The Self Love Project
Welcome to The Self Love Project — the podcast that helps you quiet your inner critic, rewrite your self-talk, and finally feel like your own biggest supporter.
Every week, host Megan Lawther (mindset coach, podcast host, and self-love cheerleader) shares relatable stories, mindset shifts, and soulful encouragement to help you feel better, love deeper, and stop self-sabotaging the life you actually want.
Expect real talk, a little humor, and the kind of reminders that feel like a warm hug and a motivational slap on the same day.
New episodes drop every Saturday morning (MDT) — so whether you're folding laundry or taking a walk, consider this your weekly permission slip to choose yourself.
The Self Love Project
Seasons of Hustle & Healing: When to Push and When to Pause
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In this episode of The Self Love Project, Megan explores the often-overlooked truth that growth doesn’t happen in one constant gear — it happens in seasons.
Using her own experience of feeling both proud and frustrated over the past year, Megan unpacks the tension between seasons of hustle and seasons of healing, and why both are not only normal, but necessary. She challenges the toxic idea that we should be “on fire” all the time, reframing rest, slowness, and inward focus as essential phases of root growth rather than signs of failure.
This episode breaks down what hustle seasons actually look like (without the burnout culture), how to recognize when your energy has shifted, and why ignoring a healing season only leads to friction, depletion, and eventual burnout.
You’ll learn how to identify which season you’re currently in, how to stop shaming yourself for it, and how to support your energy instead of fighting it.
This episode is for anyone who’s felt behind, burnt out, unmotivated, or confused about why their energy doesn’t look the same all year long — and is ready to start honoring their own rhythm instead of forcing themselves into one.
Follow me on Instagram: @meganelisalawther
Send me an email: Megan@theselfloveproject.ca