In this episode of The Self Love Project, Megan explores the quiet habit so many of us have of comparing our pain to the pain of others — and how quickly we dismiss our own struggles the moment someone else has it “worse.”

She dives into the invisible hierarchy of suffering many of us operate with, where our feelings only seem valid if they’re serious enough, dramatic enough, or painful enough to earn permission to exist. Megan unpacks the guilt that comes with struggling during someone else’s harder season, the pressure to always “hold it together,” and the way self-abandonment can disguise itself as gratitude or perspective.

This episode shifts the focus away from minimizing your emotions and toward something far more compassionate: allowing your hard seasons to matter simply because they are hard for you.

If you’ve been downplaying your struggles, telling yourself you should be more grateful, or feeling guilty for not being okay, this conversation will remind you that pain is not a competition — and your feelings do not need to be the worst in the room to be real. 

Follow me on Instagram: @meganelisalawther

Send me an email: [email protected]