Even when you want to slow down, rest, or offer yourself care, something inside resists.
You may tell yourself:
♥ I’ll rest after I finish everything ♥
♥ I don’t have time for self-love ♥
♥ Other people seem better at this than me ♥
And when you do stop, guilt often rushes in.
Not because of any personal failure, but because self-love was rarely modeled as something you were simply allowed to have.
Have you ever noticed how hard it feels to be kind to yourself?
The Self-Love Practice was created for women who are tired of carrying the feeling that they need to fix themselves
Women who are doing their best
who are carrying responsibilities, stress, chronic fatigue, or emotional weight
and who feel like self-love has become another place where they feel like they’re falling short.
This practice does not ask you to push harder, journal longer, or think more positively.
Instead, it offers gentle teachings and short, body-aware practices that help you begin relating to yourself with kindness in ways that feel doable in real life.
No earning.
No pressure.
No perfection required.
Self-love is not inaccessible. It has just been made to feel conditional.
You were taught to delay care until everything was done. To rest only when it was justified. To be kind to yourself once you became “better.”
The Self-Love Practice gently unravels those beliefs and helps you begin again from a place of permission, not pressure.
How I Came to This Work
I guide women who are tired of being hard on themselves back to a kinder, more honest relationship with who they are.
Not through pressure or transformation.
But through permission.
For a long time, I believed my worth depended on how capable, productive, or intelligent I could be. I grew up in an environment where criticism was constant, and kindness felt conditional.
Over time, that became the voice I carried inside myself.
I learned how to push.
How to keep going.
How to ignore what my body was asking for.
I Knew Something Had to Change
But To Get There, It Wasn’t Easy
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Letting Go of Earning
Listening Without Fixing
Choosing Gentleness
Learning that rest and kindness don’t need to be justified or deserved.
Learning how to hear my body and emotions without immediately trying to change them.
Learning that self-love can exist in small, imperfect moments, not just after everything is done.
Can you relate?
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You feel like self-love should be easier by now
Rest brings guilt instead of relief
You’re doing your best, but it never feels like enough
But instead it feels complicated, uncomfortable, or just out of reach.
Even when you stop, part of you feels like you should be doing more.
And you’re tired of carrying that feeling alone.
What If Self-Love Didn’t Require Effort?
Many approaches to self-love ask you to try harder, think differently, or become someone more healed before you’re allowed to rest or be kind to yourself.
But for many women, that only creates more pressure and self-criticism.
The Self-Love Practice offers a quieter path. One that starts where you already are, honors your capacity, and makes room for care in small, doable moments without requiring you to earn it.
Imagine what it would feel like to treat yourself with kindness, even on ordinary days.
This is what The Self-Love Practice was created for.
The Self-Love Practice
Making self-love possible in everyday moments.
The Self-Love Practice is a gentle, body-aware practice for women who want to treat themselves with more kindness without adding pressure, performance, or overwhelm.
Inside, you’ll learn simple ways to relate to rest, capacity, self-criticism, and care that actually fit into your day.
This is not about doing more.
It’s about asking less of yourself and responding with compassion instead.
The practice is designed to be moved through at your own pace, returned to when you need it, and used as a steady companion rather than something to “get through.”
in this practice
You will be supported in
How to stop earning rest
Ways to meet yourself gently in real life
How to respond to self-criticism with care
Learn how rest became conditional for you, and how to begin offering yourself permission without waiting for burnout or completion.
Discover simple, body-led practices you can use in ordinary moments, even when energy is low or life feels full.
Learn how to soften the inner voice that shows up when you slow down, without forcing positivity or silencing parts of yourself.
You will also be guided in
Understanding why self-love feels inconsistent so you stop blaming yourself for something that has a very real explanation.
Listening to your body instead of overriding it, especially when you’ve been taught to push through.
Letting care be quiet and imperfect rather than something you have to do correctly.
Returning to kindness after old patterns resurface without turning it into another failure.
Is this practice for you?
