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
The Inner Child Explained: How To Reparent
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In this episode of The Self Love Project, Megan breaks down the often-talked-about concept of the inner child and makes it practical, relatable, and deeply human.
She explains how so much of our adult behavior is rooted in childhood conditioning — beliefs and survival strategies formed before the age of seven, when our brains were still absorbing the world without question. From people pleasing and perfectionism to fear of abandonment, emotional shutdown, and self-sabotage, Megan explores how these younger parts of us still shape how we think, react, and move through life today.
This episode unpacks what the inner child actually is, how “wounded child” patterns show up in adulthood, and why even good-enough childhoods can still leave emotional imprints. Megan also walks listeners through the deeper core wounds underneath common adult struggles and explains how these beliefs quietly drive so many of our reactions.
Most importantly, she introduces reparenting in a grounded, compassionate way. Through awareness, curiosity, self-talk, validation, and practical inner child exercises, Megan shows how this work can soften the inner critic, shift old patterns, and deepen self-love from the inside out.
This episode is for anyone who wants to better understand themselves, heal with more compassion, and stop letting childhood programming quietly run the present.
Follow me on Instagram: @meganelisalawther
Send me an email: Megan@theselfloveproject.ca