Self-love isn’t just bubble baths and affirmations in the mirror. Sometimes it looks like reckoning your own shadows. Sometimes it’s choosing rest over productivity. And sometimes? It’s setting a boundary that makes everyone uncomfortable.

In this episode, we unpack what real self-love actually is — and what it’s not. We talk about the sneaky ways we abandon ourselves trying to be “good,” why self-love gets tangled with ego, and how to reconnect with your truth without falling into the self-help trap.