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For years, I believed self-love was something to earn.
After the results.
After the proving.
After the constant doing.

What I didn’t realize was that my body was keeping score, and it was exhausted.

In this solo episode, I’m inviting you into a deeper conversation about why self-love can feel uncomfortable, indulgent, or even wrong, especially for driven women, caretakers, and those who have learned to measure their worth by contribution and output.

This isn’t a mindset issue.
It’s a nervous system response.

If you can offer compassion to everyone else but struggle to extend it inward, this episode is a gentle reminder that you are not broken. You’ve been conditioned. And that conditioning can be unlearned.

In this episode, I explore:

Why self-love often feels selfish when your worth has been tied to productivity
How chronic overgiving registers as a threat in the nervous system
The difference between self-care and self-love, and why one without the other keeps us stuck
What self-love actually looks like in everyday life, not in grand gestures
How tending to yourself creates a ripple effect in how you serve, lead, and live

Key Takeaways:

Self-love is not indulgence. It is a form of survival and self-trust.
Pushing through exhaustion isn’t strength. It’s self-abandonment.
Self-care is external action. Self-love is an internal relationship.
Rest does not need to be earned. Your existence is enough.
When you give from fullness instead of depletion, your impact deepens naturally.

Take a quiet moment and ask yourself:

What am I needing right now, physically or emotionally?
Where in my life am I overriding my own signals to keep going?
What would it look like to offer myself the same compassion I give others today?

You don’t need to fix the answers. Just notice them. Awareness is the first act of self-love.