11/17/2025
Let’s talk about the guilt no one admits out loud…
The guilt of having a “good life” but still not feeling happy.
You have all the things you wanted & more...
The stability, freedom and dreams so many people pray for.
And yet… something inside you still feels off.
There is an undeniable emptiness present now..
"Just be grateiful" they say... No, friend - that's bypassing your truth.
You’re not ungrateful. The truth is, you’re unmet.
You’ve spent years doing “the right things,” checking all the boxes, being who everyone needed you to be…
and somewhere along the way, you disappeared behind the role, the routine, the identity you built just to stay afloat.
Finally you are noticing, "this doesn’t feel like you…"
A sense of guilt can hit like a freight train.
Because you 'should' be happy, right?
"Other people have less. You’re lucky.
You should just be grateful."
.. But gratitude doesn’t replace belonging to yourself.
Gratitude doesn’t fix loneliness in your own life.
Gratitude doesn’t heal self-worth wounds or years of shrinking, pleasing, over-functioning, or living for everyone else’s needs before your own.
Having “everything” means nothing if you don’t feel like you belong to your own life.
This is something I see over and over in my counselling and spiritual mentorship work — people who are “successful” on paper but silently breaking inside because:
✨ They’ve lost connection to who they are
✨ They don’t know what they want anymore
✨ They feel guilty for wanting more
✨ They’re exhausted from being everything for everyone
✨ They don’t feel deeply seen, heard, or valued
And none of that makes you a bad person.
It makes you a human who’s finally noticing your own unmet needs.
>> The real work here isn’t “fixing” your life — it’s remembering yourself inside it.
> It’s unraveling the beliefs that tell you you’re selfish for wanting joy.
>>It’s rebuilding your self-worth so you can stop surviving and start actually living.
If this feels like your reality:: if you’re nodding quietly and thinking, “This is me but I don’t know where to start…” I can help.
This is exactly the work I do:
✨ self-worth
✨ identity
✨ purpose
✨ emotional clarity
✨ rebuilding your connection to YOU
If you’re tired of feeling guilty for wanting more, or numb inside the life you built… send me a message.
You deserve a life that feels good on the inside not just one that looks good from the outside. 🧡
Book a session here:
https://champagnelife.ca/book-counselling-session/