360: Can Self-Care Hurt Your Business?

360: Can Self-Care Hurt Your Business?

July 17, 2026 · 28 min · Season 4 · Episode 353

About this episode

This episode explores the nuanced relationship between self-care and business success, highlighting when self-care can hinder progress.

Many business owners carry a real fear: If I stop pushing, will everything fall apart? And sometimes, that fear has a practical truth inside it. If you suddenly cut your working hours in half without changing your systems, support, offers, or expectations, your business may feel the impact. Self-investment is not a magic wand you wave over an overextended business and expect everything to hold. But that is not the whole story. In this episode, Erin explores the more nuanced question: when does self-care truly support your business, and when does it become a sophisticated way of hiding from the Lanterns you are here to light? You will learn how to tell the difference between self-investment that fuels your Vision and self-care that quietly keeps you stuck. You'll hear: Why self-care can hurt your business when it replaces the real work of building systems, support, and capacity How personal development can become a subtle hiding place when you tell yourself you need to be more healed, more ready, or more evolved before you take action The difference between nourishing your inner flame and avoiding the next brave business decision Why the goal is not more self-care for its own…

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