This practice may be right for you if you:
This may not be the right space if you:
Feel tired of being hard on yourself and want a gentler way forward
Struggle to rest or slow down without guilt
Want self-love to feel realistic, not performative
Are open to small, body-led practices rather than big mindset shifts
Need something that meets you where you are, not where you think you should be
Are looking for quick fixes, motivation hacks, or productivity tools
Want to be told exactly what to do or how to “fix” yourself
Are seeking a high-energy, high-accountability program
Expect self-love to look like constant positivity or transformation
This practice is not about pushing through, optimizing, or becoming a better version of yourself.
You don’t need to be ready.
You don’t need to feel confident or calm.
You just need a willingness to begin where you are.
If you’re unsure, that’s okay too.
You’re allowed to take your time and listen to what feels right.
How the Self-Love Practice Works
The Self-Love Practice lives inside my Skool community,
The Self-Love Scribe Women’s Circle.
When you join, you’ll find the full practice, including all videos and the companion workbook, along with a quiet, supportive space where you can move at your own pace.
There are no deadlines.
No required participation.
No pressure to keep up.
You can engage as little or as much as feels right.
When you feel ready, you can join using the button below. Inside the community, head to the Classrooms tab and you’ll find The Self-Love Practice waiting for you. You can join there and begin in your own time.
You will learn
How to practice self-love in ways that fit real life, not ideal days
How to stop treating rest and care as something you have to earn
A gentle reframe that helps you release the pressure to “deserve” kindness before offering it to yourself.
Simple ways to meet yourself with compassion when energy is low
Practices you can use even on days when journaling, motivation, or focus feel out of reach.
How to respond to self-criticism without forcing positivity
Learn how to soften the inner voice without arguing with it or trying to fix yourself.
Inside The Self-Love Practice
A gentle framework for making self-love possible in everyday moments
This practice is made up of seven gentle modules.
Each one meets a specific struggle many women carry around - rest, worthiness, and self-care.
You don’t need to move through them perfectly or quickly.
They’re here to support you, not to pressure you.
- Permission Begins Here
- Rest Is Not a Reward
- Why Rest Feels Unsafe
- Capacity Is Not a Moral Failing
- Making Time Without Pressure
- Self-Love on Low-Capacity Days
- When the Inner Critic Shows Up
Module 1
Permission Begins Here
For when rest feels like something you have to earn.
They struggle because rest and kindness have become conditional.
Somewhere along the way, you may have learned that you’re allowed to slow down only after everything is finished, everyone else is taken care of, or burnout makes stopping unavoidable.
This module gently names that pattern without trying to force change.
It offers space to explore how permission has been delayed and what it feels like to offer yourself care without justification.
Not as a reward.
Not as something you have to prove.
But as something you’re allowed to touch now.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore where the belief that rest must be earned came from
- Learn how productivity and worth quietly became linked
- Practice offering yourself permission without needing a reason
This isn’t about forcing rest or fixing yourself.
It’s about beginning a softer relationship with care.
Permission begins here.
Module 2
Rest is Not a Reward
For when rest keeps getting postponed until everything is done.
After the work is finished.
After the inbox is clear.
After everyone else is okay.
This module gently explores why that “later” rarely arrives.
You’ll begin to notice how rest has been positioned as something to earn rather than something to receive. Not as a moral failure, but as a learned pattern shaped by pressure, responsibility, and survival.
This isn’t about convincing yourself to stop.
It’s about understanding why stopping feels so hard in the first place.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore how rest became linked to productivity and usefulness
- Understand why waiting to rest often leads to exhaustion instead of relief
- Begin loosening the belief that care must come last
Rather than pushing yourself to slow down, this module offers a softer reframe.
One that allows rest to exist alongside unfinished things.
Not as a reward.
But as a necessary part of being human.
Module 3
Why Rest Feels Unsafe
It feels unsettling.
Disruptive.
Even threatening.
This module gently explores why that is.
