Father and Joe E452: Loving Yourself Without Narcissism — Humility, Strengths, and Why “Harder” Isn’t Holier

About this episode

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...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Rockey, Boniface Hicks

Topics covered

• self-love
• narcissism
• humility
• suffering
• purpose

Keywords

• God's will
• self-worship
• self-denial
• higher purpose
• love

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