Father and Joe E452: Loving Yourself Without Narcissism — Humility, Strengths, and Why “Harder” Isn’t Holier
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The episode discusses the balance of loving oneself without falling into narcissism or self-neglect.
If God’s will is love, what does it mean to love yourself without sliding into narcissism—or the opposite extreme of self-neglect and self-hatred? Continuing the “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” conversation, Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks bring needed nuance: self-love isn’t self-worship, and self-denial isn’t automatically virtue. They unpack why “harder” is not inherently “better,” why suffering is only meaningful when ordered to a higher purpose (love), and how true h...
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