About this episode

Debi and guest Alison Furno discuss the destructive aspects of the cultural emphasis on self-care and its impact on personal growth.

This week, Debi is joined by Alison Furno, a volleyball coach and health influencer on social media. Alison talks about how the cultural emphasis on "self care" is often destructive. Alison and Debi discuss how the obsession with "self-care" can be used to avoid growth. We have become a comfort driven society but success and spiritual growth require discipline and sacrifice. They also discuss the issue of "toxic positivity". Cultural focuses on things like affirmati...

People in this episode

Host: Debi

Guest: Alison Furno

Topics covered

• self care
• spiritual growth
• discipline
• toxic positivity
• cultural emphasis

Keywords

• self care
• spiritual growth
• discipline
• toxic positivity
• comfort driven society

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dream City Church

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