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
Netflix, Wine, and Avoidance: The Feeling Beneath the Distraction
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In this episode of The Self Love Project, Megan explores the subtle, everyday ways we numb ourselves — not just through the obvious things, but through the socially acceptable escapes so many of us lean on without even realizing it.
Using a painfully relatable Saturday night “trifecta” of Netflix, wine, and snacks, she dives into the difference between genuinely relaxing and quietly trying to escape your own life for a few hours. Megan unpacks the many forms numbing can take — binge watching, scrolling, emotional eating, staying busy, shopping, drinking, and more — and the deeper feelings often sitting underneath them.
This episode shifts the conversation away from shame and toward awareness, compassion, and honesty. Instead of framing numbing as failure, Megan explores why our brains reach for relief so automatically, how emotional avoidance disconnects us from ourselves over time, and why learning to sit with discomfort is one of the deepest forms of self love.
If you’ve ever caught yourself reaching for your phone, the snacks, another episode, or literally anything to avoid what you were feeling, this conversation will help you understand the difference between rest and escape, reconnect with your own inner world, and build a healthier relationship with discomfort instead of automatically running from it.
Follow me on Instagram: @meganelisalawther
Send me an email: Megan@theselfloveproject.ca