Rather than framing discomfort with rest as a mindset problem or lack of discipline, this module introduces a more compassionate explanation. One that takes the nervous system into account.
You’ll begin to understand how constant alertness can become familiar, and how slowing down can activate fear instead of ease.
Nothing here asks you to force stillness or push through discomfort.
Instead, this module helps you approach rest in ways that feel safer and more supportive.
In this module, you’ll:
- Learn why rest can trigger anxiety, guilt, or restlessness
- Understand how the nervous system adapts to long-term stress
- Explore gentler ways to slow down without overwhelming yourself
This module isn’t about making rest feel good right away.
It’s about understanding your response with compassion, so care can become possible without forcing your body to comply.
For when slowing down brings anxiety instead of relief.
When energy is high, they feel capable.
When it drops, shame often takes its place.
This module gently separates capacity from character.
It explores how exhaustion, illness, stress, and burnout are often treated as personal shortcomings rather than signals from the body. Not to be fixed or overridden, but listened to.
You’ll begin to notice how pressure to “push through” creates more harm than support, and how honoring limits can be an act of self-respect rather than giving up.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore how productivity became linked to self-worth
- Reframe low energy as information, not failure
- Practice meeting yourself with kindness when capacity is limited
This module doesn’t ask you to do less or more.
It invites you to relate differently to what is already true.
Your capacity is not a measure of your value.
Module 4
Capacity Is Not a Moral Failing
For when energy levels feel
tied to worth.
Module 5
Making Time Without Pressure
Self-love without schedules, guilt, or performance
Many women believe they don’t have time for self-care, when what they’re really navigating is limited capacity, not a lack of effort. This module gently reframes the struggle with time and releases the pressure to “do self-love right.”
Instead of adding practices or routines, you’ll learn how to relate to time in a softer way, one that allows care to exist inside ordinary moments.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- Why “not having time” is often a nervous system response, not a personal failing
- How pressure around time quietly erodes self-kindness
- Simple ways to allow care without scheduling, tracking, or optimizing
This module isn’t about making more time.
It’s about letting self-love belong in the time you already have.
Module 6
Self-Love on Low-Capacity Days
Care that doesn’t require energy, motivation, or fixing
Many self-love teachings assume you have energy, clarity, or emotional bandwidth. This module offers a different definition of care—one that honors exhaustion, illness, burnout, and overwhelm without trying to push past them.
You’ll learn how to practice self-love when you can’t do much at all.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- Why rest and care often feel hardest when capacity is lowest
- How to recognize the difference between support and self-demand
- Low-effort, passive forms of self-love that still count
This module doesn’t ask you to rise above your limits.
It teaches you how to soften inside them.
Module 7
When the Inner Critic Shows Up
Responding to self-criticism without force or fixing
For many women, the inner critic gets louder when rest, softness, or care enter the picture. This module helps you understand that voice not as an enemy to defeat, but as a learned response that can be met differently.
You’ll learn how to stay connected to yourself even when self-judgment arises.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- Why the inner critic often activates around rest and self-care
- How to respond to self-criticism without arguing or pushing it away
- Ways to reduce shame and self-punishment without forcing positivity
This module doesn’t try to silence the inner critic.
It helps loosen its authority so self-love has room to exist.
What’s Included Inside The Self-Love Practice
Seven long-form teaching videos
Gentle, steady guidance you can return to whenever you need. These are meant to be listened to slowly, not rushed through.
A companion workbook
Thoughtful prompts and reflections to support your process if writing feels helpful. Nothing is required or graded.
Self-paced access inside the Skool community
Everything lives in one calm space. You don’t need to keep up or follow a schedule.
Gentle community support
A low-pressure environment where you can read quietly, respond simply, or engage more deeply when it feels right.
Biweekly live calls
Space for connection and reflection if you want it. You’re always allowed to attend and participate as much as you would like to or skip altogether.
