back to her. We explore the three versions of self many of us cycle through: The Performative Self (polished, praised, and quietly exhausted),The Practicing Self (awake and integrating—messy, honest, courageous),The Radiant Self (embodied ease, self-trust, wholene...

There comes a moment when the life you worked so hard to build no longer feels like yours. The career you chased, the relationship you fought for, the routines and roles you once relied on—suddenly, they feel hollow. Like a story you’re still performing long after it stopped making sense. In this episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, we’re talking about the sacred and painful moment of outgrowing your old life. This isn’t failure—it’s an invitation. A threshold. The space between chapters wh...

What if the love you’ve been chasing isn’t what will save you? What if the real work is coming home to yourself? In this episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, Celeste sits down with coach, writer, and truth-teller Misty Lynn (@savvycoachingsolutions) for a raw conversation about relationships, self-abandonment, and what it means to reclaim your emotional autonomy. Misty shares her journey of man fasting—taking a conscious pause from relationships to rediscover who she was outside of them. To...

So many of us move through the world hidden in plain sight. We smile, we perform, we play small, and we present curated versions of ourselves to be more acceptable, more palatable, more loved. But underneath the masks, there is often a deep ache: the longing to be seen—not for the role we play, not for the version of ourselves that’s easy to love, but for the truth of who we really are. In this episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, we’re diving into the tender and often terrifying experience...

Even the strongest women break. On the outside, Nicky looked unstoppable: a decorated Australian Army soldier, a solo mom, and an award-winning entrepreneur. But inside, she wrestled with imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and the quiet exhaustion of holding it all together. In this powerful conversation, Nicky shares her journey of stripping away performance, perfectionism, and people-pleasing to reclaim her voice and lead her life from the inside out. We explore what it really means to practice...

Stop Explaining Yourself: Say What You Mean, Then Stop Talking Over-explaining looks harmless—“sorry, I just meant…”, “hope this makes sense…”—but it’s often a nervous system habit rooted in fear, shame, and old conditioning. In this episode, we explore why we rush to justify and soften our truth, how that erodes our self-trust, and what it feels like to speak from embodied clarity instead. You’ll learn to spot anxious explanation in real time, name the fear underneath (“If I don’t explain,...

Welcome back to My Healing Is Your Healing. I’m Celeste — and today I sit with Carolina Gonzalez, a certified mindfulness and meditation teacher who helps women rebuild self-trust, clarity, and inner strength through seasons of loss, transition, and emotional depletion. Carolina spent two decades in corporate leadership before a convergence of life events—losing her mother and the end of a long marriage—forced her to ask the question we all dread: who am I without the roles I play? Through me...

If your brain feels like a browser with 107 tabs open—10 frozen and mystery music blaring—this episode is your exit ramp. Overthinking isn’t a personality quirk; it’s a survival response. It’s your nervous system chasing safety through certainty, perfection, and control. The problem? You can’t think your way into peace. In this conversation, we unpack: How overthinking becomes a subtle form of self-abandonmentThe roots: trauma, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and controlThe real cost: time, p...

From Misaligned to Magnetic with Criss Madrigal If your life looks shiny on paper but feels like a cage, this one’s for you. I’m sitting down with Criss Madrigal—former Fortune 500 leader turned Life Alchemist—to talk about the quiet cost of survival mode and the radical relief of coming home to yourself. We get honest about burnout, identity loss, nervous system crashes, and how Criss’s autoimmune diagnosis became a doorway to freedom, voice, and a soul-aligned version of success. In this e...

There’s a voice in your head that sounds suspiciously like a concerned parent, a disappointed teacher, or you on your worst day—three hours into doom-scrolling with exactly zero snacks. She says you’re behind, too much, not enough, and definitely not ready. Today we stop handing her the mic. In this episode, we unpack what the inner critic really is (hint: a nervous-system bodyguard stuck in the past), why she gets so loud, and how to turn her volume down without declaring war on yourself. Yo...

You’ve been called “the nice one,” “so easy to be around,” “low maintenance.” But let’s be honest—behind that gold star lies a woman who’s exhausted from scanning the room, editing her voice, and performing for acceptance. In this episode of My Healing is Your Healing, we unravel the hidden layers of people-pleasing—not just as a habit, but as a trauma-informed survival response tied to perfectionism, approval addiction, and the deep fear that our full selves might be too much. Through ...

How to Stop Leaving Yourself — From Self-Abandonment to Self-Trust How many times have you promised yourself, “This time will be different”—only to stay quiet, let it slide, or put someone else’s needs ahead of your own? That’s self-abandonment. It’s subtle, familiar, and often invisible until you realize you no longer trust your own voice. In this episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, I’m breaking down: What self-abandonment really is (and how it shows up in everyday life) Why we were ...