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At 17, Ruthie Lindsey was hit by an ambulance and given a 1% chance of survival. What followed was decades of physical and emotional pain, masked by perfectionism and a desperate need to be liked. In this bold and tender episode, Ruthie shares how she slowly dismantled her pain story, abandoned the “basic bitch” mask she used to wear, and began reclaiming joy, creativity, and weirdness on her own terms. We talk about trauma, truth-telling, the deep grief that followed fame, and learning to live in your body again. This one is for anyone who has lost themselves in trying to be lovable—and is ready to come home to their weird, wonderful self.

Topics:

• Chronic pain and trauma healing
• The cost of people-pleasing and perfectionism
• Letting go of being “likable”
• Creativity as reclamation
• Choosing joy after survival
• Living without needing to perform
• Beauty, grief, and aliveness
• Rebuilding identity after collapse

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