Gentle Support Along the Way
Ongoing Community Support
Guided Video Teachings
Optional Companion Workbook
A place to be held, not pushed
Clear guidance without overwhelm
Support for reflection, not homework
You’ll be supported inside a calm, low-pressure Skool community where you can reflect, read quietly, or participate in simple ways.
There’s no requirement to share deeply or keep up. You get to engage at your own pace, in whatever way feels safest.
Each module includes thoughtful, steady video teachings that help you understand what’s happening inside you and how to respond with more kindness.
You can pause, return, or revisit whenever you need. There’s no rush and no timeline to follow.
The workbook is there if writing or reflection feels supportive. It’s not required and nothing needs to be completed.
It exists as a gentle companion, offering prompts and space to explore what you’re noticing in your own time.
Meet Your Guide
Hi, I’m Angela.
I support women who are exhausted by self-criticism and pressure, and who want to treat themselves with more kindness without turning self-love into another thing to get right.
My work is shaped by lived experience. I learned early on to measure my worth through achievement and productivity, and later had to unlearn those patterns when chronic illness forced me to slow down. That slowing down changed everything.
What I offer here isn’t about fixing yourself or becoming someone new. It’s about learning how to stay with yourself, especially when things feel tender, messy, or unfinished.
Inside this practice, I’m not here to push or correct you. I’m here to offer language, perspective, and gentle practices you can return to when self-love feels out of reach.
You don’t need to perform, keep up, or do this perfectly. You’re allowed to move at your own pace.
I’m really glad you’re here.
What Happens Once You Join
1. You’re welcomed into
the space
2. You move through the program at your own pace
3. You’re supported
without pressure
You’ll get immediate access inside the Skool community, where The Self-Love Practice lives. There’s nothing extra to set up and nothing you need to figure out on your own.
All videos and resources are available to you right away. You can move slowly, pause when needed, or revisit modules whenever it feels supportive.
You’re part of a gentle, low-demand community. You can participate quietly, reflect on your own, or join live calls if and when they feel right for you.
FAQ
Is this a course or a coaching program?
This is a guided self-love practice with live support.
You’ll receive a series of gentle video teachings and practices you can return to again and again, along with optional live calls for connection and reflection. There is no pressure to complete anything, keep up, or “do it right.”
This space is about relationship, not transformation on a timeline.
Do I have to attend the live calls?
No.
The live calls are optional and meant to feel supportive, not mandatory. You’re welcome to join when it feels right, listen quietly, or skip them entirely.
You will never fall behind or miss out if you don’t attend.
How long do I have access?
As long as you remain a member, you have access to all of the program materials inside the Skool community.
There is no expiration date on your learning or your pace.
Is there homework or journaling I have to do?
No.
There are optional reflections and a companion workbook if you enjoy writing, but nothing is required. This practice can be done quietly, internally, or through listening alone.
You never owe this space your words or your pain.
What if I don’t have much energy or time?
This practice was created specifically with low-capacity days in mind.
You don’t need large blocks of time, emotional bandwidth, or motivation. Even small moments of presence count. Resting while listening counts. Coming back later counts.
I’ve struggled with self-love for a long time. Will this still help?
Yes, especially if self-love has felt inaccessible or overwhelming in the past.
This practice doesn’t ask you to force positivity or “fix” yourself. It works by helping you build safety, permission, and kindness slowly, in ways your nervous system can tolerate.
Is this trauma-informed?
Yes.
The practices are gentle, choice-based, and invitational. You’re always encouraged to listen to your body and skip anything that doesn’t feel supportive.
This is not therapy, but it is rooted in respect for nervous system care and emotional safety.
What if I join and realize it’s not the right fit?
You’re allowed to trust yourself.
You’re never required to push through something that doesn’t feel aligned. Even exploring whether this space feels supportive is part of self-love.
Do I need prior experience with self-work, mindfulness, or journaling?
No experience is needed.
Everything is offered in simple, accessible language. You don’t need to know how to meditate, journal, or “do self-love” correctly.
You’re welcome exactly as you are.
